Re: Call of Jaurez-Bound in Blood
Memnoch
>
> Spent about a 1/2 hour playing this and so far it looks and plays
>really nice.
> Got killed a couple of times trying to find my way to the left flank
>or right flank during the first part in the Civil War and figuring out
>just how exactly to work the "stop time" feature in the game.
>Pretty cool to use it and gun down 5 yankeeys with a pair of
>fast,blazing six guns!!
>
> Looks like a AAA winner so far.
Is it different enough from the original game to still be interesting? I did
like the original and loved the horse riding parts.
Dick Cheeze
> Spent about a 1/2 hour playing this and so far it looks and plays
> really nice.
> Got killed a couple of times trying to find my way to the left flank
> or right flank during the first part in the Civil War and figuring out
> just how exactly to work the "stop time" feature in the game.
> Pretty cool to use it and gun down 5 yankeeys with a pair of
> fast,blazing six guns!!
>
> Looks like a AAA winner so far.
>
How's the MP? MP maps were too small in the first one, IMO.
Trimble Bracegirdle
Excerpts & links to lots of fairly, but not very good reviews.
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/callofjuarezboundinblood?q=Call%20of%20juarez
""Bound in Blood is a much more enjoyable experience than the first
Juarez...."
"Top production values ... exciting gameplay ..."
" The repetitive nature of the missions, coupled with some technical issues,
keeps this title from standing out more. "
"..gorgeous to look at ....story worth experiencing, but multiplayer is
nothing (much)
..no co-op .... Bound in Blood is worth a look, ...it doesn't take the
series on enough."
"... Bound in Blood is thus a straight-shooting tale of outlaw anti-heroes
chasing after treasure and fighting over a woman, ... a well-spun yarn...
fantastic sense of place and time, ..
It also irons out most of the first game's quirks, and railroads the action
straight into a set-piece-studded shooting gallery in the Call of Duty
style. Rarely in recent memory has a game been so relentlessly focused on
Shooting The Men Who Are Quite Far Away And Difficult To See. ..... a
supremely old-fashioned FPS, but that's not necessarily a problem, because
this is old-fashioned country. Rifling .. bodies for ammo, squinting down...
sights and grimacing at reload times while you hide behind a rock suits the
weaponry and wild gunfights of the era, and goes with the untamed
territory."
getting around 80%
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Memnoch
> The sighting is more realistic then many fps's....the enemy at a
>distance are at the correct perspective and become larger as they
>approach,,,very true to life.
I haven't read anywhere that mentions this but it would have been nice if it
had been a kind of wild west simulation with you able to take missions from
the town to apprehend bandits, rob a train or blow up a bridge. I don't think
that's ever been done has it? I'd buy it if they did!
Memnoch
>On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:46:34 GMT, Memnoch
><mem...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>
>>I haven't read anywhere that mentions this but it would have been nice if it
>>had been a kind of wild west simulation with you able to take missions from
>>the town to apprehend bandits, rob a train or blow up a bridge. I don't think
>>that's ever been done has it? I'd buy it if they did!
>
> Just ran into one of those side missions...was in a store buying a
>new rifle and 12 shot Volcano pistols and noticed a bullitin board
>with wanted posters.
> shift-clicked on a poster and got got a solo mission to go after a
>bunch of baddies...grabbed a horse and rode for awhile and came to a
>stockade with about a dozen outlaws. Had a tough (mini-boss) fight
>with the ring leader!
Looks like I'll be taking a look then! :-)
Shawk
Another one for the list. Really enjoyed half of the first one (the Ray
half not the Billy part)
Shawk
Hmmm.. �35 on Steam or �25 from play.com. No brainer that one...
Anssi Saari
> I haven't read anywhere that mentions this but it would have been nice if it
> had been a kind of wild west simulation with you able to take missions from
> the town to apprehend bandits, rob a train or blow up a bridge. I don't think
> that's ever been done has it? I'd buy it if they did!
I think GUN was a little like that, but it's been a while.
The Devil's Reject
> I haven't read anywhere that mentions this but it would have been nice if it
> had been a kind of wild west simulation with you able to take missions from
> the town to apprehend bandits, rob a train or blow up a bridge. I don't think
> that's ever been done has it? I'd buy it if they did!
If they released an editor then modders could make it like that. I would
rather have a more open ended game too. First CoJ ws too scripted IMO.
Is this one all scripted missions with no real freedom?