Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

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  1. CodaHensley
    May 16, 2023
    7
    A very mediocre shooter that time seems to have forgotten. The repeated reuse of assets, very bland and uninteresting locations and levels, and the disjointed story make this a bit of a relic, but if you're into cowboy shooters, this has plenty of blood and fun campy aspects to satisfy.
  2. pashockys
    Apr 30, 2023
    7
    pretty straight simple game, it is not shooter it's just shooting range and you standing still and shooting enemy without any chance to die
  3. RadiationGamer
    Feb 26, 2023
    5
    Although it seems like a good game to distribute bullets, it has a game structure that continues with a strange integrity. Even if it goes well, you will throw the game into a corner as soon as it starts to repeat itself. It's a clichéd revenge story, with some poorly executed parts. It's just a "basic" game. Not very bad but not very well. It could be better. -5
  4. nastyjes
    Jan 10, 2023
    7
    Greatest remake of Wild Gunman .
  5. Ogurechka
    Dec 20, 2022
    6
    Short and peppy shooter for a couple of evenings. Very cool style and good storytelling. The graph for the game 9 years ago looks quite nice. You should not expect much from this game, but it is quite possible to run through it.
  6. hileger
    Oct 19, 2022
    7
    ккак кал оф дутий только ковбои и дуэли отличная игра категории B........
  7. george_bondo
    Jul 24, 2022
    7
    this game is just perfect with that beautiful music , characters and atmosphere
  8. MrVali
    Apr 12, 2022
    7
    No need to look for stories, this is the wild west gun fast shooter wins...
  9. zyllus
    Feb 27, 2022
    7
    This is an FPS game set in the wild west. The voice acting is superb and the environment design is not so bad. The best thing about this game is the interesting storytelling with comic like sketches. The combat is average.
  10. EmirhanSahin
    Jan 2, 2022
    7
    + good storytelling
    + fine graphics
    + nice voice acting
    + great shooting
    - not enough gun options
    - short play time
    - predictable story
    - dumb ai

    short, cheap, and fun game to play.
  11. wright_and_left
    Dec 24, 2021
    5
    I'm over halfway through the game so this review might change, but overall this game is fine.

    I'm already not a huge fan of games set in the Old West so that was already a mark against it. The core gameplay is fun, but it does get quickly stale. The most fun I had were the duels, as they had you multitasking on every part of your screen. The actual core gameplay was fun, but (playing    I'm over halfway through the game so this review might change, but overall this game is fine.

    I'm already not a huge fan of games set in the Old West so that was already a mark against it. The core gameplay is fun, but it does get quickly stale. The most fun I had were the duels, as they had you multitasking on every part of your screen.

    The actual core gameplay was fun, but (playing this on Hard) was annoying. I found it fairly easy to get through the waves of enemies, but the boss fights were beyond frustrating as they could kill you within 5 seconds. They would shoot you to no end, run and hide, rinse and repeat. I wish every boss battle was a duel at that point.

    The story, which isn't a huge selling point of the game, wasn't that interesting either. Just moving from bad guy to bad guy.

    If you enjoy FPS arcade shooters, you'll love this! However, it's not my thing.

