Let us know how it runs on that system. You should have a decent chance. I have a 5850 and an e8400, and though it may not be the best looking game ever, it does seem to run great for how good it looks. I imagine that the shaded style may have helped their performance out by not requiring high polycounts or something (plus I wasn't running any anti-aliasing).
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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger |OT| It's your huckleberry
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God damn Bound in Blood is good. I'm gonna wait til I play it for both sides of the story, but it's doing some things right now better than or on par with Redemption in my opinion.
Ive been getting a Western rush during the early to mid Summers for the past few years. Between Gunslinger and this on top of rewatching The Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy, Tombstone and the Dollar Trilogy recently, I've hit every feverish seasonal bingy pleasure nail on the head at this point.
Wheres that RTTP ShinobiFist?
Ive been getting a Western rush during the early to mid Summers for the past few years. Between Gunslinger and this on top of rewatching The Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy, Tombstone and the Dollar Trilogy recently, I've hit every feverish seasonal bingy pleasure nail on the head at this point.
Wheres that RTTP ShinobiFist?
robot
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I was about to post the same thing, lol. I might just grab this thanks to the cheap points fiasco.
ShinobiFist
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PoweredBySoy
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Noice.
I love the combo of double barrel shotgun and duel pistols. It's some straight up action movie shit when you bust into a room and fire off two shotgun rounds and then break out the pistols to clean up whoever is left. I am gonna have to pick up bound in blood after this. I also still need to play blood dragon. God I love all these cheap FPS games that dont suck.
I will soon enough. Still downloading - I hate my internet connection
I remember Bound in Blood looking rather nice and running very smoothly back in the day. I hope this runs just as well!
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
My favourite combo too. Kick open door, hit concentration, BOOM BOOM, swap, blast the rest into oblivion and fuck accuracy.
EDIT: Oh hey! My review got shared on the official Call of Juarez Facebook page, alongside RPS, Gamespot, and IGN. Yay!
IblisGinjo
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I think the narrative style could be a gameplay mechanic. For instance you're telling the story and have to keep your audience interested. During gameplay you have moments to tell the truth (which if you keep it too straight the audience will lose interest) or you can choose to embellish the story (which if it get's too far-fetched your audience won't believe you). So you have you play a good balance between truth and lies.
Just like Gunslinger's narrative is but more interactive. Solid game would like to see more.
Just like Gunslinger's narrative is but more interactive. Solid game would like to see more.
O.DOGG
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My favourite combo too. Kick open door, hit concentration, BOOM BOOM, swap, blast the rest into oblivion and fuck accuracy.
EDIT: Oh hey! My review got shared on the official Call of Juarez Facebook page, alongside RPS, Gamespot, and IGN. Yay!
Congrats on the review.
On the combo, once you get that upgrade, you don't even need to reload the shotgun in concentration. Just kick the door in and fire your heart away one barrel at a time.
I'm partway through a hard difficulty playthrough as my second run and I think I have all the closerange upgrades now. Unfortunately I have problems being able to use that shotgun no-reload skill often since I tend to use concentration mode to keep myself from dying (or to reload in order to avoid the combo counter expiring), instead of waiting until it's fully charged.
I should replay on normal since I suspect it may be much easier to keep combos going on that difficulty.
On hard I keep being like oh no oh no, must rush to the next area or my comboooooo is gone. I know shooting barrels keeps it going, not sure if trees/cacti do too.I think it's at least supposed to be decent past the first couple of levels. I probably stopped playing about halfway through, but I do that with nearly all games, which is one of the reasons Gunslinger stood out to me in that I actually finished it.
I also liked the start of the original Call of Jaurez. I think that was the first DX10 game I ever tried, and I was blown away by the atmosphere in that little starting mountain and tree area. The quality varies a good bit on that one though. One of the high points is the Bible-quotin' button. Waiting on the Steam summer sale might be a good idea though, since I think the stealth section did get some criticism.
Great game... I love the narration and atmosphere is amazing too. Boss fights remind each other but it's not a big deal. I really like the dueling. Price... well, it's so cheap that everybody's should buy it.
I've played trough all the Call of Juarez games and gotta say, this is my favourite game series ever. It's nice to see Gunslinger is succeeding.
I've played trough all the Call of Juarez games and gotta say, this is my favourite game series ever. It's nice to see Gunslinger is succeeding.
PedroLumpy
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This game is great.
Unlocking stuff is a little goofy in the arcade mode. Doesn't look like it'll take long to unlock everything, but it seems just completely unnecessary for a score attack mode.
I imagine the train level was a favorite for you
Unlocking stuff is a little goofy in the arcade mode. Doesn't look like it'll take long to unlock everything, but it seems just completely unnecessary for a score attack mode.
I imagine the train level was a favorite for you
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It's a good, very solid Western shooter - which we don't get nearly enough of. It's not amazing or mind-bending or anything like that. This is Techland after all. So keep the expectations a little in check.
