Bulletstorm review: The Vanquish of First Person Shooters

VGArabia: The same way Vanquish made third person shooters fun again, Bulletstorm did it now for first person shooters. Every developer these days want to create a similar military shooter to Call of Duty in an attempt to seize some of the success the Call of Duty franchise does have these days. People Can Fly and Epic Games have had a different plan with Bulletstorm.

[DoomeDx]

Lol game got leaked, and bam reviews come in.

This is like the first Bulletstorm review, which comes from an pretty 'unknown' site

[hardcore1912]

vgarabia is a well known website. It isn't an 'unknown' site. The review is well written.

[DoomeDx]

Ok i never knew that. But i still think they used the pirated version.

[soundslike]

well written???!

"Bulletstorm is all about kill with skill. Sure, you can play the game boringly like how you would play any other shooter. But you will miss what makes Bulletstorm a unique and enjoyable shooter. Also, you won’t be rewarded with points if you do so"

There are so many things wrong with this...

Flame me and say "well its still a good review", that's for you to decide, but it's definitely not "well written".

Also the way its written is definitely not the good part. and also lolipops. and like...but like...and....also...that' s why it reminds me of vanquish

[zootang]

As I thought no deductions for fundamental game elements like JUMP!

[dabri5]

Some games don't need jump. Games like Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, and BulletStorm. Was there a reason you wanted the game to have points deducted for a feature that nothing in the game was designed around?

[hardcore1912]

A lot of people have a legal copy of the game. One of my friends is playing it on his Xbox360 right now.

[INehalemEXI]

I think of it as UT3 with more character, and some crazy mutators will get that.

[eterry]

the reviews for the game are allowed to be released tomorrow which means that most of them are already written, so maybe this site just jumped the gun a little bit but still used the true disk version

[iistuii]

See why you think it's a pirate copy when in under 2 days it's out in the US.

[DelbertGrady]

When did they lift the review embargo of this game? Why would a small site like vgarabia.com get to publish the first review?

Also, I'm 90% sure Bulletstorm is banned in most arabic countries, so how can this copy be legal?

[AhmadVGArabia]

Who told you that Bulletstorm is banned in most Arabic countries? Also we always get the games (legal not pirated) days earlier than the official release of the game.

[NukaCola]

excellent point. well said there. the arabic countries 99 times out of....well....99, would never allow a game like this to be sold there.

[AhmadVGArabia]

@ NukaCola: Games get banned in Saudi Arabia and UAE most of the time. I live in Jordan and in my country never ever a game was banned.

[palaeomerus]

Don't you just love it when people who don't live in your country and don't even know what country you are in tell you what life is like in your country? LOL.

[Kon]

Wow, awesome score!

EDIT: Ok, so 9.2 isn't great...

[NukaCola]

Score is good, but your rep as a troll is why you always have disagrees.

EDIT: Just be a gamer, not a hater. In this day an age it's not logical to troll anymore. Oh by the way bulletstorm and kz3 in 3 dayz....

[Kon]

You speak the truth my friend.

[Greek God]

xD

[hassi94]

Still no excuse. If people are so pathetic to bear grudges then that's just plain lame. Even if he does troll, doesn't mean people should have an instant bias against what he says. People on N4G need to be more mature.

[chase167]

this game is more like an 7/5 - 8
and i finish the game

[Schism20]

Judging by the demo this game is not gonna be good at all IMO.

[NukaCola]

that was my dilemna because the videos look amazing but the demo was really weak. I be the whole game will be good overall. Not as good as Cliffy makes it out to be, cause he is a raging douchebag.

[Rage_S90]

i wasn't too impressed by it but im glad some people like its just not my cupa tea

[Greek God]

Vanquish is amazing buy it

[Parapraxis]

I loved Vanquish, but the demo for Bulletsorm left me with a very negative impression.
The comparison honestly confuses me.
"The same way Vanquish made third person shooters fun again, Bulletstorm did it now for first person shooters. "
Uncharted, Gears and MGS are all 3rd person shooters and they are all a blast, at what point did they become boring? Also I've really enjoyed plenty of FPS games as of late, KZ2, Resistance and Bioshock to name a few.

