Bulletstorm - this game makes no sense

[skipsneeky2]

so i swear like a sailor... but the swearing in this game wasn't even done in a mature way. it was done in the way kids swear when they do it casually for the first time in their lives.

it was essentially "how many swear words can we cram together in one sentence?"




i'd rather play unreal tournament with the sound off and have an mp3 of just the words "shit fuck dick" on a loop the entire time.

The game i believe was more meant to be amusing and funny more then serious and fun.

I didn't buy and play it for the swearwords but it has alot of adult humour some sexual in base.

Wanna see the worst adult based game? Try Duke Nukem Forever and win a arguement its mean't for kids and teens.

Heck my gf is all pissed cause it shows boobs...lmfao

 

[apoppin]

What killed Bulletstorm sales was the irresponsible Fox network and their BS claims about games "harming children". EA couldn't afford to counter the negative publicity. Duke Nukem Forever has much the same juvenile humor as Bulletstorm (and many new movies, also). So what?


Watching Fox is far more harmful to mental health in America than any PC or console game can be.
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[GodlessAstronomer]

so i swear like a sailor... but the swearing in this game wasn't even done in a mature way. it was done in the way kids swear when they do it casually for the first time in their lives.

it was essentially "how many swear words can we cram together in one sentence?"




i'd rather play unreal tournament with the sound off and have an mp3 of just the words "shit fuck dick" on a loop the entire time.

I thought the language in Bulletstorm was hilarious because it was so obviously intentionally over the top.

 

[blackened23]

Bulletstorm was one of the most fun games in recent history. The game did not turn a profit for the developer. This is what's wrong with PC gaming today.

The problem is that most devs will not get published unless they develop a AAA title that is cross platform, fact of the matter is that PC only games do not sell well unless they're budget games or MMO's. Even previous PC only super developers now can only develop cross platform, namely ID and epic -- and blizzard is even talking of going multi platform with D3.

There are few exceptions - blizzard, and valve, but they're the top 1% of the industry. For everyone else, PC game sales are miniscule and piracy is pretty rampant....PC only games just aren't profitable unless you're making an MMO or budgetware (think simcity).

Sucks but we'll just have to deal with console ports for a while. The future of PC gaming is pretty scary, to be honest..

 

[skipsneeky2]

What killed Bulletstorm sales was the irresponsible Fox network and their BS claims about games "harming children". EA couldn't afford to counter the negative publicity. Duke Nukem Forever has much the same juvenile humor as Bulletstorm (and many new movies, also). So what?


Watching Fox is far more harmful to mental health in America than any PC or console game can be.
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Hate to say it but i got carded when i bought BC2 and Bulletstorm.\

Who is letting kids purchase and play games suitable for 17+m ?

Bad parenting skills?

Heck when kids came over to my place they aren't playing these games so screw fox and their bs stories....

Kids shouldn't be playing these games anyways but somehow someone lets them so the blame should be pointed at parents and any adults allowing this to happen.

 

[darkswordsman17]

What killed Bulletstorm sales was the irresponsible Fox network and their BS claims about games "harming children". EA couldn't afford to counter the negative publicity. Duke Nukem Forever has much the same juvenile humor as Bulletstorm (and many new movies, also). So what?


Watching Fox is far more harmful to mental health in America than any PC or console game can be.
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I agree with the sentiment, but well I already voiced my disdain of how it is in those two games. I could probably overlook it if I actually enjoyed playing them, but sadly that isn't true.

Duke Nukem brings me to another game though. Serious Sam. Kinda similar over the top "badass guy", and the original was great in its day, but I'm disappointed in what I've seen from the new one. It doesn't look like its really evolved any gameplay wise. This was a franchise that seemed to be begging for a big destructible physics setup, but it just looks like more of the same. That's my biggest issue.

Bulletstorm at least tried some new stuff, I didn't really enjoy them all that much, but at least its doing more than just new graphics. Duke was actually a step back from the original in gameplay, and that's my real beef with it. Serious Sam looks just more of the same to me, which actually should be fairly enjoyable, but its still somewhat disappointing.

In the vein of this discussion, a game that actually looks like it should be hugely fun is Saints Row 3.

