it is interesting to see how Ray become so guilty after killing his brother in "Bound in blood" and the voice actor did a great job

To be honest i cant remember the time i got goosebumps playing some game BUT Reverend Ray's badass entrances and epic voice acting sent chills down my spine Like when you see him coming out of mines, arriving on farm, jumping down the tunnels and soloing fukin villa by himself....

“He fights them to the death in a dumbass boss fight.” Made me laugh very hard

Bound in Blood & Gunslinger are really heads and tails above the rest I hated The Cartel with a passion look forward to hearing what you think of the other games great video as always

All I’d want from Techland is a remake of this first game. Fix up the few plot holes, fix up some levels to make it clear where the player needs to go, and really fix up the gameplay outside of the shooting. Because the minute-to-minute shooting is fun. The platforming and shootouts could use some work.

I am a huge fan of Indiana Jones movies from my childhood. And so this game gave me probably the best Indiana Jones vibes when I was a kid🤣 You have a whip, you have your gun and you have a long forgotten town with treasures, that was really all I wanted. This game had such a great feeling of adventure, the prequel didn't already, cartel is stupidly bad and gunslinger is amazing but it has different vibe

Bound in blood was absolutely amazing. I would love a remaster or remake or real sequel

Thank you for reminding or showing this game to you viewers. I personally love your channel, especially for videos about Rockstar's Games. I'm more than pleased to see an old, polish game being admired, because our country isn't mentioned alot around the world, but we put all of our hearts into making video games. It just bring me joy to see someone being entertained by a game from 2006 which was made by our folks. POLSKA GUROM

Ah man. Can't believe it's been 16 years. I loved this game and its sequel. I should really replay them now.

I just recently played through this game for the first time about a year ago. Well, almost. What you said about the game not being clear on where to go and what to do is true. I ended up getting stuck at the fort in Mexico, and idk if I soft-locked the game but for some reason I just could not progress even when I killed all of the enemies and spent an hour looking for a way inside. I restarted the mission 3 times and I just gave up. It really was a fun experience though, I’ve been getting into a lot of these older 2000s games. Even if I’ve never played certain games from this era I still get a nostalgic feeling because of how they’re made. It makes me feel like a kid again. Devs from this era seemed to try a lot harder with what they had which is why a lot of these games aren’t amazing, but you can tell their hearts went into it. Most modern games just seem so uninspired, dead, with no soul or charm. Just a shell of what it could be if it was made with as much passion that went into these older games from the 2000s. Great, now I’m the old fart going “back in my day… THINGS WERE BETTER!”

Got to admit Call of Juarez is one of those I kept passing by them I wasn’t interested in western at the time but now that I’m interested in western it’s really cool

Hi from the UK. This was the first and only Western FPS I have played. I was brought up on Western movies by my late Father and to play the main character in one was something special. It was Ray all the way for me, Billy just didn't cut it. Ray did all of the work in saving the kidnapped girl who was the object of Billy's affections. I have not played the game for around sixteen years but I might dig the disc out and change that.

I love how this story is huge reference to blood meridian

I've never played this one but I loved bound in blood. Great review!!

I was waiting for this for months! Thank you for made a video about this franchise. I know that you acknowledge that the game is old, but I still think that you are comparing a lot of the things in the game with stuff from other games that came afterwards. Still I love your vids man

I'm so early it still says no views excited to see your thoughts on this game!

When it comes to Call of Juarez. The only game that I enjoyed playing the most is Gun Slinger. I did played The Cartel one on the XBOX360,but that game isn’t as fun as Gunslinger. I always am a huge fan of the Wild West.

You did a outstanding job laying all these favorites of mine out, very enjoyable like your other work on "Manhunt" & "Punisher" I loved! I personally love "COJ The Cartel" as it's in my Top 20 7th gen FPS favorites, highly under-rated & very fun to play!

Played all of them aside from cartel but i gotta say I love the first one the most I liked music and playing as reverend was just so bad ass

I am so glad somebody remembers this masterpiece! I got this game in a flat paper case at a supermarket. This was my first real pc shooter. I played the multiplayer when it was still active it was fun. I still have it on my shelf!

