Wild Guns Reloaded

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Critic Reviews for Wild Guns Reloaded

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High Score - 90/100

Low Score - 60/100

Chris Carter (Destructoid)

8/10

“Wild Guns Reloaded is a treat. Whether you’re the type of score-attack addicted player who wants to rocket ahead in the leaderboards, or you have three other friends/family members ready for co-op, it’s worth digging into.”

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Heidi Kemps (GameSpot)

8/10

“An enhanced remake of a cult classic, Wild Guns Reloaded offers up a rare breed of white-knuckle arcade-shooting action.”

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Tyler Treese (PlayStation LifeStyle)

6/10

“Wild Guns: Reloaded is a decent way to experience the SNES classic, but it’s brought down by some rather odd design choices. The new characters are difficult to use and are probably best left for die-hard players, leaving newcomers to feel left out. No additions have been made from a design standpoint to make the game more accessible, and it’s too difficult for its own good. Check it out if you’re already a fan, but this is a severely disappointing package otherwise.”

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Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
CGMagazine	Jed Whitaker	7.5 / 10	12-22-2016	The dreams of the ’90s are still alive in this PS4 remaster of the SNES exclusive arcade-style shoot’em up known as Wild Guns.	Read review
Cubed3	Gabriel Jones	8 / 10	04-17-2018	For gamers who still pine for the days of polished shoot ’em ups that leave nothing to chance, Wild Guns Reloaded can’t be missed. It’s proof that there will always be a place in the world for “thirty-minute videogames.” Sure, it doesn’t take long to reach the end, but the fun is in overcoming the impossible and doing it with style. The scoring system, while not ridiculously complex, does require players to make a lot of difficult choices. However, if they are willing to put in the work, they will soon discover that this awesome game will never let them down.	Read review
Destructoid	Chris Carter	8 / 10	12-15-2016	Wild Guns Reloaded is a treat. Whether you’re the type of score-attack addicted player who wants to rocket ahead in the leaderboards, or you have three other friends/family members ready for co-op, it’s worth digging into.	Read review
Gamers Heroes	Casey Scheld	7 / 10	12-20-2016	Wild Guns Reloaded is a real treat for old-school gamers and new fans alike. It’s not the most robust title around, but those looking for tight gameplay mechanics and great multiplayer action should take on its challenge.	Read review
GameSpot	Heidi Kemps	8 / 10	01-02-2017	An enhanced remake of a cult classic, Wild Guns Reloaded offers up a rare breed of white-knuckle arcade-shooting action.	Read review
GearNuke	Danial Arshad Khan	7 / 10	05-03-2018	This game is certainly not for everyone. It can be challenging and difficult at times and while it offers a good amount of replay value, the new content doesn’t make it a worthwhile purchase if you have already bought and played it during its original release.	Read review
GotGame	David Poole	8 / 10	04-19-2018	If you haven’t played Wild Guns: Reloaded on the PlayStation 4 or even on PC, then the Switch version is definitely worth picking up.	Read review
Hardcore Gamer	Kyle LeClair	4 / 5 stars	12-23-2016	Wild Guns Reloaded may be a splash of cold water in the face reminding you of just how hard games from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras could be, but it’s also a reminder of how damn fun and enjoyable they can be as well, proving that some titles are indeed timeless.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	GameCentral	7 / 10	01-05-2017	One of the most unlikely remasters of 2016 is also one of the most enjoyable, as long as you like retro shooting, cowboys, and robots.	Read review
Nintendo Life	Gonçalo Lopes	9 / 10	04-30-2018	Wild Guns Reloaded sets the new benchmark on how to bring back old Super Nintendo titles to the current generation of gamers. It not only manages to remain faithful to everything that made up the original such a stellar effort, but actually offers some worthwhile new content. With the continued absence of the Virtual Console service on Switch (and the rising costs of a complete-in-the-box original Super Nintendo versions of the game), we offer little refrain in welcoming one of Natsume’s finest games home. Solid, memorable and fun arcade shooting action that will keep you coming back for more, even if only to see Bullet hovering about while grappled by his lethal drone.	Read review
