Comments on: Bullet Witch sucks something AWFUL http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/ irreverent and irrelevant video game culture... "We kick ass & chew bubble gum... and we're all out of gum." Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: bits bytes pixels & sprites http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-187903 bits bytes pixels & sprites Thu, 15 May 2008 17:35:11 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-187903 [...] can attest to this. There’s a whole gaggle of folk who spend time playing through shit like Bullet Witch just to get those 1000 points. To say it changes the way people play games on the 360 would be a [...] [...] can attest to this. There’s a whole gaggle of folk who spend time playing through shit like Bullet Witch just to get those 1000 points. To say it changes the way people play games on the 360 would be a [...]

]]> By: oxy_02 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-164095 oxy_02 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:26:35 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-164095 A poorly thought out rant and every single argument can be countered. - I have never once experienced the AI standing still. They are always on the move which makes it a bitch to hit them. - I've found no problem with the graphics, as everything looks nice and crisp, and the "seizure shadows" seems blatantly made up. - I will agree that the camera is difficult to control, but it isn't exactly a steep learning curve to reign it in. - I haven't seen any "sunspots" while in lighted areas, but I'll admit that darkened areas are almost too dark to see anything. - Lack of jumping? Oh come on, some games jump; some don't. Get over it. - I haven't encountered any "invisible barriers" either. Perhaps I'm just not trying to rush my way through the game. - The hype here about the spell-casting being difficult is Grade A bullshit. When I was reading the game's manual before playing I was thinking "Oh shi- This is gonna suck", but when in game the menu system is massively easy. Hold down RB, press either Y, X, B or A. What the FUCK is difficult about that? - The voice acting is a mixbag, at best. While Alicia (voiced by Sarah Natochenny) sounds satisfyingly brooding, Maxwell is overacted (although since his voice actor, Sean Shcemmel, has worked in Dragonballz before, this isn't surprising). The rest of the characters don't even talk enough, except for 'Darkness', and that's your generic demonic voice or whatever. In conclusion no, Bullet Witch is not the perfect game it could in theory be, but neither are a lot of games. Halo 2 anyone? But past it all it's still enjoyable if you're a fan of the genre (and since I'm not, that comes as a surprise to me). A poorly thought out rant and every single argument can be countered.

- I have never once experienced the AI standing still. They are always on the move which makes it a bitch to hit them.

- I’ve found no problem with the graphics, as everything looks nice and crisp, and the “seizure shadows” seems blatantly made up.

- I will agree that the camera is difficult to control, but it isn’t exactly a steep learning curve to reign it in.

- I haven’t seen any “sunspots” while in lighted areas, but I’ll admit that darkened areas are almost too dark to see anything.

- Lack of jumping? Oh come on, some games jump; some don’t. Get over it.

- I haven’t encountered any “invisible barriers” either. Perhaps I’m just not trying to rush my way through the game.

- The hype here about the spell-casting being difficult is Grade A bullshit. When I was reading the game’s manual before playing I was thinking “Oh shi- This is gonna suck”, but when in game the menu system is massively easy. Hold down RB, press either Y, X, B or A. What the FUCK is difficult about that?

- The voice acting is a mixbag, at best. While Alicia (voiced by Sarah Natochenny) sounds satisfyingly brooding, Maxwell is overacted (although since his voice actor, Sean Shcemmel, has worked in Dragonballz before, this isn’t surprising).
The rest of the characters don’t even talk enough, except for ‘Darkness’, and that’s your generic demonic voice or whatever.

In conclusion no, Bullet Witch is not the perfect game it could in theory be, but neither are a lot of games. Halo 2 anyone?
But past it all it’s still enjoyable if you’re a fan of the genre (and since I’m not, that comes as a surprise to me).