Oh, another game that I didn't really like the story or setup/world whatever you might call it but liked the game is Gears of War. That's all about the visceral violence (the fact that you can say that about a cover shooter says something). The story was stupid, the characters are kinda meatheads (just not as insufferably so as in Bulletstorm or Duke), but I still liked it.

Another game that I think failed miserably at being mature and also at being a game is Kane and Lynch. Army of Two wasn't far off either, but it was better.

 

[skipsneeky2]

LOL seems no one likes Duke Nukem Forever and sadly enough i got bored with it very fast and uninstalled it and put the game in my discarded spare pc parts bin like it is a herpes virus.

Wouldn't even try to resell such a terrible game cause it would be bad for my karma.

It was nothing like the one i played for the nintendo 64 which for me was the best game of all time...was gonna make a thread about how much of a failure it is,but i see enough hate with the game to post it right here .

 

[apoppin]

LOL seems no one likes Duke Nukem Forever and sadly enough i got bored with it very fast and uninstalled it and put the game in my discarded spare pc parts bin like it is a herpes virus.

Wouldn't even try to resell such a terrible game cause it would be bad for my karma.

It was nothing like the one i played for the nintendo 64 which for me was the best game of all time...was gonna make a thread about how much of a failure it is,but i see enough hate with the game to post it right here .

And Deus Ex 3 is nothing like the original DeuSex that i played years ago. It is a lot closer to the Invisible War experience, and yet gamers are praising it like the Second Coming. DE3 has arguably worse AI than the first and there are NO consequences for your actions plus a weak-ass compromise ending. That *failure* is overlooked because of the "fun" people are telling themselves they are having.

DNF is fun. Stupid Mindless Fun not much different than Serious Sam Series. It just seems both Bulletstorm and DNF got a bad rap from suddenly holier than thou reviewers who got their panties in a bunch, or the hypocritical Faux network.
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I agree with the sentiment, but well I already voiced my disdain of how it is in those two games. I could probably overlook it if I actually enjoyed playing them, but sadly that isn't true.

Duke Nukem brings me to another game though. Serious Sam. Kinda similar over the top "badass guy", and the original was great in its day, but I'm disappointed in what I've seen from the new one. It doesn't look like its really evolved any gameplay wise. This was a franchise that seemed to be begging for a big destructible physics setup, but it just looks like more of the same. That's my biggest issue.

Serious Sam II *sucked* compared to First and Second Encounter; it took itself seriously (Sam) and attempted to parody itself and the humor fell flat even though the mechanics stayed much the same. This upcoming BFE is the 4th installment in the series.

Bulletstorm and DNF do not take themselves seriously and neither should the gamers who play these kinds of games. Perhaps society is taking itself too seriously. We are a bunch of apes after all.

 

[skipsneeky2]

And Deus Ex 3 is nothing like the original DeuSex that i played years ago. It is a lot closer to the Invisible War experience, and yet gamers are praising it like the Second Coming.

DNF is fun. Stupid Mindless Fun not much different than Serious Sam Series (and Serious Sam II *sucked* compared to First and Second Encounter). It just seems both Bulletstorm and DNF got a bad rap from suddenly holier than thou reviewers who got their panties in a bunch, or the hypocritical Faux network.
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Neither game takes itself seriously and neither should the gamers who play these games.

Bulletstorm is a blast and i'm replaying it after beating it about 2 days ago on my new gtx 560ti.

DNF on the other hand got very stupid and i quit at this point where your stuck in the ghosttowns and the aliens have some sort of gps tracking on you chasing you down while your looking for fuel for your gas gussling monstor truck.

And this ends up happening who knows how many times but after about 4 times its like wtf i can predict what happened next ...

I would praise a dog taking a s*** in a cat box before i would praise DNF.

Besides BC2 and now Bulletstorm all of my favorite games are back in 2007 .

 

[apoppin]

i liked Bulletstorm and i also got to play it in 5760x1080 3D Surround. Very much like Painkiller series which i also liked, moved into a futuristic SciFi setting instead of Hell.

It's hook (pun intended) was the leash and the creative way to dispatch enemies (which look spectacular in 3D at the splatter hits your visor). But it's story was stupid beyond belief. And the two main guys have definite sexual issues to resolve.

