Edited on: September 21, 2025
Posted on: May 12, 2025
TheRealBort
Verified ownerGames: 103 Reviews: 15
Not mind-blowing, but decent enough
This is a fun game that shows its age but still manages to deliver fun. The proposition is interesting; you're playing either as Billy or Padre: the antagonists in the game. Basically, Padre believes Billy's murdered his brother and is out for revenge. CoJ is a rather linear adventure game. Much like CoJ: Gunslinger the story is chopped into independent chapters that you play as independent sections. Before you buy, word of warning: there are bugs in the game, crashes to desktop, and some systems are clunky. So make sure right away that your system runs it properly. The most serious issues I've encountered were easily solved by loading the last save, alt+tabbing, or increasing the mouse dpi (more about that later). The game itself is fun. When you're playing as Padre it's shoot, shoot, shoot. You can go into slow motion to shoot the foes around. You can use fanning to shoot a single gun very quickly, or equip both guns and go nuts shooting left and right. There's a handful of guns you can use, but it pretty much boils down to pistol, shotgun, rifle with a few variations each. I enjoyed the gun play very much and it's the highlight of the game. In addition, you'll go through all the classic sights in the old west: typical cowboy town, train robbery, mines, countryside, stagecoach chase, horse riding... You name it, it's in there. Billy is a different story. He's living the most Kafkian existence imaginable, so he's constantly sneaking or on the run; it's definitely not as much fun. Not all is good, though. The game has a few moments were you want to slit your wrists. e.g. eagle mountain. The whip-swinging was not working well in a specific point. I couldn't figure it out even after watching footage. I still don't know how I got through, but I nearly gave up on the game. The duels were a nightmare at first, because my character would not unholster his gun. If it happens, try alt+tabbing or increasing the dpi on your mouse. Not mind-blowing, but good. 7/10.
Is this helpful to you?
