Let's Play: Call of Juarez Gunslinger

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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

Having just completed our Gunslinger let's play, I can easily say that this was the most unique and defining track the game had to offer. While it's not extremely fast paced or over-the-top in anyway, it possesses a sort of progressive confidence and suspenseful excitement that perfectly labels the overarching tone of the story, as well as the protagonist of said story. The dynamic in instruments and the lack of bells consistently gonging in the background clearly highlight the differences between Gunslinger and Bound in Blood in respect  to the soundtrack and in a metaphorical sense as well; you're not on a demanding quest for treasure, running from the law and outlaws alike; you're a bounty hunter, and that fact is supported by the profound stress on fire fights and relentless aggression.

Let's Play: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (Anglerbe's Channel)

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Anglerbe's Soundtrack of the Week

Call of Juarez Bound in Blood

Ride
 Admittedly this is currently one of the only Western themed games I have played (along with its predecessor), but I can say without a doubt it is one of my top 3 favorite FPS games of all time. It's anything but generic, with a gripping classic Western story, setting, and characters. The soundtrack is very fitting and catchy as well. This particular track, which is both the theme of the game and the credits music, captures the entire game's essence with a tone of an epic, Old West adventure.

10 Game Series that Went Down Hill

This list has been drafted to celebrate the release of Resident Evil 6. Before starting to read this list, let me confirm your presumptions; yes many of Capcom's games will be featured on this list. Because some of the items are on this list for apparent reasons, I'll try to keep the descriptions fairly short. Enjoy! (Note: I will be blaming the downfall of many of these once at least half-way decent game series on the mysteriously popular and very over-hyped games in the generic-shooter genre that currently seems to be one of the most popular (Yes, that does mean Call of Duty and Battlefield, thank you for asking). )

1. Resident Evil- While Resident Evil 4 was a revolutionary change for some RE fans, others didn't care to much for the new style. However, Resident Evil 4 stuck at least somewhat closely to the routes of the series. With the disappointing arrivals of RE 5 and  the recently released RE 6, both of which drained every decent element of the series dry (mostly due to the fact that they attempted to steer the game in a completely new direction, but turned too hard and drove off a cliff), I think it's safe to assume that Capcom used kerosine on this series.

2. Cabela's Big Game Hunter- Another game that left its routes (in this case, a hunting game, where you HUNT for your prey in medium-relatively large locations), tried to become a generic Call of Duty-like action shooter, and failed miserably.

3. Call of Juarez- Another game that left its routes (in this case, a western-fps, where you travel through various western environments and engage in various non-generic "missions" that are actually somewhat interesting), tried to become a generic modern, extremely mature, inappropriate, vulgar, and uninteresting Call of Duty-like shooter, and failed miserably.

4. Dino Crisis- It's like Resident Evil with dinosaurs. This includes that downfall of Resident Evil.

5. Devil May Cry- Honestly, has anything every gone wrong when Capcom tried to take a series that Shinji Mikami started and changed it to suit their own tastes? Of course not, so why not leap at the next opportunity to totally destroy and redo a series that no one wants to see recreated? Sure they could just try to make a decent sequel, but, with all this reputation, why even bother?

6. Lost Planet- I personally enjoyed what little of the first game I played; the idea seems fairly unique (at least to some degree), and everything seemed at least some-what cool, be it the gameplay, the design, the graphics, etc.. Then, all of that was dropped in the shredder, courtesy of Capcom. :)

7. Hunting Unlimited- While the series did adopt the tactic that Call of Duty has made popular, releasing a game every year and making very few changes/ inhancements, at least the game's formula worked. With the release of Hunting Unlimited 2011, it's probably safe to assume that this series took a heart shot.

8. Dangerous Hunts- Another game that left its routes (in this case, a survival, mission based hunting game) and became, at least after the second game, a generic shooter that tells a boring story and offers very little entertainment, mostly due to the lack of elements that made the first one (and in some ways, the second) so great: hunting, fear, suspense, action in mild doses, mystery, etc. Let's blame Call of Duty for this one.

9:  Metal of Honor- Same old Call of Duty story.

10: Ratchet and Clank- To be honest I've never played this one, but Porpoisemonkey recommended it for this list, so I'll just assume it belongs here.

Well, that will be all for now. Please feel free to discuss this list, or topics for future lists, or anything of that nature in the comments section, and be sure to check us out on Youtube!