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Zodi Plays: Call of Juarez Gunslinger (High Noon Joke Goes Here)
There are men who fear legends
But a man legends fear
He's a four holstered reaper
Crying bullets, for tears
When a drought comes in justice
Bullets make good rain
When the heartache has dried up
Only time heals the pain
There's a time for grievin', and a time to just pray
There's a time for forgivin', but it's not for today
You can hide sins from the gavel you can drown them in rum
When Silas Greaves find you, there's nowhere to run
And time goes too slowly for the gunslinger's eye
Till he's buried his promise there's no time to cry
There's a time for greavin', and a time to just pray
When Silas Greaves finds you it's the time you must pay
Hello and welcome to my next LP. Today we're starting Call of Juarez Gunslinger. The Call of Juarez series is a bunch of FPSes taking place in and around the old west, and at least one of them is so awful it basically killed the series. None of them matter with regards to Gunslinger, it may as well be it's own stand alone title. It has one very super minor connection to then first Call of Juarez but it doesn't actually matter so who cares. So, what is Gunslinger? It's the story of Silas Greaves, a bounty hunter who's come to this local pub for a drink. The patrons, specifically a young kid named Dwight, seems super interested in hearing a bunch of his cool and awesome stories about how he's killed many people. So hey, it's time to sit and listen to the tales of an old man. But of course, the question is...are the stories true or not? It's a really fascinating framing story, and this game does a lot with it.
So, thread rules. Don't spoil stuff, please. This game's story is Actually Good so that matters. Please don't spoil some of the mechanical stuff as well, it's more fun for people to see it fresh. I've beat the game before, but some people watching may not of so don't ruin the experience for them. That being said, DO feel free to spoil how the real world people good ole Greaves interacts with have their lives go. One of the features of this LP is that I'm going to be giving little snippets of information about said people, and in fact one of the collectables in game gives historical information as well, so that's something we can all enjoy. So, without further adieu, let's begin Call of Juarez Gunslinger.
Zodi Plays: Call of Juarez Gunslinger [1] The Shootout At Stinking Spring
Video Length: 16:12
NOTE: This and video 2 are going to have some...graphical issues. No one noticed until today so I'm sorry for that. Talk about a good first impression...
We begin this episode setting up the framing story. Silas Greaves steps into a bar run by ole Ben, and patroned by a few interesting fellows. An older man named Steve, a middle aged man and eternal skeptic named Jack, a show girl named Molly, and a little kid named Dwight. After some prodding, they get Silas to tell them some stories, specifically from the start of his career. And so begins our story, Silas riding with Billy the Kid at the climactic moment in history where Billy was finally caught.
So, gameplay wise the game...is an FPS. It's a pretty good one, though it suffers from the problem of "are you using iron sights? Good you can actually hit things". It really wants you to iron sight your guns, and that's kind of a thing. You start with a revolver, basically just ye olde pistol from any old FPS...though it only holds six shots because...I mean it's a revolver. Later on we get a ranger, which is like the classic revolver type weapon you'd get in regular FPSes, and the differentiation between the two is actually kinda weird when you think about it. But eh, it works. The final gun we get this episode is the rifle. It's basically just a sniper rifle, going off classic FPS stuff, but no scope because this is the wild west, son.
Anway, let's talk about the first "thing" that makes this game stand out a bit, mechanically. We have a little gauge of concentration and if we activate it, time slows, enemies get outlined in red, and we can quickly dispatch all our foes. It's a pretty cool mechanic. The other thing that sort of sets the game apart is the Sense of Death. Basically, in certain cutscenes (and in regular gun fights if we just get shot to pieces) time slows and we can dodge a bullet that is certainly going to cause us big problems. It's pretty cool.
After shooting out way to the old abandoned farm house Billy's held up in, we get a little shooting gallery segment that's pretty neat, then get told to get the horses so we can escape this near onslaught of baddies. We do so, and end up in the one final thing that makes this game stand out from other FPSes, beyond it's story and the two previously mentioned things. Gun duels. We meet the sheriff that will eventually capture (and kill) Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett. Duels are interesting, though in this one we only care about focusing on the target. In regular duels you need to pay attention to both your focus, and the speed of your hand. It's pretty complicated, an elaborate juggling of mechanics, and to top it all off if you draw first you get less points to level yourself up because it's not honourable. Which makes a degree of sense, considering that it shows you're skilled enough to get drawn on, and still win. In that sense the level up system and the kind of ridiculous skills you can unlock make sense, since this is a story Silas is telling to people. They're more likely to believe his impressive skills if he actually tells the story well enough to support it. It's neat. But yes, we shoot Pat Garrett dead. Except, no we don't.