Bruh this channel is like a medical IV nostalgia and I love it

I loved the firs game so much, remember thinking Ray was such a bad arse character

The game was super-demanding on processors when new. The “Crysis of 2006” if you will. Used really high-resolution real-time shadow maps for all characters, the whole environment and all trees/bushes (there are sometimes lots of them!) which could slow things down considerably. The household Pentium 4 computer we got in late 2004 was not shown a lot of mercy and the demo version I played in late ‘06 would slow down like crazy at certain points, but it was still within system requirements. Not sure if the game supported multi-threading. Dual-core processors were still relatively new by then. Before the DX10/North American (and Xbox 360) version came out the cutscenes barely had any character animations in them so the characters would have this default “duel stance” and they just sort of talked and stared at each other the whole time without moving any limbs, which looks a little funny at times. Sometimes they would play a short little animation for things like firing a gun, standing, pointing at something, punching etc. but for the most part everyone looked tense as hell in cutscenes lol

These games are so underrated

Oh Hell YES ! An amazing...four games trilogy. Sone much better than others.

I looove your channel Hammers

I spent hours fighting Juarez on the first one. Bound in blood is very enjoyable ❤

The first game was honestly my favorite of the series, though the final game was good if you just accept that it’s basically completely unrelated, outside of the title. The first game’s story was just such a masterpiece, with both playable characters going through believable arcs. It wasn’t perfect. It was sometimes unclear what you were meant to do next, but once you figure out what the game generally expects from you, you rarely ever get lost. And a lot of elements of the story either don’t have proper attention paid to them, or are just outright not given any attention. Like, there are several characters who you think would have a bigger role, but then they’re just one-offs. Or the deaths of the brother and his wife at the start of the game, which sets the whole plot in motion. You don’t even get to see their bodies, and the game never really takes a moment to talk about how they died. Which is strange, because the Indian guy’s death is actually much better handled, despite basically being a side-story. And the main villain was also a bit of a let down. We don’t meet him until the literal final hour of the game, and we get the big twist, and honestly, he’d have been far more memorable if he’d been part of the story all the way throughout. But aside from those minor issues, the first game was just absolutely outstanding. The gameplay is tough, and sticks to reality as much as it needs to, to make you intuitively understand how things work, without interrupting the fun of gameplay. It’s not particularly deep, but the moment to moment shooting or stealth is fun, in my opinion. Plus, once more, the story, outside of a few minor nitpicks, is very good. Then we get to the prequel, that everyone seems to prefer. I just didn’t like it. The gameplay was much more video-gamey, almost like a Wild West FPS set in the Gears of War universe. The first game was genuinely brilliant, with the basic premise being that for a good chunk of the levels, you would first stealth through them as one character, and then go through that same level again, but with guns blazing, as the tougher character. It allowed the player to be able to first get an idea of what a location is like, and then live out their most badass gunslinger fantasy. The second game’s approach to the “two playable characters” thing, is to have you choose which character to play as for some missions, or just railroad you into that decision for others. And given its RPG mechanics, most of the time, this might mean that you’re forced to play as someone who’s severely under-leveled, because if you prefer using rifles to shotguns, then you won’t be using one of the brothers, so when time comes for you to be forced to use the shotgun one, you’ll crumble like a sandcastle in a tsunami. And combine that with how sometimes half the level will just be locked off, and it just creates frustration, rather than replay value. And then of course, there’s the story. This honestly doesn’t feel like a prequel. I do not believe that this man would ever become a preacher, because I don’t even believe he loved his brother enough to become one in his honor. What was very clearly a torturous and haunting memory of a sad old man in the first game, comes off like a footnote in the prequel. Combine that with how the brother who dies is written like a male Disney princess, to try to manipulate you, and it’s just so annoying. And then of course, there’s the absolute BS involving how the moment where the brother dies is cut down by the f*cking stupid confederate villain showing up AGAIN. I hate the second game, and I don’t know why people hold it so highly. Third game is bad, everyone knows that. And again, the fourth game is basically only connected through the name, but it’s a fun romp.

God these retrospectives are some of my favorite videos on youtube, well done!

great video! very interesting game that came out in '06 especially with that story!

