E3 Preview: BulletStorm - Preview
by VGChartz Staff , posted on 21 June 2010 / 4,469 Views
In addition to the much anticipated Gears of War 3, Epic Games had another surprise up their sleeves at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. In collaboration with Electronic Arts, the Raleigh-based developer will release Bulletstorm on Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC.
Bulletstorm looks like an over-the-top violent marriage between Epic’s own Unreal Tournament and Madworld. The game is a first-person shooter with cover mechanics and the tagline "kill with skill". Bulletstorm doesn't want you to kill with efficiency, but would rather you act like a cat playing with a mouse before the kill. Every demented action you inflict on a person like kicking them into a cactus or using your grappling hook to toss them into the air is rewarded with points. You're encouraged to string a long list of deplorable deeds together to increase your score. It's alot like Madworld sped up to the pace of your typical FPS.
Along with all of the weapons in the environment you can use like fuse boxes to electricute your enemies and man-eating plants that will gladly take up a quick meal Bulletstorm promises to include some fairly demented player weapons as well. An example of this would be the grenade boa which fires a string of grenades which can rap around your opponent before blasting him into gibblets.
The cover system seems to be as frenetic as the gunplay. You can slide into cover from quite a distance away as well as slide under obstacles and also use your grapple to grab enemies out of cover and destroy them. Some enemies will hide behind doors which can be kicked in and squish them immediately.
Bulletstorm will release sometime next year, but until then we at VGChartz will hotly anticipate this unique take on the First Person Shooter genre.
