Bulletstorm

Platforms

• PC

  Feb 22, 2011

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  7.9

  playscore

  8.2

  12 Critics

  7.8

  1.91K Players
• PlayStation 3

  Feb 22, 2011

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  8.2

  playscore

  8.3

  18 Critics

  8.3

  2.82K Players
• Xbox 360

  Feb 22, 2011

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  8.5

  playscore

  8.4

  20 Critics

  8.9

  43.4K Players

30 critic reviews · 7 community reviews across all platforms

Critic Reviews

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  Games Radar+

  10

  Bulletstorm you see, is a very intelligent, highly intricate, and sumptuously nuanced design masquerading as a big dumb action game. In fact it’s such an evolution of the FPS experience that it’s very probably destined for that pantheon of rare games to be deemed worthy of the word “important” in a couple of years time. Yeah, the i-word. I went there.

  Reviewed on PS3, X360

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  COGconnected

  8.0

  Bulletstorm is the equivalent of a summer time big-screen Hollywood blockbuster. Sure it is fun and features plenty of eye candy which pushes the limits of the Xbox 360’s hardware but it lacks in depth and substance. The lack of multiplayer options, short single player mode and lack of a cooperative mode where I can play through the entire campaign from beginning to end with a friend were all significant issues for me.

  Reviewed on X360

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  Giant Bomb

  8.0

  After being really down on Bulletstorm for the first couple of hours, I was pleasantly shocked to see how well it started coming together once I started getting better at using the different weapons and once the story started moving at a faster pace. While it's easy to see spots where the game could have been more fully featured or offered more unique areas instead of repurposing campaign spots, it's a solid new entry that truly offers an alternative to the standard sci-fi or military-themed first-person shooter.

  Reviewed on PC, PS3, X360

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  Game Informer

  9.3

  Bulletstorm is an exceptional shooter brimming with personality and originality, but the concept is spread too thin in the later levels. New homicidal toys are constantly introduced in the first three-quarters of the game, which makes the final few hours a little stale. Mix in a ho-hum ending and the stellar experience goes out on a bit of a low note.

  Reviewed on PC, PS3, X360
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  Joystiq

  9.0

  It's been a long time since I've grinned as widely while playing an FPS as I did with Bulletstorm. It's a vulgar, violent and supremely gung-ho experience obviously created by some slightly mad people who really love the genre. I suggest you turn up your sound system, forget about your military FPS training and settle in for some good old fashioned killin'.

  Reviewed on X360
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  Video Gamer

  9.0

  Bulletstorm is a refreshing departure from the norm. Behind the f-bombs and dick-tits are some incredibly mature and well thought out mechanics. Not only does the Skillshot system invite a completely new approach to shooting in single-player, it uses scores and leaderboards to inspire competition in a completely different vein to the amalgamate of contemporary shooters.

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  Destructoid

  9.0

  With Bulletstorm, Epic and People Can Fly not only succeed at delivering the “bigger” and the “more,” but bring with it a gameplay slant that makes it a one-of-a-kind experience. Yes, it may be brazenly outrageous and juvenile; be prepared to check your “Serious Business Adult” card at the door. But lurking underneath is a seriously fun, novel take on the first-person shooter genre that shouldn't be ignored. Just make sure you don’t “play it wrong.”

  Reviewed on X360

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  Game Trailers

  8.6

  Whether Bulletstorm is a parody of other action games, a celebration of gaming's collective macho stupidity, or both, it works out pretty well. If you can make peace with the ridiculous vibe, it's almost a sure thing you'll have fun with it. It doesn't have the legs to sustain it for months, so you might want to approach the game as one of its characters would approach a leather-clad Mad Max reject: wham, bam, thank you, ma'am.

  Reviewed on X360
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  Inside Gaming

  8.0

  Some of the deaths are painfully hilarious, and the dialogue is worth hearing just to see how creative they can get with dick jokes. The story twists with Grayson’s foil, Sarrano, are the pulpiest of pulp, but you’ll remember your first decapitation, limb removal, and other skillshots well after you’ve forgotten the dialogue that led to the action. That’s what Bulletstorm is: fun action shooting for fun-loving action shooter fans. If you count yourself in that number, you’ll likely have a blast. If you expect meat or real depth, you probably haven’t listened this far.

  Reviewed on X360
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  GameSpot

  8.0

  Bulletstorm is a fun, breezy, and puerile romp. If you play games for the fun of it all, this shooter delivers, giving you some neat weapons and mechanics, and rewarding you for your topflight technique. Unspectacular online play, an abundance of shooter cliches, and forced vulgarity keep it from joining the shooter elite. But the creativity of the skillshot system paired with the engrossing nature of moving up the Echoes leaderboards gives Bulletstorm some muscle and will inspire a dedicated following of talented players eager to show off their incredible mastery of its gratifying mechanics.

  Reviewed on PC, PS3, X360

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