Bullet Storm, An overall ..meh

[Worr Monger]

*Sits back*

Aaahhh... I pity you all that can't enjoy stupid, mindless fun shooters anymore. Hopefully none of you are looking forward to Duke Nukem Forever.

Fun to sit back and watch a thread full of negative comments about a game many in this thread haven't even played.... Cause we all know Demos show a game's full potential.

Flame all you like.. I will enjoy one of the few shooters that's not another Call of Duty clone... mmm tastey... it's good to still enjoy things.

 

[Omikron009]

I was under the impression that any complaint about the dialogue being cheesy or vulgar was automatically invalid. They used the word "dicktits" in one of the ads. Come on, what did you expect? If you buy a game that's supposed to be entirely about mindless over the top violence and profanity, it's a bit foolish to be disappointed when that's what you get.

 

[dagens24]

The story looked terrible and considering it's pretty much a single player game (no comp multi?), that's a no-no. Also the terrible 'Hey, I just shot a guy in the bum' type humour is just too off putting. I'm all for some craziness and 'fun shooters' but come on. Bulletstorm needs to grow up you guys. Come on, you guys. You suck, you guys. *Clone High reference*

 

[MrGalactus]

Gamesradar gave the fucking thing a 10/10. Bullshit. Me and the friend of mine that bought it who I played it with were most dissapoint indeed.

 

[SageRuffin]

I was under the impression that any complaint about the dialogue being cheesy or vulgar was automatically invalid. They used the word "dicktits" in one of the ads. Come on, what did you expect? If you buy a game that's supposed to be entirely about mindless over the top violence and profanity, it's a bit foolish to be disappointed when that's what you get.

I concur. I mean, come on... "dick-tits"! With something like that, you really think the game was gonna try and be some grand adventure like Ocarina of Time or something? Conker's Bad Fur Day was just as juvenile if not more (about the only game where getting pissy drunk" takes a literal meaning) and no one saw a problem with that. So what's so wrong about this?

 

[Jack Macaque]

It just seemed to add less than a handful of 'new' things that would get boring after an hour, and I think I'm right on that.

 

[Altorin]

I was going to say "You're putting too much emphasis on the single player mode of a game that's clearly meant for multiplayer", but if what people say here is true, that there isn't a competitive multiplayer mode and a bunch of different types of multiplayer games, they really shot themselves in the balls with this one.

I was looking at Bulletstorm as the spiritual successor to Unreal Tournament. Without the "Tournament" aspect, this is really going to suck balls.

 

[Artina89]

I believe that the only reason that the game was hyped up anyway was because a pop psychologist said that it "could cause rape". In a way, I bet the people who made "Bulletstorm" was high fiving each other due to the free publicity they got and of course people were going to be curious as to what the game is about and possibly buy it. It comes as no suprise that the collective call now is "meh".

Just adding my two cents

 

[Crystalite]

I kind of thought that this would be the kind of game that one would love or hate right from the first trailer. I don´t understand how someone can go into this with wrong expectations.
I thought the trailers looked rather dull and repetetive, so I expected the game to be that way.
For me at least, there are loads of people more capable of enjoying themselves, and more power to them!
Maturity is overrated, and fun immaturity clearly is not.
Its just not for me.

Though I must say, "dicktits" is a very, very epic expression!

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

Yaaay, I'm an average Escapist who scoffs at professional reviews yet TOTALLY believes the first random topic he sees on the game to be complete and utter truth and I won't even bother to look for myself. GO ME!

Seriously though, "I knew it"?

I'm not even the biggest fan of the game and am incredibly dissapointed they took away the coop, but this is ridiculous.

 

[captaincabbage]

*Sigh*

Between this and the statement by ARS-technica that DNF was "just not good", I'm really starting to lose hope in seeing some good, non-realistic shooters anymore.

