Bulletstorm: New Gameplay Reinforces Emphasis On "Fun"

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[size=+1]Bulletstorm: New Gameplay Reinforces Emphasis On "Fun"[/SIZE]

This past week, Epic boss Cliff "CliffyB" Bleszinski talked about how shooters are often "too serious."

This was during an interview in the latest Qore episode, but it always helps to actually see the interview, along with the awesome gameplay footage we haven\'t yet seen. The Qore clip with CliffyB is below and the background gameplay from Bulletstorm reinforces the point that over-the-top sci-fi shooters can still exist in a genre dominated by a focus on military action and authenticity.

He also talks about four-player co-op and something called Echo Mode, where you rip through the campaign\'s most intense battles in an attempt to bring down the highest score. Then, your friends can try to beat that score at a later date (it sort of reminds us of the Autolog in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit). There\'s also a bit about the storyline and at the end, Bleszinski mentions that part about shooters "taking themselves too seriously."

Maybe it\'s just what we need. The game is so nuts, it\'s really difficult to compare it to something like Call of Duty or Killzone. There\'s little doubt that Bulletstorm will be a tour de force of brutal hilarity.

http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/8346.html


Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7MG3CeQqjo&feature=player_embedded#!

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Review

[size=+1]Conclusion[/size]

Despite my personal grief with some of the language use, Bulletstorm is a fun, crazy, loud, and insane shooter. I do wish there was campaign co-op since it is Epic Games but I can live with its absence. Anarchy mode is fun, addictive, and will keep you playing for hours on end. Epic Games and People Can Fly really out did themselves with this title. Bulletstorm puts the F*ck in F*ck yeah!

Which is why I am proud to give Bulletstorm, by Epic Games and People Can Fly, 5 “giant man eating plants” out of 5.

Pros: Fun and dynamic shooter, skill points make you want to kill things in the best way possible, the art design is beautiful, the game knows what it is and doesn’t try to hide it, Anarchy Mode… nuf said

Cons: Some frame-rate issues, Sometimes it felt like they used vulgarity for vulgarity’s sake, no campaign co-op

[size=+1]Score:5/5[/size]

http://www.polygamerous.com/2011/02/22/review-bulletstorm/


It\'s receiving great reviews.  It seems an hell of Fun.

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