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Quick Look: Call of Juarez: The Cartel

Brad, Jeff, and a poor facsimile of our commander-in-chief bound around Los Angeles looking for wallets.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Jul. 23 2011

Cast: Jeff, Brad

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

Call of Juarez: The Cartel

343 Comments

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Only 9 minutes in and WOW. How did someone think this would be a good idea?

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Edited By tavit

OMG what a crap! After 17 min I got see sick. I can't watch this anymore!

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Every time you use bad grammar, Brad chokes out a hooker.

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Well that's one way to officially kill the Call of Juarez franchise.

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@Cerberus3Dog said:

@Khann said:

@Rufi91 said:

@Cerberus3Dog said:

@EpicBenjamin said:

YO OBAMA HIT THAT BIG ASS RAMP.

lol, I wish that quick look was still up.

Same :<

Wait... when did that QL disappear?!

It's been gone for about a year now I think. It's a shame, that 50 Cent: BOTS quick look had so many good moments in it.

Wait so there really was a 50 Cent: BOS quicklook? I made a thread wondering where it went and was told there was only a video review. It needs to be found! >,>
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Oh god, that thumbnail... It's staring into my soul... Also, does every FPS have to be forced co-op these days? Also, this game looks fucking awful. Visually and in every other way.

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Motha fucka Mr. President!?

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Edited By ventilaator

I can't belive how bad this looks

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@Terry_Bogard said:

@Cerberus3Dog said:

@Khann said:

@Rufi91 said:

@Cerberus3Dog said:

@EpicBenjamin said:

YO OBAMA HIT THAT BIG ASS RAMP.

lol, I wish that quick look was still up.

Same :<

Wait... when did that QL disappear?!

It's been gone for about a year now I think. It's a shame, that 50 Cent: BOTS quick look had so many good moments in it.

Wait so there really was a 50 Cent: BOS quicklook? I made a thread wondering where it went and was told there was only a video review. It needs to be found! >,>

I was positive there was... but now I'm starting to think I am crazy....

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Edited By BulletproofMonk

What the fuck is going on in this game? 
 
You're running around killing gangsters with Obama and some crazy bitch, while trying to steal wallets and other shit and completing challenges and taking phone calls from pregnant chicks with hepatitis in the middle of a fist fight and first-person melee and Obama and co-op and motion blur and shit. 
  
I don't understand.

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Crossing the street talking on the phone and getting run over by a car. It's almost like this game is trying to make a statement.

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Saturday quicklooks? Am I dead?

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Edited By Juicebox

hahahah

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Shame this game sucks so bad. That launch trailer looked like it could have been neat if they could have lived up to what that trailer suggested the game would have been like. It had a neat 90's action movie vibe to it.

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Edited By Malphye

Adding this to the list of games that give me simulation sickness.

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Edited By zaglis
@Cerberus3Dog said:

@Khann said:

@Cerberus3Dog said:

@Khann said:

@Rufi91 said:

@Cerberus3Dog said:

@EpicBenjamin said:

YO OBAMA HIT THAT BIG ASS RAMP.

lol, I wish that quick look was still up.

Same :<

Wait... when did that QL disappear?!

It's been gone for about a year now I think. It's a shame, that 50 Cent: BOTS quick look had so many good moments in it.

Man was there an explanation? I don't remember this at all :(

Nope, I can't remember an explanation for it. Maybe they were asked to take it down? Can't say for sure.

Not sure if serious or trolling about there ever being a 50 cent QL
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Edited By mathey

Lots of interesting ideas.

Terrible execution.

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Edited By ItBeStefYo

No, I am the popo ese.
 
and TURN DOWN THE SENSITIVITY!!! if you can..

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Pig disgusting. Never gonna get this game. Thanks for the QL, you helped me save money.

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Fisticuffs! Kicking your ass old school! Fisticuffs!
 
And all the lines start too early and the break into one another and... Oh god how did this shit get released?

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it isn't looking so hot for dead island after seeing this.

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Edited By Declarius

Just like the previous games in the series, this game will be much better on PC. Also, games tend to look much worse than they are when the person playing has no idea what they're doing. You can blame it on controls as much as you want but it doesn't seem to be hindering the other people playing. It's absolutely painful to watch someone die over and over again or watch an enemy run off to the side of the screen, and the player doesn't notice, then gets killed from behind seconds later and acts as if it's anyone's fault but his own. Just a general rant, not entirely specific to this game, and not exclusive to this site, either.

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Edited By PeasForFees
@zaglis said:
@Cerberus3Dog said:

@Khann said:

@Cerberus3Dog said:

@Khann said:

@Rufi91 said:

@Cerberus3Dog said:

@EpicBenjamin said:

YO OBAMA HIT THAT BIG ASS RAMP.

lol, I wish that quick look was still up.

Same :<

Wait... when did that QL disappear?!

It's been gone for about a year now I think. It's a shame, that 50 Cent: BOTS quick look had so many good moments in it.

Man was there an explanation? I don't remember this at all :(

Nope, I can't remember an explanation for it. Maybe they were asked to take it down? Can't say for sure.

Not sure if serious or trolling about there ever being a 50 cent QL
There was never a quicklook for BotS, that phrase came from the review. Lost and the Damned though was taken down because of Take 2 and not liking any  footage of their games being taken.
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Edited By arx724

Like others have said, it looks like the developers had some really great ideas, but didn't implement them well. There are so many things in this that should have been changed/removed after having people playtest it, this just seems so unpolished.