Try Halo, or any game with regenerating health in the last 5 years. ;P

OT: Meh, I wasn't really invested in Bulletstorm to begin with, and every time someone said "Oh man, you gotta check out this fucking awesome new video of Bulletstorm!" it always fell flat and failed to impress.
I don't know what it is about games like DNF and Bulletstorm, but they just look really, really lame.
I don't know how people expected it to be that great, yet I'm already hearing people whinging about how Bulletstorm was "really crass" or "overly childish". What did you expect? If after People Can Fly's first game Painkiller they follow up with a game like Bulletstorm, I seriously start wondering weather PCF's accolades were warranted, or if they are the M. Night Shayamalamadingdong of madern gaming developers. Weather they're alternative, fun-loving designers, or just popped-collar fratboys.*

*O.O I just read the above jumble of words, and I'm deeply sorry for the rant.

 

[Wondermint13]

I'm torn, the gameplay is fine and provides a good amount of fun as any other shooter would with all that 'rattatat-boom n' stuff.. But several times while playing the game I found myself just not giving a shit about points. I know it adds a challenge to a game and often comes with a reward system but when I'm getting shot at, the last thing on my mind is lining up the perfect shot for another 10-20points more and a naughty suggestive text. I feel I'm missing out on the games full potential abit because of my attitude to points systems but atleast I'm just left with another ok shooter.
Still waiting on that whole new gaming experience.

 

[Googenstien]

I think Ill finally get Vanquish instead of this crap..

 

[prenelf]

hey look at it this way you get a free game with the gears 3 beta

 

[Halo Fanboy]

Yeah I was really excited for the idea of a score focused game developed by PCF and Epic but it seems that theeir understanding of a good scoring system is barely a step above stuff like Halo Firefight with a couple of added conditions that are just inelegant and hard to memorize. I'll probably wait for a Steam sale for this.

Questions to Pyrokineses: Is the difficulty harder than in the demo? Also is your score partially dependant on how fast you complete the level?

If you stay too long to get a good look at it, you will realize you just paid $60 for an arcade shooter.

This is some bigoted bullshit. Not that Bulletstorm even is an arcade shooter. Douchey Bro has better opinions than you honestly.

 

[General Sarrano]

I really..........enjoy playing it, shame if people don't, but Im finding it to be exactly what i want, an enjoyable shooter that doesn't take itself too seriously and helps me kick back after work, each to they're own. It'll tide me over till Duke...

 

[ToboTheHobo]

This was what i expected. it's selling point is the whole kill with skill thing, giving points for killing people in specific ways is not fun or new at all. It's just one of those games that get boring in a few hours.

 

[Dogstile]

Ya this was clear from the demo, the point system turns fun into work, you can't just pop someone in the head because then you missed out on a ton of points, you haveto find a good set of things to do and then not just do it on one guy, but force yourself to do it on every guy you see... it truly gets horribly tedious.
If they had a no-points mode I would enjoy that far more.

There is one. It's called "not caring about the points".

Are you honestly complaining because its asking you to be creative about your kills?

 

[Zannah]

There is one. It's called "not caring about the points".

Are you honestly complaining because its asking you to be creative about your kills?

Now, I don't know about you, but judging by the escapist review of top ten "skill kills" -

Kick a dude over a ledge
Kick something against a dude
Shoot a dude in the head

Where's that creativity again? Dark Messiah had like twice as many twice as interesting ways. And that was an fps set in medieval times. Hell, Jedi Knight hat more and more interesting ways to kill dudes. Plus the dudes in both of the aforementioned, unlike those I've seen in bulletstorm, weren't exclusively stolen from borderlands.

 

[Thespian]

I admire what Bulletstorm tried to do, but the Skill Shots felt like a gimmick taped on to jazz things up. At least from what I've played and seen so far. And removing that gimmick leaves you with an ultimately generic shooter.

I think to be new and exciting, Shooters need to change some core traits before we start adding things like Skill Shots.
I've said it before and I'll say it again... #Briiiii-hiiink...