4/5
I thought I'd end up scoring this much lower than I am based on what I thought this was going to be.
Needless to say, I was very pleased to find that my assumptions were wrong.
I enjoyed the concept and, unlike others, thought this was well executed. The mechanics work terrifically, and I thought the entire concept was rather clever.
For a "shooting" game it was decidedly and markedly different from the usual fare.
The simplistic style lent itself well to the objectives of the game and, with the fluid controls, all balanced to provide the player with a worthwhile experience.
Perhaps a "4/5" is a little high, but I felt like this was something fresh. Shooting games tend to be very one dimensional, unimaginative, and cliche. I found this to be none of those.
I've read the complaints against the game from other reviewers, but found no such faults on my play-through.
All-in-all, a very nice, well designed, game.
for the record, I ended up with 95/122 gold on my first play. Probably would've been more had I realized A) thats what I was trying to do and B) I had noticed it flying out of the guys heads. Surprisingly I killed relatively few "friends"