Turns out that was just a lie from the Dime Novel that Dwight had. Silly kid. Naw...history isn't so dramatic. We get popped in the face and sent to jail along with Billy and the rest. So it goes. I hope you enjoyed, and I'll see you all next time for chapter 2 of Silas Greave's story.
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Hey it's time for a history lesson! Specifically, we're going to be talking about Pat Garrett, the sheriff that captured Billy the Kid, and would later go on to kill him.
That's basically it. I looked up a lot of info on this guy, and the way the game treats him as this big shot cool guy that everyone hated, it seems...pretty unjustified. Pat Garrett was a sheriff that did his job. He might of killed a man once over some goat farming but that's a murder that never got solved. But that's basically it. His entire life was seemingly devoted to hunting down Billy, and in the end he did catch him...only for Billy to make one of the most famous jailbreaks in history. He went after, and one day he found him. Garrett was knocking on doors asking if Billy was in town, and Billy answered with a "Who is it? Who is it?" in Spanish. Garrett recognized the voice and shoot him dead through the door. Later he'd go on to have a book on Billy's life ghost written for him and apparently it was a pretty ****ty book. The last thing people know about Garrett is...he may of gotten killed in a conspiracy by some land barons to get access to the land he owned. Huh. What a way to go.
And since we have the time since...let's be fair, there isn't much to talk about with Garrett, let's take a look at our good friend Billy.
Much like what the game says, Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty, known mostly as William H. Bonney) was a participant in New Mexico's "Lincoln County War", which was basically just a giant turf war between gangs and the people caught in the middle. Billy joined the side of the so called Regulators, and after the five day siege of the Battle of Lincoln, the Regulators where scattered. This lead to Pat Garrett being appointed sheriff, and thus the hunting of Billy and the other surviving Regulators. The war didn't do anything other than further destabilize the area, and Billy continued on with his outlaw-ering after the dust had settled. It was finally at the siege of Stinking Springs that he was caught, though Billy made a rather daring escape that extended his life by a year. He asked to use the latrine and on the way TO it, he slipped his cuffs and beat Jim Bell, one of the deputies of Lincoln, with the chain. He managed to take his gun, and shot Jim Bell dead. With the ankle cuffs still on he then proceeded to get back into the sheriff's office, stealing the shotgun of the other deputy, Bob Ollinger, and shoot him to death with it. More of good ole Bob next time, funnily enough. After dealing with the two deputies, Billy axed his ankle cuffs off, found a horse, and ran off into the sunset. Legend says he was singing as he left.
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2017-02-06, 12:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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This doesn't look like Zelda...
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2017-02-06, 12:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Woo, new LP. Of a game I've never heard of. Oh well, surprises!
Heh. Voice acting.
I like how that poster just says "DON'T!". Very... non-useful information.
Uh, well, typical scooter, but, yeah, the narrative device is pretty cool.The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep.~ That's your horoscope for today.
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2017-02-06, 12:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-02-06, 01:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep.~ That's your horoscope for today.
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2017-02-06, 01:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Should have stolen those horses.
EDIT: what happens when you shoot the chickens?
i also enjoy the cracks in the screen when you get shot
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2017-02-06, 01:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-02-06, 02:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-02-06, 05:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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This seems interesting... hang on, Blizzard literally just stole McCree wholesale from this game, didn't they?
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2017-02-06, 06:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep.~ That's your horoscope for today.
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2017-02-06, 08:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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The cowboy archetype is pretty set in stone: grizzled, middle aged man with a goatee and a large hat, can hit a penny at fifty yards, and dat accent. That red poncho thing (i forget the name) they both wear is typical wear for the hot, arid plains of the midwest during this time period. The six-shooter is as iconic for the cowboy as power armor is for space marines.
So yes and no; It'd be more accurate to say they both ripped off the same sourceLast edited by HalfTangible; 2017-02-06 at 08:14 PM.
