This game gave me hemorrhoids

I have never had such a pain in the (...) playing a video game as I have had with Dead Man's Hand. I've had 4 consoles in my lifetime and to date this game on the Xbox is without a doubt the worst. Targeting is the worst I have ever encountered. The crosshair will sometimes not even be close to the target but will register a kill when other times up close with the target dead on it will be a miss. On the mine level, I completely fell off the game grid and was looking up at the floating houses above me while I walked on a black plane through the mountains. I finally had to restart the game to start playing again. I will check other players ratings on games before my next purchase of any Atari product.

This game gave me hemorrhoids

I have never had such a pain in the (...) playing a video game as I have had with Dead Man's Hand. I've had 4 consoles in my lifetime and to date this game on the Xbox is without a doubt the worst. Targeting is the worst I have ever encountered. The crosshair will sometimes not even be close to the target but will register a kill when other times up close with the target dead on it will be a miss. On the mine level, I completely fell off the game grid and was looking up at the floating houses above me while I walked on a black plane through the mountains. I finally had to restart the game to start playing again. I will check other players ratings on games before my next purchase of any Atari product.

Good game for $30

For those of you familiar with the HBO series "Deadwood", the "Dead Man's Hand" title is based on the cards (Aces over Eights, suited black) that Wild Bill Hitchcock died with while being shot in the back of the head during a poker game. Just an interesting bit of information. That said, this game's first level looks horrendous, the graphics aren't anything too great (sharp, but often bland), there is an auto-aim feature that can not be turned off and often screws up a bullseye shot, and before you die the game pauses for a brief second. So, the game's not perfect, and at times feels unfinished. All the bad stuff aside, after playing the game for a couple hours I found myself involved in the atmosphere that Dead Man's Hand creates, and it creates it well, for some. There are some great gun battles and the difficulty advances significantly as you progress through the 25 or 30 something levels--which is really much longer than I think anyone expected this game to be. On normal difficulty  more