User blog comment:Foreborn/Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Review/@comment-2196780-20121016152222

The game was overall great, and I must say, it was better than the original.

I loved the dueling in the game, which was absent from The Cartel and quite poor in the original game. It was a tad too easy when the game neared its' end however. My favourite missions in the original game, were arguably the sneaky sneaky - missions. This game lacked that aspect. The story was amazing and really followed up well to the original game.

I had no difficulty with the gameplay, and adjusted the controls only slightly.

I found the carriage chase quite easy, although I played on Normal for the majority of the time.

The game was a tad too easy in the end, what with Ray's superb quickshooters and stash of dynamites, but ah, hell. The shops were a bit repetitous though I used them whenever I had the money. The weapon conditions system was improved from the original, and I liked the Rusty - normal - prime - superb system (was that how it went again?).

The soundtracks were amazing as well. The graphics were splendid, although as 11Morey said, story/gameplay > graphics.

The cutscenes were great, expanding in the ambience of the game world.

I mainly used Ray in the game, though I made a second playthrough for Thomas. The game had quite a bit of replay value, with some added secrets for those keen-eyed players.

Overall, the game was epic, though I lost my disc a while ago.