History VideoGame / Outlaws

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Most bosses take several bullets to bring down, compared to just 1 or 2 for regular Mooks.

* CutSceneIncompetence: After beating the final boss, [[spoiler:Anderson foolishly drops his gun and runs over to check on Sara without making sure Graham is dead. As a result, Anderson is nearly killed when Graham gets up to shoot him, surviving only becuase Sarah picks up his gun and shoots Graham.]]

* TheSouthpaw: Outlaws is a very rare example of a first person shooter that features a left handed main character. James Anderson is left handed.

* RecycledInSpace: The game uses a modified version of the ''VideoGame/DarkForces'' GameEngine which itself was based on the ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' engine. Which would essentially make this game ''Dark Forces'' or ''Doom'' in the WildWest.

* ArmorMeterPoints: You can find boilerplates to use as armour whose durability is shown as a card on the bottom of the screen that slides down with each hit they absorb.

* IShallTauntYou: You'll be hearing this a lot from the mooks: [[MostAnnoyingSound "Don't be a fool Marshal!", "Yer' outnumbered!"]]. The bosses are also very vocal.

* CowboyCop: Anderson was fired from being marshall for gunning down a suspect. It's worth noting that Anderson harbors no resentment for being fired. He fully realises that an officer of the law has to follow the law, and says so when another character claims his dismissal was unfair. [[CaptainObvious Also, uh, he's literally a cowboy.]]

* {{Outlaw}}: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh.]]

* EasterEgg: Numerous, often [[WhatDoYouMeanitwasntmadeondrugs pretty unusual.]] Dinosaurs with human faces, poodles with sunglasses that shoot fire at you, aliens in the toilet just to name a few. There are also a couple of more normal ones, such as the golden statue (which is a shout out to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''), Max from [[SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam and Max]] and hell.

* WouldHurtAChild: "Bloody" Mary Nash.

* RecycledInSpace: It's ''[[VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga Dark Forces]]'' in the WildWest which itself was ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''! [-IN Star Wars.-]

* NintendoHard: On "Bad" (Medium) or "Ugly" (Hard), difficulty, the game is very hard. You die in just a handful of shots, and can be killed in one or two hits at close range. Plus, all enemies use hitscan weapons. Despite the appearance of the game, if you run around with guns blazing you'll be shot to death pretty damn quickly. The key to success is to treat the game like a tactical shooter and methodically pick off enemies from behind cover and around corners. Or you could play the game on "Good" (Easy) difficulty and, well, run around like it's ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}''.

* LumberMillMayhem: The 5th Level.

** Single pistol wielding mook.
** GunsAkimbo mook.
** Rifle or Shotgun wielding mook.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: Bob Graham's henchmen include: Former slave [[ScaryBlackMan "Buckshot" Bill Morgan]], Mexican-American [[{{Bandito}} "Spitin" Jack Sánchez]], [[BrawnHilda "Bloody" Mary Nash]] and [[NobleSavage Chief Two Feathers]].

* NintendoHard: On "Bad" (Medium) or "Ugly" (Hard), difficulty, the game is very hard. You die in just a handful of shots, and can be killed in one or two hits at close range. Plus, all enemies use hitscan weapons. Despite the appearance of the game, if you run around like it's ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' you'll be shot to death pretty damn quickly. The key to success is to treat the game like a tactical shooter and methodically pick off enemies from behind cover and around corners. Or you could play the game on "Good" (Easy) difficulty and, well, run around like it's ''Doom''.

*** In fact, the entire soundtrack is pretty much a 90-minute LoveLetter to Creator/EnnioMorricone.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: The Bob Graham's henchmen include: Former slave [[ScaryBlackMan "Buckshot" Bill Morgan]], Mexican-American [[{{Bandito}} "Spitin" Jack Sánchez]], [[BrawnHilda "Bloody" Mary Nash]] and [[NobleSavage Chief Two Feathers]].

* IShallTauntYou: You'll be hearing this a lot from the mooks: '''[[MostAnnoyingSound Don't be a fool Marshal!, Yer' outnumbered!]]'''. The bosses are also very vocal.

* GatlingGood: An old school Gatling Gun appears the game's {{BFG}}. While it provides [[MoreDakka plenty of firepower]], Anderson can't move around while wielding it. Well, unless you cheat.

* IShallTauntYou: '''[[MostAnnoyingSound Don't be a fool Marshal!, Yer' outnumbered!]]''' For the Mooks, the bosses are also very vocal.
** "My horse pisses straighter than you shoot."

* TheWestern

* TheGunSlinger: The main character.

* SawedOffShotgun