Review: Bulletstorm

[PopcornAvenger]

For the PC? Forget it.

Encrypted config files (thus the inability to alter the FOV and a host of other settings), SLI issues, graphic problems and crashes that have plagued the engine since Gears 1, DX9, short singleplayer with little or no story . . . and most damning of all, GFWL.

Then slap a $60.00 USD price on a poor port with bigtime consolitis.

No, thanks. If I buy it - at all - it'll be when it hits the bargain rack. Still a big If.

As for the Demo, they're *still* working on the PC version.

 

[duchaked]

DUmb question but what's the song at the end?

Good review btw. Picking this up later

Boom-POD

Oddly enough, they are a christian rock band..... hehehehe oh the irony.

I know what I'm doing today!

pshaw, westboro baptists aren't christians! haha

but that's a good song, I didn't recognize it at first when I saw the trailer until BOOOM

 

[duchaked]

The story is supposed to be over the top, thats what makes it funny. You have to watch it like a parody not a real plot. And I like Gray, can totally relate to this guy.

it's an epic story of emotional closure and quest for revenge, a very common theme found in many respected sophisticated works of literature and...

oh bother. DICKTITS!

 

[Nexoram]

Hey great review. Very entertaining. I shall be trying some of these skillshots when the demo for PC gets released.

 

[Endocrom]

FUCK the Review dick tits! I wants to see me some achievements!

The whole game is achievments.

 

[Nikolaz72]

Why not put a chain around him then headshot him off the cliff with a shotgun <_<

 

[Catchy Slogan]

Aaaawwww! You just sound so excited in the video, sorta like a puppy! 'tis cute. :3
Glad to see you're having fun! Might get it when the price comes down a bit, already got my sights set on Dragon Age 2.

 

[Parkour131]

Great review, Russ. You've just made me want to buy the game now.

 

[MirrorSweep]

Looks like it'd get pretty old pretty fast, good thing they announced DC but ehhh..I'm not convinced it'll have lasting appeal. =/

 

[xchurchx]

I played the demo and got bored
not my type of game

 

[Sonicron]

Gotta say, the game's a lot more fun than the demo made it appear. I just finished it, and despite it being as silly as it gets, they still managed to make me care about the characters by the end. And they found a somewhat plausible way of explaining the skillshot announcements on your HUD; wouldn't have needed one, but it's a nice touch. This is a game where a lot of love was put into the details.

 

[tehroc]

Played it for about an hour at a friend's house. It got old really fast. I'd enjoy it more if I was 12.

 

[Denamic]

They make games for the non-critical thinkers now?.. Explains why my close minded, idiot friend can't wait for it.

The irony lies in the non-sequitur you just used.

 

[Duffeknol]

It looks like a tremendous amount of fun, but how is the PC version? The Steam forum is currently littered with people who claim it's a crappy console port with almost no options and horrible performance, anyone got a word on that?

EDIT:

For the PC? Forget it.

Encrypted config files (thus the inability to alter the FOV and a host of other settings), SLI issues, graphic problems and crashes that have plagued the engine since Gears 1, DX9, short singleplayer with little or no story . . . and most damning of all, GFWL.

Then slap a $60.00 USD price on a poor port with bigtime consolitis.

No, thanks. If I buy it - at all - it'll be when it hits the bargain rack. Still a big If.

As for the Demo, they're *still* working on the PC version.

Just saw this post. Damn. That sucks.

 

[Da Joz]

I played the demo and it seems like its a fun game but it would get repetitive and boring pretty quickly for me.

 

[SoulIsTheGoal]

This game looks so much fun, I can't wait to get my hands on it. After I sell a kidney to afford it.
(Dick-tits was in a South Park episode. Season 11, Episode 8.)

 

[Delock]

Sadly, I learned the term dicktits before I heard of this game, and I still curse the internet to this day.

However, the game actually looks fun, so I may end up checking it out eventually. Great review supplement by the way Russ.

 

[Buizel91]

Why not put a chain around him then headshot him off the cliff with a shotgun <_<

It's not a proper shotgun, it fire's air but enough to push you back and possibly fall off a cliff, or simply get knocked down...i kid you not.

OT: i will definitely be getting this =D one of 5 titles i want this year, might get me using my Xbox again, not being using it that much lately =\

 

[Latinidiot]

That review was the most excited one I'ver ever heard out of good old Russel. It must be fun to make him so childishly giddy.

 

[squid5580]

Wow when I first read the review I thought you were just hating on the story because it's bad (which really it isn't all that bad although Steve Blum seems to have phoned it in. I am sad over that). I mean sure unless it pulls some Planet of the Apes twist the setting makes no sense. But wow the story does nothing but get in the way. Chaining you to useless NPCs that do more to interfere with the fun than improve it.

Although they must be commended. I mean it takes real skill to give you a giant robot dinosaur to play with and make it not fun to play. I spent 10 rage inducing minutes trying to take down 2 choppers due to the whack controls of it.