DNF had a stupid story also but it didn't try to take itself seriously with subject out of its depth - no nonsense about "revenge" and "redemption". It was all about killing. The BAD thing was that it is a new game in a franchise but everyone compares it to the first game which was a CLASSIC.

The only thing to compare Bulletstorm to is Painkiller - and Painkiller was a much better game. Much more depth and with undocumented weapon combos. Bulletstorm is incredibly dumbed down for juveniles and the beer swilling console player who is impressed with over the top violence, cursing and boobs.
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[skipsneeky2]

i liked Bulletstorm and i also got to play it in 5760x1080 3D Surround. Very much like Painkiller series which i also liked, moved into a futuristic SciFi setting instead of Hell.

It's hook (pun intended) was the leash and the creative way to dispatch enemies (which look spectacular in 3D at the splatter hits your visor). But it's story was stupid beyond belief. And the two main guys have definite sexual issues to resolve.

DNF had a stupid story also but it didn't try to take itself seriously with subject out of its depth - no nonsense about "revenge" and "redemption". It was all about killing. The BAD thing was that it is a new game in a franchise but everyone compares it to the first game which was a CLASSIC.

The only thing to compare Bulletstorm to is Painkiller - and Painkiller was a much better game. Much more depth and with undocumented weapon combos. Bulletstorm is incredibly dumbed down for juveniles and the beer swilling console player who is impressed with over the top violence, cursing and boobs.
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I remember the nintendo 64 Duke as a smartass kill them all game.

DNF has puzzles,gameplay that repeats itself and way over the top sexuality...i'm sure most missed it but the freaking game has a gloryhole where duke gets his junk sucked...i'm not even kidding...

Oh and the one hit wonder lines that make him so cool are mostly stolen from movies like army of darkness and the predator...

 

[apoppin]

I remember the nintendo 64 Duke as a smartass kill them all game.

DNF has puzzles,gameplay that repeats itself and way over the top sexuality...i'm sure most missed it but the freaking game has a gloryhole where duke gets his junk sucked...i'm not even kidding...

Oh and the one hit wonder lines that make him so cool are mostly stolen from movies like army of darkness and the predator...

WtF are you talking about? If anybody is gay, it is the two heroes of Bulletstorm; it is not very different than the movie Superbad

The DNF puzzles are not hard and the game is making fun of every other game with puzzles - especially HL and Valve ("I hate valve puzzles," Duke says when he has to turn off a Steam pipe). If you want *repetition*, Bulletstorm offers it to you.

Yeah, getting the gas for the THIRD time sucked in DNF, but it was an excuse to kill more NPCs. And driving the Big Foot was pretty cool using the Monster Truck as a weapon.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

FFS appopin we fucking get it, you like DNF. Why do you have to derail every fucking thread in which that piece of shit game is discussed?

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

BTW skipsneeky2 if your only experience with DN3D is the N64 version I suggest you find a PC copy and play the real one. The N64 version is heavily censored. I stopped playing when they replaced 'I'm going to rip off your head and shit down your neck' with 'In a perfect world you'd already be dead'.

 

[skipsneeky2]

BTW skipsneeky2 if your only experience with DN3D is the N64 version I suggest you find a PC copy and play the real one. The N64 version is heavily censored. I stopped playing when they replaced 'I'm going to rip off your head and shit down your neck' with 'In a perfect world you'd already be dead'.

I was 14 when i stopped playing it which was in 2001.

I mostly played it cause i loved the jetpack that had him flying all over in that football stadium killing the aliens down below.

Never actually paid much attention to his language but if the pc version is any better as you claim,i wouldn't mind some nostalgia with a copy.

My folks never let the gaming come much into the house with me playing the original nintendo tetris and mario while most played doom and Duke back in 2000.

 

[apoppin]

FFS appopin we fucking get it, you like DNF. Why do you have to derail every fucking thread in which that piece of shit game is discussed?

It sure doesn't look like you get it at all.
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i didn't bring it up. i only mentioned the Juvenile humor was similar in both games and i was giving my experiences about BULLETSTORM and playing it in S3D over 3 screens when someone else with an axe to grind mentioned DNF as a crap game.
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[skipsneeky2]

It sure doesn't look like you get it at all.
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i didn't bring it up. i only mentioned the Juvenile humor was similar in both games and i was giving my experiences about BULLETSTORM and playing it in S3D over 3 screens when someone else with an axe to grind mentioned DNF as a crap game.
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Your wrong,i have a winchester repeater and the game in the toaster.