This is the only comparison between the two games and it's a very poor point, the review overall is OKAY, just missed the mark by a large margin with the Vanquish comparison.

I found the Bulletsorm demo to be repetitive, lacking challenge and immature (and not in a good way like South Park).

I suspect this will be one of the higher scores for this game as most people who review it will not be caught up in the sophomoric jokes and un-intelligible AI.

Vanquish is a gem, Bulletstorm is more like a polished turd.

[Greek God]

yep gameplay was kind of bland
you had just diffenrent ways to kill enemys imo
guess not my type of game...

btw got Platin in Vanquish :O

[firelogic]

Please don't compare this trash to Vanquish.

[bluegreenman]

once again.. your just trolling man.. you didnt play and beat bulletstorm now did you? I can GUARANTEE that this game will get 9s all across the board from every site. (theres always exceptions but the majority will give it a high score.)

[Parapraxis]

Your comment here and the one below are pretty contradictory.

[bluegreenman]

the only people that dont like this game are the ones that couldnt even get 3 stars in the demo. try getting 20k points plus. then come talk to me about the game being good or bad. It takes a LOT of skill to get high scores.. and i like that..

[DoomeDx]

alot of skill? 90% of the kills are the same. Rope - kick them when they get close - then shoot them.

[bluegreenman]

actually its not like that at all. to get a high score you have to know stuff like this. If you shoot the guys with the green masks you get toxic stuff on your screen. so in the part where the train is, instead of just pressing the button, you want to kite the green guy around until the room is full of bad guys. then you headshot him and get the toxic on your face, then get your flare out and shoot the roof where the guys are, this lights them on fire. Then use your leash to whip them all up into the ceiling, this gives you a 6x bonus, plus a bonus for having the toxic on you, plus a bonus for them being on fire. BOOM 10k points right there. then dont forget the alcohol before the one room, you get bonuses for killing while drunk. thats skill to think that creative..

[Pillage05]

bluegreenman,

that's great and all...but if the game isn't interesting to someone and they aren't motivated to reach higher scores/find hidden combos/be creative, then that whole system breaks down. I like many others had a hard time getting into the demo and I think it's because the system doesn't really work in demo form. I haven't played the full game just demo, but no the demo didn't do it for me... I will pick this up down the road though as everything seemed implemented well, I just didn't care enough...I'm hoping the full game experience will change that though.

And for the people on this thread calling people ps3 fanboys for saying they didn't like the demo...you do realize it's on the ps3 as well right?

[Arup02]

PS3 fanboys are just scared that this game will receive better scores than KZ3, that is why i'm seeing so much hate coming from them.

[Schism20]

Riiight thats the reason lol

[bluegreenman]

the game is on PS3 so this makes no sense.. the truth is that people dont like cliffy b.. lol but People can fly made this guys not epic. they just published.

[hellzsupernova]

isnt it published by EA?

[Raider69]

WoW what a big bolls LoL!Posting such true comments in this Fanboy site is going to get you an me burn!

[Parapraxis]

Not in the least, go back to your cave.

More teens own a 360, more adults own PS3's.
This is a fact.

Maybe you see so much hate from PS3 gamers due to the fact that, in general, they are an older crowd.
Bulletstorm is suited to pre-pubescent teens, people in in their mid 20's - 30's, not so much.

[Raider69]

What the fuck are you talking about!?There are older an teens gamers on both systems!Of course there are also the stupid fanboys on both systems!Post a link to prove your stupid comment our else go play with your marbles!Dont compare true gamers to fanboys because those are two diferent kinds of people!And from your comment and making such bold comparisons i already see that you belong in the low level of FANBOY!

" Maybe you see so much hate from PS3 gamers due to the fact that, in general, they are an older crowd. Bulletstorm is suited to pre-pubescent teens, people in in their mid 20's - 30's, not so much."

