Was 'The Cartel' Really That Bad? | A Retrospective

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I’ve been playing through the Call of Juarez series and since the first title people have been telling me to skip The Cartel. They all trashed it, I actually haven’t seen a single person say they liked it, 100% of feedback was negative in my comments. I wanted to find something good to talk about. I was rooting for the underdog, but my god, this game was absolutely terrible, and it nearly killed the whole series.
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Chapters:
Intro 00:00
Overview 00:38
The Cartel 02:51
Development 04:51
Gameplay 09:47
Shooting 12:42
Tech Probs 19:42
Plot 21:38
The 4 Endings 26:40
Closing Thoughts 29:24
Controversy 31:38
Legacy of The Cartel 34:01
Conclusion 35:07
Referenced Footage:
- Extra Credits The Cartel • Call of Juarez: The Ca...
- Ciudad Juarez News Story • A Bloody Week in Ciuda...
- Ben Ending • SPOILER! Call of Juare...
- Kim Ending • SPOILER Call of Juarez...
- Eddie Ending • Call of Jaurez The Car...
- Cartel News Story • Mexican Cartels Are Ar...
- Gamespot Interview • Start/Select - Call of...
Music: (in order of appearance)
- All Songs Used are from Call of Juarez The Cartel OST
LISA The Painful Men's Hair Club (Conclusion)
- KENKURA- Lazy Evenings (Outro)
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@parkerhuff9995 Год назад

The Sinaloa cartel will make you play this game if you owe them money.

@MrHammers Год назад

Hahahaha is rather lose a finger or something

@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 Год назад

True evil

@barretxiii27 Год назад

Pure evil!

@nemopouncey3827 Год назад

they should have kept it in the wild west. remember when they tried to modernize battlefield with hardline? fans weren't having none of it.

@nemopouncey3827 Год назад

moral of the story: never modernized a game an keep it in it's original setting. you never see that happening with red dead redemption just hope they don't. john marsten forcester working as a sheriff talking on a walkie talkie 😂 fans will so get rockstar for that.

@zaneshukites2877 Год назад

Y'know, the dumb thing about all of the enemies being the same is the fact that they chose the Cartel as the main group. They probably have the most variety out of any criminal organization. Anything from some random guy with his grandad's old service pistol to ex soldiers with better gear and weapons than the actual government.

@MrHammers Год назад

I wanna say it's because they were rushed because they even had massive variety in enemies in bound in blood, soldiers, natives, Mexicans, cowboys, outlaws... This game is just a shame to see on so many levels

@gameboyzpodcast6800 Год назад

Not to mention police

@bigbadwolf0047 Год назад

Fun fact ben isn't even related to one of the brothers, but he looks like ray for some reason 🤣 He is related to billy the adoptive son of thomas

@Cabrito11 Год назад

I respect you for going through this pain, for going through this horrendous game so that none of us ever has to waste time to see what this game had to offer

@MrHammers Год назад

Haha thanks my dude, I'll fall on the sword made of terrible games for you fine people 😂

@salsa3569 Год назад

@@MrHammers ooo.fhu (!: N.. 😆 O My kk

@mattc2306 Год назад

I feel like this game's narrative has potential, just not fully realized. I like the idea of a modern-day Western, similar to Walker Texas Ranger or FX's Justified. Hell, the cartel narrative backdrop might've worked as a simple crime drama, mimicking the writing chops of Rockstar Games. It's a shame that the game turned out like it did, because it had some interesting ideas.

@yellowcard425 Год назад

I usually like games people hate but I remember. Seeing this For 1$ at Gamestop and buying it and hating it in the first 5 mins and never finished the first chapter. The First 2 games were amazing

@MrHammers Год назад

I'm the same way, I like most janky games and usually find something to like. This game broke me tho haha

@lukedevine4884 Год назад

I played the shit out of this game back when I was in high school. Idk why I liked it back then but I had horrible taste in games looking back at it haha. Love the content man and these retrospective reviews. Keep up the goodwork🤙💯

@Cabrito11 Год назад

🤣

@MrHammers Год назад

I played my fair share of terrible games back in the day and loved them. Sometimes when the game in front of you is all you got, you make it fun haha. Plus if friends are around you can make anything fun too

@lowerclassbrats77 Год назад

Many of us do this. I played a ton of The Return of Matt Hazzard and Duke Nukem Forever.

