Comments on: Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood Demo Shootybangs

By: We Fly Spitfires - MMORPG Blog

We Fly Spitfires - MMORPG Blog — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:49:02 +0000

I really like the idea of playing a western game right now but I heard CoJ was pretty “meh”. Can’t really justify the cost on a “meh” game right now :( Will hold off and get Arkham Aslyum or Wolfenstien.

By: SpoonySeeker

SpoonySeeker — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:00:30 +0000

Note that although you can disable auto-aim in the demo you cannot do so in the full game; truly bizarre

By: Mika

Mika — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:59:36 +0000

Played both PS3 and PC demos and I liked it. Although I usually prefer FPS games on PC but this I probably get on consoles, seemed to work much more fluidly on a gamepad for some reason.

By: Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:46:55 +0000

Howard doesn’t like this game? That probably means it’s awesome, I’m sold.

By: Nero

Nero — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:57:29 +0000

Good thing I always browse through the options when I start a game to turn off the auto aim. I don’t want that crap in my PC game >:|.
Anyway, the game was ok. The shootout with inverted mouse was very weird. Nothing I would pay much for though.

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:15:56 +0000

Twas a fun game. Decent and immersive – though not brilliant – gameplay, best graphics that a DX9 game can produce, great characters propelled by good voice actors with many moments of sniggering at the occassionally funny yet serious script through a respectible post-Civil War story. Plus, use of the underused Western theme buys a small but satisfying amount of originality. The only disappointment I had was that you knew how the story ended due to it being a prequel.

Gets my vote, its just a fun game.

By: Berrmud

Berrmud — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:05:37 +0000

@Spectre-7: I don’t know what that option does, but it certainly doesn’t remove auto-aim. http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9901090327/m/2541010187

By: LionsPhil

LionsPhil — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:33:20 +0000

Ooh, ooh, Evil Genius. A game which was made out of truly awesome music (and overall styling).

@Pemptus: Nice.

By: Pemptus

Pemptus — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:30:04 +0000

I’m sorry, I just had a craving for spaghetti western music due to Katsumoto’s link and immediately thought of Outlaws. Nostalgic AND awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zRo3Yvb4GM

By: Pemptus

Pemptus — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:16:22 +0000

I’ll just add my 5 Polish groszy. I liked the game very much. Sure, the horse physics suck donkey balls (which is baffling, frankly, I remember the first game doing it much better…or am I wrong?) and the shootouts are repetitive glorified quick time events. The rest is spot-on imho. The game’s all about the shooting and it’s done great. I’m a PC gamer 4 life, dawg, but I still liked the slight auto aiming you get with Ray, it’s just to show how he’s a superior gunslinger. As someone mentioned, you can turn this off in the options. As for the duels, all you really have to do is to pull the mouse to the left when the bell tolls – inverted mouse doesn’t cause any problems here.

It’s not perfect by any means, but its most important features stand strong – the shootybang is immensely satisfying, the cover system feels natural for once (I haven’t used it much though – I’d say it’s optional on the medium difficulty) and I wanted to know how the story unfolds with each mission. Plus, it’s wild west. I was getting a bit bored of all the assault rifles and MP40s, weren’t you?

Oh, and yeah, Ray’s not a preacher AT ALL yet, so the no-bible gameplay is very much justified.

By: LionsPhil

LionsPhil — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:36:30 +0000

Oh, and then there’s the Tanktics theme. DMA Design FTW. Sadly not on the tubes, although this unused oddity is.

By: LionsPhil

LionsPhil — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 01:23:04 +0000

Katsumoto: Ooh, I dunno. Civ IV’s Baba Yetu is likewise epic. Deus Ex’s theme has only got better since Yahtzee gave it lyrics.