Call of Juarez = underated gem

Goldfingers · 4 Aug 2009 at 19:33

Picked it up for £5 and went and gave it a go. Great little game, very linear and simple but done very well. Which makes it really easy to get into. Loved the whole two characters thing, with the constant change in pace keeping things fresh. Nice shooting mechanics, when you come out of slo-mo with 3 people falling to the floor before they've fired a shot is really quite rewarding!

If you haven't tried this, I'd advise you to pick it up cheap and give it a go.

synixx · 4 Aug 2009 at 21:43

yep i agree, very under rated.

ac1d1ty · 4 Aug 2009 at 21:48

I tried the other month. Found it very clunky though :/

thecremeegg · 4 Aug 2009 at 21:54

I very much enjoyed it also, deinately underrated

kkelly · 4 Aug 2009 at 21:54

Currently playing this through on my 360 nice game some wee 'bugs' but still good all ground game

Talrinys · 4 Aug 2009 at 22:14

Talking bout the new one i suppose, absolutely loved it, great atmosphere, gameplay very cool but mostly impressed with the storytelling, ambience and the whole feel of it, great game!

knowledge123 · 5 Aug 2009 at 08:27

I agree, it's one of my most popular games

I would play it in DX9 first and then do the DX10 upgrade, as some of the levels change when you do the upgrade.

Loved the ending too, and was taxing in places, but never too much that you thought it was unfair.

Crixus00 · 5 Aug 2009 at 08:39

agreed, i have had some great fun with it.

Neolink · 5 Aug 2009 at 10:56

Underated for sure, the priest is a badass

People with the PC version should certainly get the DX10 patch though. Makes the game look staggeringly good!

Dj_Jestar · 5 Aug 2009 at 11:32

Underated?! For about 4 months it's all that was ever talked about :/

Sleepery · 5 Aug 2009 at 12:27

He means the first one, not Bound in Blood.

Dj_Jestar · 5 Aug 2009 at 12:29

And so do I.

Arclite · 5 Aug 2009 at 14:34

Just to add, the first CoJ was a good game but with the dx 10 patch it hurt my performance a lot. A couple of years on, the second part (bound in blood) looks a thousand times better, i have same system but the performance is incredible solid 70+fps all cranked up. Just saying that first CoJ was not optimised. Get the second one too, its awesome

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arc@css · 5 Aug 2009 at 14:35

Played a bit of the demo, perhaps not enough, didn't like it though. Graphics were quite decent as I seem to remember

PayN · 5 Aug 2009 at 14:51

Totally agree, I played my way through the first game and it was extremely well put together and fun. Except for the climbing the big rock level

It's one of those games that I can still remember the ending to with utmost clarity. I hear CoJ2 is really good as well.

Calabi · 5 Aug 2009 at 14:56

It was alright except for all the sneaking, and the linearity got a bit tedious. Why arent there more wild west games?

Amnesia · 5 Aug 2009 at 15:14

the 2nd is one of the best games out in the last couple of years...deffinately my type of game.

ac1d1ty · 5 Aug 2009 at 16:12

Calabi said:
It was alright except for all the sneaking, and the linearity got a bit tedious. Why arent there more wild west games?

The weapons from the wild west era are crushinly boring imho.

Sleepery · 5 Aug 2009 at 16:16

ac1d1ty said:
The weapons from the wild west era are crushinly boring imho.

You just run along to the 'games with nukes?' thread

Smoogels · 5 Aug 2009 at 17:17

Its always been rated. But when a game is more than 3 months old people are more reluctant to give them a go.