Bulletstorm

[jacobed]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/09/churnalism-fox-news-selective-quoting/

doesn't surprise me

 

[Havok83]

I did enjoy the demo but it kinda felt like all flash, not much ssubstance. I will have to wait to see what a review says on the final prouct

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

No Co-Op for Bulletstorm

As an irreverent, dick-joking romp filled with guns and bloodshed, Bulletstorm would seem to be a natural for cooperative play in the game's main campaign. It actually was much less than a perfect fit, said Epic Games' design boss.

A cooperative campaign mode "was in there at one point and it actually worked," Cliff Bleszinski told The Telegraph. But it worked on a technical level, not in a way consistent with what Epic and developer People Can Fly want players to get out of the game.

"We found that the game shifted from being this kind of puzzle shooter into essentially this downhill skiing simulator, where people were seeing how fast they could get to the bottom of the mountain," Bleszinski said. "Really the game just broke down, and it was a situation where people would race through the game, ignoring the vistas and they wouldn't set up as many skillshots."

Removing campaign co-op let Bulletstorm add in huge set pieces "like the giant robotic dinosaur," Bleszinski said, "or slow motion one-offs that could only occur in a single player game."

As i don´t play co-op i say...., but i understand that there should be an option for the ones that wanted it

Interview: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...-developer-interview-Clifford-Bleszinski.html

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Serious Sam 3 is coming out in the summer, looking more forward to that.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

I think the game is really neat, it plays well and looks great but like Havok said, it seemed to be all flash. Seems like itd be fun for a weekend and thats about it.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

It's frustrating theres no co-op too because after the demo it's the kinda mindless fun i'd only really play with a buddy anyway.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

It's frustrating theres no co-op too because after the demo it's the kinda mindless fun i'd only really play with a buddy anyway.

Yea i felt the same thing.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

ill probably get it used, but i would really like to get the chance to play the beta for GOW3

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

First review just came out and they give it a.....9.2, and are calling it the Vanquish of 1st person shooters

The same way Vanquish made third person shooters fun again, Bulletstorm did it now for first person shooters. Every developer these days want to create a similar military shooter to Call of Duty in an attempt to seize some of the success the Call of Duty franchise does have these days. People Can Fly and Epic Games have had a different plan with Bulletstorm.

Bulletstorm is all about kill with skill. Sure, you can play the game boringly like how you would play any other shooter. But you will miss what makes Bulletstorm a unique and enjoyable shooter. Also, you won't be rewarded with points if you do so. Killing enemies in creative ways and getting points are the main design ideas in Bulletstorm. Bulletstorm reminded me why I love Platinum games last two titles, Bayonetta and Vanquish. You can button mash your way through Bayonetta or you can play Vanquish like a standard third person shooter, but where is the fun in doing so?

Bulletstorm takes place in the 26th century, where the Confederation of Planets are protected by a secret black-ops army called Dead Echo. The story follows space pirate Grayson Hunt and his partner Ishi Sato, who were both dishonorably discharged from Dead Echo after they were betrayed by their commanding officer, general Serano. In the prologue chapter of the game, you will play a flashback during the days when Hunt was working with Dead Echo under the command of general Serano. The flashback explains why Hunt want to take revenge on the General and his forces. Ten years later after the incident that made Hunt leave Dead Echo and be a space pirate, he got the chance to get his revenge. But unfortunately, he fails while his ship crash-landed on the planet Stygia, a formerly-hospitable planet now overrun with freaks, feral mutant tribes, criminals, and Godzilla sized monsters.

While the game's story doesn't take itself too seriously, The story of the game has some good plot twists and likable main characters. The sense of humor is apparent in Bulletstorm. I've laughed a few times while listening to the chatter between Hunt and the other characters in the game.

The player can kick, slide, leash, shoot and use the environmental objects to create mayhem in the most creative and destructive ways possible. The level design is truly great. Every area has some environmental objects that act as a killing device for you to use: From a simple explosive barrel to man eating plants. The game makes you feel like a bad ass and the great level design motivates you to experiment new ways to kill the hordes of enemies that are coming to kill you.

The game contains seven different weapons with each weapon can be upgraded. All of the weapons are fun to use. My favorite weapon is the four-barrelled shotgun. Pulling an enemy with the leash ability and shooting him with the four-barrelled shotgun never get old.

Graphically, the game looks great that due to the beautiful artistic style. While the game looks great most of the time, some areas lacks the polish and detail of the better looking areas in the game. Beautiful lighting effects and colorful visuals makes Bulletstorm a great looking game overall. During some of the very hectic action scenarios, the game frame rate stutter. While it doesn't ruin your experience of the game, it's annoying nonetheless.

