BulletStorm

BulletStorm

 

 

Bulletstorm is a first person shooter game created in 2011 by a Polish developer called People Can Fly and Epic Games. This was also published by Electronic Arts for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows. This game shows the great humour which can be implemented into games.

Released in Europe on all platforms on February 25 2011, the game received positive reviews from many critics. CVG gave the game a 9.1/10 and IGN gave the game a great score of 8/10. Game Informer praised the game’s degree of character control, which is very much similar to Mirrors Edge. They also said that the storyline was dark and humorous, saying that it is goofy and a great sci-fi romp that doesn’t deserve to have its cut scenes skipped at all times.  But the sales didn’t display these great reviews, as the game sold just under a million which means that they didn’t turn a profit for this game. Even though the sales were bad, there has been a cult following in the recent years, and many say that this game is one of the most undepreciated games of all time.

 

 

 

BulletStorm is set in the 26^th century, where everything is run by the confederation of planets. Sarrano who is the general for the confederation sends his black ops team who is led by the main character called Grayson Hunt to assassinate those who Sarrano believes to be criminals when in fact they are innocent people, but Grayson doesn’t know this and soon decides to fight back against Sarrano. Ten years later Grayson takes revenge on Sarrano, he does this by colliding his ship into a ship called Ulysses and then the story kicks off from there.

BulletStorm uses the combat great with a mixture of firearms and melee attacks, melee attacks can vary from sliding into your enemies and kicking them into the air, the leash allows Grayson to pull enemies towards him so he can deliver a killing blow. Weapons consist of pistols, rifles and cannons that can shoot bolas weighted grenades. Every weapon has an alternate fire modes which uses charges, the assault rifles alternate fire is one single blast of bullets which can literally destroy everything in its path. Points can be used to purchase different things at the drop kits, the drop kits allow you to purchase guns, and will allow you to look at your gameplay statistics.

 

 

The fun factor in this game is great, with the fact that you can leash enemies towards you and kick them away in a violent fashion is great for the player. The humour in the dialogue is funny as dialogue can be, the relentless use of swearing makes the dialogue even funnier, but I would not recommend this game for anyone under the age of 18 as some of this game could offend people. The game has the same feel as Gears of War, with its use of blood and the overall game play, it’s a good thing that I’m a fan of Gears of War then.

Overall this game is great, and I would recommend this to everyone over the age of 18 as the humour makes the game fun and the endless amount of violence make this game a thrill ride which you don’t want to miss out on.

9/10