Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
First-person gunfights against human outlaws with blood spatter and slow-motion kill effects; no dismemberment or gore.
Alcohol is served and drunk in saloons, where the framing story is told over whiskey.
Frontier characters use moderate profanity such as 'damn' and 'hell' in dialogue.
Themes of revenge, bounty hunting, and death run through the tall tales, framed lightly and humorously.
Outlaws rob, rustle, and kill in the story world while the player hunts them for bounties.
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What it is
Told from a first-person viewpoint, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger drops players into the American frontier of the 1800s. You take the role of a bounty hunter who spins wildly embellished stories about chasing down real outlaws from history. Play centers on quick, arcade-flavored shooting: enemies are people, taken down with pistols, long guns, shotguns, and thrown dynamite, accompanied by blood and theatrical slow-motion finishes, and each encounter can build toward a solo standoff duel. Because the action unfolds across the Old West, characters visit saloons and consume liquor, while the script includes era-flavored profanity and coarse language. The title carries no nudity or sexual material, offers neither internet play nor multiplayer modes, and sells nothing inside the game.
How it's framed
Combat is wrapped in a jokey, exaggerated storytelling style: an aging, unreliable teller keeps stretching and redrawing the details of his shootouts. The duel mechanic gives credit for a fair draw instead of firing early, and the game flags moments when the player behaves 'dishonorably.' The outlaws function as larger-than-life figures to pursue, and gunning them down reads as celebrated frontier justice instead of a weighty act the game lingers over.
Details
- Developer
- Techland
- Publisher
- Techland Publishing
- Released
- May 22, 2013
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