As a fairly avid gamer and someone who enjoys scouring the internet and my local gamestop for news of upcoming games.  I noticed a few days ago that of the 5 different websites I visited on videogames, 3 of them had adspace for the new Call of Juarez game.

That was my first hunch to maybe purchase it.

 I visited Gamestop where an employee there told me he 'loved the new Call of Juarez' and he 'couldn't wait to get off of work to finish the story mode'.

Sold.

I went home with game in hand.  Carefully unwrapped the plastic and popped it into my PS3.  Oh, I also smelled the booklet...and don't think I'm crazy I know someone else out there loves the smell of a new videogame.

Fast forward to me finishing the story mode and I can honestly say that the game I had thought was going to be an awesome title barely left an impression with me.

Something about the game did not just set right with me.  I don't know if it was the sloppy gunplay, constantly blurring my vision when I tried to zoom in on a character.  Or if it was the forced one liners and terrible overall gameplay.

Another thing that drove me nuts was when I'd be in the middle of action and/or a crazy gunfight I would take one step after shooting someone and the game would pause and load the next available mission or checkpoint.  This got to be very annoying, very quick.

I've come to learn in my years of gaming that you can tell pretty quick if the company developing a certain video game spent a lot of time on a title or not, or if they just cut corners to publish a game.  I don't know if Techland spent a lot of time on this game or not but It sure doesn't seem like it, right down to the plain shadows on the ground of the characters.  I even stood in front of a mirror at one point and there was no reflection...not even a pixely blur.  I'm not looking for near perfect graphics, but it's the little things like mirror reflection that stand out and make you think your playing something that someone spent time perfecting...not just half assing through.

Now, there were some beautiful moments in the game like some scenery that I had to stop and take a look at, but it just seems kind of weird for such a gorgeous game to a clunky front end.  Also some of the character models were very nice, like the stitching on Ray's gloves but it just kind of sours you when you see that but then everything else seems so bland.  

I don't know, maybe I'm being too hard and maybe I'm beginning to demand perfection but I have played many games with no ads posted on websites and gamestop employees hated that I fell in love with.

uh oh, my boss just walked into work...gotta go.