<s>
Gunman	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
or	O
Half-Life	B-Application
:	I-Application
Gunman	I-Application
(	O
previously	O
Gunman	B-Application
:	O
TC	O
and	O
simply	O
Gunman	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
space	O
Western	O
video	O
game	O
originally	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
mod	O
by	O
the	O
now	O
defunct	O
Rewolf	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gunman	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
a	O
Quake	B-Application
deathmatch	O
mod	O
named	O
Gunmanship	O
101	O
,	O
then	O
it	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
Quake	B-Application
II	I-Application
's	O
engine	O
before	O
becoming	O
a	O
Half-Life	B-Application
mod	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
popular	O
at	O
the	O
Half-Life	B-Application
Mod	O
Expo	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
and	O
Sierra	O
approached	O
Rewolf	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
retail	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plans	O
were	O
drawn	O
to	O
release	O
Gunman	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
on	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gunman	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
that	O
requires	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
perform	O
combat	O
tasks	O
and	O
puzzle	O
solving	O
to	O
advance	O
through	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
Half-Life	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
gameplay	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Half-Life	B-Application
'''	O
s	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
health-and-armor	O
systems	O
and	O
artificial	O
intelligence	O
,	O
one	O
major	O
aspect	O
of	O
Gunman	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
is	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
customize	O
each	O
weapon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
new	O
aspect	O
of	O
Gunman	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
is	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
drive	O
vehicles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
enemies	O
,	O
including	O
rogue	O
Gunmen-turned-bandits	O
,	O
giant	O
dinosaurs	O
,	O
genetically-modified	O
aliens	O
called	O
Xenomes	O
,	O
and	O
robotic	O
attack	O
drones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
Half-Life	B-Application
,	O
certain	O
objects	O
such	O
as	O
vases	O
and	O
crates	O
can	O
be	O
destroyed	O
to	O
provide	O
ammunition	O
,	O
health	O
,	O
and	O
armor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Half-Life	B-Application
however	O
,	O
armor	O
takes	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
actual	O
vests	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
not	O
be	O
replenished	O
by	O
chargers	O
like	O
health	O
can	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Half-Life	B-Application
and	O
its	O
expansions	O
,	O
Gunman	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
,	O
however	O
sparsely	O
,	O
uses	O
cutscenes	O
to	O
tell	O
key	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
storyline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
usually	O
appear	O
only	O
as	O
transitions	O
between	O
different	O
worlds	O
and	O
levels	O
however	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
plot	O
is	O
seen	O
through	O
the	O
eyes	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
like	O
in	O
Half-Life	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
introductory	O
cutscene	O
,	O
the	O
Gunmen	B-Application
act	O
as	O
a	O
sort	O
of	O
military	O
police	O
force	O
for	O
humanity	O
's	O
inter-galactically	O
expanding	O
colonial	O
empire	O
at	O
an	O
unknown	O
time	O
period	O
in	O
the	O
distant	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
a	O
mission	O
five	O
years	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
Gunmen	B-Application
were	O
dispatched	O
to	O
a	O
planet	O
called	O
Banzure	O
Prime	O
to	O
investigate	O
a	O
communications	O
breakdown	O
with	O
a	O
research	O
colony	O
there	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
command	O
of	O
their	O
leader	O
,	O
known	O
simply	O
as	O
"	O
The	O
General	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
General	O
,	O
seeing	O
his	O
men	O
have	O
no	O
chance	O
by	O
themselves	O
,	O
takes	O
command	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Gunmen	B-Application
's	O
dropships	O
and	O
begins	O
performing	O
bombing	O
runs	O
on	O
the	O
attacking	O
Xenomes	O
,	O
destroying	O
several	O
before	O
being	O
captured	O
in	O
the	O
jaws	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
larger	O
creatures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
