Being an avid gamer I have played many games set in many locations. You find after a while that the same locations seem to pop up more than others. Any WW2 fan must be in gaming clover because the number of games that see you fight the Nazis must be in the 100s. This is a similar story to those who like to fight space aliens; if you want a probing you don’t have to look far. One location that I am surprised does not pop up more often is the Wild West. Here is a time in history primed and ready for games makers to inundate the player with gun battles and horse chases. Off the top of my head the only recent games I can think of are ‘Gun’, ‘Red Dead Revolver’ and ...  Read the complete review

Introduction: Call of Juarez is a western developted by Techland, this old west themed-first person shooter contains all of the elements to create a perfect western such as train robbery, Gunslinging and horse riding. Story: The game is based around two very interesting characters the first being Billy Candle he is a half-mexican searching for the legendary lost gold of Juarez, this treasure is somewhere within the city of Juarez and Billy cant find it. As Billy cant find the treasure he decides to visit his parents in the little town of Hope, Billy just arrives to find his parents brutally murdered. The second character is called Reverend Ray, he is Billys ...  Read the complete review

Considering the huge popularity of the Wild West genre in movies and on TV over the last, what, 100 years, there have been surprisingly few cowboy-based video games. There was 'Outlaws' a long time ago... and 'Gun'... and, well I can't remember any more! With its ten-gallon hats, six shooters, shanty towns and saloons, Call of Juarez is the latest opportunity to become a digital cowboy. Like 'Gun', CoJ is a first person shooter. It's a pleasant surprise that CoJ drops some of Gun's cartoon corniness, in favour of a grittier approach, but without losing a rich awareness of the western genre that has existed for so many years. Juarez benefits from ...  Read the complete review

Call Of Juarez is an action first person shooter for the Microsoft Xbox 360 games console. In this game the story follows two characters, a boy called Billy who comes home to visit his parents but he finds them dead, he is accused of them after and his uncle who is the second playable character, a priest, goes after him. The gameplay is quite fun as you have two unique gameplay styles, Billy plays more stealthily hiding in bushes and the like. His uncle is much more fun, you have his dual pistols to play with and there is a unique draw feature that will let you go into the slow motion mode when you first draw your ...  Read the complete review