The funny thing is the 2007 version of CoJ - that is, the one that shipped on the X360 and the current Steam/GoG version - have radically altered level design, armoury and mechanics for several levels. On the retail version: -Episode 1 had you try to sneak through and out of the town by ducking through alleyways, into bushes, through a large barn, then out past the church. Basically going the opposite direction to Ray in Episode 3. I also forgot if you ever fought a wolf at the start of Ep.1 in retail... -Episode 4 did not give you a bow. In fact, bows would only be a thing starting with Episode 9. The wolves at the beginning of the level were absent and only present nearer the end. Getting spotted by the camp actually constituted a mission failure, which was much more frustrating. You also had another platforming/short exploration sequence just before encountering the train, where you fought off wolves and snakes. -Episode 7 had a longer opening, where Billy swims down a river and fights past some wolves again. This is why that lone rancher claims "you're soaking wet", though without that context it makes no sense. -Episode 9 had a minor thing. They patched out the ability to set props on fire by yourself - which, hilariously, you could then toss into the tent at the beginning of the level and cause a game over. Strangely, if you set the tent on fire *after* putting it out midway through the episode, you didn't get a game over. You could say the patched CoJ is far superior, and I agree in terms of plain fun. I just wish the retail version could actually be played on modern systems, so I can more easily compare them.

Sheesh mate, how you getting these banging videos out so quickly!?

Nobody ever understood why I loved this game back then, thank you for shedding the light on this gem!

This game holds a special place for me, my first real western experience as a kid, it got me through a hard time. Most interestingly though, when i came back to it recently, i was actually surprised how fun and experimental it is at times, i thought it might be my nostalgia glasses, but it was decent!

Man everyone of techlands game franchises are fantastic.

Love this series!

Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time - Episode 2 - Go West Young Raccoon main theme haha very nice track selection throughout the whole video.

Honestly the first game on 360 was super fun at the time and def did a bunch of unique cool gameplay gimmicks.

The whole crazy old man in knights armor has gotta be a Don Quixote reference too!!

Can't wait to see your review for gunslinger. That is a game I occasionally return too cause its just that enjoyable.

Loved this series of games and thought I was hot shit when I got a derringer 😂

Wow I never got to play the first one and now I seen the story full circle. That's great.

All the games are great, especially when you put their release date in play, but I'm sure Gunslinger will blow your mind!

Dude, can you make a video on Beat Down Fists of Vengeance? It's a PS2 beat em up open world game by Capcom that allowed you to get plastic surgeries to lower your wanted level (it never disappeared so you couldn't commit crime 24/7), recruit people to your gang, murder characters who refused to join you etc. Controls are mid and the amount of loading is unbearable nowadays, but you could see that developers wanted to make a good game. Not a great game but worth a try.

This game has that lived-in quality that lots of older games have. The gameplay is simple but the level design and scenarios really create the feeling of being on a grand adventure. Dishonored's opening had this: the palace, the prison, escape, the sewers and that's the first mission - it just goes; as does RE4, Dead Rising 1, Dark Messiah Might & Magic and lots more.

Some really good textures, and coloring for a 2006 title here. Impressive.

Love your channel

I really would love to see you do a video on Dead Man’s Hand.

I loved the parkour because of how "realistic" it is.

Just used your link to buy this game, if I like it I'll buy the pre-qual, wasn't too interested in the other one though. But I'm excited, I love westerns. Movies, TV shows and games. RDR2 is my favorite game of all time(trust me I'm not expecting R* level of details/voice-acting or things like that), as long as I have half as much fun as I do with RDR2 then this'll be a winner in my book.

Good to see you now have the power to haggle with GoG

Oh baby we early today !

I've only played bound in blood and gunslinger. I got bound in blood when the ancient giants of physical rentals died off in the early 10s. I loved it because I'm a sucker for westerns. bound in blood felt a little off but was fun and I enjoyed it. gunslinger was good but had its fair flaws but I enjoyed it. Gun and red dead 2 remain some of my favorite westerns. It's a weird market that doesn't get touched as much as it should and when it does its always a little weird especially since most coming out are top down style games or strategy which don't tickle my western fancy since they could've been any other setting and be fine. the recent rise in dark occult western has been interesting but not hitting that darkwatch feel from me. Evil west might get close but probably won't since it's more in line with shadow warrior vibes.