NintendoWorldReport	Neal Ronaghan	7.5 / 10	04-17-2018	The game might be dated in some respects, with a punishing difficulty and steep initial difficulty curve, but it’s worth powering through to learn the intricacies. Aside from that, since it does have an arcade background, it’s a tiny bit on the short side with the only carrot on the end of the stick being online leaderboards. Wild Guns Reloaded might still sidle into cult classic status on Switch, but at least if you do dive into it now, it’ll be with the novel new characters, stages, and polish.	Read review
PlayStation LifeStyle	Tyler Treese	6 / 10	12-21-2016	Wild Guns: Reloaded is a decent way to experience the SNES classic, but it’s brought down by some rather odd design choices. The new characters are difficult to use and are probably best left for die-hard players, leaving newcomers to feel left out. No additions have been made from a design standpoint to make the game more accessible, and it’s too difficult for its own good. Check it out if you’re already a fan, but this is a severely disappointing package otherwise.	Read review
PS4Blog.net	EdEN	8.5 / 10	08-27-2018	Wild Guns was a lot of fun when I played it back in the day, and it definitely help the last time I took it for a spin on PlayStation 4, which makes it very easy for me to recommend the game on the Nintendo Switch, being able to play at home or on the go as you enjoy the new characters, stages and weapons, as well as having two extra modes for this version that add a little something extra on top of everything else make this one a must-have for both those of you that got to play the original release on the SNES and those who are coming into this one without any previous experience.	Read review
SwitchWatch	Juan Romero	7 / 10	04-24-2018	This is a game series over 20 years old and still holds true today. It is even nicer with its graphical upgrades, added characters and new levels which all feel true to the original. Many will be put off by the one-shot deaths, differing controls and toughness of this. The price of entry is also quite high compared to other consoles, but for collectors and people like me who like a tough old-school game then this is a nice return.	Read review
TechRaptor	Reagan Cox	7.5 / 10	12-23-2016	Wild Guns: Reloaded takes everything fun about the original and cranks it up to eleven, but the value proposition might be too much for some.	Read review
The Outerhaven Productions	Keith Mitchell	3 / 5 stars	01-02-2017	Wild Guns Reloaded is a nice blast from the past and one that definitely desires a playthrough. The main issue here is the fact that the game was a simple port with nothing really added with the exception of the 4-player co-op (local) and graphical polish. The lack of any online capacity will likely make many gamers ignore the title.The trophy omissions are also puzzling since Natsume took the time to upscale the graphical side of things but nothing else. The asking price is simply too high for less than an hour of gameplay with no online leaderboards, no online co-op, all of which simply kill any changes this title may have had.	Read review
Use a Potion	Use a Potion	7 / 10	04-22-2018	Wild Guns Reloaded is a lot of fun and without a doubt the most definitive way to enjoy Natsume’s classic gallery shooter, though it does have a few shortcomings that stop it from becoming a must-own release. Add to that a fairly steep price point, and it’s easy to see why it’s a game that’s worth grabbing on sale rather than at full price.	Read review
VGChartz	Evan Norris	Recommended	01-11-2017	This is a worthwhile remaster of an underappreciated SNES shooter, made better by a sharp graphical enhancement, new characters and stages, and, for the first time, four-player local co-op.	Read review
Video Chums	A.J. Maciejewski	7.8 / 10	12-14-2016	Wild Guns Reloaded is a faithful and worthwhile update of a classic shooter.	Read review

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Wild Guns is a fast paced gallery style shooter mixing the Wild West with steampunk. Players can play as Clint, Annie, Dorris or Bullet, or all together in multiplayer action! Each can jump, dive and roll to get out of the way of the barrage of bullets enemies let fly – or shoot them down with their own gun! With eight stages, each with three zones, there’s plenty of bad robots to blast away. With a true arcade game feel, Wild Guns was the first sci-fi western to arrive on home consoles and, to this day, there really isn’t any other game like it!

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