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Whisper it, but a Painkiller remake would have made for a far more enjoyable time.īulletstorm always was, and still is, good for a mess around if you’re bored. In 2017 it really doesn’t hold up too well. For all its cockiness the humour is one-dimensional, the visuals bland and the campaign short. BEST GAMES OF 2017 BULLETSTORM FULLThe trouble with Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition is it’s got a list of negatives which can stand just as tall as the positives. Fortunately there’s enough variety tucked away inside Bulletstorm to see you through, including a massive ruined city by the seaside and some genuinely expansive views across desolate lands. Then you head into said skyscraper and are treated to an exercise in visual tedium. The opening segment as you walk anti-grav style down a skyscraper is close to jaw-dropping. To their credit People Can Fly do try to mix things up with the level design, although the strong elements can give way to mediocrity in a flash. It wears its Unreal Engine 3 origins proudly, and there’s distinct shades of Gears of War to its visual style. It’s slick, it’s fun, and it’s the single strongest asset of Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition.įor more thoughts on the original Bulletstorm, and more in-depth details on gameplay and mechanics without treading over the same old ground, be sure to check out Rorulon’s original review on GD back in 2011.īack to the remaster and, visually, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition looks decent, although a far cry from impressive. BEST GAMES OF 2017 BULLETSTORM PROThat’s where the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater element comes in, racking up high combos by pulling off several outlandish moves, chaining enemy executions together. It rewards speed, agility, and varying your methods. With a wide variety of weapons at your disposal (including a grenade flail gun, electric whip, Boneduster quad-barreled shotgun, and the cannonball-firing Bouncer), the player can string together moves and form combos, utilising parts of the environment for outlandish kills and lining up particularly difficult shots. ![]() Drawing much inspiration from the likes of Serious Sam and Tony Hawk, Bulletstorm is fast, furious and combo-laden. Patience will be required to extract the joy from all the rampant braggadocio, but lurking beneath Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition’s high school jock exterior lies a fun time that recalls old-school first-person shooter classics, while implementing its own twist thanks to the ‘Skillshot’ scoring system.Ĭombat in Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition is undoubtedly its strongest asset. It’s the same grating Bulletstorm humour, full of antagonistic one-liners and brash attitude, crammed in alongside some high quality FPS gameplay. This is exactly the same game with exactly the same content, aside from a DLC cameo from 2011’s biggest arsehole, Duke Nukem. ![]() It’s heavy discount or bust for Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition.īut enough about the price, what about the game? If you played the original Bulletstorm, you know precisely what to expect from the Full Clip Edition. ![]() Under no circumstances do I recommend you buy this game for the MSRP. BEST GAMES OF 2017 BULLETSTORM MACAt this point I’d sooner spend $50 on a Big Mac meal than an up-rezzed version of Bulletstorm. Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition has come out at a time where it sits alongside the likes of Nier Automata in the Steam storefront, and it looks like nothing less than a laughing stock. BEST GAMES OF 2017 BULLETSTORM WINDOWSThat’s no cheaper than the original Bulletstorm launched for on Games For Windows Live way back in 2011, and it’s got nothing to show for it aside from some higher resolution textures and Steam integration. At $50, publisher Gearbox is treating the customer like a fool. Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition is probably the biggest rip off since Freddos became 30p. ![]()
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