Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

This is a remastered version of Bulletstorm. On first glance, this seems to be basically the same game, except without GFWL, and I’m mostly okay with that.
Bulletstorm is somewhat of a homage to old school FPS campaigns. It’s a linear experience, has a decent enough story that is a little bit heavy on creative language, and some things to collect. There’s a grappling hook of sorts, a weapon upgrade system, and a creative skillshot system where you get rewarded for killing enemies in a unique way. The weapon designs are pretty damn fun as well. It all comes together in an over-the-top action-oriented package of fun that’s worth a playthrough if you crave a linear FPS game of yesteryear. The movement is a little bit chunky, but it doesn’t detract from the experience too much.
The environments of Bulletstorm are the standout thing here. You’ll be exploring a desolate run-down alienish resort thing, and there are a ton of crazy sets and one-off places to explore to keep things interesting. You’re effectively walking down a long hallway in this game, but all of the crazy detailed spaces keep things interesting.
I really enjoyed Bulletstorm, enough so to now own it twice on Steam. I’ve beaten it a few times over the years, and it has generally aged well. I wish the remaster did a bit more, a coop mode through the campaign would have been great, or maybe some kind of bonus level or something… I think the Duke Nukem thing is new, maybe?

Extremely stupid game that I enjoyed immensely, start to finish.

Make Bulletstorm 2

Back in 2011 Bulletstorm found itself in the middle of a scandal concerning its attitiude towards violence and creative profanities - so much so that people quickly saw it as a commercial trick and dismissed the game itself as mediocre.
While in reality Bulletstorm was - and to a great extent still is - the future of shooters.
Its greatest achievement is that with its skillshot system it makes the player feel like they're playing a Devil May Cry game. Juggling enemies, finding new ways of dealing with them, combining those ways - all of it with the most diverse arsenal of weapons each of which has a special mode to its name. And unlike in Devil May Cry, here fighting creatively is a neccessity - scored points are spent on ammunition and upgrades - and ammo is pretty scarce in Bulletstorm. That is one of the reasons why Bulletstorm was not very well recieved back in the day: the habit of the general audience towards CoD-like shooters impeded many from embracing the fast and aggressive attitude this game requires.
Stylistically, Bulletstorm is Gears of War gone punk - in the most basic sense of the term. It is very silly - by design. Many moments throughout the game are intentionally comedic - like escaping the room with an armed superbomb through a vent only to circumnavigate your way back into the same room. But it never falls into slapstick territory. Bulletstorm is, despite what you might think, an extremely well-written game. Here are the reasons:
1. Obscene language here is obviously a result of long and hard work: you see that you're dealing with outlaws, soldiers and sailors - and should you forget, they will remind you by mentioning someone's mother, orientation or genitalia in a way that is likely to stick in your mind forever.
2. Bulletstorm has some very solid worldbuilding despite (or rather thanks to) having no collectible pieces of information scattered around the level. You get all you need to know - no more, no less. This universe is not ten kilometers deep, but it still does a very good job.
3. Most importantly - Bulletstorm is very much like Fury Road in that it manages to keep the breakneck pace all throughout its 8-13 hours of play. The whole game is a giant ACHTUNG - the protagonist is in an extreme situation, the antagonist is in an extreme situation, everybody wants everybody dead, and everything on this mad planet is aggressive and volatile. Not to mention the over-the-top setpieces like the infamous section where you are being pursued by a gigantic wheel or another one where you use a remote-controlled monster shooting lasers from its eyes to destroy a gang of enemies. Every moment you are being thrown into a new creatively concieved scenario, where your protagonist and all around him will joke, curse and shout so believably or so amusingly, you will have no choice but to curse, laugh and shout with him.
Imho: Bulletstorm is the best setpiece shooter ever made, and we are yet to see an FPS to surpass it in creativity. Or writing.

Underrated, overpriced.

You would be crazy not to pick this up on sale. This game has the crazy fun type of wild weapons and frags you usually only see in a DOOM game. Okay, maybe a second rate DOOM - but you can't go wrong for 90% off. It has great graphics that still hold up and hours of game play.

8/10
Graphics
☑ Beautiful (though they did mess with the filter on full clip edition to mixed reactions)
☐ Average
☐ Outdated

Gameplay
☑ Very Fun (one of the most fun Doom style shooters, with 100+ kill combos making for a very unique style)
☐ Average
☐ Repetitive
Audio
☐ High quality
☐ Average
☑ Repetitive (Soundtrack is a little generic, epic genre, not my thing)
Difficulty
☐ Very Hard
☑ Average (On very Hard, a nice balance between challenge and do-able)
☐ Too Easy
Story
☐ Amazing
☑ Average (doesnt take itself too seriously, recommended playthrough with the duke nukem pack for extra insanity)
☐ Low quality
Bugs
☐ None that i came across
☑ A few But nothing major (sometimes upon death section wont trigger, go to main menu and reload)
☐ Gamebreaking Bugs
Summery
I played this when it first came out back on release,
an absolutely great experience from start to finish, a lot of fun to be had here.
ive not seen this style of gameplay in what is essentially a corridor shooter not unlike doom, with some open areas to fill in the gaps, a linear driven experience and a story that doesnt take itself too seriously, often balanced out with trashtalk which can be amusing (especially with the duke nukem pack activated).
Regarding the dlc, it was a nice addition, as my dissapointment regarding duke nukem forever's launch which left a bad taste in my mouth, so it felt a little bit like the duke nukem we never got, at least it felt like that to me.
The 'FULL CLIP' would suggest a complete package so was a little cheaky to charge full price and another dlc on top of it, while simultaniously removing the original *cheaper* version from steam, which is a poor move in regards to consumer service!
there are a few bugs here nothing too breaking, but on occasion upon death the *next section script* will not trigger so a main menu swap and load is required, which isnt ideal considering it's considered a final product.
i would say in terms of value, a lot of fun so the negatives are soon squashed by the amount of enjoyment that can be had.
However i would wait for a sale.
i would have loved to see a sequel, as the ending *no spoilers* ended a bit abruptly, leaving more to be desired, and what i would call a -Cliff Hanger Sequel Setup
Here is hoping for the future!