Well dude im about to make 38, and my life is been connectde to gaming for more than 25 years games like painkiller,quake,serious sam and from the looks bulletstorm make my day happier!But im going to enjoy KZ3 two since i like the first two!

[bluegreenman]

most of my friends on xbox are 21+ age has absolutely nothing to do with it. dont fight trolls with trolling man. I love my PS3 and my xbox.. but trolling... that i hate..

[Kalipekona]

When the PS3 first came out most people that owned it were adults simply because the price of the console was so high, but I can guarantee that isn't the case now. I hear so many pre-teen and teenagers on PSN now it isn't even funny.

I think it is funny that you bash a game like Bulletstorm, but will turn around and play a game like LittleBabyPlanet and act like it is so mature.

[SerraOfDreams]

@deadlybrand Define fanboy?
Please just do it.

[Redgehammer]

Are you in you 30's?
And there are plenty of adults that own a 360.
In 2008 the following quote appearewd on joystiq.com " Experian pegs Xbox 360 owners at being within the average age range of 35-44, while placing PS3 users as being over 44 on average."
and this may be the most trollish thing I have ever said on n4g, but are you referring to all those adults that bought a PS3 for blu-ray? I am 40 and my friends that own a PS3 also own 360's and guess which one they do 90% of their gaming on and which one they watch 100% of their blu-ray movies on? Hint, they are not the same console.

http://www.joystiq.com/2008...

[redsquad]

You've been waiting to post that for ages haven't you?

[Kalipekona]

You're right. I usually see a lot of hate towards most multiplats from that crowd. I don't get it, some of the best games are multiplats. Let them play nothing but exclusives if they want to be that stupid.

[SerraOfDreams]

NOPE.avi

[Iroquois_Pliskin]

Yeah you are right all ps3 gamers are scared of a game getting a high score.... i thought that was the point of making makes...

[hassi94]

I don't own a PS3 and think this game seems like crap.

[Goeres]

So, how good is the characters and the story? Is it a short game? Bad multiplayer? Does it renew the FPS genré and cure human stupidity?

No? Then 6/10 it is..

.

/jk Cliffys game, free pass and 10
cy@@@@

[ElementX]

Hater!

[Serinous]

awesome... will be renting it first to see if i really like it before buying it

[hennessey86]

the bulletstorm demo and the killzone 3 demo, something isnt adding up

[Rage_S90]

lol i know what you mean i was really impressed by kz3 absolutely stunning but every1 has different taste im sure some people prefer bulletstorm

[hennessey86]

some people will prefer bulletstorm but the score difference doesnt make sense to me

[realplayer82]

meh I dont trust this review. I dont see this game getting such good reviews from the big gaming websites. In six months we will hear cliffy b whining about why it sold so little.

[suicidalblues]

Careful hennessey, or the xbox fanboys will call you a ps3 fanboy, or a troll. Cause you are, but THEY AREN'T!!!

Now leave me alone while I troll, you fuckin trolls.
Xbox ftw, ps3 rules. Trolls everywhere, what numbers?
My dads bigger than your dad.....I'm losin it!!!

[Kalipekona]

You're a troll if you think that your opinion has to be shared by everybody. I don't care if you thought the Killzone 3 demo was amazing and the BulletStorm demo sucked. Not everybody is going to feel the same way.

Personally I found the Killzone 3 demo to be just ok, nothing that exciting. The BulletStorm demo didn't blow my socks off either, but at least it was something a little different.

[suicidalblues]

So what are you if you think BS looks lackluster, but can't wait for Gears3? Most negative comments about BS have the trolls claiming that it's PS fanboys hating, so that's why I made the obviously sarcastic comment.

BS looks like shit to me, as I prefer a more "standard" shooter. So now I'm a troll? A ps fanboy? But kz hasn't knocked my socks off either.

Sounds like the real trolls are the ones that think someones opinion can only be formed by console preference and not the games themselves.

[palaeomerus]

No. The real trolls are pretty obviously the people who haven't played the game, yet still crowd into Bulletstorm threads to rant about how it sucks and proclaim that reviews that give it a high score are wrong.

