Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Bulletstorm

Bulletstorm is a first person shooting game that gives us a new adventure,new war zone.We find ourselves stranded on a planet that although once an adult-oriented paradise planet,is now hell incarnate,complete with savage mutants and flesh-eating gangs.The goal is simple: survive,escape the planet and pay back the SOB who sent you there.Additional features include deep 2-4 player support,a wide variety of ways to defeat enemies both large and small,an impressive arsenal of weapons and a Marvel Comics written storyline.

An elite peacekeeping force thwarts the rumblings of civil war.But deception within the ranks has caused two members of the most feared unit,Dead Echo,to strike out on their own.Now washed-up mercenaries turned space pirates,Grayson Hunt and Ishi Sato's latest quest for a quick buck goes south.Stumbling upon their ex-commander's warship,the Ulysses,Grayson engages this behemoth head-on.Outmanned and outgunned,his only option is to ram the Ulysses in a suicidal bid at redemption.Narrowly surviving a crash landing and now stranded on the abandoned paradise planet of Stygia,Grayson and Ishi find themselves surrounded by hordes of mutants and flesh-eating gangs.They survive on two objectives: get off the planet alive and exact revenge on the man who sent them there.
 
We step into the role of Grayson Hunt complete with an arsenal of over-the-top combat moves and outrageously large guns.Bulletstorm's array of distinct 'skillshots' produces unprecedented levels of frantic gameplay and yell-inducing satisfaction.The skillshot system rewards us for inciting mayhem in the most creative way possible.The more insane the skillshot,the more points,we collect to upgrade our character and unlock weapons,which then allows us to execute even more creative moves and exaggerated skillshots.


Bulletstorm is a 2011 first-person shooter video game developed by People Can Fly and Epic Games,and is published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Microsoft Windows.The game is distinguished by its sense of style and crass humor,rewarding players with points for performing increasingly ludicrous kills.Bulletstorm does not have any competitive multiplayer modes,preferring instead to include cooperative online play as well as score attack modes.


Each weapon has an "alternate fire" mode which uses charges;for example,the assault rifle's alternate fire is a single blast of bullets that destroy almost everything in its path.A device we carry for most of the game is the "energy leash",a rope of energy projected from a device on our left hand.The leash allows us to pull enemies towards us,activate certain devices and traps,and slam down a ball of energy that launches all nearby enemies into the air.We can also kick enemies and run and slide into them.Usually,when an enemy is launched into the air by us,their descent is slowed down by the leash's energy when grappled or by the gravity boot when kicked.This allows us to pull an enemy into kicking range with the leash, aim at something dangerous,and kick.


Bulletstorm demonstrates the value of "why" for action games. Taken out of the context of its fiction, People Can Fly would have something fun but forgettable on their hands, but the way Bulletstorm fits together results in something cool and memorable. Multiplayer failings notwithstanding, Bulletstorm shines as a single-player shooter. Despite its crass humor and wang-flinging bravado, it's got some real character and heart to it. I'm not happy about the story's sequel-bait belly flop of an ending, but I'm excited to see where Grayson and Bulletstorm go next.

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