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BulletStorm Review: Violence, Skillshots and a Colorful Use of Vulgarity (PC)

Posted by Shane Dickson (Oregon Slacker), 38 days ago
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Each one of these skilshots had some funny nickname that displayed on screen when it is performed, such as blowing off an enemy’s head and chest with a shotgun = “Topless”, or shooting an explosive at someone and detonating it prior to hitting the enemy = “Premature”. Some of my personal favorites are “Voodoo Doll” pinning an enemy to a sharp object, “Gag Reflex” shooting an enemy in the throat, And “Fire In the Hole” using a kick to stun a miniboss, then shooting him in the butt to kill him. There are also a couple scenes in the game that allow you to be the gunner of a chopper, or remote control a laser emitting dinosaur similar to Godzilla. I had so much fun during the remote Dinosaur scene, I would have played the game solely for that purpose had I known about it previously.

bullstorm skillshots

Multiplayer mode consists of a co-operative mode called Anarchy, where you use skill kills to purchase weapon upgrades and use teamwork to gain more points to advance through each wave and proceed to the next map, there were cool skin unlocks available for gaining XP, but not much else that I found very interesting.

Overall, the gameplay during campaign mode was very much enthralling, especially with the added objectives of skillshots and earning your points for reloads, unlocking special charged shots, and more ammo. I found myself aiming for every single skill shot I could which eventually turned what I at first expected to be your average button mashing kill & gore game, into a much GDN silver awardmore entertaining and almost addictive experience for me. Surprisingly enough (or maybe not for those that know me), I ended up enjoying the plotline, and found the amount of potty mouthed jokes to be entertaining despite being almost crude at times, which in truth probably made me laugh even harder at the shock of some it. My only real dislike of the game was some of the clipping into objects that hindered movement sometimes and the radius that keyed the action of climbing over objects. Overall BulletStorm was a well-designed game, a fun and addictive experience that I’m glad I played, and would recommend for any wanting to have a good thrill in kicking some ass and laughing while you do so.

 Our Rating for BulletStorm Review: Violence, Skillshots and a Colorful Use of Vulgarity (PC)
6.5
Replay
With limited multiplayer modes reminiscent of COD zombie style survival modes, and single player echoes mode to compete for leaderboards, only the truly competitive will find the fun in replay .
8.5
Graphics
Great graphics with plenty of eye candy in both the environment and kill animations.
8.0
Sound
Sound was great quality and accurate to weapon firing and positions, only used 5.1 sound out of my 7.1 sound system possibilities.
8.5
Gameplay
At first I thought this game was going to be play for an hour and put down, but I’ve found myself drawn to the intense skill based fire fights
7.0
Multiplayer/Online Content
Multiplayer mode consists of a co-operative mode called Anarchy, where you use skill kills to purchase weapon upgrades and use teamwork to play each wave and proceed to the next map, there were cool skin unlocks available but not much else
8.0
Overall
A great step forward in the art of shoot-em up games, the addition of skillshots turned this game into a very entertaining and addictive experience.

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