@lukedevine4884 Год назад

@@lowerclassbrats77 hahah Duke nukem was a guilty pleasure of mine too. Still is. One of those where its entertainly bad

@Ckoz2829 Год назад

@@lowerclassbrats77 Ugh, I must’ve spent the entire summer playing Duke Nukem when it first came out. I was 15 years old and even back then I knew it was a shit game. But levels like Duke Burger and Titty City kept me coming back as well as seeking out all the ego boosts and getting the achievements.

@SuperReno3 Год назад

Quick side note. The military in Mexico is absolutely better armed and trained than the cartels. I live in Mexico and anytime the government actually wants results they get it albeit in a violent matter but they generally come out on top, with fewer casualties, the problem relies on the corruption of politicians who will intentionally side with one cartel or another. Sad state of things because they are absolutely just as vicious as you describe.

@ObviouslyUnknown Год назад

also just watching your videos I realize why I enjoy them so much. You put so much effort into them, you give great examples of what you love, of what could be changed. All while telling an enticing story!

@MrHammers Год назад

This is a very kind comment, thank you so much

@ObviouslyUnknown Год назад

@@MrHammers thank you for putting out these videos :) they’re always a good watch

@flippedoutkyrii Год назад

One thing you didn't mention is despite the need to level up to acquire better gear, the AI teammates don't scale up with you so they are stuck with the basic Beretta Handgun from the first level to the last, this is especially infuriating in the chase missions where Co-Op buddies would have equipped the FAL or 416 to easily shred tailing NPC's. Amazing you managed to finish this train-wreck. The only good thing I recall was the plethora of exploding cars that made for fun parking lot clearance AND the fact that Gunslinger is next ;)

@MrHammers Год назад

I actually didn't even notice that, that's a great observation lol. I had some notes about cars exploding and how inconsistent they were, some would explode and some wouldn't haha but it seemed like a weird point to make when I was writing

@barretxiii27 Год назад

Looks like one of those typical drop-in multiplayer mechanics where your allies are meant to have whatever stats/gear the other player has when playing co-op; much like RE5 and how your partner has their own unique inventory setup. Only difference is in RE5, you get full control over both your inventories in single-player. At the very least, they should've let the allies level up with you, and auto-select better weapons as they unlock.

@flippedoutkyrii Год назад

@@barretxiii27 In a way, HL2 did a better job with NPC weapon swapping in 2004, hell, even Halo 2 let you GIVE npc's greater weapons on the fly a good 7 years prior to The Cartel so it's one major oversight, especially nowadays where no one is playing Co-Op on this thing.

@Mellow999 Год назад

I can’t wait for you to do gunslinger, I have to say there isn’t much of a story. This is not bad, it’s just different going from the original to bound in blood to the cartel. It’s way more arcade shoot ‘em up. But it’s still very good, excited to hear your thoughts about it.

@MrHammers Год назад

I think gunslinger has the perfect western tale, just a drunken bar story, short and sweet, probably only 50% true and embellished. The shoot em up gameplay pairs perfectly with it

@Mellow999 Год назад

Yeah, I think it’s awesome they went all in with it being a tale Silas is telling. Sometimes when he forgets what happens, it goes back in time to earlier in the fight. As well as certain objects just fall from the sky. The game is awesome and I can’t wait for your analysis!

@Pupppeteer Год назад

I don't think I've ever played these games outside of one but only for a short amount of time. I love western games so much with one of my favourites being one you already reviewed, gun. Such a classic.

@MrHammers Год назад

I'd recommend this series, especially bound in blood and Gunslinger, they are solid Western shooters, one with a deep story the other with fantastic gameplay

@furioustiger3373 Год назад

God I remember this game, the swearing was unbearable. Every 5 seconds..

