Line #27 VideoGame/TheGunstringer


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5	Creator/TwistedPixel's first title for the Platform/{{Xbox 360}} Platform/{{Kinect}}. The aptly-named Gunstringer is a former outlaw who's [[BackFromTheDead returned from the grave]] to seek vengence upon his former posse. Armed with his trusty six-shooter and the fury of the devil himself, the Gunstringer will be charging all over TheWildWest (or at least as close as a puppet show can get) to find his betrayers and serve them some deadly justice.
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7	The game has received a DownloadableContent add-on called ''Wavy Tube Man Chronicles'', a Live Action FullMotionVideo RailShooter starring the main game's iconic first stage boss, a shooting simulator called ''Real Big Shootin`'', and a sequel ''El Diablo's 'Merican adventure''.
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9	!!This work contains examples of:
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11	* AffectionateParody: Mixes TheWestern with a rather cheeky puppet show.
12	* AnachronismStew: It is a InUniverse puppet show, so historical accuracy is pretty much moot.
13	* BeardOfEvil: The Beard Master uses it as a deadly weapon!
14	* BrainBleach: [[spoiler:How Gatorjack was conceived.]] Both the audience and the Gunstringer share this reaction.
15	* BuxomBeautyStandard: The Brothel Madam is very well endowed, and the only time the PerpetualFrowner protagonist smiles is when ogling her breasts.
16	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The Old Baron's a classic Western version of this.
17	* DeathGlare: the Gunstringer does this a lot to his enemies.
18	* FarEast: Everything about the Beard Master's stage. Odd for a game that's in the Old West...
19	* FramingDevice: The entire story is told as a puppet show.
20	* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Even in a world of silly Western puppets with anachronistic levels, the Wavy Tube Man really comes out of nowhere. Notable in that he's the first boss.
21	* GottaKillThemAll: Gunstringer holds the half of a picture with those who betrayed him. He crosses them out one-by-one as he finishes them.
22	* GunsAkimbo: A couple of segments have the Gunstringer whip out a second gun and shoot just about everything onscreen.
23	* IWasQuiteTheLooker: If you're to believe the Brothel Madam's poster. Could be a case of VeryFalseAdvertising.
24	* KillItWithFire: One of the upgrades is a flamethrower. That's right...a flamethrower in a Western.
25	* [[LineOfSightName Line Of Sight Premise]]: The game came about when the two heads of Twisted Pixel were in a meeting with a Microsoft exec in a Tex-Mex restaurant to pitch an idea for a Kinect game. Unfortunately, they ''didn't have one'' (to be precise they did but it was found at the last minute to be impractical with the Kinect's technology) and eventually the representative left to use the bathroom wanting to hear it when she got back, giving them [[OhCrap only a few minutes to come up with a new game idea]]. They had previously discussed a game based on marionettes and one of them noticed a painting of a skeleton cowboy. And the rest is history.
26	* MaleGaze: Gunstringer can not help but stare at the Brothel Madam's assets, it is the only noticeable time he smiles.
27	* {{Mayincatec}}: The Lady of the Dead has an Aztec name (Mictecacihuatl) and is the living embodiment of Dia de Los Muertos.
28	* MediumAwareness: The Gunstringer knows full well he's in a puppet show and takes a bow after every act.
29	* {{Muppet}}: The Sheriff that works for the Old Baron is an all out parody of one.
30	%% * {{Necromancer}}: The Lady of the Dead.
31	* NightOfTheLivingMooks: There are thousands of paper zombies that go after you in the Lady of the Dead level.
32	* OldMaster: The Beard Master is the eldest of the villains, and second in power only to the Lady of the Dead.
33	* PerpetualFrowner: The Gunstringer never smiles, except for one brief moment when looking at the Brothel Madam's [[BuxomBeautyStandard assets]].
34	* PlotBasedPhotographObfuscation: [[spoiler:A rare non-obvious example; the photograph is torn ''horizontally''. It hides the identity of the last and possibly the worst member of the posse: ''you'', the player.]]
35	* PrehensileHair: The Beard Master's beard can move about like a living thing, and he uses it to whip the Gunstringer during their battle. It can even detach from him and move about on its own.
36	* SamuraiCowboy: The Beard Master's minions, as well as the Master himself, have this aesthetic.
37	* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: The shotgun upgrade is capable of clearing just about half the screen in one shot.
38	* ShoutOut:
39	** In keeping with the game's theme and tone, all the chapter completion awards reference Western films [[note]][[Film/DestryRidesAgain The Gunstringer Rides Again]], awarded for taking down the Wavy Tube Man; [[Film/ForAFewDollarsMore For A Few Gallons More]], awarded for defeating the Oil Baron; The Big Easy Reckoning (unclear), awarded for taking out the Brothel Madam; [[Film/HowTheWestWasWon How the East Was Won]], given for besting the Beard Master; [[Film/LonelyAreTheBrave Lonely Are The Dead]], gained by slaying the Lady of the Dead; and [[Film/AFistfulOfDollars A Fistful Of Revenge]], earned by taking out all of the Gunstringer's former posse and freeing the Gunstringer from his strings[[/note]]. Several other progression achievements are similarly named, such as [[Film/LoneStar1996 The Lone Star]] or neo-Westerns such as [[Film/NoCountryForOldMen No Country For Old Barons]].
40	** The music during a scene with a lumberjack and an alligator has a song that is a reference to ''Let's Get It On'' by Marvin Gaye.
41	%% * SupernaturalMartialArts: The Beard Master.
42	* RageAgainstTheAuthor: For the finale, [[spoiler:The Gunstringer decides to [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou kill off the Twisted Pixel Developers in the audience]], then ride off into the sunset on a dog]].
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44	* RevolversAreJustBetter: It's a western. What do you expect?
45	* RidingIntoTheSunset: At the ending, Gunstriger rides into sunset on a dogback.
46	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: What the entire plot boils down to -- The Gunstringer's rather annoyed at being betrayed and murdered by his old posse, so now he's hunting them down for revenge.
47	%% * TheWestern: Natch.

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