I love that you mentioned dark watch cause it was immediately brought to mind revisting this game.

Gotta play this seems nice

I bought COJ Bound in Blood because I was tired of waiting for Red Dead Redemption to come out. I had a PS3 so I didn't have access to the first game, but boy was I happy I found this series. Normally I hate multiplayer but Robbers vs Lawmen was so cool I ended up playing the mode and got the platinum.

I remember even the multiplayer of the first game was great but the single player was one of my favorite games at the time.

Actually regarding chrome engine and its good graphics. I think they actually had a game called Chrome and it was sci-fi shooter with open maps where you should do some objectives. It was really beautiful tho older than Juarez if I remember right.

Top notch brother

5:34 yooo, Saint Of Killers!

This game was amazing and I completely forgot about it

25:35 Over the shoulder boulder roller

Ol' Bad Luck Billy, getting every damn person he meets killed in his wake

I've grew up on this game

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is so GOOD.

I really enjoyed Gunslinger back in the day.

Something about this game, I never played it until recently but I loved it, always been big on westerns and the shooting in this game as well as some of the physics was just great, not a big fan of the platforming but I think that’s more a product of its time than anything, definitely a game that would do good with a remake

Great game as i remember

I'd mention the Desperados series as the fourth great Western game(s) of the time.

You’re gonna run out of westerns soon if you keep moving at this clip. Haha.

I remember seeing this on the Fullgames magazines, never actually bought it.

In Dying Light, Techlands best game (imo) you can find a small statue of the main charcter from Call of Juarez.

I hope you do Bound in Blood, best story in the series... and one of the tops in video game writing.

16 years? I was playing the demo like it was yesterday! D: Still a kickass game despite the eurojank, tho! I also recommend you try Gunslinger, it's the best of the whole Series!

I love that they include some climbing and platforming. Gives the game a creative boost. Just get good

hey man,thanks for the code on GOG!

I play all of them in Xbox 360 (owned Bound in Blood and Gunslinger on Steam). Hated the Cartels. The first one needs a remake IMO. Also, the CARTELS didn't make a lot of damn sense for it's to be brought to modern era.

All I remember from this game is that it had some weird violence policy. Noped out instantly.

Bruh this game looks like it'd feel so different to Gunslinger. It looks so much..... Heavier, or slower I guess. Good glimpse into the past to know where the series came from though

Bro I've never heard of this game but I already want to play it if you could use guns and bibles that's my favorite thing

Ray looks like Rains Fall on RDR2

Worked with horseback riding experts? Pfff, RDR2 worked with The Horse Testicle Institute of Amsterdam to ensure the horse balls were as realistic as possible.

So if the rye is following billy will there be less enemies for rye if I kill everyone as billy

Please, do a call of Juarez: gunslinger video 🙏🙏🙏

33:14 wasn't the "legends never die" a teaser about the switch port?

Hey man you have to check out Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines. That is easily the best rpg I’ve ever played and since you love immersion it’s the pinnacle of it

If yay != yay: Print("sad")

“As the Reverend is cracked at Fortnite” 💀💀💀💀

Ayo, Billy is 17 and an older woman almost polished his six shooter in the beggining of the game

This guy is so fucking underrated

It's weird to think that Bound in Blood came after this game, it feels more like they wrote that game first.

oh my god i love that they just offered discounts for the good ones, like, lets pretend "the cartel" didnt happen😂

This Game was Fucking Awesome.

BILLY!!

Wild West/Gunslinger media MUST RISE

6:45 take away the hud and you could pass that as oblivion for a second😂

Gunslinger should have been the start of many more amazing games.

@MrHammers could you bring a review of the game Shellshock Nam 67? Please🙏🙏🙏🙏

hey idk if its worth mentioning in a video but despite being subscribed and having notifs on im not actually getting notifications. i know some people put reminders n stuff in their video so i thought i'd bring it up

Thanks Hammer Man. Imho though you're a bit too monotone, emotionless. Idk if you can change that but thought I'd mention it.