Atonement

[i]Atonement[/i] is an Old-West novelette featuring three different mini stories. Jim Ryan, a former outlaw turned family man, is trying to live a peaceful life on the Texas ranch he purchased with dirty money stolen during his years riding with the outlaw gang led by “Wild” Bill Hamilton. His attempt at going straight is thwarted when the local sheriff turns up at his ranch and coerces him into either hunting down his former boss, else leaving the state before meeting the lawman again and facing a bullet to the head, with the same fate threatened for his wife and young son. This leads us into the choice of which of the stories to take on, either hunt or run; with the running option subsequently splitting further into either a bank raid or a train heist. Each story is told faithfully in a 1950's Western movie style, predictable but appropriately crafted tropes from the genre, and put together in a way that does feel like a cleanly edited version of a longer adventure you may have found in a magazine many years ago. [h1]Graphics[/h1] Graphically, the game does stand out as can be seen below, with the sprites having high level details and resembling certain actors you may recall …