It's nice when a game has a clear simple concept, executed well. At it's heart, that's what bulletstorm is. A FPS which focuses on crazy kills and having fun. A bit like a first person gears of war that takes itself even less seriously, bulletstorm puts you through a while fairly short, pretty fun and action packed campaign. The story doesn't matter, it's all about killing enemies in the mos fun ways possible. You can kick enemies and they go flying. You have a leash to pull enemies towards you. Your guns all have a variety of firing modes, some of which are totally crazy too. Best of all, the environment is set up with a bunch of things to help you kill enemies. The main focus of the game is linking all these together to create ever more crazy kills as you work through the campaign or online multiplayer. In many ways it's a breath of fresh air, focusing 100% on fun, and it mostly succeeds. I really enjoy the challenges it gives you, a checklist almost, which encourages you to kill in different ways. At some points though, it does get a bit samey. It's perhaps because the levels all have the same focus. You are either fighting your way through a series or enemies, or holding a room from an enslaught of enemies. This is maybe a weak criticism, as many games are like that, but i did find myself bored at times. With that in mind, i still highly recommend bullet storm. I like to pull it out every now and again and blast through an hour or two in between playing other games. A nice one to have in the collection.

Лютый шутан. Насыщенное, сверх-динамичное, весёлое, незатянутое приключение. Это описание касается как повествования, так и игрового процесса. Разработчики хотели предоставить максимальное развлекалово игрокам и у них получилось. Игра держит быстрый темп, накидывая кучу противников, с которыми можно разделаться массой способов. 7 пушек и альтернативный огонь у каждой. Механики пинка и хлыста. Взаимодействие с объектами на грамотно задизайненных локациях. Эти элементы генерируют множество ситуаций, а набравшись опыта в голову приходить мысль начать экспериментировать самому. По итогу прохождения игра даже не надоедает. Она короткая, поэтому заканчивается, можно сказать, на пике положительных эмоций, что нечасто увидишь в игровой индустрии именно относительно приедливости игрового процесса. Bulletstorm линейна, вам не нужно заботиться о прокачке или зачистке локаций. Чёткий спинно-мозговой экшен.

Помимо геймплея, развлекают персонажи, КАЖДЫЙ из которых харизматичен и способен зацепить. Несмотря на общую комедийную обстановку, сюжет вполне осмысленен и наблюдать за его развитием хочется. Он написан не на уровне тупого боевичка, хоть и выше головы не прыгает. По мне, это идеальная игра типа «шутерок на вечерок». Придраться тут не к чему. Даже саундтрек порой выдаёт эпик, откликающийся в сердце.

beneath the snarky, smart-assholery, buried inside of this generic PS3 era campaign there is some pretty on-the-nose but nevertheless knowing commentary about the carelessness of the rogue-ish video game archetype's casual warpath (not only is Grayson, bulletstorm's lead, a pawn for a psychopathic war general in his life before the game, his quest for revenge essentially leads to the destruction of all life he encounters).

but while the game can step up to the line and have its lead character admit his sins, it ultimately falls somewhat short by having supporting characters let him off the hook in the bluntest ways, revealing, unfortunately, the shallow writing propping up wat is mostly an excuse for some creative gameplay and fun video game set-pieces.

the game is maybe the most ps3-ass game i've played since vanquish, which was also a seemingly generic game on the outside, that, too, was hiding some actually pretty fun gameplay that ultimately didn't quite live up to its full potential.

pretty fun overall, i'd say.

This game is not great. It's got an arcade-y scoring system but a campaign that isn't that fun to replay. The multiplayer does more with the scoring idea, but was very buggy and empty. When the multiplayer did work, the optimal way to play was very "let player 1 kick them up/slide into them and player 2 blasts them into an environmental hazard."

However, filling out the checklist of every single way you could score a kill is so interesting. The game rewarded curiosity. "Hrm, maybe i'll attach a sticky grenade to this dude, kick him away, do a ground slam with my electro whip, and detonate the explosive while he's up there." "hrm, maybe I'll slide into a guy and shotgun blast him to send him flying into a spike wall." Every time a new finisher name popped-up, you felt smart!
It is certainly a unique shooter with quirky environmental sandbox design that I'll never forget.

360 ☆☆★★★
Finished on Hard difficulty. This friggin' game, man. What a blast. | "It's a murder party, starring me!"

It's like if Painkiller and Gears of War had a loudmouth, obscenity-spewing child - which is to say, it's pretty awesome. The skillshot system is fantastic even if it does lose some of its luster towards the end, and I expected a little more from the weapon selection. But all in all, Bulletstorm is one satisfying, gratuitously violent shooter with some of the funniest lines in gaming history.