Sound:

The sound is pretty good in this game, supporting EAX and OpenAL. You will hear the ricochets of bullets as they hit area's around you, and the quality of the sound is itself is very good. The music score in this game is high quality, and really has a good Western style to it which helps set the atmosphere for this style of game.

One really high point in the sound department is the superbly acted and highly convincing voice work. Not only do the voices fit the characters, they are well done too. A lot of games still fail in the voice over department, which is a huge shame as bad voice acting is a major distracting issue. Luckily for us, that's not a issue in this game.

Controls:

This game controls like any other first person shooter, with the WASD keys being for movement, R for reload, and the number keys being used for both pulling out and putting away their respectively assigned weapons. You can go into quickdraw mode by pressing one of the mouse buttons, which will slow time down for a brief period as you draw your weapons, and allow you to kill multiple enemies.

There really isn't much to say about the controls, because they do the job well enough to not be an annoyance or a distraction while you are playing the game.

Call of Juarez DirectX 10 exclusive features:

Below are some of the exclusive features to the DirectX 10 version of Call of Juarez:

• Physics-based Particles via Geometry Shader
• Soft-edged Grass and Leaves
• Dense Vegetation
• Material Shader
• Higher Resolution Textures
• HDR-correct Anti Aliasing

On the next page we will take a little closer look at each feature to see what it really adds to Call of Juarez.