fitbabits
02-22-2006, 05:30 AM
Gamecloud (http://www.gamecloud.com) has posted a preview (http://www.gamecloud.com/article.php?article_id=3600) of the upcoming first-person Western-themed game, Call of Juarez.
While not a prolific as WWII games, the Western genre has generated a number of video and PC games as of late from Desperados (and its upcoming sequel) to Dead Man’s Hand to Red Dead Revolver to Darkwatch and most recently Gun. Now Poland based developer Techland enters this genre with Call of Juarez, a first person Western shooter that’s due out later this year. Gamecloud recently got a chance to play with a two level press build of the game.
The first level in the tech demo starts in a church with your character, the preacher named Ray McCall, inside reading a Bible. It’s certainly not the way most action games start. Our character quickly straps on a pair of revolvers and heads outside only to be greeted by the local sheriff and a not so happy mob of armed cowboy miners. Apparently there is some kind of conflict with a person named Billy (our press build never really got into much detail) and before long the sheriff is shot in the head by one of the armed mob. It’s up to you to clean the town out of these bushwackers. Much like Gun, Call of Juarez has a slow motion mode (they call it concentration) that allows you to shoot a couple of enemies without much resistance for brief periods of time. One interesting thing about the game is that the Bible reading actually is a gameplay feature. You can pull out the Holy Scripture and start reading to momentarily stun your enemies.
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Again, this two level tech demo was too short and didn’t offer enough gameplay to really evaluate how Call of Juarez will finally turn out, but it already looks good and if Techland can refine the gameplay and make it a memorable experience this Western could become a sleeper hit. We hope to get a better chance to preview the game before its release later in 2006.
This could be right up your alley, Evil! All it needs is zombies.
While not a prolific as WWII games, the Western genre has generated a number of video and PC games as of late from Desperados (and its upcoming sequel) to Dead Man’s Hand to Red Dead Revolver to Darkwatch and most recently Gun. Now Poland based developer Techland enters this genre with Call of Juarez, a first person Western shooter that’s due out later this year. Gamecloud recently got a chance to play with a two level press build of the game.
The first level in the tech demo starts in a church with your character, the preacher named Ray McCall, inside reading a Bible. It’s certainly not the way most action games start. Our character quickly straps on a pair of revolvers and heads outside only to be greeted by the local sheriff and a not so happy mob of armed cowboy miners. Apparently there is some kind of conflict with a person named Billy (our press build never really got into much detail) and before long the sheriff is shot in the head by one of the armed mob. It’s up to you to clean the town out of these bushwackers. Much like Gun, Call of Juarez has a slow motion mode (they call it concentration) that allows you to shoot a couple of enemies without much resistance for brief periods of time. One interesting thing about the game is that the Bible reading actually is a gameplay feature. You can pull out the Holy Scripture and start reading to momentarily stun your enemies.
..........
Again, this two level tech demo was too short and didn’t offer enough gameplay to really evaluate how Call of Juarez will finally turn out, but it already looks good and if Techland can refine the gameplay and make it a memorable experience this Western could become a sleeper hit. We hope to get a better chance to preview the game before its release later in 2006.
This could be right up your alley, Evil! All it needs is zombies.