Five minutes. Five minutes of a very short demo was all gamers needed to decide that, yep, they were definitely interested in whatever twist on first person shooters Bulletstorm had to offer later this February. Of course, it helped that those five minutes could be repeated over and over and over again, each time played with an incredibly different – and incredibly sadistic – approach.
But those are still only five minutes of an hours-long campaign. If that much diversity and insanity can be packed into a demo, what might happen through the course of the entire single player story? Having finished Bulletstorm last month, I can give you an idea. Here's a sample of what I experienced during just the first third of the game…
Things I did during my first 15 minutes with Bulletstorm:
1. Tethered a man with my electric grappling hook, yanked him towards me, and kicked him in the face.
2. Tethered a man, yanked him towards me, kicked him into the air, then blew him to pieces with a quadruple-barrelled shotgun.
3. Fired 100 bullets at the same time from a super-charged carbine, liquefying three men in a row.
Sound amazing? It is. And those are just the most basic entries on a ludicrous 15-part list of stuff you just will not believe. Want to know what else I got up to? Read on...
Both star big, meaty heroes firing big, meaty guns. Both include enough exaggerated blood and violence to earn an M-rating several times over. Both are published by Epic Games and designed in some party by Cliff Bleszinski. And both have really dumb names.
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E3 is here! Almost. There is a crapload of games both confirmed and rumored to be at the show this year, and if you're looking for a definitive list, well here it is. We know for sure Bulletstorm will be there, but you may be asking, what is this game? Have you not heard of it? Does a storm of bullets sound appealing? Let's break this puppy apart (sorry, cute little puppy)...
I recently got a chance to talk with Cliff Bleszinski about his upcoming game, Bulletstorm. He's clearly excited about his new venture, and so are we here at GR, as can be seen in yesterday's preview. The game is pretty ridiculous, but in all the right ways. I was able to play some of the co-op mode known as Anarchy, and so I'll share some of my own impressions after the video...
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