Call of Juarez

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Call of Juarez
Developer(s) Techland
Publisher(s) Ubisoft, Focus Home Interactive and Ascaron
Engine ChromeEngine
Open Dynamics Engine (physics engine)
Latest version 1.1.0.0 (November 28, 2006)
Release date(s) Benelux & France: 7 September 2006 (PC)
UK: 15 September 2006 (PC)
US: Mid-2007 (Xbox 360 & PC)
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s) ESRB: M (Mature) 17+
PEGI: 16+
Platform(s) Windows, Xbox 360
Media DVD
System requirements Windows 2000/XP, 2.2 GHz Pentium 4/Athlon 2400+, 512 MB RAM, GeForce 6600/Radeon 9800, DirectX 9 sound card, 700 MB HDD
Input Keyboard, Mouse, Gamepad

Call of Juarez is a Western-themed first-person shooter from the Polish developer Techland. First released for Windows in 2006, it is currently being ported to the Xbox 360 for release in mid-2007. [1] [2] A posting on the Call of Juarez forums by one of the developers hints that it will undergo some gameplay changes before its release on the Xbox 360. [3]

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[edit] Overview

Call of Juarez is loosely based on a number of Western movie hits from the seventies and eighties. The game features two different characters: Billy "Candle", a young fugitive accused of murder and the Reverend Ray, an ex-outlaw who turned to religion, believing that God Himself has chosen Ray to be the instrument of His wrath.

Billy's character provides a stealth and sniper element to the game. With his whip he can latch onto objects to get into hard to reach locations. Later in the game, Billy acquires a bow, which can be used for ranged stealth kills.

Reverend Ray is a hard core shootist. He can enter "Concentration mode" allowing him to hit multiple targets in a drawn out second. Along with his other weapons, Ray wields his bible and spouts fire and brimstone scripture while he blasts the enemy with his trusty six shooters. The reverend also wears a Cuirass that protects him from all bullets hitting his chest. Many of Reverand Ray's levels will end in a quick-draw gunfight between him and a main antagonist in the level. The player waits for the clock to count down and then has to draw their gun as fast as possible and pull the targeting cross-hair to their opponent and kill them before Ray takes too much damage.

Although violent, Ubisoft has eliminated corpse beating and will eject the player from the game for beating an animal or attacking an innocent person.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The story follows adventures of both characters, switching from one to the other from mission to mission.

In the opening, the narrator tells the legend of treasure of Aztecs, which was allegedly meant as ransom for Montezuma held hostage by conquistadors. The treasure was lost long ago and never found again. Nevertheless, many daring souls set out to retrieve the riches of Aztec Empire, but the treasure is rumored to be cursed and anyone looking for it will find nothing but death.

One of the protagonists begins the story with his recount of his past life. His name is Billy and he has no idea who his father was so he doesn't have a last name. His mother gave him a medallion in his early childhood which had a candle on it. So kids called him Billy Candle. He is of Mexican decent so most of his life he was mistreated by white people. He especially hated his stepfather Thomas who beat him all the time. Once Billy had enough of it and left town, and went after the rumored treasure of Aztecs, but after two years of fruitless searches he found nothing. So Candle finally returns to his home town Hope to see his mother. Unfortunately he is greeted by the sight of his dead mother, lying underneath the words "Call of Juarez" written in blood. Whilst he is there, he is spotted by the other protagonist Reverend Ray(essentially Billy's antagonist at first as he works against him). On seeing Billy standing over his dead mother, the reverend presumes that Billy is the murderer, a view which is encouraged by the fact that Billy runs from him in fear, rather then claiming his innocence. The reverend decides that it is duty as God's emissary to track down and kill Billy for the crime.

The story unfolds from the two different points of view, with Billy attempting to clear his name whilst on the run, and the Reverend in hot pursuit, only slowing down to take part in violent skirmishes and confrontations that block his path.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Weapons

Call of Juarez features a number of signature Old West weapons.

Pistols:

Two-handed firearms:

Other weapons:

[edit] Voice cast

[edit] Reviews

Games Radar: 8/10

[edit] References

  1. ^ IGN: Call of Juarez 360 bound
  2. ^ Gamespot: 360 Call of Juarez sounding in summer
  3. ^ [1] Is this coming out to Xbox 360?

[edit] External links

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