@MrHammers Год назад

I got a trash mouth myself so I can't talk much, but yeah the dialogue in this game was cringe

@ajax3748 Год назад

@@MrHammers I have a potty mouth but God this game is just too much

@Chuked Год назад

@@ajax3748 same here, i cuss because I constantly am in school and can’t stand the building I’m in.. this game is something else tho

@Accurate_Vision Год назад

I've been looking forward to this video and it was worth the wait! I admire the persistence it took to beat this lol - I think I only made it to the level with the "Bad Guy" achievement you mentioned, some level set in a generic rundown city block. On the bright side, coming from a game like this will make your Gunslinger playthrough a breath of fresh air!

@MrHammers Год назад

That's the second level!! 😂😂 Gunslinger was a breath of fresh air I must admit, it's not the perfect game but man it sure felt like it after playing this

@marquesjacobs1824 Год назад

Finally hahaha I've been waiting for you to cover this tragedy. I remember thinking back in the day that this seemed like someone hardly did their homework on what cartels and mexico are like. Now that I know this was a european studio makjng this game it makes sense.

@alif_falah 4 месяца назад

Play this game splitscreen 3 player using nucleus coop, having a blast playing this with my friend. The funniest part is we can caught each other while stealing evidence, and in some part of mission we have a secret agenda that represent our own objective. Really cool gameplay method for a game and its rare to do in coop game while each player have their own perspective in their own objective.

@Gruntvc Год назад

I played through this a month ago, I just pretended it had nothing to do with Call of Juarez 1&2 and it was ok. I think I'd rather play Rogue Warrior again over ever touching The Cartel once more. Fun fact, those hacks at Extra Credits spurged out over this game back when it released. It's written on the Wikipedia entry for The Cartel.

@MrHammers Год назад

Rogue warrior over this??? Bold man haha

@matteodelapaz1698 17 дней назад

Where’d you buy this? The seeders for the game doesn’t have the anti uplay drm and you can’t buy this game anymore

@jorgehenriq Год назад

I droned through this game back in the day. I can't even say the game is bad because I honestly don't remember a thing about it, only that I played it when I was sixteen but forgot the whole ordeal.

@choppamoose1174 Год назад

I always wanted this game because seeing it on the news from those people that claimed it was the most evil thing on the planet made me want it even more but thank goodness something else came along and took my tension away I still wanna play it though and I’ll pick it up when it’s on sale and I feel like it

@HUMAN-fq5ff Год назад

Looking forward to Gunslinger. My personal favourite Call Of Juarez game. Loved it.

@matthewgilmore97 Год назад

Great video man. Slogged through this one so you get a treat with Gunslinger

@ThaFashionAssassin Год назад

Quality content. Always instantly click on your videos even if I never played the game

@MrHammers Год назад

Thank you my friend! Appreciate you

@bingchilling_____ Год назад

I always get so hyped whenever I see a new upload from you, keep doing what you’re doing man 🤘

@MrHammers Год назад

Thanks brother

@vinniecorleone62 Год назад

I love "COJ The Cartel" & liked it for what it is, I even reviewed it as a favorite guilty pleasure. I never understood the hate for it, although it obviously is quite removed from the first two which I've loved as well.

@MrHammers Год назад

I appreciate your opinion on it, I love plenty of 'bad' games. We like what we like ☺️

@woopdashoop9860 Год назад

I understand you lol this game is what got me into Call of Juarez and is my "guilt pleasure"

@BenjoBanjo8 Месяц назад

I agree I think it’s a decent game

@vinniecorleone62 Месяц назад

@@BenjoBanjo8 I really love the game as it's quite unique & you can choose between 3 different characters, each with their own weapon specialty & story.

@BenjoBanjo8 Месяц назад

@@vinniecorleone62 exactly also it definitely shows it’s age but it doesn’t deserve all the hate

@sadle1331 Год назад

I'm from Germany. In the German Community, there is a RU-vidr called AltF4Games. He made some solid Criticism on this Game. The Video is actually still up. The Point of His Opinion on these kind of Shooters is, that CoD was the most Succesful to that Time. Based on that, basically every bad shooter tried to be CoD. From BF3 to a lot of other Games, that just try to copie the same Thing, that is succesful instead of something that could be succesful, but is an Original Project.

