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Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
The idea of a Western themed first-person shooter really got my attention when I first heard about Bound in Blood, a prequel to the original Call of Juarez, and I’ll be honest, it surprised me on many levels.
The wild-west environment of Bound in Blood is absolutely stunning, what impressed me most was the seemingly never ending horizon, I’m not clued up on how the Chrome Engine works exactly but there appeared to be no skybox in sight. Lush forests and baron wilderness make this an enjoyable foray away from modern or WWII based environments.
While short the story of the McCall brothers and their adventures across North America set in the Cival War period was worth the ride. The two free-world chapters were rather limited with both only having 3 real missions and some collectibles to find, however I found the intense shootouts, duels and stagecoach chases in the varying other chapters certainly made up for that.
The weaponry I found well balanced for the period, depending on your chosen character for the mission you either find yourself with a trusty lasso or some rather powerful dynamite, combined with a vast array of pistols, shotguns and rifles you never find yourself short of ammo or firepower. Duel-wielded quickshooters really do give you that authentic feel of western style combat while throwing knives and bow & arrows keep the rather lacklustre enemy AI in check.
My brief stint of multiplayer action didn’t disappoint, there are various game-types many of which felt refreshing: Manhunt sees you gain a bounty on your head based on the amount of kills you rack up making you the enemies prime target and the objective based Wild West Legends mode harbours even more team-based combat.
The achievements from Bound in Blood are easily attainable if you fancy pumping many an hour into the multiplayer, most are story based and several will have you grinding your teeth trying to complete. All in all I thoroughly enjoyed Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, it proved to be an exciting shooter that was helped along by a good story, stunning graphics and gruelling 1v1 showdowns.