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Gamespot: Bulletstorm Review

Sci-fi first-person shooter Bulletstorm is a celebration of adolescent crassness. It is neither artful nor sophisticated, proudly wearing strings of obscenities as a badge of dishonor. Subtle it isn't; entertaining, it is. Where the meatheaded characters and forced, childish dialogue fail, the gameplay mostly succeeds, pushing you through a variety of attractive environments and encouraging you to "kill with skill."

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MintBerryCrunch4841d ago

George Carlin...the legend with a Ripten watermark being used for a GS review

the world we live in

RememberThe3574841d ago

He would have wanted it that way :)

CrzyFooL4841d ago (Edited 4841d ago )

yeah I noticed that too, wasn't that from the cliffy B dicktits article from a few days ago? lol. All hail google image search!

meetajhu4841d ago

Perfect score! Now Crysis 2 gets 10/10 or 9.5/10

RememberThe3574841d ago

Why does it seem like reviewers always hate swearing. I fuckin love it, why do I always feel alone in this?

Why does all humor have to be sophisticated? Toilet humor is funny, you don't have to be a complete moron to laugh at it.

Calling swearing "vulgarity" make you seem like a prude.

DelbertGrady4841d ago

Because video game reviewers try to be high brow.

clrlite4841d ago (Edited 4841d ago )

Indeed they do and that's something people should take in to consideration or at least notice.

Swearing+ Violence + Fox news = automatic sales to gullible kids.

I used to fall for the same BS when I was a(young) kid.

BTW: "Oh noez, another 8, it teh fails" Oh my! :O /s

-Alpha4841d ago (Edited 4841d ago )

It's annoyingly childish and makes me roll my eyes if it's forced.

In K2, it was the "I'm so badass I'll swear" problem

In BS it seems to be "I'm so cool and cliche" problem

I love swearing in GTA, partly because it's contextually funny and the rest of the dialogue is solid throughout. That series has usually used swearing appropriately well.

kingdavid4841d ago

Swearing for the sake of it with no context is funny if you're <15.

bageara4841d ago

but "adolescent crassness" is only funny when your...well adolescent, or it should be. i was starting to become interested in this game because of the good scores but now those two words "adolescent crassness" has completely put me off, so i'll skip this...it should do well on the 360 though

Troll-without-Bridge4841d ago

Because like with everything in life, if it seems forced it comes of as lame. And forced humor, forced swearing is incredibly lame.

Boody-Bandit4841d ago

Exactly. If you have to "try" and be funny? You're not. This dialogue in this game is extremely weak and definitely feels forced.

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josephayal4841d ago

Awesome review but 8 its too high for this game

Ninver4841d ago

played it at a friends house and he returned it shortly after. Way too childish with a non existing story. Also very poor AI with no re-playability.

Quagmire4841d ago

Sounds like My kinda game!

Kurt Russell4841d ago

I find re-playability in beating friends scores, I like that old school touch that too few games have. I don't need a deathmatch to enjoy beating everyone :D

dutchess4841d ago (Edited 4841d ago )

Childish? Your name is Dirty Beaver! Come on just say the truth. "I am a ps3 fanboy and i am mad a multiplat is better then my exclusive,again!"

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Duty Calls - Epic Games' Forgotten Call of Duty Parody

Back in 2011, Epic Games and People Can Fly launched a Call of Duty parody - Duty Calls - that has been lost to the annals of history.

closed_account344d ago

"Duty Calls: The Calm Before the Storm" sounds more like a massive case of the sh**s. 😂

I saw the parody mention, and half expected the ability to drop a deuce on your opponent... I left disappointed.

closed_account342d ago

Never too much Taco Tuesday!! Now if only we could just achieve eternal Taco Tuesdays without the inevitable Wipe-It Wednesdays!!! 😂😂

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Amplitude342d ago (Edited 342d ago )

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
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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Bulletstorm - A Cult Classic Worthy of Revival?

Bulletstorm will soon receive a VR remake, but is it worth revisiting? Take a look back at the original 2011 release.

IMissJimRyan352d ago

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.

SullysCigar352d ago

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!

IMissJimRyan352d ago

Yeah, I agree that storywise it's not an Oscar nominee, but it's like a porn movie in game format.

Abnor_Mal351d ago (Edited 351d ago )

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.

Venoxn4g351d ago

I loved the game back in the day and will love in VR even more!

Yui_Suzumiya351d ago (Edited 351d ago )

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.

FinalFantasyFanatic351d ago

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.

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8 Games that need sequels

GF365: "Here are eight games that need sequels. These games are ones that players would love to experience another time, bigger and better."

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Leeroyw388d ago

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.

gleepot387d ago

Sure, ill take a sequel to all of these.