@CondreamGaming Год назад

I remember returning the game to GameStop literally an hour after playing it. I only got $30 back from the full $60 and would gladly pay another $30 to never play it again.

@kevboy2455 Год назад

Huh? Should of got a full refund. Sounds like you got the ol gamestop shaft. You liked it😅

@tomothybahamothy 11 месяцев назад

This was 60 dollars!!!!!???? What a rip off

@Abel_Unstable Год назад

My God, why you reminded me with this painful game lol XD. Nice video. But Im glad Gunslinger is a nice send off for the franchise.

@AlfredFJones1776 Год назад

I’d love to see you check out NARC 2005, Total Overdose, Geist and Metal Arms.

@MrHammers Год назад

All but metal arms is on my list, looks like I'll have to add that one as well!

@frostsoul4199 Год назад

from how i see it, Techland probably gave this game over to the division that made Dead Island. you can see a lot of the assets from that game in this one. including the weapon sounds and reload animations. and if you watch cutscenes from Dead Island, you can tell they used the exact same recording equipment for the voice acting between the two games. they probably did this because they were under a lot of crunch and needed their A-team for another project.

@MrScottwhite12 Год назад

Another interesting and informative video. I would like to see you start a series on the James Bond games from the PS2 era onwards👍

@MrHammers Год назад

Great games!

@ZZHungryHippos Год назад

Just watched your other two call of Juarez videos yesterday. What great timing

@MrHammers Год назад

Thanks my dude😎

@roxasdeviluke317 Год назад

I remember playing call of Juarez as a kid and I'm Hispanic so when my mom heard all the Spanish cuss word she actually got mad even though I played games like gta within earshot of her

@AsBizarrasAventurasdeKlonesias Год назад

Your spanish is pretty good, had classes or some relative/parent from there? (brazillian here, we speak portuguese but we can kinda feel when someone has a uncommon accent, your spanish accent was on point the whole video) I wish they did this game with Brazillian criminal factions instead of Cartels, i feel like it is simpler to explain than the Cartel stuff. Especially with that Modern Warfare 2 mission on Rio de Janeiro, which was fun as hell and one of the best mp maps. The Cartel was shit indeed but Gunslinger was a blast, waiting for your video on that one. Great video man.

@XanderGrishchenko Год назад

What is your opinion on Max Payne 3 and how it portrayed Brazilian gang activity?

@MrHammers Год назад

Wow thank you, I'm flattered haha. No I don't speak Spanish at all, I try my best though lol A Brazilian take on this game would be legit, makes me think of Max Payne 3 haha

@ObviouslyUnknown Год назад

your videos are such a great surprise :)

@MrHammers Год назад

😊

@therealpizzagirl Год назад

At least we got Gunslinger after this one. That game was amazing.

@MrHammers Год назад

Arguably the best in the series!

@SourRobo8364 Год назад

At least Gunslinger came out swinging. Ended things with a big bang. At least for me.

@lowerclassbrats77 Год назад

I just ignore this game's existence and I platinumed it, plus they redeemed themselves with Gunslinger. Really it failed at the conceptual level as there was and is a dearth of westen themed games while there was at the time a surplus of gritty modern crime shooters. Techland/Ubisoft stripped Call of Juarez of its main selling point and uniqueness by choosing a modern setting.

@MrHammers Год назад

My thoughts exactly, they should've never tried to conform to what's popular

@demomancerzv9036 Год назад

I'd loved it in childhood, but due to one bug I couldn't finish the game, it was on 1st level. I especially loved driving car, I think ot was best part

@PvtDutch Год назад

I know this might sound Blasphemy but I really love coj the cartel more then the others. The 2nd game bound in blood was enjoyable, the 1st game was ok, and the 4th game gunslinger well i never played and the cartel was my very first coj game I understand the flaws it has but it really doesn’t effect me we all have our own opinion if you hate this game I don’t blame you but I really love this game no matter what. Also can you do the army of two games pretty please

@MrHammers Год назад

I appreciate your opinion, I love my fair share of "bad" games, everyone had thier own ideas on things. And army of two is a series I'll cover soon 😁

@MrAdamFC Год назад

Not going to lie I remember going through this game with my mate. It had a lot of great ideas, but I guess like a blind assassin the execution was off by a mile. It's the only game I could honesty say needs a full remake. Because that branching objective-based co-op storyline idea is actually a really fun one in concept. But hey, Woodstock 99 sounded great in concept until the fires broke out.