    5.25/10    … Expand
  12. IdleSpace
    Dec 20, 2021
    7
    Если вы хотите поиграть в шутер без сюжета на вечер - это прекрасный выбор.
    Отличная стрельба, малая продолжительность, сюжетные вставки без возможностьи пропуска - отсюда и итоговая оценка)
    9 часов хватило пройти её на все достижения.    Если вы хотите поиграть в шутер без сюжета на вечер - это прекрасный выбор.
    Отличная стрельба, малая продолжительность, сюжетные вставки без возможностьи пропуска - отсюда и итоговая оценка)
    9 часов хватило пройти её на все достижения.
  13. 4ya5h1
    Dec 19, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. great shooter to play for fun for a few hours. graphic, gameplay and even plot are good. Silas Greaves (main character) telling his own story to his main target to kill. telling story about his main target to kill, to find revenge… Expand
  14. vova22379
    Dec 3, 2021
    6
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  15. Kotofon
    Aug 6, 2020
    6
    Золотые прииски и грязь салунов: Call of Juarez®: Gunslinger отдает дань почета историям о Диком Западе. Совершите эпическое путешествие по диким землям в роли безжалостного охотника за головами самых отъявленных преступников. Размывая границу между человеком и легендой, это приключение раскроет неожиданную правду об известнейших легендах Старого Запада.Золотые прииски и грязь салунов: Call of Juarez®: Gunslinger отдает дань почета историям о Диком Западе. Совершите эпическое путешествие по диким землям в роли безжалостного охотника за головами самых отъявленных преступников. Размывая границу между человеком и легендой, это приключение раскроет неожиданную правду об известнейших легендах Старого Запада.
  16. PanMrkvicka
    Feb 11, 2020
    7
    Well its a good game but nothing else. Gameplay is good and saytisfying but the story is forgettable and kind of cliche. The art direction looks nice.
  17. Yabs
    Jul 30, 2019
    6
    Interesting game 6/10. I'd recommend it for anything less than $10.

    The game is linear leaving no option for exploration. That is unfortunate because much of the distant scenery is outstanding to view. The gun slinging is satisfying and smooth, and the narrative as a story / historical fiction is engaging. In shot, Call of Juarez Gunslinger is fun.. It had my interest for 7 hours and    Interesting game 6/10. I'd recommend it for anything less than $10.

    The game is linear leaving no option for exploration. That is unfortunate because much of the distant scenery is outstanding to view.
    The gun slinging is satisfying and smooth, and the narrative as a story / historical fiction is engaging. In shot, Call of Juarez Gunslinger is fun.. It had my interest for 7 hours and will get no more.

    Pros:
    -Game doesn't go on too long past its interesting points.
    -gun slinging is quite thrilling.
    -engaging narrative / story
    -some environments are beautifully crafted.
    -all the weapons are thrilling to use, especially the pistols and shotgun.
    -fluid controls.

    Cons:
    -I didn't care for the duels at all. these were just frustrating
    -quick time events, blehh....
    -the visual depth of the game when not moving makes field of view seem very 2D
    -a bit too linear.
    -not much replay value after the campaign has been completed once.
    -some graphical errors here and there.    … Expand
  18. CenkAlp
    Jan 3, 2018
    6
    Hikaye = 8
    Oynanış = 7
    Grafikler = 6
    Sesler = 6
    Keyif = 6
    Atmosfer = 7
    Süre = 6
  19. zimmer600
    Aug 19, 2017
    6
    A good western and a good action movie, no more and no less. True, "good" does not mean "outstanding" - like many other good fighters, Gunslinger is rather brief, does not disdain obvious self-repetitions, and scripts in it are not always in place.
  20. Gracz-org
    Aug 8, 2017
    7
    Call of Juarez: Gunslinger zaskoczył mnie dobrym klimatem oraz możliwością poznania biografii ważniejszych rewolwerowców Dzikiego Zachodu i mimo, że od początku spodziewałem się jak to wszystko się skończy, to gra nie pozwalała mi się nudzić. Z minusów należy wymienić przede wszystkim liniowość etapów oraz brak swobody w poruszaniu się - co przy grze tego typu powinno być dużo bardziejCall of Juarez: Gunslinger zaskoczył mnie dobrym klimatem oraz możliwością poznania biografii ważniejszych rewolwerowców Dzikiego Zachodu i mimo, że od początku spodziewałem się jak to wszystko się skończy, to gra nie pozwalała mi się nudzić. Z minusów należy wymienić przede wszystkim liniowość etapów oraz brak swobody w poruszaniu się - co przy grze tego typu powinno być dużo bardziej rozbudowane. Przejście gry zajęło mi niecałe 5 godzin, co również nie wpływa na jej korzyść. Jeśli jesteście fanami Dzikiego Zachodu, to gra będzie doskonałą okazją, by przybliżyć sobie ten burzliwy okres w dziejach Ameryki. W innym przypadku możecie sobie ten tytuł odpuścić. Jeśli chodzi o mnie - to bawiłem się całkiem nieźle. Panowie i Panie, przygotujcie więc broń, siodłajcie wierzchowce i w drogę ku zachodzącemu słońcu!

