Call of juarez gunslinger is a game that is set in the wild west and about a bounty hunter called Silas Greaves who tells the story of events to these people in a saloon about famous people of the time for example Billy the kid, Silas Greaves tells them what actually happened and who killed who and how through his eyes and his experiences. The way they tell the story it is unique because in some parts of the game you redo a certain section of that mission from the impression of the storeys in the newspaper, books, the word around street and then it changes to the perspective of Silas Greaves who was apparently there at the time of the event.

The gameplay is different at the start but gets repetitive after few missions with the gun shooting it literally point and click as well as it only has a small array of gun from pistols to rifle and shotguns but what do really expect to do to game being set in this era a big positive is that able to duel-wheeled the pistols and that pretty awesome if I shall say myself, but in my opinion, you should not really buy this game for the shooting aspect because there a lot more games that do it better but should for the unique story and extremely underused era that game is set in. sadly the game is linear and not close to open the world it has some collectables that are called truth nuggets that tell facts about people and the time period.
The Graphic style of the game has the cartoonish rustic style that unique and appealing it not going be as beautifully realistic but the quality of the detail of the people be amazing as well as the surroundings is a big selling point.

Overall this game is a worth buy it underused era that it is set in and the amazing and unique story that can anyone in as well the beautiful art style, but the gunplay could be a bit better but the time it set in I don't blame it.

I Love this game

One of the best games I have ever played. Its graphics, although not what we are used to, are amazing. Its gameplay is pretty good and its story is simple, thus anyone can understand it. If you are into FPS, then this is for you. The nicest game you can find out there, about wild west.

There is a scene early on in Gore Verbinski’s 2011 animated western, Rango, in which Johnny Depp’s titular chameleon is attempting to endear himself to the townsfolk after bumbling his way into town. Through a display of increasingly frantic and outrageous dramatics, he weaves a fantastic tale of his fight with a band of notorious outlaws, an account which the townsfolk have completely bought into by the end despite being fabricated on the spot and held together with the thinnest of logic. Though the scene’s primary purpose is to position Rango as a respected member of the town, as well as to play off his insecurities and reliance of acting in all his social encounters, it also feeds into one of the most persistent and engaging tenants of spaghetti westerns: a stranger’s tale told over a glass of whisky at the town saloon.

Storytelling is among the most fundamental aspects of human socialization, but it has a special position within the narrative of the wild west. Given the sparseness of towns sprinkled across seemingly endless plains, and the lack of any form of correspondence faster than a letter, information was in short supply. A newcomer became then not only a curiosity but a window into life outside a given town, as much for the sake of news as entertainment. The stories may sound absurd, but who is to say they aren’t true when the only one able to vouch for their legitimacy is the storyteller herself?

It was this idea, and the before-mentioned scene from Rango, that kept running through my mind as I made my way through Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, a bite-sized offshoot of a series whose continued existence after the abhorrent The Cartel is as surprising as the direction developer Techland has taken it. Far more than any of the three games that preceded it, Gunslinger is enraptured with the spaghetti western in its campiest, most iconic incarnation. Setup as a barside retelling of famed bounty hunter Silas Greaves’ exploits, Gunslinger is a hodgepodge amalgamation of western iconography, shooter conventions, and game design tomfoolery.

Train heists, bank robberies, standoff duals, and a lifelong quest for revenge, Gunslinger indulges itself on every western trope known to the genre, framing it all around Greave’s increasingly ridiculous encounters with famous outlaws. Greave’s constant narration of his adventures is one of Gunslinger’s most successful hooks, his charismatic narcissism and increasingly unreliable nature providing the otherwise soulless shootouts with a sense of character. His repeated backpedaling of events to say “what really happened” borrows a page from Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in allowing the game to organically account for inconsistencies (read: your death), as well as put you into impossible scenarios that break the narrative but are no less fun to play through.

Unfortunately, this conceit grows tiresome after a few hours, once it becomes clear that the narrative is little more than a stream of consciousness excuse to shuffle you from setpiece to setpiece like an incoherent theme park ride. Gunslinger tries to mask its meandering pacing by pitting the player against an onslaught of different outlaws, each with their own story of dubious authenticity, but the result is like a greatest hits album for a band without enough songs to warrant one. A few of the outlaws lend themselves well to Gunslinger’s shooting gallery design, but most feel interchangeable to one another, as cookie cutter in their personality as the levels that surround them. It doesn’t matter much if the Gatling-gun is on a hill or in a cave, or if you have to hold off an ambush from a house or a barn, all that's changed is the shifting of assets and the alteration of a few lines of dialogue.

But the repetition is as much the fault of the narrative, as it is the familiar gunplay. Gunslinger is basically an assemblage of neat ideas from more inspired games. Bastion’s narration is adjoined to Bulletstorm’s storing system, outfitted with Max Payne’s slow-mo shooting ability, and blended together with Borderland’s art style and enemy AI. The concoction is, admittedly, wildly successful at what it tries to do. Guns are disinteresting in their design, but with only three to choose from, it’s easy enough to find what works for you and ignore the rest. Enemies are mindless, but it’s enjoyable enough to watch points pop out of them. Concentration (which slows down time and highlights enemies) may feel a bit like cheating, but Gunslinger exists for no other purpose than to make you feel like an invincible, well, gunslinger, so have at it!