@MrHammers Год назад

This game admittedly could've been really good if Techland stuck to thier creative side and not try to copy the market, and maybe let it cook for another 6 months or so. Sad to see

@MrAdamFC Год назад

@@MrHammers It truly is. It's kind of like watching a wax work left out in the sun, A thing I don't know if you got the chance to do in this game that actually makes it ok-ish , Is there's more to the co-op bit than a few dodgy phone calls. For example, in the nightclub mission if you play as the female character, you get a different mission completely in which you climb to the top of the adjacent building and snipe the dude that dies in the cutscene hitman style. (It also explains the following cutscene with her) But as it stands it's like an artist drawing a beautiful picture out of his own shit.

@T-Jex Год назад

I rented this game (for the younger viewers thats when you Pay to take a game home for a couple of days and return it to the store) and couldnt even make it past the fourth level, good thing i always went in 2x1 days

@alexsheperd2060 Год назад

I played through once solo and was so bored the whole time. Coop is slightly better but if you didn’t have a full group of 3 trying to be sneaky for rp or whatever people would just leave the second you caught them doing one of their own side objectives they’d just leave forcing a 10 minute load time again. We ended up just not playing after the second time it happened

@karimallouche9225 Год назад

Lets goooooo! I have been waiting for this vid i cant wait for gunsligger after

@crimsonsilo Год назад

It's funny to think the shooting could be worse then 25 to life 🤣... great vid mate 👍

@MrHammers Год назад

I won't say it's worse than 25 to life, it is a new generation of gameplay, BUT this game is definitely the '25 to life' of the 7th gen haha

@tylertheguy3160 8 месяцев назад

Westerns set in the modern day are awesome, and I think cops and government agents fighting the war on drugs is a good starting point to write an interesting story. It's frustrating how much this could've worked and how little it did.

@HUMAN-fq5ff Год назад

It’s 11:30 p.m. in my country, but who even wants to sleep when MrHammers has uploaded a video essay?

@MrHammers Год назад

Appreciate ya fellow HUMAN, get some rest my friend lol

@stinkymonke3622 7 месяцев назад

I played the game as a kid (living in Poland), my dad saw a review for it online and decided to get it, i went with him and at the counter asking for 'Call of Juarez' the clerk showed us The Cartel and The Gunslinger, my dad told me to pick one, and i decided on The Cartel because 'modern weaponry', and i mean i enjoyed playing it, not the best game i played, but to me it was fine I do wonder what young me would have thought of The Gunslinger, since i played it not too long ago and it was amazing

@chrishansen8836 Год назад

Let’s gooooo glad you posted today man

@MrHammers Год назад

Thank you for being here Chris Handsome

@chrishansen8836 Год назад

@@MrHammers I’ll pick the easy way ;) lmfao

@ragdolsaboveaverage Год назад

I beat this game with all the characters and made it through half of the online tiers and I didn’t totally hate this game. I knew it was bad but it was my first call of Juarez and my last because it wasn’t very good and I expected all the others to be just as cheesy and poorly made

@MrHammers Год назад

Every other one in the series blows it out of the water tbh. Sorry you're experience with the series was this title lol

@UnabridgedGamer Год назад

The astounding thing is, there actually is ONE digital storefront still selling this wreck - Xbox Live. It regularly goes on sale too, for some reason, trotted out by Ubisoft every so often for anyone unaware enough to get the $7.50 from them. I know a guy who made that mistake, tried to convince me to buy it too. One hour later he immediately was like "NOPE! NEVERMIND!"

@the_unkilled2238 Год назад

The quality on all of your videos is way above your current subscriber count, when I first stumbled across your channel I was convinced you had at least 500k subs. Anyway keep up the amazing work, these videos are great!

