LordDVS
Game Connoisseur
- Mar 3, 2011
- 38
So I recently played through the solo campaign of a lesser know game called Bulletstorm. Most people are probably unfamiliar with this title, because its not a major FPS like say, Halo or Call of Duty. And the publisher EA figured as much, so they sold the game with the bait of getting in the Gears of War 3 Beta with it's purchase. This is reminicent of similar ploys played out in the past, like Crackdown came with a Halo 3 Beta offer, and early PS2 days saw a Zone of Enders packed in with a Metal Gear Solid 2 demo.
I am not a FPS freak, I'm more of a casual gamer, so I could care less about the GoW3 beta. I was initially sold on the games colorful (read: vulgar) attempts to sell itself as a unique, fun, and memorable shooter. For what it's worth, they succeeded at that. But this game is far from perfect. Most shooters today share many similar online features, many taken for granted. One being, co-op mode for the main campaign was missing from this title. I think of Gears of War, Halo, or Borderlands when I recall fun times running through a game with a friend. Bulletstorm not having said feature, lost a lot of points with me, because it took away that casual sense of fun. There is a multiplayer mode (Anarchy) to have some co-op fun in, but it requires some serious team work (read: get a mic and talk, or fail) and lacks playability.
The main game mechanics are fun, awesome even! It's like you took the comboing of a Tony Hawk game, and slapped it onto a shooter. The story won't make a movie any time soon (or then again, it may), but it's the mayhem that makes it worth playing. It is an enjoyable experience, but I wouldn't suggest a purchase. Rent or Gamefly it, if it's something you may want to experience. I'll probably mess around with it til Crysis 2 comes out.
I am not a FPS freak, I'm more of a casual gamer, so I could care less about the GoW3 beta. I was initially sold on the games colorful (read: vulgar) attempts to sell itself as a unique, fun, and memorable shooter. For what it's worth, they succeeded at that. But this game is far from perfect. Most shooters today share many similar online features, many taken for granted. One being, co-op mode for the main campaign was missing from this title. I think of Gears of War, Halo, or Borderlands when I recall fun times running through a game with a friend. Bulletstorm not having said feature, lost a lot of points with me, because it took away that casual sense of fun. There is a multiplayer mode (Anarchy) to have some co-op fun in, but it requires some serious team work (read: get a mic and talk, or fail) and lacks playability.
The main game mechanics are fun, awesome even! It's like you took the comboing of a Tony Hawk game, and slapped it onto a shooter. The story won't make a movie any time soon (or then again, it may), but it's the mayhem that makes it worth playing. It is an enjoyable experience, but I wouldn't suggest a purchase. Rent or Gamefly it, if it's something you may want to experience. I'll probably mess around with it til Crysis 2 comes out.