Gunslinger is perfectly ridiculous and unremarkable, but it sells itself well enough that it’s easy to buy into its Frankensteinian collage of games and just enjoy the dumb ride. For a time. Like its narrative, Gunslinger’s gunplay begins to feel route and tedious a few hours into its already short runtime of about 4-5 hours. Fights take longer and longer, and death becomes a more contentious presence. An upgrade tree tries to remedy Gunslinger’s repetition, but its additions are more a matter of convention than interesting perks. You might need a larger ammo clip because you’re facing more enemies at once, but nothing changes about the shooting on a fundamental level, and the few cool ideas Gunslinger has along its upgrade path remain little more than quality of life improvements than mechanical game changers.

Surprisingly, Gunslinger proves significantly more enjoyable as a shooter when most of its extraneous components are stripped away in its arcade mode, which effectively transforms the game into a lightgun shooter ala-Time Crisis or the on foot levels of Rebel Assault II. By shifting the purpose of earning points off of uninteresting level gains and over onto leaderboard chasing, Gunslinger’s combo and skill shot features begin to actually matter. Arcade mode also cuts out almost all the traversal downtime of the main game, populating levels with more enemies that pop out like animatronics, and tweaking the gunplay to be just a little more forgiving. None of the maps quite stand out enough to create a heated leaderboard showdown, but arcade mode still serves as a nice palate cleanser to the comparatively mundane shooting of the single player game.

It deserves to be said that even if Gunslinger is only a decent shooter with an underutilized setting, coming after The Cartel – a game so bad its CEO denounced it as a mistake – this is more than I would have ordinarily begun to hope for. But like a rash that refuses to go away, Gunslinger can’t seem to shake the most troubling issue that has plagued the series to varying degrees since it’s incarnation: representation. Though it may be nowhere near the abhorrent mess that was The Cartel’s take on human trafficking, Gunslinger’s portrayal of Native Americans can barely sneak past as less than violent propaganda. Whether or not it is appropriate for the setting is irrelevant; head-shotting Native Americans as a white man in a decidedly dumb first person shooter is, and probably always will be, in incredibly poor taste.

Gunslinger is a fine shooter that endears itself through a love of its setting and an unconventional approach toward narration. Its hooks begin to slip sometime before its conclusion, but Gunslinger is so easy to engage with that it never becomes unpleasant even as it grows a bit stale. Its depiction of Native Americans is horrendous, and prevalent sexist and racial slurs regrettable, but at the very least Gunslinger makes some headway in distancing itself from its trainwreck of a predecessor. Gunslinger isn’t a great game, but it’s the one that does the best to make a case that Call of Juarez can be more than a western pastiche filled with racial grievances.

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This game is probably the best western expierience you'll get on steam. The guns feel amazing. The replayabality is endless, and itss just an amazing game to play or rreplay when your bored.

Good, fun gameplay; however, the story isn't the deepest there is, and, if the story was a bit longer, the action would've gotten repetitive as there isn't much of a progression to speak of, combat-wise. The short story is enjoyable though.

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Challenging and entertaining FPS that gives you a vital choice in the end. 100% recommend it.

It's been awhile since I played any sort of western video game, the last being the great Red Dead Redemption. So I was pretty excited, as I've heard great things of this game and how it's more arcade gameplay. I can tell you right now that this game is worth it. It's so much fun! I could barely put it down the second I picked it up!

The game is a blast to play. Slinging revolvers and lever action rifles hasn't been done so well since Red Dead Redemption. The aiming and gameplay is smooth, and the guns look great, especially the legendary ones with golden engravings. The storytelling is really cool. It's told by Silas Greaves, the protagonist, as you play, and the world and characters change as the story is being told because he might mess up or remember something wrong. There's a bullet dodging mechanic if you're at low health, and there's even a slow-down-time mechanic so you can go out in the open slinging two rangers and pick off 6 dudes in the head. Dueling with notorious western outlaws is a treat, and is very thematic. As you can see from, the gameplay of this game is this game's biggest strength. It makes you feel invincible and badass, but also stays challanging, especially on hard mode. The ending of this game is a massive plot twist, and also has a surprise, but you'll have to beat the game to know what happens. The graphics are like Borderlands. They have this cell-shaded kinda look, and they work well, and also look great.

There's not a lot I hate about this game, but there's some things, like in all games. The FOV is really small. Luckily you can change it, but only through the files in your AppData folder. Wouldn't it been easier to add a FOV slider? When you're dueling, the aiming, although floaty to make it difficult to focus on your target, feels overdone. Small movements are hard to do, which is basically what you need to do a lot in dueling. Shotgunners take 3 or more shots to kill than your normal outlaws, and boss enemies are bullet sponges, taking around 4 full revolvers to kill. That's made even worse because they're always coming towards you. The game is also short. As you can see from my playtime, it took me around 3.5 hours to beat. They do have stuff like the Arcade mode and New Game +, which is nice, but it would've been nice if the game was a bit longer.

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is a fantastic game, and one of my personal favorite games now! It's fun, has character, and is a blast from start to finish. It's one of the best western video games made, alongside Red Dead Redemption.

Should you buy it? YES YOU SHOULD. Now go get it, you darn varmit.

the best western game i have played in a long time