    Plusy:
    + klimat Dzikiego Zachodu
    + „prawdziwe” postacie
    + dynamiczna akcja i pojedynki
    + strzelanie sprawia niezłą frajdę

    Minusy:
    – liniowość i konstrukcja etapów
    – na dłuższą metę nudzi
    – trochę za krótka
    – grafika mogłaby być lepsza

    Pełna recenzja dostępna jest na blogu Gracz.org    … Expand
  21. Mr_Alex
    May 28, 2017
    5
    Отлично опишет Call of Juarez Gunslinger эта фраза:
    "Call of Duty meets Sniper Ghost Warrior in the Wild West. Take that as you will."
    Игра может понравиться только умственно отсталому. Это 5-ти часовой тир с малым количеством оружия и однотипными локациями. Скучный сюжет вкупе с частыми вставками рассказчика и тонной слоумо прилагаются. Игру порекомендую если вам меньше 14 лет.    Отлично опишет Call of Juarez Gunslinger эта фраза:
    "Call of Duty meets Sniper Ghost Warrior in the Wild West. Take that as you will."

    Игра может понравиться только умственно отсталому. Это 5-ти часовой тир с малым количеством оружия и однотипными локациями. Скучный сюжет вкупе с частыми вставками рассказчика и тонной слоумо прилагаются.

    Игру порекомендую если вам меньше 14 лет.
  22. ave
    Feb 23, 2016
    7
    To be fair, I've played Call of Juarez twice in easy mode. The game has many qualities, even if some aspect of the gameplay are sometimes confusing or frustrating.

    First, it's a story-driven game ("aka constrained"). It's like a journey into the legends of the Wild West along with bounty hunter Silas Greaves. The recreation of the old west is pleasant and inventive. If you pay attention    To be fair, I've played Call of Juarez twice in easy mode. The game has many qualities, even if some aspect of the gameplay are sometimes confusing or frustrating.

    First, it's a story-driven game ("aka constrained"). It's like a journey into the legends of the Wild West along with bounty hunter Silas Greaves. The recreation of the old west is pleasant and inventive. If you pay attention to the story, the game ending might not be a complete surprise, though.

    The most pleasant part of the gameplay is (in my opinion), to shoot with two revolvers in your hand. You can still aim and there is no strange "left click for left gun / right click for right gun" scheme. Just click and deliver.

    Two other mechanics are also interesting : Focus (time slows down and enemies are highlighted) and Cheat Death (time slows down and you can either lean left or right to dodge bullets). You feel like the real deal.

    On the other hand, the game suffers from the fact that sometimes you just can't see who's shooting at you unless you expose yourself to receive a bullet and track down the shooter (the same problem that plagues ROTT Redux).

    A last note about the Duel section. The game mechanics completely changes here, you have to position your hand to gain speed, and place a moving target on your opponent to gain accuracy. Once you feel you you have enough of both, you can either shoot before your opponent (not honorable) or shoot after he has drawn and dodge a bullet (honorable). Even if the mechanic is inventive, you really cannot capitalize on it since a duel is kind of draining (especially if you loose) and can drive you out of the game.

    But it's a good game anyway :) At least one I enjoyed from the CoJ serie !    … Expand
  23. PowerGamer
    Oct 21, 2015
    5
    Starts out pretty fun, but gets old pretty fast.
    For one thing it's hard to differentiate the visuals, to pick the characters out from the background, the way they shade everything in a dark high contrast way.
    They could have done something to make the NPCs stand out from the background. The game play, from the visuals and reaction/feedback, makes me feel distanced from the game.    Starts out pretty fun, but gets old pretty fast.
    For one thing it's hard to differentiate the visuals, to pick the characters out from the background, the way they shade everything in a dark high contrast way.
    They could have done something to make the NPCs stand out from the background.