These trolls hide behind their uninformed opinion and then get mad when people call them trolls because they are ashamed to be be recognized as such ridiculous and predictable creatures.

Opinions about games you haven't played are worthless. THAT is what makes these people trolls. They can't even appeal to different tastes because they haven't played the #@#$ing game. They are pulling their stupid views on the game right out of their butts.

[RonXD]

I work in retail and games are always being put out on the shelves before their release date.

[Raven_Nomad]

Nice! Glad to see the reviews thus far are overwhelmingly good. The main thing I wanted was to make sure I wasn't getting a typical FPS, this game seems like anything but ordinary and I'm super excited! Midnight release!

[blackburn5]

My one complaint about BS is the AI was as dumb as dirt. My squad just stood there absorbing bullets and not actually hitting anything and most enemies just stood there or ran straight at me as if they were eager as hell to have a grenade up their butts. Now I could be wrong and maybe later enemies will be smarter but unlike DMC where the enemies had tough offensive and defensive moves and it was satisfying to break through with a strong combo, it's almost as if these enemies were made to be crash test dummies so you can kick them around. BTW should have known some insecure fanboy had to say that we are ragging on BS because of KZ3. @ Kalipekona different doesn't mean better.

[Raider69]

@SerraOfDreams

Are you really serious!?Because a full page will not be enough!But maybe this words can at least give you a clue!?

"My paper toilet is better than yours because my is red in color and yours is white " You know the are both paper toilet and you and i can get the colour that more pleases!"Whining,trolling and trashing something thats not relevant to the final achievement!"( In this case wipe the ass.).Know get the same analogy to gaming and you probably can see what i think is a fanboy!

Get my point?Anology speaking.

[MysticStrummer]

I have no interest in either one, so the title is accurate.

[Raider69]

analogy!my bad!

[ElementX]

Bulletstorm and KZ3 day 1! I like the concept of Bulletstorm. The demo was just a single level introducing some of the game features, I thought it was fun.

[frostypants]

Yeah. I don't get why people are talking like they can only buy one or the other? Killzone 3 and Bulletstorm are NOTHING alike.

[TheDivine]

I didnt really like the bs demo. It was bland but i do think the game will be amazing. Im not into speed runs or high scores myself. The singleplayer looks bananas, epic bosses, over the top action, and great graphics. They shouldve made a singleplayr demo w a boss, it wouldve done better. I loved the k3 demo. It was long and varied. Both games will be good. Depends on what type of gamer you are. I do hate that so many write off any game that isnt exclusive but thats there loss so whatever. Scores dont matter, i love many "shitty games" lol.

[Sizzon]

I'm not gonna get Bulletstorm, didn't like the demo, humour and combat.

[gypsygib]

I only played the demo but it was very boring, I just wanted it to end.

[frostypants]

I enjoyed it, trying to beat my friends posted scores.

The idea isn't just to shoot your way through the level. The idea is to kill enemies in the most elaborate way possible. I'm guessing you just approached it wrong.

[gypsygib]

I understand the premise of the game, I just found that the killing methods and gameplay in general were boring

Oh well, to each their own. If you buy it, enjoy the game!

[Styj]

Haters will hate . We all hate losing , so rather than sitting on your fat ass whining about how this game suck , go do something about it .

If you need a translation , Learn to play . Flame me . Go on .

/end

[WitWolfy]

no campaign co-op??? too bad they just lost a customer

[Psychotica]

No offline multiplayer vs bots, no thanks...

[frostypants]

Bots take a lot of effort to program and can be resource hogs. It's not worth spending all the development time on a feature virtually nobody cares about.

[hulkamania78]

KZ3 demo really impressed with. Bulletstorm will be an 7 on metacritic. Only buying Bulletstorm for the Gears 3 beta end of.

[hellzsupernova]

hmmm the videos and trailers made this game hialrious looking but i think i will just hire it and wait for the return of the king of fps Duke Baby