@MrHammers Год назад

Thanks my dude 😎 maybe one day I'll be there haha

@adambartholomew6575 Год назад

In my teens I played the Cartel and Bound in Blood alot(I didn't know there were 4 games until I found this series). I've gotten every ending and played through with each character multiple times. I can honestly say I really enjoy this game, though it has a lot of problems. Gameplay wise I wasn't big into Battlefield or Call of Duty, so this was really the only first person shooter I spent time on. It's definitely inferior to the prior title, but it's good fun if you want to just have some stupid fun that doesn't require much thought. Also the story's alot better if you play through it with every character. It makes more sense and you get to see the depth and personality the three characters have and better understand their motivations

@andreworders7305 9 месяцев назад

16:06 what is the point of concentration mode is precision aiming doesn’t increase damage?

@crnlonewolf3195 Год назад

Props for you playing through it and trying to find something good even though it’s still bad haha

@HUMAN-fq5ff Год назад

YOOO!! 26k in 6 days. Congrats.

@MrHammers Год назад

Thanks dude!

@senormarston3283 Год назад

Love your content, pal. Politics, they rather put the fault on something like video games instead of actually doing their jobs properly. Fulfilling their pockets with money and power thanks to their pathetic corrupted group along side with criminals like the cartels or many other mafias

@SickKitty-IsDead 11 месяцев назад

Lmfao the juarez series is serving as a great binge listen while im at work. Appreciate your work dog. gang

@MrHammers 11 месяцев назад

I was thinking about reuploading all 4 videos as a mega series video. Thanks homie!

@vinniecorleone62 Год назад

I played as all 3 characters & on some levels like when playing as Kim with a Sniper rifle up on a cliff top while the same level as Ben you are down in the valley, so a few levels they mix it up. I also played the whole game in co-op while in California & my buddy in Florida, we had a great time with it. I personally love the unusual urban setting & law officers crossing the line which makes this game's premise quite unique, it's a quite subjective thing in the end as I have a couple friends that enjoy it like myself. It definitely is a AA game, not a AAA experience but one of the dynamics I love about the 360 & PS3 era is so many AA fun guilty pleasures like this game, I pre-ordered this game & received a great poster from it, I never saw the bad reviews until much later so I wasn't under the influence of the mob mentality hating on this & on numerous others like it. I enjoy your reviews, even this one although in the one case I politely disagree with some of your points.

@cameronclark3418 Год назад

First!!!! 🥳🥳🥳 keep up the solid reviews big fella!

@Gregtami Год назад

I appreciate your efforts man. Thanks for destroying this turd and showing all it’s nasty flaws.

@David-1216 9 месяцев назад

What show is the Netflix trailer for that he used?

@forgettable8300 Год назад

That certainly was one of the games of all time I'll give it that.🤠

@MrHammers Год назад

For sure, one of the games ever

@lopiklop Год назад

Just from the few clips I see, I can tell the game has good presentation; like cinematography. I think that's something people tend to take for granted.

@ticklism8901 Год назад

Yeah but bad voice acting ruins most games

@themightybagle99 Год назад

Despite it being quite awful I still find some enjoyment out of the game, I find it hilarious that they take this story very seriously yet it's just funny to witness some of the shit and how baffling and stupid it can get. The constant "fucks" and "motherfucker" In a serious tone compared to a humorous one (COUGH Saint Row 2022) It just hits different. This Is just a good-bad games that I find stupidity entertaining.

@SJxPVR Год назад

Lol we warned you bro 🤣 great video tho!

@MrHammers Год назад

You did 😔. I wanted to like this game so bad lol

@SJxPVR Год назад

@@MrHammers your not the only one especially playing the games prior.

@gianpyres3 Год назад

I look forward to the day that Mr. Hammers maybe covers the colossal mess that is rogue warrior, having Mickey Rourke's dialogue completely consistent of colourful cussing is the only thing I enjoyed about it, and thank you sir hammers, I haven't played the cartel and now I know to probably skip it. Oh yes Mr. Hammers have you played a fun old school style FPS called painkiller?