    The game play, from the visuals and reaction/feedback, makes me feel distanced from the game.

    Then there are the cut scenes. Kind of neat at first but then you see the guy is like the Forest Gump of the Western world. He/you just happen to know all the famous outlaws and cross paths with them all.

    Goes from a sort of tolerating humor to being overrun and sanctimonious. I don't want a game telling me so and so outlaw was really a nice person and is just understood and so on.
    The designer(s) of this game took them self a little to seriously.
    At least if I could only skip these dialogs, but many you can't.

    I would rather had more action and less silliness.    … Expand
  24. CntrlAltDel101
    Oct 1, 2015
    7
    Call of Juarez Gunslinger was short but incredibly fun. Nice visuals and a non stop action packed campaign.

    If the campaign was longer I would have given this an 8 or 9.
  25. Piecefighter
    Sep 24, 2015
    7
    This is a fun game. I like playing a western themed game, the narration and story were spot on. The graphics are well done and sine in 4k. It reminds me of playing the first red dead game. It was made by developers that seemed like they were wanting to make a game they wanted to play themselves.
  26. MustisTheCat
    Aug 11, 2015
    7
    Go ahead and rent it. A weekend walkthrough. There is nothing new about it. The game feels an like indie title. Restricted budgetwise in many areas. Not too boring but one playthrough is enough already. One more game under my belt, neeeeext. 69/100 from me.

    GAMEPLAY First player perspective with few different guns going through tunnels that are to look like open areas. No interactive    Go ahead and rent it. A weekend walkthrough. There is nothing new about it. The game feels an like indie title. Restricted budgetwise in many areas. Not too boring but one playthrough is enough already. One more game under my belt, neeeeext. 69/100 from me.

    GAMEPLAY
    First player perspective with few different guns going through tunnels that are to look like open areas. No interactive surfaces, very simple movement. Enter map, crouch behind a house, point and shoot. Only one route and only one way of dealing with your enemies. Loads of scripted scenes with hundreds of mindless AI.
    I wouldn`t have a problem with it if it wasn`t for the silly sequences where the player ends up surrounded by swarms of enemies spawning repeatedly. You shoot them, a boss appears, you shoot him aaaaaand cutscene. And the whole playthrough goes like this. Very little variety.
    Great part is the duel feature. You use wsad and mouse to ready your hand and you reach it with mouse button and shoot. Fairly simple and cool to use. Every duel is a little different as the player faces historical characters throughout. Overall makes for a good break material in between the usual go there and shoot stuff. The thing is that after a play like that you would want something more, but no. You shoot the guy one on one, then the usual fpp stuff continues to the end.
    The guns look and feel good. Shooting is ok, the hands working look ok. There are some special ‘golden’ guns but besides some special features like +50% reload speed or damage there is nothing more to them. You pick`em, because you`re tired of seeing shot enemies get up again and again.
    Player special skills that you unlock are not interesting at all. Reload wile running, longer focus time, better zoom etc. They`re ok but don`t change the gameplay enough to keep it interesting after the first positive impression that lasts about 1-2 hours.

    STORY
    Cliche. Linear adventures with corny dialogues. A tiny bit little twist right at the very end of the story. Bunch of screens, great storytelling by a nice old man like voiceover. Not bad but like I said, nothing new here.
    There are some collectibles called “Nuggets of truth” that are fairly easy to see. You collect them so you can enter a menu with some very interesting notes and stories about the Wild West as a whole. Gives a nice insight to the story, explains some wild west famous mysteries - written quite well and concise so I enjoyed reading all of them.

    GRAPHICS
    Cell like graphic style similar to Borderlands with comic like additions. Whether one likes it is totally dependant on one`s taste. Looks good and works well on most PCs. I can`t really say anything more. The environment, maps, models, guns, everything looks alright.

