I have always loved first person shooters and always will, but lately the genre has been over saturated with cut and paste games like the yearly COD installments and it's starting to get a bit stale. That's why when I heard Bulletstorm was aiming to bring back the "fun" FPS I was all over it. But i was also concerned that all the complex skillshot mechanics would muck up the gameplay. Well, to say the least it didn't, and because it's so fun to play, Bulletstorm might just be the best buy or rental this month.
Gameplay- Just like i said in the intro, the gameplay is fantastic in Bulletstorm. Controls are great, except for getting snagged when trying to vault a few barriers, but the shooting is fantastic. The skillshot mechanic is beautifully executed, and you really feel satisfied when you string together a nice combo. In the last couple of acts, the seemingly infinite well of skillshots starts to run dry, and you find yourself recycling the same ones just to get to the end. The AI isn't very smart either, with most of the actions being a beeline towards you or a team mate. Bulletstorm will keep you busy for a while, but not for days on end. 9.0
Story- The story of Bullestorm isn't meant to be an awe insrpiring epic like God of War or anything, but for being a parody game it kept my interest for at least 4 hours. The giant set pieces like the mining wheel and the robotic dinosaur, Waggleton P. Tallylicker (R.I.P) kept the action constant and exciting. In a game so focused on gameplay and fun, its hard to have a story worth a second glance, but this isn't a bad start. 7.5
Graphics- Planet which Bulletstorm is set on is a tropical oasis called Stygia that was overrun with phycos and gangs. This contributes alot to the games beautiful art direction, but up close some of the textures become muddy. For example, when you push a button in an elevator, the camera shows a closer view of the protagonist, Gray's, hand, and there is no detail in the glove or fingers, its just a muddy brown mess. Besides this a few graphical hiccups like stretchy limbs on an expired foe are all that hold this game back from being a 10. 9.5
Sound- There isn't much to say about sound here. The guns have great sound and the voice acting is great in it's own cheesy (and cuss ridden) way. Most enemy noises are recycled often get old after the halfway point. No Oscar worthy performances, but I've seen worse. 7.5
Replay Value- Don't expect Bulletstorm to chew up days upon days like COD does, with its 4 and a half plus hour story and multiplayer that was good in theory, but didn't pan out too well. Echoes mode kept me addicted for a bit, to the point where I spent 3 hours to get the high score on the map collapsed building 2. Besides Echoes there aren't many things to come back for. 4.0
-Summary-
Gameplay- Great controls with a few minor bugs here and there, and perfectly made skillshot system. 9.0
Story- Ever seen Commando? It's that cheesy, but in space. That's not all bad though. 7.5
Graphics- A couple muddy textures but the planet of Stygia is gorgeous. 8.5
Sound- Some fairly good voice acting and repetitive enemy noises. 7.5
Replay Value- Fun, short, story. Multiplayer feels tacked on. 4.0
Overall- 8.0
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I saw the parody mention, and half expected the ability to drop a deuce on your opponent... I left disappointed.
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Hahaha i actually just dropped a review of this game on my channel! I hit all the story beats for anybody too lazy to install it and play through it
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Bulletstorm will soon receive a VR remake, but is it worth revisiting? Take a look back at the original 2011 release.
Absolutely. I remember when the game came out on ps360, I thought: "wow, another shooter" and in the 7th gen that wasn't an unfair reaction.
But when the game was re-release on ps4 I took my time an played it (it was on playstation plus at the time) because, ironically, I missed a shooter in that console. And boy, what a fun game! They made a game to be played and not to be watched. It was a fresh air in the genre that deserved better.
So yes. Maybe it find its audience this time.
It's an awesome game. The only exception (for my taste) is the script writing, which is OTT, but I guess that's what they were going for. It does at least match the OTT action and gore. I thought it was great overall and actually being in this game is going to be bonkers!
Yeah, I agree that storywise it's not an Oscar nominee, but it's like a porn movie in game format.
Agree with the over the top script, and felt at the time that was the only thing that people were hyped about, the language and not game play.
But in vr this game is going to be great. It has everything that would make a great vr game. Lots of bombastic action, gunplay, blood, and that leash.
Looking at the gameplay now it seems that the game was ahead of it’s time and was perfect for vr before vr wasn’t even off the ground.
I got it on PS3 at launch and am still waiting for the long rumored sequel to finally be announced. Currently have it on Switch and wish a physical version of that would be released. Absolutely love it.
I actually feel like this game gets revived all the time, not that I hate the game, I actually quite like it, it's just constantly available, unfortunately I'm not a fan of VR so I'll be skipping this version.
GF365: "Here are eight games that need sequels. These games are ones that players would love to experience another time, bigger and better."
Bloodborne is a game I still restart and play every few months. I would welcome just a re release in 60fps with a visual upgrade. It's a perfect game. If I was king for a day I would include the randomizer mods because then it would be a kind of rogue like and I could play it forever.
I might be interested to pick this up in the future. After being disappointed from 2011 shooters ranging from Brink, to Homefront, to MW3, and to Battlefield 3 I could really go for a FPS that doesn't disappoint. Resistance 3's MP is worth mentioning, but the whole game I found to be truly fresh.
i also loved bulletstorm with the crazy guns and the characters like serrano. Hope theres a sequel for the game.
tbh i thought BulletStorm was awful, i'm a huge fan of Arcade shooters but it just seemed like it wanted to be different in a bad way (if that makes sense), the skillshot system was really....nothing special either if i must say so, and that voice actor (Steve Blum i think) is annoying as hell