,	O
Major	O
Archer	O
,	O
rallies	O
the	O
remaining	O
gunmen	B-Application
and	O
orders	O
them	O
to	O
retreat	O
to	O
the	O
remaining	O
ships	O
and	O
get	O
off-world	O
immediately	O
,	O
assuming	O
that	O
the	O
general	O
is	O
already	O
dead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
General	O
,	O
still	O
alive	O
as	O
his	O
fighter	O
is	O
dragged	O
underground	O
,	O
pleads	O
(	O
apparently	O
unheard	O
)	O
for	O
rescue	O
over	O
the	O
radio	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
Gunmen	B-Application
leave	O
before	O
having	O
a	O
chance	O
to	O
receive	O
the	O
message	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Five	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
places	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
direct	O
control	O
of	O
Major	O
Archer	O
,	O
preparing	O
for	O
a	O
mission	O
aboard	O
the	O
Gunman	B-Application
space	O
station	O
Aeronautica	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
training	O
level	O
,	O
Archer	O
and	O
a	O
small	O
detachment	O
of	O
Gunmen	B-Application
are	O
deployed	O
to	O
a	O
dinosaur	O
-	O
inhabited	O
jungle	O
planet	O
,	O
under	O
orders	O
to	O
investigate	O
an	O
outdated	O
but	O
extremely	O
high	O
ranking	O
Gunman	B-Application
distress	O
signal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
signal	O
is	O
revealed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
trap	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Gunmen	B-Application
come	O
under	O
heavy	O
attack	O
both	O
from	O
unidentified	O
human	O
forces	O
and	O
the	O
indigenous	O
fauna	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
reveals	O
to	O
Archer	O
that	O
the	O
silicon-based	O
Xenomes	O
are	O
incapable	O
of	O
digesting	O
carbon-based	O
humans	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
he	O
,	O
the	O
scientists	O
from	O
the	O
research	O
colony	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
Gunmen	B-Application
consumed	O
by	O
the	O
Xenomes	O
managed	O
to	O
fight	O
their	O
way	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
creature	O
's	O
gullets	O
after	O
Archer	O
left	O
them	O
for	O
dead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
vengeful	O
scientists	O
and	O
Gunmen	B-Application
have	O
now	O
formed	O
a	O
rogue	O
cell	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
General	O
as	O
its	O
leader	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
engineering	O
new	O
Xenome	O
breeds	O
to	O
use	O
as	O
weapons	O
and	O
to	O
exact	O
their	O
vengeance	O
upon	O
Archer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
Archer	O
and	O
the	O
AI	O
successfully	O
reach	O
and	O
board	O
the	O
aerial	O
drone	O
,	O
but	O
fail	O
to	O
navigate	O
through	O
an	O
asteroid	O
field	O
on	O
their	O
way	O
into	O
kata-space	O
and	O
crash	O
land	O
on	O
a	O
desert	O
planet	O
called	O
Icnus	O
,	O
encountering	O
and	O
fighting	O
rogue	O
Gunmen	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mainframe	O
states	O
its	O
intention	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
Xenome	O
facility	O
its	O
home	O
as	O
it	O
calls	O
for	O
backup	O
,	O
and	O
Gunman	B-Application
reinforcements	O
arrive	O
shortly	O
after	O
to	O
contain	O
the	O
Xenome	O
infestation	O
and	O
capture	O
any	O
remaining	O
rogue	O
Gunmen	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rewolf	O
Software	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Rewolf	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
,	O
was	O
a	O
game	O
development	O
studio	O
established	O
in	O
Utah	O
by	O
Herbert	O
Flower	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Herb	O
Flower	O
)	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
came	O
from	O
the	O
mod	O
scene	O
and	O
was	O
put	O
together	O
for	O
the	O
duration	O
of	O
one	O
project	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
Gunman	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Gunman	B-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
was	O
shipped	O
,	O
Rewolf	B-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
dissolved	O
and	O
its	O
team	O
members	O
moved	O
on	O
to	O
new	O
ventures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
couple	O
of	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
Herbert	O
Flower	O
co-founded	O
Mythyn	O
Interactive	O
together	O
with	O
Paul	O
Witte	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
core	O
team	O
on	O
Gunman	B-Application
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
Stefan	O
Baier	O
,	O
Renier	O
Banninga	O
,	O
and	O
Adrian	O
Banninga	O
,	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
co-founded	O
Streamline	O
Studios	O
together	O
with	O
Alexander	O
L	O
.	O
Fernandez	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
