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Bulletstorm: 'Fun doesn't mean shallow'

Excitement amongst FPS fans for People Can Fly and Epic's Bulletstorm is growing every bit as fast as the outrage it inspires in the reactionary press.

But has the recent controversy surrounding the game left the two studios behind it keeping a low profile? Perhaps they're running scared from accusations of corrupting our tiny little minds?

Are they frag. They're proud of the game they've made - especially its fresh, if brutal, take on the crowded genre it's entering.

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jammydude5579d ago

But this game is very, very, very shallow. Story? Nope. Voice acting? awful.

TheLeprachaun5579d ago

I'd rather play this than CoD 17, Halo 23 etc.... Fresh IPs are always nice, especially in such a over saturated genre as the shooter.

I quite enjoyed the demo, short as it was. Interesting to see if this or Duke Nukem will come out on top, since they're similar games.

hassi945579d ago

Duke Nukem will be infinitely better, and this comes from a young non-veteran gamer who never played the original.

plb5579d ago

Duke Nukem >>>>>>>&g t; Bulletstorm

Kon5579d ago

Duke Nukem? Biggest flop of 2011 IF it releases. It is already the biggest Vaporware in the gaming industry.

Active Reload5579d ago

@hassi94...I'm assuming you've played other Duke Nukem games or else how could you make such a comment, lol?

jammydude5579d ago

@Kon: I think that's what he's saying. Even Duke Nukem will be much better than this pile.

HacSawJimThugin5579d ago

How could 16 of you assholes disagree with Fresh IP's?? COD and Halo are quickly becoming what Madden is today; the same shit with new box art every year.

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Tommykrem5579d ago (Edited 5579d ago )

Also, the dialogue is terrible.
Gameplay was okay in the demo. They could use a bit more variety in the full game, since the gameplay in the demo got boring before the 10 min demo was finished.

Active Reload5579d ago

If people are playing the demo hoping to get something out of the story, I think they only understand half...maybe even a 1/4 of what the game is going to be about.

nycrekid5579d ago

If you think this game is going to have a great story then you are delusional. Epic?

Tommykrem5579d ago (Edited 5579d ago )

Nobody playing the demo is trying to get something out of the story. You're playing a Time Trial mission! A repetetive time trial mission.

Rikitatsu5579d ago

So if the gameplay and everything else is extremely good, but the voice acting and story is bad, it means the game is "very very very shallow" ?

No wonder why good games doesn't sell this generation.

jammydude5579d ago

The gameplay and everything else(the graphics were awful, and I mean awful) weren't extremely good. I wouldn't even call it good gameplay.

Btw typical that you'd say that "story, dialogue and graphics don't matter at all!!!!11!11" Since you love Bayonetta so much...

Active Reload5579d ago (Edited 5579d ago )

Graphics awful...yeahhhh...NO!

Edit: Below...why would you show me something through a link when I can just go and fire it up on my 360? And more than likey, it probably does look like that on the PS3, but not on my 360, lol.

And how do you get 4 agrees in under 1 minute, lol? Something is afoot =P

starcrafter5579d ago (Edited 5579d ago )

@ActiveReload:
But they are genuinely quite bad.
http://i.neoseeker.com/gg/u...
http://i.neoseeker.com/gg/u...
http://i.neoseeker.com/gg/u...

The demo looked even worse than that (especially on PS3) you really, really think that's good? Do you only game on the Wii or something?

@above: well go ahead and fire it up then. Oh and take off the goggles, too :P as to the agrees... you sound pretty sore I have more than you mang, not my doing :)

Rikitatsu5579d ago (Edited 5579d ago )

I never said anything about graphics, don't put words in my mouth.

And yes story and voice acting are secondary elements, if the gameplay,which is the core of every game, is shallow, only then the game can be called shallow.

Bad story and voice acting doesn't make a game shallow, or else almost most games on the market for the past 20 years are "very very very shallow" since they have bad stories and bad voice acting, what a shitty logic you have there.

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palaeomerus5579d ago (Edited 5579d ago )

Bullshit. You haven't played it. All you've seen is a very short time attack mode trailer, and some trailers.