]]> By: pike http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-38287 pike Tue, 01 May 2007 09:46:20 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-38287 I just got bullet witch and it seemed ok to me, yes it is rather repedetive but hey there are alot of games that are, it wasn't that dark i donno what your tv is but it must be pretty bad if you think the game was dark as for the spell system being shit i think i was fine although i will admit the lightning spell was a bit annoying all in all its alright for a first attempt as i have never heard of the company that made it (and no it wasnt atari) but the story could have been a little better and the voice acting wasnt as bad as i have seen in some games (house of the dead :P) anyway thats my 5c I just got bullet witch and it seemed ok to me, yes it is rather repedetive but hey there are alot of games that are, it wasn’t that dark i donno what your tv is but it must be pretty bad if you think the game was dark as for the spell system being shit i think i was fine although i will admit the lightning spell was a bit annoying all in all its alright for a first attempt as i have never heard of the company that made it (and no it wasnt atari) but the story could have been a little better and the voice acting wasnt as bad as i have seen in some games (house of the dead :P) anyway thats my 5c

]]> By: ATDude http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-16446 ATDude Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:57:52 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-16446 I work at Atari. I had to play Bullet Witch for several hours a day as part of my job. Let me just say that I sympathize. As a hardcore (and I mean hardcore. Like Warren Spector-worshipping, Beyond Good & Evil-loving, I-got-100%-in-Rez-and-an-A-in-Gitaroo-Man hardcore) gamer who just happened to find his way into a publisher's office by luck and the grace of several minor deities, it was, how shall I say... UNCOMFORTABLE ...to plumb the depths of a game like Bullet Witch to the degree I had to in order to do my job. When you work for any company in an industry that genuinely matters to you, you really, truly, honestly want the company to do well. It's a matter of pride. I think I forced myself to like Test Drive Unlimited far more than it was actually worth as a result of this. But every once in a while, a game like Bullet Witch comes down the pipe, and all you can do is buckle down and hope the impending shitstorm manages to miss you on its way to the game's creators. Seriously, I wince every time I see the words "Bullet Witch" on a gaming website, because I know what lies on the other side of that hyperlink. Remember the Silicon Knights IGN blog about "The Ice Bucket", recounting the sordid details of Too Human's spectacular failure at E3 2006? Well, it's like that, but our game's already on SHELVES. There's no chance of salvaging the wreckage. Oh, and there aren't any Norse gods, which would've TOTALLY saved Bullet Witch. I work at Atari.

I had to play Bullet Witch for several hours a day as part of my job.

Let me just say that I sympathize. As a hardcore (and I mean hardcore. Like Warren Spector-worshipping, Beyond Good & Evil-loving, I-got-100%-in-Rez-and-an-A-in-Gitaroo-Man hardcore) gamer who just happened to find his way into a publisher’s office by luck and the grace of several minor deities, it was, how shall I say…

UNCOMFORTABLE

…to plumb the depths of a game like Bullet Witch to the degree I had to in order to do my job. When you work for any company in an industry that genuinely matters to you, you really, truly, honestly want the company to do well. It’s a matter of pride. I think I forced myself to like Test Drive Unlimited far more than it was actually worth as a result of this. But every once in a while, a game like Bullet Witch comes down the pipe, and all you can do is buckle down and hope the impending shitstorm manages to miss you on its way to the game’s creators.

Seriously, I wince every time I see the words “Bullet Witch” on a gaming website, because I know what lies on the other side of that hyperlink.

Remember the Silicon Knights IGN blog about “The Ice Bucket”, recounting the sordid details of Too Human’s spectacular failure at E3 2006? Well, it’s like that, but our game’s already on SHELVES. There’s no chance of salvaging the wreckage.

Oh, and there aren’t any Norse gods, which would’ve TOTALLY saved Bullet Witch.

]]> By: saga456 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-16354 saga456 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:59:11 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-16354 just got it and its a 6.5 at most but seems to be gettin better as i progress throught the game controls suck but they take some getting used to like any other game out rent it or gamefly it just got it and its a 6.5 at most but seems to be gettin better as i progress throught the game
controls suck but they take some getting used to like any other game out rent it or gamefly it

]]> By: jgats http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-16293 jgats Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:25:35 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-16293 I love crackdown and I am currently playing bullet witch. Bullet Witch is not that bad. It has more issues than most .. but don't let this moron who is only interested in traffic to his review steer you clear from the game. I love crackdown and I am currently playing bullet witch. Bullet Witch is not that bad. It has more issues than most .. but don’t let this moron who is only interested in traffic to his review steer you clear from the game.

]]> By: Yourmom http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-16109 Yourmom Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:48:12 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-16109 Apparently the reviewers suck to bad to work at a real website like IGN or Gamespot. Bullet Witch isn't perfect but I would at least says its average. It can be a lot of fun and is definitely worth at least a rental. Apparently the reviewers suck to bad to work at a real website like IGN or Gamespot. Bullet Witch isn’t perfect but I would at least says its average. It can be a lot of fun and is definitely worth at least a rental.

