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(More customer reviews)I was a big fan of the original "Call of Juarez" in spite of the fact that it was quite a linear game. Well its sequel is even more linear, much faster-paced, more action-packed, and the stealth missions are gone. These may be good things for most game-players, but I for one miss the more laid-back gameplay of the original.
Some missions give you a choice as to which brother you want to play, which will affect your playing style and weapons. The mechanics of the weapons are similar the first game, however this time, if you want to use the lasso, you've got to twirl your mouse, which works just fine. There are automatic save-points, but the quick-save and quick-load and normal manual saves are present as well.
Yeah, it's not the same game game as the original. In some respects it's better, and in some ways worse. Visually it's awesome. As in the last game, you really feel like you're right there in the wild southwest (aside from the first two Civil War missions, which made me feel like I was playing another History Channel Civil War game). Voicework is once again excellent, and the guy who played Reverend Ray in the original game is back and doing another fine job. Music also excellent, fitting the mood perfectly. In fact, the overall atmosphere is so exactly perfect, it's almost uncanny.
There are secrets and loot to find in every mission, however if you "complete" your objective before you find it all, your brother will go wandering onward without you, and you will instantly die if he gets too far away. There is a bit of leeway, but in my mind, this was totally unnecessary and needlessly aggravating.
As an "experience", Bound In Blood is utterly captivating and very exciting.
But as a "game", I have to dock it a little because of it's relentless linearity, and "insta-fail" possibilities.
It's a very, very fun game, but it could have been legendary if they'd just done 3 things: Put the stealth missions back in (except without the insta-fail mechanic the last game used), make the player less tied to the brother, and allow some freedom for exploration. It's an absolutly gorgeous world they've created. I just wish they'd have allowed me to play it at my own pace.
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In the remote and deadly Wild West, the outlaw McCall brothers are on a quest for the legendary Gold of Juarez. In their journey across a vast landscape, these lawless gunslingers will stop at nothing to achieve their goal - and woe to any man who tries to stand in their way. Arm yourself with pistols, cannons, machine guns and more as you strike out on a mission with two fearless compatriots whose bonds of blood are only strengthened by the blood they spill together.
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