@MrHammers Год назад

Haven't played painkiller yet, but that game and rogue warrior are totally going to be covered at some point

@gianpyres3 Год назад

@@MrHammers sweet, I look forward to it👍

@shadowcbell Год назад

Was waiting for another upload

@MrHammers Год назад

Sorry to keep ya waiting

@Rainbow-Dash Год назад

I feel awefully called out for 1000G'ing COJ The Cartel

@hunternowicki8123 8 месяцев назад

@MrHammers I actually enjoy playing this game. It's a guilty pleasure game for me because it does suck, but I have fun playing it every so often.

@Imissthefuhrer Год назад

Lol at the teacup 🍵 grip on the pistols.

@cobra_sniper6227 Год назад

Ok call me dumb because this is probably the obvious thing that I should already know but is ben voiced by the voice actor that voices Trevor?

@Retcon404 Год назад

Hey man, I've really been enjoying these retrospectives, and I'm glad I decided to watch some Call of Juarez gameplay and found your channel. Cheers and keep up the good work.

@MrHammers Год назад

Thank you dude

@wolfgangamadeus232 Год назад

As someone with really bad taste , I beat this game countless times I like because I think is fun and "over the top" and I don't have to think that much just "shoot the man" So everytime I finished a really long game I play CoJ: The Cartel to reset my brain . I recommend use Eddie cause he have the dual SMG's that is quite fun , if try to play as Ben and play like previous CoJ with the dual pistols you will have a bad time ,cause the pistols an revolvers in this game are weak and inacurrate . I really recommend a mod in Nexus called The Cartel Overhaul Mod ,that remove all the blur and Dof this game .

@nemopouncey3827 Год назад

you seen what happened to battlefield with hardline.

@nemopouncey3827 Год назад

picture rockstar trying to modernize red dead redemption?😂 John's forcester john combs working at a police station catching badguys. fans of the o.g. games won't take that well.😂

@wolfgangamadeus232 Год назад

@@nemopouncey3827 I'm not saying the game is a hidden gem , I remember when the game was out and the reception it have , at the time not even myself like it . But today years later I think its fun ,if you not expect to be like the other two ,you could have a blast playing .

@nemopouncey3827 Год назад

@@wolfgangamadeus232 your right.

@VampyKitsune 11 месяцев назад

Fun fact the Zeta Cartel was trained in 90s US military tactics at fort bragg

@dylhas1 Год назад

You’re not alone. I wanted to like this game too but couldn’t

@facundoun2634 12 дней назад

I remember playing this game as a child. A child that found enjoyment in some games concidered "bad"... Yet i disliked this game and nowadays i just hate it

@Salerias Год назад

I liked what they tried and always had the feeling that this was a game where they just didn't had enough time to achieve what they had in mind. I mean they even spent time with gangs to get a better feeling for their side? I mean wow that is amazing effort. Sadly they could not release what they wished for

@Datheft Год назад

Keep hammering these out

@MrHammers Год назад

🔨🔨

@TheAdmantArchvile Год назад

If you want an idea on how bad this game is, another reviewer who covers bad games JarektheGamingDragon, couldn't find a copy anywhere that worked. The cracked version needed a specific version of UPlay and digitally it's gone. The only copy he got was from G2A. Though copy is generous because they just gave him a PNG with a steam code.

@MrHammers Год назад

Yeah I had trouble finding a PC copy, I just bought it for the 360. Copies were super cheap

@Fidanza97 6 месяцев назад

"I dunno what the fu- who the fuck to trust! Definitely not that bitch" "What??" Best line ever

@zunije.l2954 Год назад

At least the game has the “next gen” colour pallet of washed out grays and sepia tones, like the rest of the games of that era!

@MrHammers Год назад

Gotta love the 7th gen shooters lol

@ThisGuyAd. Год назад

19:53 the joke that made me smash like 😂

@jericho-llama184 Год назад

I must've been such a boring child I remember completing all 3 endings in one day smh haha what was wrong with me... Great video my dude

@MrHammers Год назад

We all played bad games back in the day! Plus people have different opinions on things, I'm sure there is someone out there who enjoys this game haha

@boombya123 Год назад

RU-vid didnt even show me this had been uploaded i had to come here myself i'll come back and edit this when ive got time to watch but in the mean time frick you RU-vid dont hide MrHammers content from me

@MrHammers Год назад

The man tryna keep me down lol. Thanks bro

@boombya123 Год назад

@@MrHammers just finished watching the video now and oh boy The Cartel is worse than I remember and I remember hating it haha I had totally forgot about the flanking system I have no memory of it at all I do however remember the horrible driving sections you put yourself through 5 hours of hell for us and I respect you for it great video as always and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on Gunslinger I recently replayed it after watching your Bound in Blood video I loved it when I played it years ago and I love it now although when I was younger I don't remember hating the dueling so much maybe it's my 30 year old reactions not being very good but I really hated the duels.

