Call of Juarez | Xbox 360

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About the Game

Billy Candle fled the town of Hope when he was young. Beaten by his dad on a daily basis, he looked for a way out and was drawn to the Call of Juarez - a myth about a great treasure buried near the city border of Juarez. His search yields no result and he returns, disappointed, to his birth village to visit his mother. One of the other villagers is Billy's uncle Ray McCall, once a fearsome gunslinger.

Story & Setting

Fugitive Billy and hunter Ray become the two protagonists of Call of Juarez , a first-person Wild West shooter. The narrative takes the characters through villages, mines, but also train robberies, chase sequences on horses and one-on-one duels based on reflexes.

Gameplay & Core Systems

Players alternately take the role of the Billy or Ray. Their missions are set in the same locations, they sometimes briefly meet and their actions influence each other, but the paths are entirely different. He can climb rocks, shoots with a bow and uses a whip to scare off animals and swing from branches. Similar to the "bullet time" made famous by Max Payne , the game slows down and the cross-hairs of the weapons slowly move from the side of the screen to the middle. Players can use this technique to take out multiple enemies at once.

Standout Features

• When Billy secretly meets with his old friend Suzy, he is chased down the village and becomes an unlucky witness of the murder on his mother and father.
• Both characters can dual-wield revolvers or carry around a shotgun, a winchester or a rifle with scope, but Ray also holds a bible he can cite from to stun enemies, uses his fists, and he can kick and wear a protective vest.
• Most objects can be picked up and moved around to players' advantage - mainly as cover, but also for building structures, opening drawers, pushing carts and throwing oil lamps followed by a shot to set an area aflame.
• Weapons need to be reloaded regularly, automatically or manually, and health is replenished through drinks.
• Players collect ammo from crates or dead enemies and can choose to exchange weapons.
• The multiplayer mode features online play against up to 31 other people in different modes.
• From deathmatch and team deathmatch to modes like "gold-fever" in which players pick up as much gold as they can find on the map.
• Billy: Ray usually moves around all guns blazing, while Billy is a fugitive, forcing him to sneak around and hide in shadows.

Modes & Ways to Play

Both characters have access to a time-limited concentration mode.

Player support includes Co-Op, Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS), and Team.

Presentation & Atmosphere

Enemies respond to movement, sound and even flashes of lighting illuminating areas. Compared to its contemporaries, Call of Juarez is more similar to Dead Man's Hand with the linear mission structure, in contrast with GUN's large amount of freedom and the open environment.

Display support includes Progressive Scan (480p), HDTV 720p, HDTV 1080i, and HDTV 1080p. Audio support includes Dolby Digital.