Again, bullshit.

I suppose Jammy thinks the graphics of inFamous, MAG, Resistance:Fall of Man, Resistance 2, and the upcoming Twisted Metal look all better than Bulletstorm right? LOL. "Graphics whores" are never very consistent.

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gypsygib5579d ago

I'm already having a tonne of fun with BFBC2, Reach, Black Ops, and Killzone 3 beta (BFBC2 the most) - disparaging other games or simply saying their game is fun won't make my current fav's any less enjoyable.

They should wait for reviews (user/media) before taking jabs at the console kings. Already the games art design and story's target market is off-putting.

Otheros005579d ago

But that's what fun means to the COD crowd.

mightyboot5579d ago

This game focus on shooting gameplay that doesnt take itself seriously like Just Cause for example.I dont care about Bulletstorm´s story like in the CoD´s just care about gameplay.

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Duty Calls - Epic Games' Forgotten Call of Duty Parody

Back in 2011, Epic Games and People Can Fly launched a Call of Duty parody - Duty Calls - that has been lost to the annals of history.

closed_account1073d ago

"Duty Calls: The Calm Before the Storm" sounds more like a massive case of the sh**s. 😂

I saw the parody mention, and half expected the ability to drop a deuce on your opponent... I left disappointed.

closed_account1071d ago

Never too much Taco Tuesday!! Now if only we could just achieve eternal Taco Tuesdays without the inevitable Wipe-It Wednesdays!!! 😂😂

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Amplitude1072d ago (Edited 1072d ago )

Hahaha i actually just dropped a review of this game on my channel! I hit all the story beats for anybody too lazy to install it and play through it
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

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Bulletstorm - A Cult Classic Worthy of Revival?

Bulletstorm will soon receive a VR remake, but is it worth revisiting? Take a look back at the original 2011 release.

IMissJimRyan1081d ago

Absolutely. I remember when the game came out on ps360, I thought: "wow, another shooter" and in the 7th gen that wasn't an unfair reaction.

But when the game was re-release on ps4 I took my time an played it (it was on playstation plus at the time) because, ironically, I missed a shooter in that console. And boy, what a fun game! They made a game to be played and not to be watched. It was a fresh air in the genre that deserved better.

So yes. Maybe it find its audience this time.

SullysCigar1081d ago

It's an awesome game. The only exception (for my taste) is the script writing, which is OTT, but I guess that's what they were going for. It does at least match the OTT action and gore. I thought it was great overall and actually being in this game is going to be bonkers!

IMissJimRyan1081d ago

Yeah, I agree that storywise it's not an Oscar nominee, but it's like a porn movie in game format.

Abnor_Mal1081d ago (Edited 1081d ago )

Agree with the over the top script, and felt at the time that was the only thing that people were hyped about, the language and not game play.

But in vr this game is going to be great. It has everything that would make a great vr game. Lots of bombastic action, gunplay, blood, and that leash.

Looking at the gameplay now it seems that the game was ahead of it’s time and was perfect for vr before vr wasn’t even off the ground.

Venoxn4g1080d ago

I loved the game back in the day and will love in VR even more!

Yui_Suzumiya1080d ago (Edited 1080d ago )

I got it on PS3 at launch and am still waiting for the long rumored sequel to finally be announced. Currently have it on Switch and wish a physical version of that would be released. Absolutely love it.

FinalFantasyFanatic1080d ago

I actually feel like this game gets revived all the time, not that I hate the game, I actually quite like it, it's just constantly available, unfortunately I'm not a fan of VR so I'll be skipping this version.

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8 Games that need sequels

GF365: "Here are eight games that need sequels. These games are ones that players would love to experience another time, bigger and better."

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Leeroyw1117d ago

Bloodborne is a game I still restart and play every few months. I would welcome just a re release in 60fps with a visual upgrade. It's a perfect game. If I was king for a day I would include the randomizer mods because then it would be a kind of rogue like and I could play it forever.

danglyparts1116d ago

Sure, ill take a sequel to all of these.