]]> By: Scott http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-15714 Scott Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:19:59 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-15714 While that is true, you do in fact jump with it. You can jump onto cars, ledges, over rubble, bad guys etc. It should resolve the "long way around" problems. I used it quite a bit. Best While that is true, you do in fact jump with it. You can jump onto cars, ledges, over rubble, bad guys etc.
It should resolve the “long way around” problems. I used it quite a bit.

Best

]]> By: Dan Zuccarelli http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-15704 Dan Zuccarelli Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:14:03 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-15704 Scott, in the manual the left trigger is referred to as the dodge button. I used it to get around some obstacles, but usually just ended up being frustrated. Scott, in the manual the left trigger is referred to as the dodge button. I used it to get around some obstacles, but usually just ended up being frustrated.

]]> By: Scott http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-15696 Scott Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:06:03 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-15696 There is an error in this article. Your small ledge problems will go away if you hit the left trigger button. Yes you can jump. No doubt that would of added to your anger. Honestly I don't see how you got very far in the game not knowing this. Especially in the subway tunnels when you shoot the ceiling. The 3 major points I agree with are 1. Cumbersome system for casting spells 2. Camera angle too low to the ground 3. The shadows/lighting etc. at times are annoying. Cheers. Scott There is an error in this article. Your small ledge problems will go away if you hit the left trigger button. Yes you can jump. No doubt that would of added to your anger. Honestly I don’t see how you got very far in the game not knowing this. Especially in the subway tunnels when you shoot the ceiling.

The 3 major points I agree with are
1. Cumbersome system for casting spells
2. Camera angle too low to the ground
3. The shadows/lighting etc. at times are annoying.

Cheers.
Scott

]]> By: Leo http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-15640 Leo Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:15:25 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-15640 Interestingly enough, this review makes me want to play the game. If it is THIS bad, I've got to try it for myself ... I just won't use my normal gamertag so that I can save myself the embarassment. Interestingly enough, this review makes me want to play the game. If it is THIS bad, I’ve got to try it for myself … I just won’t use my normal gamertag so that I can save myself the embarassment.

]]> By: Danny M http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-14044 Danny M Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:24:05 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-14044 damn these comments are just way too long for me to start reading now. I'm going back to my good 'ol "Speak and Spell" damn these comments are just way too long for me to start reading now. I’m going back to my good ‘ol “Speak and Spell”

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]]> By: Dan Zuccarelli http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13870 Dan Zuccarelli Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:38:09 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13870 I would love for Atari to get ahold of me, then I can find out what the hell went wrong I would love for Atari to get ahold of me, then I can find out what the hell went wrong

]]> By: Jaradcel http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13736 Jaradcel Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:53:12 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13736 Hah! Atari wrote to me when I wrote a review on the Asian (Japan-only at the time, but still released all over Asia) version and called it a horrid dreck of a mess and gave it a flat Zero (And it ran in the newspapers too. I wish I could prove this, but being a freelancer, I'd sort of like to, ya know, keep my job) Was brilliant to see Atari write back with a flaming letter demanding why and saying I hadn't played the game to the end (Which I did... horrific as it was) and then seeing me write an equally long letter explaining in painstaking detail why it totally sucked. I was hoping against hope that someone up there heard, what with all the hoo hah about it coming to America (And the new sets of costumes) but clearly it never got any way better. HAH! I feel vindicated now. Hah! Atari wrote to me when I wrote a review on the Asian (Japan-only at the time, but still released all over Asia) version and called it a horrid dreck of a mess and gave it a flat Zero (And it ran in the newspapers too. I wish I could prove this, but being a freelancer, I’d sort of like to, ya know, keep my job)

Was brilliant to see Atari write back with a flaming letter demanding why and saying I hadn’t played the game to the end (Which I did… horrific as it was) and then seeing me write an equally long letter explaining in painstaking detail why it totally sucked.

I was hoping against hope that someone up there heard, what with all the hoo hah about it coming to America (And the new sets of costumes) but clearly it never got any way better. HAH! I feel vindicated now.

