iPhone App Reviews

Pistols At Dawn

Brad H | Mar 24, 2010 Games

User rating: (8 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

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If I asked you “Who shot Alexander Hamilton in that famous duel?” you might answer something like aaon uhr, or maybe Aaron Burr. WRONG! I SHOT HIM!… O.K. you were right, I didn’t shoot him, but I shot someone that looked like him…O.K., O.K. maybe he looked nothing like Alexander Hamilton but I did shoot some one in Pistols at Dawn by Cedar Hill Games Inc..

In PaD you take on the role of William Gibb, an early 17th century man, who is bumbling his way through a rough patch in his life. Some people might read a motivational book, watch a funny movie, take a walk in the park, but not our friend Will. He seems to find himself looking down the barrel of a gun.

The object of the game is to align your crosshairs on the target while keeping your opponents off of you. Each match starts off with both crosshairs in the center of a circle. The circle has 16 spots to place tokens that represent your crosshairs (yellow), your opponents crosshairs (blue), or both (black). The tokens have numbers on them which determines how far the crosshairs will move and the direction is determined by where you place the token on the board. You always have four tokens to choose from. You take tuns placing tokens on the board until the board is full. Through out the match you are given points that can be spent on special moves like doubling the size of your crosshairs, placing traps on the board that zero out the token placed on it, etc..

I had a blast playing PaD, the story was compelling and kept bringing me back to find out what was going to happen to our hero. The gameplay is original and keeps you thinking, and once you beat the game you can try your skills against a friend with a pass and play duel. I recommend getting this game, its much safer than a real life duel and fun to boot.

iTunes Link – Pistols at Dawn

Version 1.0

Reviewed on iPhone 3G OS 3.1.3

Tags: $2.99, fun, funny, Games