Dead Man's Hand (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Human Head Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Atari |
| Programmer(s) | Ben Gokey Toby Jones Jimmy Shin |
| Composer(s) | Rom Di Prisco Michael Larson |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 2.0 |
| Platform(s) | Xbox Microsoft Windows |
| Release | Xbox Windows
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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Dead Man's Hand is a 2004 first-person shooter video game set in the American Old West developed by Human Head Studios for Xbox and Windows.
Story
El Tejon was a member of the notorious "Nine" who was betrayed because he didn't join the gang to murder women and children, but to be famous and rich and a chance to make a name for himself, as a gunslinger. The Leader of the Nine shoots him and leaves him for dead. However General San Juan Jacinto Blanco found El Tejon and threw him in a jail cell to rot. But Tejon's cellmate Iago is the leader of a revolution that will free both Iago and Tejon to exact vengeance on those who betrayed them.
Gameplay
The game is somewhat unusual in that between levels, the player plays poker for extra health and ammunition. The character is armed with 4 default weapons; a knife, a pistol, a rifle and a shotgun. Other weapons that can be found are TNT and Whisky bombs. The player can shoot objects such as whisky bottles, cans and enemies to score legend points, thus filling up the "trick shot" meter that lets the character use the secondary mode of firing which varies depending on the current weapon. The combat in the game also makes use of the game's physics engine, with the player being able to trigger physics based traps such as shooting a rock and causing it to fall onto an enemy below - kills obtained this way are rewarded with extra points and a greater increase in the "trick shot" meter. Dead Man's Hand is noteworthy for featuring a protagonist of Hispanic (or Mestizo) descent.
Reception
The game has received mixed to positive reviews from critics.