]]> By: B http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13618 B Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:02:24 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13618 Why would I be jealous of you dude? I was stating that no one cares that I worked for Gamestop just like no one cares you worked at Compusa. You think I wish I had been in control of any videogame section in any retail store? Dude I was 16 when I started working there, 19 when I finished. There isn't a day that I miss working at a retail videogame store. Being an assistant manager at a Gamestop isn't one of the strong points of my resume.(There's nothing wrong with working at a videogame store, just not fun for me like it was 8 years ago) Your rediculously self-centered attitude is off putting and arrogant. I'm done. Enjoy your day. Why would I be jealous of you dude? I was stating that no one cares that I worked for Gamestop just like no one cares you worked at Compusa. You think I wish I had been in control of any videogame section in any retail store? Dude I was 16 when I started working there, 19 when I finished. There isn’t a day that I miss working at a retail videogame store. Being an assistant manager at a Gamestop isn’t one of the strong points of my resume.(There’s nothing wrong with working at a videogame store, just not fun for me like it was 8 years ago) Your rediculously self-centered attitude is off putting and arrogant. I’m done. Enjoy your day.

]]> By: Thegreatcerebral http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13615 Thegreatcerebral Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:43:31 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13615 Actually I don't but I have a sense of humor and the fact that dude tried to gloat his experiences as well goes to show that indeed he is jealous at what I said. I am very headstrong when it comes to what I believe and that is one of my best qualities and one of my worst qualities at the same time. Basically B should have known that they cannot change someones opinion of anything with words considering the information I already gave (that I have in fact played the game). Notice I never tried to change B's opinion. Actually I don’t but I have a sense of humor and the fact that dude tried to gloat his experiences as well goes to show that indeed he is jealous at what I said. I am very headstrong when it comes to what I believe and that is one of my best qualities and one of my worst qualities at the same time. Basically B should have known that they cannot change someones opinion of anything with words considering the information I already gave (that I have in fact played the game). Notice I never tried to change B’s opinion.

]]> By: greshkov http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13614 greshkov Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:29:59 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13614 "There is no reason for you to get jealous over this." someone has an awfully high opinion of themselves, huh? how about we just leave this where it is and move on? “There is no reason for you to get jealous over this.”

someone has an awfully high opinion of themselves, huh? how about we just leave this where it is and move on?