If I remember correctly I think I had rented it and wasn't expecting much at all. So in turn I ended up loving it.
Alex Connolly
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Well deserved! As long as you sported a similar smirk when recording.
Des was that cool geek-chic uncle figure we all shared in the 90s. Imagine how many young minds were blown and shaped after his wry, energised introductions...
Man honestly, these days I'm almost actively hunting out things that are just "good". Just games, not anything that has a message or has a unique mechanic or whatever. Not necessarily boring or by-the-numbers, but just does what it does well without shooting for the stars.
Glad both BiB and Gunslinger fit the bill
I can only assume that the entire Australian contingent of the NeoGAF populace are the very same people you speak of.
Alex Connolly
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If Des wasn't an influence on them, I dare say it was high time they handed in their Australia card.
Now I know, I have to hunt down Hercules Returns again. Bet that'll be fun on the ol' internet.
So, I played the demo twice: once with the low ("best performance", I believe) video setting enabled, at 1920x1080. The framerate fluctuated between 45 and 60 fps, which is good. Next, I played it with the medium video setting, at 1440x900: the framerate dropped to 30fps quite frequently, and it felt horrible to play. The low setting, however, looks good enough, so I'm happy! I'll buy this pretty soon, had tons of fun with this demo.
Ravensmash
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I'm yet to properly start it!
But judging from my limited play with the arcade mode I doubt I'll dislike it.
Kun Aguero
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I've been playing this since yesterday, and I have to say I'm really enjoying it. The gun-play is very good and the narration is absolutely superb. A must play for anyone who enjoys the genre, especially at the price.
NeoGAF is subconsciously trying to get me to play Gunslinger every time I log in. It's the font.
This is awesome, I watched your review and enjoyed it.
My favourite combo too. Kick open door, hit concentration, BOOM BOOM, swap, blast the rest into oblivion and fuck accuracy.
EDIT: Oh hey! My review got shared on the official Call of Juarez Facebook page, alongside RPS, Gamespot, and IGN. Yay!
This is awesome, I watched your review and enjoyed it.
I don't even have any fucking gold.
Ya, came free for pre-ordering Gunslinger on Steam. What a bargain, I can't even believe it.
Well you do live in Colorado. Gold rush central.
And I live in Florida. Old person paradise.
Makes sense.
Bullshit!
I'm in Vegas and I have some YouTube and EPA phase 2 ads. Where the fuck are my ads with strippers and cocaine?
Edit: and now I have an ad for a heating system. Yeah, your theory is fucked for sure now.
Told you
Have you played the first game? While it's not quite as good as BiB or Gunslinger, it's really interesting as well because of the different characters and playstyles they bring with them.Told you
Yup I played it three years ago or so. I liked it for what it set out to do and I remember it looking pretty sweet at some parts. For someone who never plays MP, I actually found that particular aspect of it kinda fun. Ive been thinking about picking it up again so I can own the trilogy but it's a tough find for a decent price.
Im having a lot more fun with BiB though (not as much as Slinger obviously) as Ive made some classic kills and sometimes the ragdoll physics of the enemies' deaths works beautifully.
McElroy's Polygon review went up late, but his score is muy bueno.
http://www.polygon.com/game/call-of-juarez-gunslinger/10764
9/10
http://www.polygon.com/game/call-of-juarez-gunslinger/10764
9/10
phantomspiker
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The love this game is receiving makes me very happy.
It's Polygon though, so the score could change at any moment.
RiccochetJ
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I've been convinced to buy this. Now the question is if I want to use kb/m or controller. Is it good in comfy couch mode?
Try both and see which you like better if you have that option.
As far as I know both options work well though. I used mouse and keyboard with vsync and I don't even remember being bothered ingame by mouse lag. Sometimes I tend run D3DOverrider for triple buffering, but with this I didn't have to.Mouse and keyboard probably get you faster aiming for headshots, but there's an autoaim (aim assist?) option for the controller which should make it pretty easy to use.
For 5 bucks, Bound in Blood is a steal. Snatch it up. It's been fantastic so far (albeit minor tech hitches) and the story has me by the balls. Jaw droppingly beautiful at times also. The dynamic aiming and gunplay system also gives it a very Starbreeze-y feel. Not a bad thing to me, personally.
forgeforsaken
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I ended up switching to controller from mouse/keyboard. Both play fine I just found the duels a little easier with the controller as well as the occasional QuickTime events. I think they've since did a patch that made mouse responsiveness in the duels better but haven't checked.
RiccochetJ
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Try both and see which you like better if you have that option.
Mouse and keyboard probably get you faster aiming for headshots, but there's an autoaim (aim assist?) option for the controller which should make it pretty easy to use.
Nice! Thank you!
IISANDERII
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Are there any differences between the PS3 and 360 version?
I would prefer PS3 but I'll go 360 if that version is superior.
I would prefer PS3 but I'll go 360 if that version is superior.