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Very Disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: September 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was eagerly waiting for "Call of Juarez" because it looked like it would be an updated, more freeform version of "Gun" from last year which I liked a lot, except that it was short, and much too linear, and thus, in my opinion not worth $60. Well this game is a tiny bit better as far as visuals, and a little more bloody (which I like; if you're playing a shooter, it's more realistic to have a HAVOC type engine with blood, ragdoll physics and so on, instead of the "enemy" just dropping where they are, and their body disappearing 20 seconds later). but it's too short, too linear, and in my opinion, not worth $60.

You play as 2 characters, sort of like in "The Getaway," but this is back in about 1870 so there are no cars to jack, the weapons are simple, and you don't have too many original things to do. The controls to me were awful; very confusing; I'd try to draw a gun, but bring out a Bible instead, now, I like the Bible, but it doesn't do much good when you bring a Bible to a gunfight, ha ha. The shooting part is frustrating; the enemies can take like 10 hits, unless you manage a head shot, but you can take about 4. You only have limited ammo; you can take guns off dead enemies, but they usually have less ammo than you did, because they shoot at you non stop, whether you are hiding are not, (and hit you sometimes at random, when they cant even see you, which SUCKS); and since headshots are hard to hit with the lousy controls, you have to use 7 or 8 shots to take an enemy down, so when you get to that big gunfight parts you will have like 5 bullets left and die quck. And unless you hide a lot and "rest" you will die, and reset a lot. The save system sucks; autosave at certain points, no quicksave.

The gameplay is disappointing; very linear. You can only go to certain areas. You can't shoot innocents (at least I was never able to), which I HATE in a shooter. "Freeform" games are supposed to give you the choice of being evil or not. A big part of that `is getting to kill innocents. If you cant do that, the game sucks, IMO. (I know, I'm bad, but thats my preference-I don't ALWAYS kill innocents I just like to know I CAN).

Gameplay is too short-not even 10 hours. Multiplayer didn't impress me. There's either no one else on line, or brats that think theyre playing Halo 2. This game is not recommended; especially at full price. If you're interested, get the demo first; you'll see a good sample of how the gameplay and controls are frustating (stupid me, I figured the full game would be better. I was mistaken). If you're still interested, RENT first. If you STILL want it, wait at least till the price drops DONT pay $60 for it.

NOT reccommeneded. If you want something like this "GUN" is a better game and is $19.95 now.

Not worth the Call

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is by far the worst first person shooter I have ever played. The graphics are mediocre at best and the handling is horrific. Being able to shoot is like trying to shot an peanut with a spitball from 50 feet away. The storyline is all over the place and doesnt amount to anything else I have ever played.

In all, this game wasnt worth what I paid for it.

call of letdown...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: June 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this game was a major letdown, and it seems obvious the developers of the game took no account of how 'Gun' fared, since the games are very similar. this is no sandbox game, much to structured....

the game loads about every 6 seconds which makes game play jumpy and non-sequitir, total drag.

major dissapoint for me.

disappointment

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: June 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The controls are terrible (who thinks using a whip is fun??), the story is murky, and the save system makes no sense. Could have been a great or very good game.

It's No Red Dead Revolver

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was thrilled a western action shooter was being released on xbox 360 but this is one of the worst western games ever released. Everything about it is disappointing. Graphics, gameplay, weaponry are all below average. Save your time and money. No one should be calling Juarez anytime soon.

Bleh...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game in the hopes of finding a red dead revolver for the 360...it was a swing and a miss. It's not that the game is terrible, but in no way would the gameplay justify spending 60 dollars. If you are a gamer who just likes to play every new game that comes on the market give it a try, but rent, don't buy.

Just Bad :(

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Normally I do not write reviews for games but this one just deserved it. I was excited as hell when this was announced but I got it really later on for only 25 dollars. The game was relatively okay at first till I got to about episode 7 which took me like an hour and a half mainly because Billy has almost no skill other than shooting an arrow. This game would have been great with only the reverand but Billy's sneaking and platforming ruined it. Also there is glitches in the game. I had to do all of episode 9 again(which is the most idiotic level in a game I have played in a while) because it saved while I accidentally fell off of the ledge at the very end. Every time I reloaded it just killed instantly. For only 25 dollars, I gave it a two because I like Westerns otherwise I would avoid it.

Eh...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 12
Date: June 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Right from the start, you're blown away by how mediocre the graphics are when it comes to scenery and backgrounds. Lots of sizzling white edges and shadows jumping around all over the place. The character rendering looks really good however- but that only makes the cutscenes enjoyable.