]]> By: Thegreatcerebral http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13612 Thegreatcerebral Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:10:53 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13612 It was the management team who obviously realized what I was doing and gave me the position I held. There is no reason for you to get jealous over this. Also I will have you know that I only purchased Gears when it was (along with THP8) $39.99 at Target about a week after Christmas (I believe that was when it was on sale). Also I can easily see where/why Battlestations: Midway would be a snorefest to some which is why I was giving my opinion. I also thing that B:M is a game that is very fun to play online with others. Single player is not all that fun and I would much rather load up Age of Empires III. I never put Zuke's actual review down. I was referring to the fact that nothing about this game that had come out to this point had been promising and that Zuke should have taken that into consideration and made mention when this article was written. And for the record I will say now that I have only purchased a few games for my 360 and that is because they are games that I really enjoy and were priced what I felt games should be priced at. I believe that the way to go for this new generation of video games is gamefly, gameznflix or any other onine rental service. Your $ will go much further with a service like this than purchasing games and trying to play the whole trade-in game. I paid $12.99/mo. for 2 games out at a time. I had gameznflix and because they never had games in stock as well as my purchasing of Gears (which I found myself playing most of the time) I decided to cancel. If this article from Zuke helped you save money then you are sad that either 1. You would flat out purchase a non-blockbuster title without trying it first or 2. that you seem to have an issue with paying $8 (local Blockbuster price) for a rental. Regarding your thought that there need to be garbage games... No there is no need to ever have garbage games. Any game, no matter what the premise or story line, can be a good game if done correctly. As mentioned by Zuke, the developers were obviously lazy in their coding. Also saying that dev costs keep going up is wrong. This game did not have dev costs go up or they would have put out a quality title that would be worth people's money. Dev costs do not have to keep increasing with each title released. The key is for companies to find a sweet spot and work with it. Look at the XBLA titles for example, those do not have high dev costs and some of them are better than some of the full-blown games to come out. There can be games in a genre you do not like and it is ok, there can be games that you may not like the idea or story line of and it is ok but by no means should a company be putting out crap and expecting people to pay top dollar for their crap. BTW I did not give myself that name. That name was given to me by my friends YEARS ago, I started using it in games and everything else and it stuck. It was the management team who obviously realized what I was doing and gave me the position I held. There is no reason for you to get jealous over this.
Also I will have you know that I only purchased Gears when it was (along with THP8) $39.99 at Target about a week after Christmas (I believe that was when it was on sale).
Also I can easily see where/why Battlestations: Midway would be a snorefest to some which is why I was giving my opinion. I also thing that B:M is a game that is very fun to play online with others. Single player is not all that fun and I would much rather load up Age of Empires III.
I never put Zuke’s actual review down. I was referring to the fact that nothing about this game that had come out to this point had been promising and that Zuke should have taken that into consideration and made mention when this article was written.
And for the record I will say now that I have only purchased a few games for my 360 and that is because they are games that I really enjoy and were priced what I felt games should be priced at. I believe that the way to go for this new generation of video games is gamefly, gameznflix or any other onine rental service. Your $ will go much further with a service like this than purchasing games and trying to play the whole trade-in game. I paid $12.99/mo. for 2 games out at a time. I had gameznflix and because they never had games in stock as well as my purchasing of Gears (which I found myself playing most of the time) I decided to cancel.
If this article from Zuke helped you save money then you are sad that either 1. You would flat out purchase a non-blockbuster title without trying it first or 2. that you seem to have an issue with paying $8 (local Blockbuster price) for a rental.
Regarding your thought that there need to be garbage games… No there is no need to ever have garbage games. Any game, no matter what the premise or story line, can be a good game if done correctly. As mentioned by Zuke, the developers were obviously lazy in their coding. Also saying that dev costs keep going up is wrong. This game did not have dev costs go up or they would have put out a quality title that would be worth people’s money. Dev costs do not have to keep increasing with each title released. The key is for companies to find a sweet spot and work with it. Look at the XBLA titles for example, those do not have high dev costs and some of them are better than some of the full-blown games to come out. There can be games in a genre you do not like and it is ok, there can be games that you may not like the idea or story line of and it is ok but by no means should a company be putting out crap and expecting people to pay top dollar for their crap.
BTW I did not give myself that name. That name was given to me by my friends YEARS ago, I started using it in games and everything else and it stuck.

]]> By: B http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13608 B Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:27:28 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13608 Well sorry, I didn't know you were so "highly regarded". But what does that have to do with anything? I worked at Babbage's before it adopted the Gamestop banner, this was when Dreamcast came out all the way past the release of OG Xbox and Gamecube, but I will not tell someone that they deserved a bad experience for buying a game that they were hoping to enjoy. Nor will I tell you that I think your purchase of what I think is the most overrated game of all time, Gears of War, is not worth the price of $60. I will not tell you that I think Battlestations: Midway is a snorefest to me and I won't say "Congratulations for buying a $50 Xbox Live equivilant game!" in reference to your purchase of Fuzion Frenzy. You know why? Because you didn't ask me my opinion. Zuke was doing us all a favor by giving us a honest review and letting us know how very bad this game is. To that I say, thanks Zuke for helping me save my money. And as far as there being more garbage games, yeah it shouldn't be that way. But what are we going to do about it? Dev costs go up and we pay to play. Devs have more to implement in games with the same amount of time as last gen, it happens. But what do I know? I'm just B, I'm not Thegreatcerebral person that you are, forgive me. Well sorry, I didn’t know you were so “highly regarded”. But what does that have to do with anything? I worked at Babbage’s before it adopted the Gamestop banner, this was when Dreamcast came out all the way past the release of OG Xbox and Gamecube, but I will not tell someone that they deserved a bad experience for buying a game that they were hoping to enjoy. Nor will I tell you that I think your purchase of what I think is the most overrated game of all time, Gears of War, is not worth the price of $60. I will not tell you that I think Battlestations: Midway is a snorefest to me and I won’t say “Congratulations for buying a $50 Xbox Live equivilant game!” in reference to your purchase of Fuzion Frenzy. You know why? Because you didn’t ask me my opinion.
Zuke was doing us all a favor by giving us a honest review and letting us know how very bad this game is. To that I say, thanks Zuke for helping me save my money. And as far as there being more garbage games, yeah it shouldn’t be that way. But what are we going to do about it? Dev costs go up and we pay to play. Devs have more to implement in games with the same amount of time as last gen, it happens. But what do I know? I’m just B, I’m not Thegreatcerebral person that you are, forgive me.

