Good looking enviroments, gameplay lacking.
Graphically the game looks good for the most part, the distant terrain is spectacular. The character models on the other hand look mildly deformed. Add into this the lackluster game mechanics and you get another mediocre cowboy game. The whole whip system just isn't as good as I imagined it to be. You basically just latch on, swing and let go. Climbing can really be a pain at times, not being able to climb on certain ledges that you should easily be able to grad ahold of.
The game pretty much offers no choices as to what you do, you cant harm Innocent civilians, or corpses. If you even throw a bucket at someone the game will restart you at your last checkpoint. The game makes you stick to the story line, if you try going off a path you'll usually just end up dying from a fall no more then 1 foot, so all those pretty distances arnt accessible. Duels are a breath of fresh air, it plays very similar to Red Dead Revolver, where your in a slow time and must move your cursor while getting resistance.
The story is somewhat short, and at times I found the multi-player to be non-playable. In the two days that I tried multi-player the Call of Juarez servers kept going down, and when they didn't games lagged horribly. There were numerous times when I shot someone, and a minute or two later they would die, and Id get credited with the kill.
Overall In my opinion Call of Juarez isn't worth the $60 price tag, its better off as a rental.