Gameplay is pretty standard. Aiming is a huge, inaccurate pain, but I assume that will get easier. Still nowhere near as intuitive or useable as a Call of Duty. Especially with a rifle, why can't I aim down the site?? That's right, another shooter where you can't aim down your site. I understand that you can't do that when weilding duel six-shooters, but COME ON! Dont' these developers PLAY other people's games? Use what works.

The story seems ok. There's definitely some hokey voice acting, but that's to be expected. The game will auto save about every 10 steps you take. Sometimes you'll just be running down a canyon, and it'll auto save. So there's no surprise - something big is about to happen.

Multiplayer is frenetic and confusing for the most part. The sloppy aiming system makes it really hard to drive your shots home, and again I SERIOUSLY miss the ability to aim down my rifle sites. The best they give you is a zoom button. Good luck trying to zoom and track someone and shoot them while they're moving. Your rifle either tracks too slowly and you keep missing them, or if you up the sensitivity, becomes so wildly uncontrollable that you might as well walk up to the enemy and let him shoot you. Of course this wont' matter because the enemy is having the same herky-jerky aiming issues you're dealing with. So basically everyone on every game I played ends up standing still, aiming, and seeing who can pull the triggers more quickly.

MASSIVE lag and server issues abound. I am constantly getting "Server Lost" errors and getting kicked out of matches- and only with this game. Hopefully they will fix this soon. The really annoying thing is that there are never more than 20 people online for this game at once. Are you seriously telling me that the developer couldn't have rounded up 20 people to test their server capacity?

All in all, pretty disappointing. I'm sure it would be fun if you got some of your friends on for multiplayer matches and just goofed around, but still nowhere near worth the $60 price tag.

Not So Bad..But Not so Good either...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The shining moment of this game was the 'Bonus' missions. After finishing the single player campaign you will unlock 3 bonus missios. The graphics and game design are a little better than the main single player game. The bonus missions look more polished than the single player story. Other than that pretty much standard FPS action ,with some one on one duels Old West Style and some climbing and jumping with the Billy charachter. I beat this game in about 4 days, playing it for about 3 hours at a time give or take. It wasnt a horrible game, and the graphics arent that bad,but there is a problem with black shadows and white sunny areas.Something most Tv's can somewhat fix by adjusting contrast and in-game brightness level. Overall ,would I buy it? Not a chance .I Rented it and beat it before the rental was due. It was a nice change of scenery in the FPS realm though.Something different to experience. You play two charachters ,oNE IS an Indian/caucasian ,somehwhat stealthy sneak in the shadows player. And the other is a Preacher Hell bent delivering Justice w/ a revolver and a bible. You can duel weld weapons and both fire independently of each other LT/RT, respectively. You can even hold a bible in one hand and your charachter will read passages and the enemy will momemtarily pause, giving you ample time to pump em full of lead. But I never took advantage of this feature ,it was more of a novelty than a game requirement. The best feature of the game was the 'SLOW' time mode (like Matrix/Maxx Payne) , you can activate this mode and take out 2-3 enemies at a time,kinda kool. As a rental ,it is worth it if your a fan of FPS and jonesin for some gaming waiting for some betters shooters this Fall......HINT:HINT: spoiler alert !! To beat the final fight, (The guy that will stab Billy in the back). To kill the guy before he stabs Billy you will have literally a 'millisecond'to do this. As soon as you see the item boxes on screen after the cutscene . Pull back on right stick and push forward , youll enter the slow mo faze, then try to shoot the guy in the head but you dont have too to beat him. IT TOOK me about 15 tries to get as you dont have much time to do this move. Then after that congrats you beat the game ,now go play those 3 bonus missions, there a little better than the single player mode.(note) Initially only one bonus mission will unlock so you have to complete the 1st bonus mission to unlock the 2nd, and the 2nd to get the 3rd. Good Luck. PEACE.

Good, but a miss.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is definitely the best western game out there... but thats not saying much. The game is very linear, and the gameplay is a little bland. The character models are beautiful, but some of the environments leave a little to the imagination. The best part of the game is easily the concentration draw, but you have very little control over where the cursors move. A lot could have been done to make this game better, but all in all its still pretty good. Voice acting needed some definite work (unless of course they were going for that very corny theme). Now, I haven't tried the multiplayer yet, but i dont expect anything amazing.

My personal recommendation: rent. if you REALLY like it, buy it.

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