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2017-02-06, 11:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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What High Noon clearly ripped off is Nisha's Ult from Borderlands: The Presequel
Anywya, this is a really cool game, one of my favourite FPS. More on the tongue-in-cheek tone (which will be even more prominent later) compared to the gameplay, though the gameplay is solid modern FPS.You got Magic Mech in My Police Procedural!
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2017-02-07, 12:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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That red poncho thing.
Otherwise known as a poncho.
I've recently got finished playing Wolfenstein before this, as I believe I said in video, and like wow it's kind of weird how much better Gunslinger still is compared to it. That's not to say Wolfenstein isn't GOOD, it's quite good. But gunslinger feels like it works more, if that makes sense? It's a nice solid FPS experience, uplifted by the aesthetic of the western genre it is in, and made extremely notable due to it's wonderful narrative. A wonderful narrative IN A FPS.
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2017-02-07, 01:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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If you like that, Try Shadow Warrior (the new one). It's my favourite FPS because 1. Solid classic (aka old school Serious Sam style) FPS "shoot bajillion monster" gameplay, and 2. Surprisingly good narrative. It surprised me, it's an actual epic fantasy story in between all the immature jokes. As one my friend said, It's an epic fantasy story with Wang (the MC) being Wang in the middle.
The dev made Hard Reset, which is anotehr really solid fps with unique weapons, but not as good narrative as Shadow Warrior (or Gunslinger)Last edited by Fri; 2017-02-07 at 01:25 AM.
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Also historical note I didn't notice in the video; maybe I missed it, but Billy didn't kill 21 people by age 21.
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2017-02-07, 04:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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*An Internet drifter walks into Zodi's saloon*
Lesse what this old cowboy has to say......lots of stories in the old west. Not all o' em true, but better than bein' ornery.
the year is 1910. The old west is dead. Horseless carriages are replacing horses. An old man claims he once rode....with Billy the Kid.
I like the slow-time sharpshootin'. and how Dwight is basically there to provide dramatic moments that didn't actually happen.
I'm actually interested in this here old western tale.
and don' you worry about the graphics....thats just the remniscin' of an old cowboy takin' its time and bein' all fuzzy afore he remembers it right.
ah yes, what legends shall we hear of? to be honest Zodi, I'm not that good at FPS stuff. Tried em', but I think I lack the reflexes or aim to do them well. This here internet drifter ain't exactly the best fps gamer in the west or anythin'. So my interest will pretty much just be story.
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2017-02-07, 04:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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Name a well known western figure and chances are we'll encounter em on this tale. Old Man Clanton, Jessie James, The Earps. There a bunch of people in this game and I'm going to say words about em!
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2017-02-07, 08:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Hang on, let me find my annoying nasal voice...
Umactually, it's called a Serape.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serape
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May not have
might of
may of
Sorry, grammar pet peeve.
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger is actually one of my favourite shooters. I ended up playing it after seeing it in a Humble Bundle after watching Campster's Errant Signal video featuring the game, and it was definitely worth it. Solid shooter mechanics paired with an imaginatively told story.
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The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep.~ That's your horoscope for today.
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2017-02-07, 01:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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I use braces (also known as "curly brackets") to indicate sarcasm. If there are none present, I probably believe what I am saying; should it turn out to be inaccurate trivia, please tell me rather than trying to play along with an apparent joke I don't know I'm making.
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I use braces (also known as "curly brackets") to indicate sarcasm. If there are none present, I probably believe what I am saying; should it turn out to be inaccurate trivia, please tell me rather than trying to play along with an apparent joke I don't know I'm making.
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2017-02-08, 10:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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Oh hey look it's Wednesday. Time for more A Taste Of.
A Taste Of: Wolfenstein The New Order
Video Length: 24:05
Warning this game has the violence and the language and the stuff. It's a pretty good game, but it's controls have a bit of clunkiness to them that I'm not entirely sure on, and it's sound design with regards to making combat survivable, and how it interacts with the combat system itself, is pretty lackluster. I have thoughts about this game, to put it mildly. Still GOOD, and I enjoyed playing it, but damn if it isn't heavily flawed.
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2017-02-08, 12:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Wait, I can't see any cowboy in sight there. Are you sure you're playing a call of juarez game, zodi?
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