A axe makes to much of a mess:thumbsup:

I spent $40 like most did for DNF and alot of people got disappointed.

If you give me $40 i'll gladly never mention the horror of DNF again cause i won't be getting that back ever again.

 

[apoppin]

Your wrong,i have a winchester repeater and the game in the toaster.

A axe makes to much of a mess:thumbsup:

I spent $40 like most did for DNF and alot of people got disappointed.

If you give me $40 i'll gladly never mention the horror of DNF again cause i won't be getting that back ever again.

That's what i was planning to do with my HD 6990. Except i have a single shot 16ga Mossberg .. and it makes a big bang and a big mess
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i really don't care to defend DNF. It has the same appeal to me as Bulletstorm .. limited but good enough for a shooter. Nothing groundbreaking in either game and the story was about the same quality (sucks) for both games.

 

[skipsneeky2]

That's what i was planning to do with my HD 6990. Except i have a single shot 16ga Mossberg .. and it makes a big bang and a big mess
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i really don't care to defend DNF. It has the same appeal to me as Bulletstorm .. limited but good enough for a shooter. Nothing groundbreaking in either game and the story was about the same quality (sucks) for both games.

Will agree the story isn't good but the best thing about Bulletstorm is how creative you can get when you kill someone.

When there was just a couple enemies i would leash them and kick the living s*** out of them while they was in midair and i thought that was very funny.

 

[apoppin]

Totally agreed !
- once they are in the air, you can kill their friends also and be extra-ordinarily creative to gain the achievements. That is the creativity of the People Can Fly devs; Painkiller was an extra-ordinarily deep game for a simple shooter and it was the first game to really showcase Havoc Physics really well.

i have been playing PC games since Atari 800XL (1982)

You could say that i have been young for a (really) long time. 😛

 

[skipsneeky2]

Totally agreed !
- once they are in the air, you can kill their friends also and be extra-ordinarily creative to gain the achievements. That is the creativity of the People Can Fly devs; Painkiller was an extra-ordinarily deep game for a simple shooter and it was the first game to really showcase Havoc Physics really well.

i have been playing PC games since Atari 800XL (1982)

You could say that i have been young for a (really) long time. 😛

I had the rare pleasure of a friend bringing over a new old stock atari 5200 with two working original controllers a few months ago.

We played ms pacman for the longest time that day and we didn't put any beer in the oversized compartment either😛

 

[apoppin]

I had the rare pleasure of a friend bringing over a new old stock atari 5200 with two working original controllers a few months ago.

We played ms pacman for the longest time that day and we didn't put any beer in the oversized compartment either😛

Atari 5200 was my last console; afterward i got a Genesis and kept it for a week or so before returning it for my first PC (Atari 800XL). And i never looked back at consoles.

The 5200 had the awful analog controllers. They broke pretty often. They were imprecise for 4-way turning like for Ms Pacman and eventually i got an arcade joystick for it.
:'(

 

[skipsneeky2]

Atari 5200 was my last console; afterward i got a Genesis and kept it for a week or so before returning it for my first PC (Atari 800XL). And i never looked back at consoles.

The 5200 had the awful analog controllers. They broke pretty often. They were imprecise for 4-way turning like for Ms Pacman and eventually i got an arcade joystick for it.
:'(

My first console was the original nintendo and my last was a ps3 i sold cause i didn't care for controllers with fps games.

First pc was a emachines junker my friend used back in 2005 which had a celeron 1.8ghzs 128mb of ram and vanilla xp and a rage pro video card.

Didn't take much to lock up that beast and pulling the cable out the back was my only savor as shutting it down was not a option.

This pos computer was the sole reason i took up computers as a hobby from replacing the rom drive to the video card till the point it fell on its face.

 

[HeXen]

My first was Pong, my last is not my last. i love my PS3 for certain games.
Speaking of taking seriousness or not in specific games, sounds like some here are being very serious about specific platforms.

 

[monkeh624]

Sorry to go slightly off topic, I loved Bulletstorm but never played Painkiller. Is it still worth getting today?
If so, is any specific version recommended? There seems to be about 6 of them, lol.