Call of Juarez

Its not a bad game but its to much running around with a whip rather than have a cozy bible study with suzy in her bed. Bound in Blood are more fun.

The 4 stars are because this is a game where you can dual weild a pistol and bible...shooting fools while reciting verses. That's by far the coolest/craziest thing I've seen in a shooter. It's one of my most fond memories from back in the day. Other then that...well the game's setting and story are really cool and I really like the shooting. But the second character and his stealth gameplay really drags the game down imo. I hate stealth so maybe its me. A very old game so expect a LOT of clunkiness, but a hidden gem for sure.

Honestly, I didn't even finish the tutorial. The reason why is the stealth "mechanic" solely. Once I visited the farm and tried to sneak around the owner, I was sure there's something wrong, but the moment I visited Suzy in the Saloon and had to run, the game was over for me. During the escape I died numerous times (on easy difficulty, mind you!) because no matter if I was sneaking or not, I was shoot at and couldn't do anything about it, because it seems it's purely random. Then there's a whip and swinging mechanic that requires you to stand in the exact distance from the branch to use it. How to actually succesfully swing myself over the chasm I have a zero idea and I don't want to know. Look, it's 2024 now and there are no reasons to put up with the jank like the 'stealth' or the 'whip mechanic', I'm also hundred percent sure that those were used in the game kind of regularly. No. Just no. I'm going to try other games from the series, but damn...

In it's day this would have been a top contender among fps games. The game was enjoyable once i got used to the controls. However, The climbing system was horrible. Very glitchy, But I'm sure that was a limitation of the engine they used to produce the game. But once you have your feet on the ground, The game is actually fun to play. I did enjoy it, Even with the outdated graphics and controls.

Game crashes all the time for me. Unplayable.