History VideoGame / CallOfJuarezGunslinger

** The Magnificent One is an obvious play on ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven''

* RPGElements: Killing enemies and finding secrets grant experience, which allows to gain skills (cf SkillScoresAndPerks).

** One of the Nuggets Of Truth you can find tells the story of Ray Mccall, essentially detailing the plot of the original game in the series.

* BeenThereShapedHistory[=/=]HeroKiller: Over the course of the game, Silas claims to have fought against (and soundly beaten) pretty much every major gunslinger from the Old West, including John Wesley Hardin, the Cowboys, UsefulNotes/JesseJames, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. [[spoiler: The impressionable teenager he's telling the story to also turns out to be Creator/DwightDEisenhower.]] He doesn't claim to have fought UsefulNotes/BillyTheKid, but he says he met him.

* HistoricalPersonPunchline: [[spoiler: Dwight is no one else than Creator/DwightDEisenhower.]]

** 1:30 To Hell for ''Film/ThreeTenToYuma''

** The final chapter, The Good, The Bad, And The Dead would be familiar to almost everyone even remotely familiar with the western genre, ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'' being one of the single most famous western movies of all time. [[spoiler: The climax is a 1 VS 1 VS 1 duel in a cemetery.]]

** A Bullet for the Old Man is a reference to [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061429/ A Bullet for the General]]
** Gunfight at the Sawmill is likely a shout out to Film/GunfightAtTheOKCorral
** The Magnificent One is an obvious play on Film/TheMagnificentSeven
** Be Quick or Be Dead is a reference to Film/TheQuickAndTheDead

** The chapters "They Call Me Bounty Hunter" and "Bounty Hunter is STILL My Name" directly reference the Film/{{Trinity}} movies.
** Not So Great Train Robbery is a play on Film/TheGreatTrainRobbery (the first western movie ever)
** 1:30 To Hell for Film/ThreeTenToYuma
** Death Rides A Steel Stallion is for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Rides_a_Horse Death Rides A Horse]].
** Without Forgiveness is a play on Film/{{Unforgiven}}
** The final chapter, The Good, The Bad, And The Dead would be familiar to almost everyone even remotely familiar with the western genre, TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly being one of the single most famous western movies of all time. [[spoiler: The climax is a 1 VS 1 VS 1 duel in a cemetery.]]

* OutOfCharacterMoment: Silas suddenly stops his over the top, almost fantastical story of hunting Gray Wolf and goes on a determined, almost frightening reciting of an old poem on death. [[spoiler:This is because he realizes at that exact moment (in retrospect to what Gray Wolf had said to him) that Ben/Bob is the person that Gray Wolf said will cause him to lose his soul if Silas kills him.]] From this point on, Silas begins to occasionally question his own motives as he narrates the story.

* FeudingFamilies: Pretty much every family in Coffeyville had a feud with another family, according to Silas. The Dalton brothers bank robberies causes many of the feuds to turn violent, as different families either tries to kill the Daltons or protect them.

FeudingFamilies: Pretty much every family in Coffeyville had a feud with another family, according to Silas. The Dalton brothers bank robberies causes many of the feuds to turn violent, as different families either tries to kill the Daltons or protect them.

** Another example would be that the levels get progressively harder. The levels are set out with five to ten years between them, and Silas lampshades the fact that he isn't getting any younger, so all in all it makes a surprising amount of sense.

* {{Expy}}: Silas Greaves is based on [[Film/DollarsTrilogy The Man with No Name]]. John Wesley Hardin bears more than a passing resemblance to [[Film/Tombstone Doc Holliday]].

* BadassGrandpa: While his age is never specified, Silas has to be at least in his late 50s by the time the final level takes place.

* MythologyGag: One of the Nuggets Of Truth you can find tells the story of Ray Mccall, essentially detailing the plot of the original game in the series.

* {{Expy}}: Silas Greaves is based on [[Film/DollarsTrilogy The Man with No Name]]. John Wesley Hardin bears more than a passing resemblance to [[Film/Tombstone Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday]].

* {{Expy}}: Silas Greaves is based on [[Film/DollarsTrilogy The Man with No Name]]. John Wesley Hardin bears more than a passing resemblance to Creator/LeeVanCleef.

** Be Quick or Be Dead is a reference to TheQuickAndTheDead
** "Dances with Renegades" references "DancesWithWolves".

The fourth game in the ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarez'' series, ''Gunslinger'' was released May 22, 2013. Opening in 1910 [[TheMagicGoesAway when the Old West is dwindling]], an old gunslinger enters a saloon in Abilene, Kansas. The said gunslinger, now [[BadassGrandpa well past fifty]], introduces himself as the legendary (albeit former) Bounty Hunter Silas Greaves, and greets the handful of patrons gathered around: [[WideEyedIdealist Dwight]], [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Molly]], [[GrumpyBear Jack]], [[OlderSidekick Steve]], and [[TheBartender Bob]].

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: [[spoiler: Ben]] refers to "Jim" as Jim Reed, even though Silas had only ever used his first name up until that point. Silas even points this out indirectly. This serves as one of many hints that [[spoiler: Ben]] knows more about the 3 killers than would initially appear.

* NewGamePlus: Unlocked when you beat the game one time. The New Game + makes you play the story again but you retain your skills, the unique weapons unlocked, and the Nuggets of Truth already discovered. All three default difficulty modes are available. The New Game + doesn't add any artificial difficulty compaired to the regular game in the chosen difficulty level, but if you start in the lowest difficulty level, the game will strongly advices you (at the beginning and at the end of the first level) to play in a higher difficulty mode. It also adds new LoadingScreen tips, lampshading the reveal at the end of the game.

The fourth game in the ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarez'' series, ''Gunslinger'' is the fourth entry in the series released May 22, 2013.
Opening in 1910, [[TheMagicGoesAway as the Old West started to disappear]], an old gunslinger enters a saloon in Abilene, Kansas. The said gunslinger, now [[BadassGrandpa well past fifty]], introduces himself as the legendary (albeit former) Bounty Hunter Silas Greaves, and greets the handful of patrons gathered around: [[WideEyedIdealist Dwight]], [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Molly]], [[GrumpyBear Jack]], [[OlderSidekick Steve]], and [[TheBartender Bob]].

The fourth game in the ''VideoGame/CallOfJuarez'' series, announced in September 2012 and released on May 22, 2013. The setting is the Old West again, but the gameplay is less plot-driven and veers away from free exploration towards [[ShootEmUp arcade-like shooting sequences]]. The story stars bounty hunter Silas Greaves as he recounts some of his old adventures to bar patrons.