BulletStorm

[Gooch]

I'd say it's a step up from MadWorld (even a big one), but yeah, at least part of the appeal is similar. You'll spend a lot of campaign playing around with different kills, even if they do start to get samey after a while. There's a bit more variety than MadWorld, though, partially because it's all wrapped up in an Uncharted/Gears/CoD gauntlet of cutscenes and scripted sequences that keep my attention better than MadWorld's boring everything ever could.

It's certainly better than MadWorld and it's not a bad game by any stretch, but I would say for all the variety you allude to, it still gets somewhat repetitve in a quickly comparable way. It's also uglier and shallower than I expected. It's not bad, probably a B, maybe a B+, but it is moderately disappointing and I would not be able to recommend a purchase greater than $30 and side with those who are holding off for such or planning on going the rental route. This is not a Day One purchase (though that is essentially what I did) nor is something I would advocate one rush to pay full price for.

I totally forgot Gooch's obsession on Killzone. Gooch, did you declare a national holiday when K3 come out?

No, I expected a disappointment because of the standard Killzone 2 set and did not feel like prematurely partying. I do like K3 quite a bit, however, even if it does not feel as heavy as the prior installments (more of a mainstream accepted console FPS feel now). It is a terrific game nonetheless.

I just finished killzone 3 and its totally average. Killzone got to be a fucking slog for me, but bulletstorm has me laughing and saying fuck yeah throughout the whole campaign. Killzone 3 still controls like crap with a contoller and the enemies are bullet sponges. The district 9 type gun that disentigrates people was pretty rad though. Bulletstorm isnt an A+ game but it sure as fuck is more fun than Killzone 3.

It's totally average if the average is a 9 or an A. I agree in that respect. I also appreciate the more confined combat along the lines of how I enjoyed Halo Reach's.

[Pineapple]

WHERE ARE MY TRADES?!

I know you hate them, so I took Fable 3 and Dead Rising 2 to Gamestop and got the game new for $7.77. Now we all win.

[George]

Wrapped this up on Hard today. It was actually a little easier than I expected. I'll probably slog though it on the hardest difficulty.

I really liked it! The game is truly designed for the Echoes and multiplayer though, something I plan on getting plenty of exposure to. The campaign makes up for it though with a large number of setpieces, segments you really can't duplicate with the echoes or multi.

[icarusfall]

I finished the first act. I'm with Gooch on this so far - but we have similar taste in fps.

[ElCapichan]

I finished the first act. I'm with Gooch on this so far - but we have similar taste in fps.

Teh gay?

I kid. I've passed on so many games people here wouldn't pass up, so I can't speak.

[Yoshi]

I played just the first chapter today, but it is pretty awesome. The humor was totally misrepresented in the trailers, as it's much more sparse and better timed in context.

[Pineapple]

Serrano is hilarious, especially near the end. The foulness of what he shouts at you is just great.

[Schlep]

Love it so far, but I'm stuck until they release a patch. Someone else made a video of the bug.



Edit: After playing through the chapter 3 more times, it finally let me through.

[arjue]

I bought this on a whim today. Its really fun, I'd say its the best single player campaign I've played through since Gears 1. The game is such a silly mess but its constantly throwing shit at you and keeps you entertained throughout.

[Rumpy]

Anarchy is a lot of fun! Mardin, Sam Sun and I were kicking ass until Wave 11 last night, we tapped out at 12. I swear it stopped recognizing team bonus kills for us for awhile there.

Finished the game tonight on normal and it was a lot of fun. I'll go through again on the hardest difficulty, I missed a lot of stuff. Missed destroying 3 news bots because I didn't realize they were a collectible early on and I screwed up the beer collection because I broke a few of them by accident (tried drinking them all). I didn't even get the achievement for getting 50% of the skill kills, thought I had most of them, but I guess not.