@MrHammers Год назад

The driving was so bad 😔. And Gunslinger duels were good for me! Much better than bound in blood by far

@boombya123 Год назад

@@MrHammers maybe I need to replay Bound in Blood to remember how bad they were and then maybe I'll like the duels in Gunslinger more it's likely I just really sucked at them so didn't enjoy them because I don't remember disliking then when I played Gunslinger on the PS3 but on PC now year later some of them really tilted me haha but I loved the game overall still my 2nd favourite of the series

@roamintheslums4851 Год назад

ALSO. If you look close, this game has the same reload animations as Dead Island does and some of the same reload and shooting sounds too

@therevenancy Год назад

Thanks for going through this trash fire. It didn't ruin the entire series though, it doesn't take away from the quality of the first two games.

@heroiccombatengineer6018 Год назад

As a Mexican im gonna make a game set in Poland where you steal everything to go by

@orchid9 10 месяцев назад

Cartel is designed to be played in PUBLIC coop, which is a tough feat to do. Yeah, all games can work alright with your dudes, but playing with randoms is inherently competitive. You don't give a flying fuck about their progression, so devs put a spin on it. The ideas aren't half bad, tbh. FEAR3 is probably the best example of coop competitive, it has the exact same ideas as the Cartel, but way more polished.

@balistahr.o.g1103 Год назад

Idk why but this game really felt like dead island call controls, movement, ads, and even the pistol look similar. I was like it's this feels like dead island type vibe.😂

@nekkog1744 Год назад

Lol I remember liking this but I was also drinking a lot at that time so my perception might've been skewed.

@8ullfrog 11 месяцев назад

I find it interesting you mentioning there is nothing unique in this game, considering that car chase was lifted damn near wholesale from Kane & Lynch: Dead Men.

@leonardlallemand5459 7 месяцев назад

so apparently i'm the only person who enjoyed to play this game... idk, it's just like battlefield hardline, i just love modern western settings, the characters were fun, there were a shitton of different guns especialy pistols and revolvers, that's all i asked for at the time and was happy with the result. the driving was realy awefull tho.

@Bruno_Laion Год назад

This was the first and last game I played in the series. It's something for sure

@Ramlin1210 Год назад

Question is how did you get this game?

@MrHammers Год назад

Bought a used 360 copy

@ImDeffyMan Год назад

Man I remember watching my dad play this and being man this game looks good and I already played bound in blood and then I got older and played this and was so disappointed couldn’t even finish the first level

@Dr.Lemmy_C_Yasnatch Год назад

"Sniffing Kilometers of coke" 🤣

@HushtheMag Год назад

I remember playing this years ago, unfortunately it was the only Juarez title I played, Got tired of playing it very quickly, one of my fondest memories of the game being me stacking bodies in gunfights while my AI team mates constantly berate me and say "If it weren't for us you'd be fucking dead" when they themselves handle themselves in a gunfight as good as Helen keller would.

@TheStealthytoast Год назад

This game was such a massive let down. I found the first 2 games in a bargain bin and fell in love with them, then I hear the 3rd games coming out and fuck me it was terrible. My buddy and I played through the whole story which was fun, had some weird bugs like having 2 people drive the same car. I always forget this game existed when I look back that the series.

@Rainbow-Dash Год назад

10:00 you dont need servers to play the Co-Op it still works, but doubt youll find anyone willing the play it outside of just getting the achievements that it holds

@matteodelapaz1698 17 дней назад

It sucks that it took a fanmade overhaul mod to fix 80% of the issues that hurt the game