Poll: Bullet Time

[Ironic Pirate]

Dead to Rights Retribution got a fair amount of criticism for having generic elements like bullet time, but that made me stop and think.

We're saying bullet time is bad now? People getting shot in slo mo has been done to death?

Well maybe it has, but I still enjoy it, and I want to now who you thought did it best, Max Payne, the grand-daddy? Or FEAR, with nice FPS-ness? Or RDR, with it's Euphoria enabled badassery?

Maybe something I've never even heard of?

And what do you think of bullet time in general?

EDIT: Don't vote yet, accidentally hit enter...

EDIT 2: What the fuck? The poll isn't accepting new options? God damn it...

 

[obliviondoll]

Fallout 3's VATS kills were kind of bullet-time.

I like slow-mo effects of various kinds, as long as they're well-implemented and make sense.

One of my favourite games with bullet time is actually Requiem: Avenging Angel - it was great fun.

 

[NJ]

I want my shotgun to print forty balls of pure, hard-ass lead into the soldier's waist as I slowly watch it detaching itself from the spine, to top it off by popping out of bullet time and watching both halves ragdoll about like a spazzing puppy.

Hence why I loved FEAR 2.

Wut? I'm fucked up, sue me.

 

[Penguinness]

Max Payne was the best I think. There's been countless of them but they always make shooter combat pretty good.. there's only so much you can do in a generic first or third person shooter. Still, loved the leaps in max payne.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

Stranglehold's slo-mo was very well implemented if completely unoriginal... so, yeah, I'm all for it but the game built around it has to be pretty good.

 

[SpecklePattern]

I love the choices in here But bullet time was very cool in Max Payne. In Max Payne 2 it was boring because it did not do anything new. So basicly I do not rate my fps games of having or not having bullet time. If the game sucks, it sucks. Like in Fear I enjoyed the spookyness of the game. Not other stuff. As there was no other stuff to actually be interested in. I guess what I am trying to say is...

Developers, if your game sucks donky balls, don't try to make it better with just slamming bullet time into it. It doesn't fool me.

 

[jeejvebe]

I personally love bullet-time, not necessarily as a main gameplay mechanic, but it's always nice as an optional ability. Like the precision mode in Infamous for example.

 

[Stryc9]

My favorite bullet time effect was in Postal 2, which was achieved by smoking catnip. Not only was the method of engaging bullet time hilarious but being able to juggle your victims with whatever gun you wanted was great.

 

[mad825]

Max Payne was the best I think. There's been countless of them but they always make shooter combat pretty good.. there's only so much you can do in a generic first or third person shooter. Still, loved the leaps in max payne.

so true, Max payne was the best at it as well the fact the bullets weren't metaphysical (from the game's perspective) made bullet time that extra sweet

besides where else can you do the most coolest dives in gaming history?

 

[TheGamerist]

I quite enjoyed the original Max Payne bullet time, but it did make the game quite easy, as you could just jump and aim at your targets quickly and then easily switch

 

[Brandon237]

So many people use it because it is fun, it is cool, and offers gore at a manageable speed.

Yay bullet-time.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

I love the choices in here

I had a bunch, but the internet ate them and it won't let me change 'em.

I'm so ashamed.

 

[squid5580]

Uhh it wasn't exactly bullet time. It was just slo mo that effected everything (including you and your gun) making it useless. Nothing like Fear or Max Payne

 

[GundamSentinel]

I'd say Max Payne 2 did it best. Running into a room dual ingrams blazing in slo-mo never lost its charm. The infinite shootdodging made it more fun than the first.

 

[Aeshi]

The "ZED Time" from Killing Floor is pretty cool.Nothing like blasting 5 crawlers out of midair with an AA12 in slo-mo!

 

[SpecklePattern]

I love the choices in here

I had a bunch, but the internet ate them and it won't let me change 'em.

I'm so ashamed.

It is not your fault... Damn you internet! Always not working! *shakes fists to the internet and looks it with angry face* ;-)