]]> By: Thegreatcerebral http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13581 Thegreatcerebral Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:08:50 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13581 First of all I have played Crackdown and I did not like it. I do enjoy the occasional sandbox game however this one just never caught on with me. Never did I say that anyone needs to listen to me and my ranting about games. I do have some experience and when I worked in retail (at a CompUSA no less) I had customers that would personally come into the store to ask my opinion about games because I was that highly regarded which is the reason why I was head of Video Games and still to this day I have people (whom I have not seen for years) call me asking me about x game and whatnot. I also worked as a part of the original Xbox launch team (retail rep). To answer your question as of right now you can go to my site (click the little link where it says my name) and I have put my gamercard on my myspace page. Obviously from there you can see what I have played recently. Gears of War is really the game right now that never leaves the console and that game is FAR from PERFECT however since I am trying to do the Old Spice Challenge I have been stretching my games out to try to grab gamerpoints. I will still stand by my thoughts that Crackdown and Lost Planet were both over hyped and placing a beta into a mediocre game has been a ploy for quite some time to get sales of said game up. I will have to also say that two of the better games to have come out recently that were way underrated were Battlestations: Midway and Fusion Frenzy 2 and two games that are coming out that are going to be great are going to be Guitar Heroes II, Castle Crashers(no release date that I am aware of) and Worms(same here with release date). I just don't understand what is so incredible about this game. What makes it better than the GTA series or different from Saint's Row? To me it has that "it's been done before" and "same old thing" feel but with the ability to obtain super-human skills. I would think that one could have more fun with Gary's Mod but then again like I said the game just didn't do anything for me and I'm sticking to that. On another note "for every good game, there's hundreds of garbage ones." This does not have to be the case as if this game was so horrible then it should have never gotten approval. Also my problem with "garbage" games on the new next gen systems is that everyone accepts the new $59.99 price tag and we are not at the point where garbage games are released for $29.99 or $39.99. I have a problem with that. L8r First of all I have played Crackdown and I did not like it. I do enjoy the occasional sandbox game however this one just never caught on with me.
Never did I say that anyone needs to listen to me and my ranting about games. I do have some experience and when I worked in retail (at a CompUSA no less) I had customers that would personally come into the store to ask my opinion about games because I was that highly regarded which is the reason why I was head of Video Games and still to this day I have people (whom I have not seen for years) call me asking me about x game and whatnot. I also worked as a part of the original Xbox launch team (retail rep).
To answer your question as of right now you can go to my site (click the little link where it says my name) and I have put my gamercard on my myspace page. Obviously from there you can see what I have played recently. Gears of War is really the game right now that never leaves the console and that game is FAR from PERFECT however since I am trying to do the Old Spice Challenge I have been stretching my games out to try to grab gamerpoints. I will still stand by my thoughts that Crackdown and Lost Planet were both over hyped and placing a beta into a mediocre game has been a ploy for quite some time to get sales of said game up. I will have to also say that two of the better games to have come out recently that were way underrated were Battlestations: Midway and Fusion Frenzy 2 and two games that are coming out that are going to be great are going to be Guitar Heroes II, Castle Crashers(no release date that I am aware of) and Worms(same here with release date).
I just don’t understand what is so incredible about this game. What makes it better than the GTA series or different from Saint’s Row? To me it has that “it’s been done before” and “same old thing” feel but with the ability to obtain super-human skills. I would think that one could have more fun with Gary’s Mod but then again like I said the game just didn’t do anything for me and I’m sticking to that.
On another note “for every good game, there’s hundreds of garbage ones.” This does not have to be the case as if this game was so horrible then it should have never gotten approval. Also my problem with “garbage” games on the new next gen systems is that everyone accepts the new $59.99 price tag and we are not at the point where garbage games are released for $29.99 or $39.99. I have a problem with that.
L8r

]]> By: gnome http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13573 gnome Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:55:30 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13573 Guess it's a wullet bitch then, aint it? heh. Yes, I know. Sorry 'bout that.. Guess it’s a wullet bitch then, aint it? heh. Yes, I know. Sorry ’bout that..

