When you pop in your new game, you are first graced with the woman in red. You are a cheap crime scene Private Detective (complete with narration), and it's your job to find out exactly
Who Shot Johnny Rock?. From the moment 'Red' enters your office to hire you, the mob is on your tail. Using your DVD Remote, you will move your crosshair cursor around the screen and shoot the baddies as they appear to you.
The basic premise behind the game is to work your way through the city of Chicago finding clues that you will eventually use at the end of the game to figure out Who Shot Johnny Rock?. As you venture between places like the pool hall and warehouse, you go searching for 'Mumps,' 'Measles,' 'Pots,' and 'Lockjaw Lil,' your four prime suspects in this case. Standing in your way are their respective cronies. You'll need a fast gun to take them down, or you'll face the wrath of the undertaker's extremely bad jokes.
Adding to the game is the replay value. Okay, so the replay value may not be as high as other games, but you will notice that there is a randomness about WSJR. For example, as you corner your suspects and ask for their clues, you will get a different answer each time you play. Also, when you enter certain areas with gangsters popping out from behind objects, you'll see that they don't always come out in the same order. So keep on your toes and keep your crosshair in the center of the screen when possible.
Although highly entertaining, Who Shot Johnny Rock? is a pretty short game to play through, depending on how good of a shot you are. Of course, using the Xbox DVD Movie Playback Kit (which is required) Remote makes things much more difficult than if you were allowed to use the standard controller. Fortunately, as you may have guessed, you could also play this game on a PlayStation 2. Doing so with a game controller makes for a much better experience.