    MUSIC
    Good western music. Slow when storytelling, fast when there is action. Makes up for most of the game`s mood. Overall sound quality is top notch and about the only feature in this game I`d say that is better than average.    … Expand
  27. Rem
    Jul 7, 2015
    7
    Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, while being radically different from its full release brothers of the same name, is a more fleshed and meaty experience by deviating into a more experimental path. Walking in the boots of a famous bounty hunter as he recalls the story through his eyes as he narrates brings really neat gameplay elements such as someone calling him on his bluff, and an element ofCall of Juarez: Gunslinger, while being radically different from its full release brothers of the same name, is a more fleshed and meaty experience by deviating into a more experimental path. Walking in the boots of a famous bounty hunter as he recalls the story through his eyes as he narrates brings really neat gameplay elements such as someone calling him on his bluff, and an element of gameplay changes mid battle. Its humorous and witty writing really delivers this short but entertaining adventure through the West. What Gunslinger really nails is the shooting mechanics, pulling off headshots and barrages is extremely satisfying as a result of the good use of blood and pacing which sees the story take you from a standoff to a train robbery. While being a small but well packaged downloadable, Call of Juarez Gunslinger really nails the fun of shooting it up like a spaghetti western, something previous COJ games failed to capture.… Expand
  28. RMDsilva
    Nov 3, 2014
    6
    Fun, short game.
    The action is quite alright, but it's certainly not excellent - AI sucks, you're just running around for headshots for bigger combos, etc.
    The duels are interesting.. I guess. But the game would need quite a bit more variety. The narrative is not terrible and I really liked how the storytelling memory vs actual accounts kept messing it up in actual gameplay.    Fun, short game.
    The action is quite alright, but it's certainly not excellent - AI sucks, you're just running around for headshots for bigger combos, etc.
    The duels are interesting.. I guess. But the game would need quite a bit more variety.

    The narrative is not terrible and I really liked how the storytelling memory vs actual accounts kept messing it up in actual gameplay.

    However, both the narrative and the action are just a bit too "unreal" for my taste, getting a bit boring with "oh yes, and then there was the time where I killed 100 guys in the same way for the same reason getting the same result and probably this didn't actually happen.."    … Expand
  29. Budget_Security
    Oct 26, 2014
    7
    An arcade twitch shooter with a very entertaining story that is simply a lot of fun. Mix 'Max Payne' with 'Serious Sam' and films like 'My name is trinity' and you get this. Gameplay is very well balanced, and never gets stale with the constant change of pace, humour, and duel segments. Although technically a bit dated, the graphics still look great. Its a pity the devs had a small budget,An arcade twitch shooter with a very entertaining story that is simply a lot of fun. Mix 'Max Payne' with 'Serious Sam' and films like 'My name is trinity' and you get this. Gameplay is very well balanced, and never gets stale with the constant change of pace, humour, and duel segments. Although technically a bit dated, the graphics still look great. Its a pity the devs had a small budget, and the single-player story is quite short. But there is some replay value, and the arcade mode (a kind of time trial) allows you to compare high scores with your friends. Note - If FOV is too low, it can easily be fixed in the config text files.… Expand
  30. Klewer
    Aug 13, 2014
    6
    The game while in a great setting and solid mechanics fails to use this potential. After a strong start while fresh the game quickly becomes highly repetitive and a chore to finish.

    That being said it is still quite fun but it fails to keep those levels up.
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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. GameCritics
    Jul 30, 2013
    80
    The Call of Juarez series has had its ups and downs over the years, but Gunslinger stands proud—not only against its own checkered past, but against the FPS genre as a whole. It may not be a subtle or particularly nuanced experience, but it's certainly a cracking good time delivered with a style and confidence that's rarely seen in a full-priced title, let alone a $15 download.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 9, 2013
    80
    Call of Juarez returns to western genre, and that is fine. A pity though, it imitates itself, even its competition. However, this story is worth it even without a happy-ending. [Issue#231]
  3. PC Gamer
    Jul 5, 2013
    84
    Don’t mistake price for quality – this is a top-notch shooter, limited in resources but not in heart.
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