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This game looks hilarious.

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Edited By cerberus3dog

@zaglis said:

@Cerberus3Dog said:

@Khann said:

@Cerberus3Dog said:

@Khann said:

@Rufi91 said:

@Cerberus3Dog said:

@EpicBenjamin said:

YO OBAMA HIT THAT BIG ASS RAMP.

lol, I wish that quick look was still up.

Same :<

Wait... when did that QL disappear?!

It's been gone for about a year now I think. It's a shame, that 50 Cent: BOTS quick look had so many good moments in it.

Man was there an explanation? I don't remember this at all :(

Nope, I can't remember an explanation for it. Maybe they were asked to take it down? Can't say for sure.

Not sure if serious or trolling about there ever being a 50 cent QL

Nope, I remember it. Jeff was talking about how it was a competent cover based shooter, commenting on the cash bonuses and the soundtrack. They started going through a enemy hideout, changing chapters to a desert fort where 50 Cent blew up a helicopter and then it ended with 50 Cent jumping over that big ass ramp.

Does nobody else remember this!?

That's were all the in jokes are from. Where the rest of the crew yell out "Hey 50! Yo 50! Get over here 50!" and the "Hey 50, hit that big ass ramp!"

EDIT: I watched the video review for 50 Cent: BOTS and all those sayings are in there. Gosh.... I don't think I imagining this!

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I love getting quick looks over the weekend.

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this game looks like butt. maybe it can win an award for the worst voice acting in a game this year?

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This looks like absolute dogshite :/

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I never thought I will be seeing Brad choking a hooker in a quick look before.

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Who in the world wrote these subtitles!? 

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This game looks like a piece of shit.

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31:10 
 
Subtitle: Time for some chingasa, bro. 
 
Spoken word: Kickin' your ass, old school!

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This...this was one of the worst games I have ever seen QL'd. I don't know what sealed it, the incessant wallet and personal article thieving by the protagonist or the ever present jankiness(for once that term fits) in absolutely everything from shooting to Phone calls to health regen.(what a simplistic stupid mechanic, you help the injured party up). The Obama mask was stupid. The drug theme was stupid, and if I went by this particular game for a guiding light in life I would never never trust another cop in my life, the cartel would be justified as at least on a leveled field. You gotta be kidding, I didn't like the subject matter going in, but what the fuck was this game trying to depict?

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I rented this from gamefly and played it for about 20-30 minutes, 20 minutes or so spent watching horrible cutscenes and 10 minutes spent playing the terrible game. Needless to say I immediately sent the game back. I played DNF longer than I played this game...

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So much horrible motion blur to disguise how ugly the game is, fuck man.

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Fuck. Regret watching it all the way through.

This game is, well, shit?

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Oh, XBL screennames. Sorta like the multiplayer buddy idea, it just needs to be pulled off better. :)

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All this vid shows me is that I'd never want to play a coop experience with ADD Brad if I was given the chance.

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Ugh, this game, even if it played competently, reeks of "Trying too hard to be cool, hip, and edgy" syndrome.
 
Hilarious when he gets run over during a phone call. Oh, and choking the girl out of nowhere.

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Way to go and sully Call of Juarez with this game. Wow...I mean I wasn't on board when they announced this, but now I am officially in the airport with my ticket to get the fuck away from it, because damn! this is really bad.

Those first 2 Call of Juarez games were good. Great story I thought. Very fond of them.

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How to ruin a perfectly fine franchise.

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Gears 2 had the 2v2v2 partner thing. It was called Wingman.

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Dat dialogue...

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@Cerberus3Dog said:

@zaglis said:

@Cerberus3Dog said:

@Khann said:

@Cerberus3Dog said:

@Khann said:

@Rufi91 said:

@Cerberus3Dog said:

@EpicBenjamin said:

YO OBAMA HIT THAT BIG ASS RAMP.

lol, I wish that quick look was still up.

Same :<

Wait... when did that QL disappear?!

It's been gone for about a year now I think. It's a shame, that 50 Cent: BOTS quick look had so many good moments in it.

Man was there an explanation? I don't remember this at all :(

Nope, I can't remember an explanation for it. Maybe they were asked to take it down? Can't say for sure.

Not sure if serious or trolling about there ever being a 50 cent QL

Nope, I remember it. Jeff was talking about how it was a competent cover based shooter, commenting on the cash bonuses and the soundtrack. They started going through a enemy hideout, changing chapters to a desert fort where 50 Cent blew up a helicopter and then it ended with 50 Cent jumping over that big ass ramp.

Does nobody else remember this!?

That's were all the in jokes are from. Where the rest of the crew yell out "Hey 50! Yo 50! Get over here 50!" and the "Hey 50, hit that big ass ramp!"

EDIT: I watched the video review for 50 Cent: BOTS and all those sayings are in there. Gosh.... I don't think I imagining this!

What if i told you, that there was no 50 Cent Quick Look? That is was all a dream?
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You can tell a lot about a person by their screen name, and I know I want nothing to do with FreshGapeJuice.

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This looks broken as hell. The cell phone interruptions were hilarious.

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This game tries very hard to be edgy.  Seems so ridiculous I feel the need to buy it.... 
My name is Ron Lindsey and I'm running for US senate, bitch.

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Wow. Fuck this game.