The campaign mode of the game is broken up into 8 chapters (including the prologue) which will take you between 7-8 hours for the first time. The campaign mode is very enjoyable with some crazy set pieces. If you want to play the same levels of the campaign without the cut-scenes, you can play echoes mode. The lack of the ability to play the campaign co-op with a friend is disappointing. But don't worry, as Bulletstorm has a very enjoyable co-op mode called anarchy.

In anarchy mode Four players compete for points against waves of enemies, points which can be used to buy upgrades between rounds. But to successfully complete a round a score should be achieved, which requires players to work together and perform team kills if they want to progress. This mode is an evolution of the horde mode that was introduced in Gears of War 2. Anarchy mode is highly addictive, enjoyable and lots of fun.

Despite the frame rate issues, few boss fights (I wanted more of them) and the lack of ability to play the campaign mode again with all the weapons fully upgraded from the beginning, Bulletstorm is one of the most fun, intense, crazy and over the top games I have ever played in years.

Score: (9.2/10)

http://www.vgarabia.com/2011/02/20/bulletstorm-the-vanquish-of-first-person-shooters/

 

[Alchemyst]

First review just came out and they give it a.....9.2, and are calling it the Vanquish of 1st person shooters



http://www.vgarabia.com/2011/02/20/bulletstorm-the-vanquish-of-first-person-shooters/

That's great, definitely getting it. The kills look extremely entertaining, multiplayer is gonna be crazy

 

[jacobed]

I did enjoy the demo but it kinda felt like all flash, not much ssubstance. I will have to wait to see what a review says on the final prouct

Well to be fair the demo is Echo mode which is just short versions of all the levels in order to get the highest score and beat your friends and its not an actual story mission.

Interesting interview with Cliff, he talks about not having co-op campaign.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...-developer-interview-Clifford-Bleszinski.html

 

[The Squirrel]

The game has leaked:
http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2011/02/bulletstorm-leaked/

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

i played the demo of this and it's pretty cool

 

[Benstamania]

If you go into playing BulleStorm like a regular run of the mill FPS... you're doing it wrong. Empire also gave it a 4/5. The embargo lifts tomorrow.. so.. I guess we'll see. I had it paid off for a few days... may or may not open it Tuesday... depends on how it reviews.

I could careless about zero co-op.. I never play co-op modes, but I also don't want to pay a full 60 bucks for a 6-8 hour game.

I think it looks good and had fun with the demo though, so... we'll see.

 

[Benstamania]

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/115/1151242p1.html

Sounds good... but 5 hours long?! Eeeesh... may have to return it.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Sounds good... but 5 hours long?

Don't worry, you can pay for a bunch of crap cut out of the game.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-22-bulletstorm-dlc-announced

Apprently I can't, boo hoo.

 

[jacobed]

The game can be played over again easily 3 or 4 times. Anarchy is surprisingly addictive and if you have a few friends with the game. Echo mode is where it is at. I'm about 3 hours into the campaign and I love every second of it. The game is really fun to play, it can require you to think out of the box at times for the best skillshots and I gotta say I really like the story and characters.

 

[jacobed]

stupid duplicates

 

[jacobed]

edit

 

[Benstamania]

I just don't think a game that's under 8 hours should be 60 dollars. 39.99 tops.

Unless it's an RPG with multiple endings, I very rarely play games more than once.

 

[Benstamania]

Don't worry, you can pay for a bunch of crap cut out of the game.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-22-bulletstorm-dlc-announced

Apprently I can't, boo hoo.

Sometimes I hate DLC.. More so when it's obviously planned in advance.

 

[Spider-Vader]

I'll get it sometime in the summer. I have MvC3, ME2, Alan Wake & RE5 to play until then anyway.

 

[jacobed]

Ign must have ran through it without trying to do skillshots because the campaign is definitely longer than 5 hours. Just finished the campaign it was pretty epic and I throughly enjoyed the story and the few twists it takes but I gotta say I was a bit disappointed with the ending. It sets up the sequel but wasn't fully satisfying.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Yeah, I would say the campaign was definitely closer to the 10 hour mark for me.

A lot more fun than I was expecting, really fun, varied combat, and as jokey and not serious as some of the stories and characters were, it still totally sucked me in. I really loved them. It was over the top like a Garth Ennis novel, and lets face it, Grayson Hunt is basically just Space Pirate Wolverine with a boot of fury.

 

[TheBat812]

Fun, but shallow, kinda like Gears. Love the sense of humor though, even if the story is lackluster, and the repeated lines if you fail a level repeatedly become a pain in the ass to listen to, haha.