]]> By: B http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13559 B Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:06:23 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13559 I will say this, and probably be gunned down on the way home by millions of Master Chief faithfuls. I didn't buy Crackdown for the stinkin beta! Crackdown goes against all my beliefs of what a quaility game should be. It has no real goal or one to really push you to care about. It has no story. And its mad short. Yet I still love it to death. No its not perfect, but it is extremely fun. And because he decided to try a game, never played it, and didn't know it sucked as hard as it did, he deserves to have suffered? Who died and made you the greatest god of gaming choices.I agree, games that are utterly terrible should not pass through Microsofts quality tests so easily, but for every good game, there's hundreds of garbage ones. For the record, what games do you play that are so perfect that you can look down your nose on others for their purchases? I will say this, and probably be gunned down on the way home by millions of Master Chief faithfuls. I didn’t buy Crackdown for the stinkin beta! Crackdown goes against all my beliefs of what a quaility game should be. It has no real goal or one to really push you to care about. It has no story. And its mad short. Yet I still love it to death. No its not perfect, but it is extremely fun. And because he decided to try a game, never played it, and didn’t know it sucked as hard as it did, he deserves to have suffered? Who died and made you the greatest god of gaming choices.I agree, games that are utterly terrible should not pass through Microsofts quality tests so easily, but for every good game, there’s hundreds of garbage ones. For the record, what games do you play that are so perfect that you can look down your nose on others for their purchases?

]]> By: Katana http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13556 Katana Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:46:14 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13556 I doubt he has, admittedly Crackdown is not the greatest game ever but it is a very good title in its own right. To me the Halo 3 beta invite is just an added bonus to an already good title. Of course I will say that its ending sucked, at least if they don't make a sequel. If there's a sequel coming then it was a great setup for that. I doubt he has, admittedly Crackdown is not the greatest game ever but it is a very good title in its own right. To me the Halo 3 beta invite is just an added bonus to an already good title. Of course I will say that its ending sucked, at least if they don’t make a sequel. If there’s a sequel coming then it was a great setup for that.

]]> By: Kevin Alexander http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13554 Kevin Alexander Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:40:55 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13554 Thegreatcerebral: Have you actually played Crackdown? It's anything but mediocre. Thegreatcerebral:

Have you actually played Crackdown? It’s anything but mediocre.

]]> By: Thegreatcerebral http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13548 Thegreatcerebral Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:22:53 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13548 If you couldn't tell this game was going to be this way from the game videos that have come out for it then you deserved to have a horrific time playing this POS. What really bugs me is that this game (I will never play it mind you) seems to be horribly made and managed to get through Microsoft's "rigorous" quality testing however Worms (which is a solid franchise) took FOREVER to get approved??? It appears that you can squeeze your way through the approval process as long as you throw some $$ at it. Either that or MS has a great idea going by allowing the release of crap games to make the mediocre games like Crackdown (I'm sorry but people only purchased this game the way it sold because of the Halo 3 beta) and Lost Planet look that much better. L8r If you couldn’t tell this game was going to be this way from the game videos that have come out for it then you deserved to have a horrific time playing this POS.

What really bugs me is that this game (I will never play it mind you) seems to be horribly made and managed to get through Microsoft’s “rigorous” quality testing however Worms (which is a solid franchise) took FOREVER to get approved??? It appears that you can squeeze your way through the approval process as long as you throw some $$ at it. Either that or MS has a great idea going by allowing the release of crap games to make the mediocre games like Crackdown (I’m sorry but people only purchased this game the way it sold because of the Halo 3 beta) and Lost Planet look that much better.

L8r

]]> By: Dan Zuccarelli http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13544 Dan Zuccarelli Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:05:09 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13544 that, my friend, is pretty much what I was going for. Looking at it now I can see it's kind of a rambling mess of a review, but so be it. It's a hate-filled rant against a game that has no right to exist that, my friend, is pretty much what I was going for.

Looking at it now I can see it’s kind of a rambling mess of a review, but so be it.

It’s a hate-filled rant against a game that has no right to exist

]]> By: B http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13540 B Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:59:14 +0000 http://www.thebbps.com/blog/2007/03/01/bullet-witch-review/#comment-13540 Wow Zuke, I can feel the anger of you purchase through your review. Wow Zuke, I can feel the anger of you purchase through your review.

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