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Most (if not all) cowboy games garble the ultra-pure western themes: revenge, greed, honor. Call of Juarez aims to stalk into Gamesville armed with these and gun down all pretenders.
This shooter is an homage to the spaghetti western, crammed with duels, wagons, Stetsons, sheriffs, quick-palmed reloads, saloons, women in peril, women in bonnets... almost every detail has a big, echoey twang of authenticity. Juarez already has a powerful sense of place.
A frequently attractive proprietary engine and decent physics - kick out railings, shoot out windows, throw oil-burning lanterns - help too, whether you're scaling a huge mountain as Billy (the hunted) or gunning down townsfolk as the loony fire-and-brimstone preacher Ray (the hunter).
