Review: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (Xbox 360)

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Review: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (Xbox 360)

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Techland returns to the Old West, but should it have hung up its spurs?

Review: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (Xbox 360) review

I'm happy to say I was wrong. Gunslinger's not the greatest game ever made, and nor does it have to be. Instead it's a fun – and at times surprising – little take on everyone's dad's favourite genre.

Gunslinger's tale is told by Silas Greaves, a washed-up gunfighter drinking his way to the grave. He narrates his (your) actions as you go about them, taking players – and the disbelieveing drinkers of the saloon he's chosen to tell his story in – through a potted history of western fables; famous faces, a lifetime of revenge and tales that couldn't be more unbelievable if...