![]() ![]() The voice actor reads his lines with gusto, complete with the American twang of the gold-rush era. In fact this reprobate named Leroy is the first person you'll meet in Diamondback and depending on your taste, he'll either have you in stitches or make you want to hurt yourself. ![]() Every single one of them is a staple of the genre right down to the incomprehensible town drunk. ![]() Just your average run-of-the-mill horse opera then.īesides the surprisingly fantastical turn in the final act, what elevates Dust to comedic heights is the cast of characters you interact with. A nameless stranger wanders into a dustbowl desert town named Diamondback that's blighted by outlaws, becomes the resident Sherriff despite being a nameless stranger, bests an juvenilely nick-named outlaw to a duel and visits a mystical underworld. ![]() The story is not unlike many Western tales you've heard countless time before. There are a couple of surprisingly well-implemented mini-games such as poker and the odd shoot-out but their mandatory nature may frustrate adventure purists. It sticks with the first-person viewpoint as well as representing human folk as a series of still-photos, in close-up at least. They would later be better known for the excellent Titanic: Adventures Out of Time which is mechanically very similar. With only a couple of early shooters under their belt, Dust was Cyberflix's first attempt at an adventure. Dust: A Tale of the Wild West released in 1995 by Cyberflix fits right into that same mould. The setting fits well with for both action and adventuring alike but there's one thing has always amused me why are wild west adventure games afraid of being serious? From Freddy Pharkas, Fennimore Fillmore and even Fievel Goes West, the tone is always light-hearted. The Western is a good genre choice for any game. ![]()
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