Bulletstorm shows that reviewers are paid off.

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#1 dj_pulserfan
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Every single line of dialog in this game is forced and the Profanity is used in a way that makes every single character seem like a 5 year old foreign kid that barely knows what the words mean. Lines such as "Don't come any closer or I'll kill your dicks." only continue to prove my point.

While I think certain aspects of the gameplay may be fun but at many parts, the action feels like it doesn't go as far as it could have.

It also tries to weave some kind of story which isn't anywhere near interesting with an environment that Games like this should provide the player with diverse environments and crazy outlandish places.

It tries to be funny, it really does and all their attempts at joke remind me of Spider-Man without the intentional corniness

To sum it up, Bulletstorm is just "average" and it has maybe three or four hours worth of solid enjoyment then after that is nothing more than artificial game lengthening.

So, unless you're a 10 year old who laughs at curse words I'd avoid this game.

But the same thing is said about Gears of War and yet, it receives 9's across the board from all major reviewers. When in reality, both Gears and Bulletstorm are the same, souless and generic shooters to ever grace the video game market.

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#2 dotWithShoes
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All that hate on bulletstorm to merely down Gears.. bravo!
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#3 Ace6301
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COD already showed that anyway. I haven't played Bulletstorm but I didn't really find GEOW to be really notable at all.
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#4 WilliamRLBaker
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I don't like Game A and B therefor anyone that does is unreliable, paid off, fanboys.
How dare they have an opinion that isn't exactly like mine.

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#5 campzor
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in your opinion... not everything has to have a Shakespearean script.. jesus
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#6 tagyhag
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From the Gamespot review: "The excessive profanity stops being funny very quickly" So there goes that theory. Also, does anyone find it funny that they put "Weak story" as part of "The Bad" section? I bet they're going to pull off the same thing with Duke Nukem Forever, it's like they don't know what game they're playing. :lol:
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#7 soulitane
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Sure it does brah.

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#8 deactivated-5e7be39d87e0b
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But how does this prove that game reviewers are financially persuaded to give a game a good score?

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#9 mD-
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Or it could prove that their idiots (although I haven't played the full version of this game) Did GamesRadar actually say this game was funny? Or was the humor a negative in their review. I didn't actually go through the Games Radar review yet.

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#10 AAllxxjjnn
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Taking this game far too seriously.
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#11 dj_pulserfan
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But how does this prove that game reviewers are financially persuaded to give a game a good score?

bez2083

Because Gears suffers from the same flaws, yet it gets a 9. Bulletstorm has the same exact flaws if not worse and it's getting "average" ratings.

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#12 SoraX64
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If you don't like it so much, OP, will you send me your copy of the game?
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#13 WilliamRLBaker
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If you don't like it so much, OP, will you send me your copy of the game?SoraX64
me!!! give it to me!!! ill pay shipping and handling!!!
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#14 Rage010101
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i havent and dont plan to play bulletstorm anytime soon, but gears of war is actually a good game. loved the multiplayer

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#15 soulitane
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[QUOTE="bez2083"]

But how does this prove that game reviewers are financially persuaded to give a game a good score?

dj_pulserfan

Because Gears suffers from the same flaws, yet it gets a 9. Bulletstorm has the same exact flaws if not worse and it's getting "average" ratings.

Average ratings being 8 and above?

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#16 kumarab
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Exclusive shooter A flops(on SW), fanboy B takes a multiplat shooter C and carefully spins it to belittle exclusive shooter D on another console. That's system wars for you.

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#17 xhawk27
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Still mad at Killzone 3 flopping! :lol:

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#18 JustPlainLucas
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So are you saying that if Bulletstorm was a 360 exclusive, it would have earned a better score?
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#19 dj_pulserfan
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Exclusive shooter A flops(on SW), fanboy B takes a multiplat shooter C and carefully spins it to belittle exclusive shooter D on another console. That's system wars for you.

kumarab

I love how different opinions = trolling. Now THATS systems war for you.

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#21 kumarab
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^^Lack of IQ for the win!!

I didn't even mention which out of A, C or D I prefer. Heck, for all you know..A could be my favourite game of all time. Yet, you come out with this opinion nonsense. You didn't mention any opinion, you're just here spouting nonsense about how reviwers are bribed and what not.Please, just walk away..put a helmet on..before you or anyone else gets hurt.

Please let me know if that was too cryptic for you.

EDIT--^^Directed at the OP's post ..not the one above mine.

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#22 Ultra_Combo
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Grow up dude the whole MS pays off reviewers is immature an the worst damage control imaginable , if you actually believe that then I really pity you. by the way if 85 on metacritic is "average reviews" then I gues you agree that Flopzone 3 is an average game to right , oh no let me guess MS pays sites to give lower scores to PS3 games right :roll:.

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#23 WilliamRLBaker
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[QUOTE="dj_pulserfan"]

[QUOTE="kumarab"]

Exclusive shooter A flops(on SW), fanboy B takes a multiplat shooter C and carefully spins it to belittle exclusive shooter D on another console. That's system wars for you.

I love how different opinions = trolling. Now THATS systems war for you.

Different opinions isn't trolling...saying I didn't like this game here are the reasons why. saying that the game sucks basically has horrible story...etc then saying obviously someone paid out for good reviews..etc then saying basically the same was done for Gears does equal trolling...
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[QUOTE="tagyhag"]From the Gamespot review: "The excessive profanity stops being funny very quickly" So there goes that theory. Also, does anyone find it funny that they put "Weak story" as part of "The Bad" section? I bet they're going to pull off the same thing with Duke Nukem Forever, it's like they don't know what game they're playing. :lol:

You're wrong, the profanity symbolizes the main character's inner struggles as he attempts to fight his demons.
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#25 TheMightyHoov
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Yeah you sound like you totally played both games :roll:

Get over it and stop spouting nonsense that reviewers were bribed. And I like how you use a multiplat to redirect everything at an exclusive.

Bulletstorm wasnt even meant to be this big deep story. It was meant to be funny, stupid, and vulgar.

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#26 _SWAG_
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agreed 10 thou. killzone3 deserved the higher majority scores imho its has better graphics

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#27 PSdual_wielder
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Well its not the first of its kind. Its one thing to aesthetically "not take itself seriously", its another to be completely irresponsible and have senseless lines in the excuse for that motive.

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#28 TheMightyHoov
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agreed 10 thou. killzone3 deserved the higher majority scores imho its has better graphics

_SWAG_

Cant say Im surprised by your post

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#29 lamprey263
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From what you're saying I doubt you've played it, this sounds like you came to these conclusions from reviews you read and nothing more. I did pick it up, and I'm really enjoying it. Your loss.
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#30 UnrealLegend
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agreed 10 thou. killzone3 deserved the higher majority scores imho its has better graphics

_SWAG_

Of course, because obviously better graphics= better game. :roll:

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#31 _Cadbury_
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I've always seen it as a game I'd be very embarassed to be caught playing, just personally. Mainly due to the dialogue you mention, and their 'humor' style.
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#32 Bigboi500
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Games like this are usually nothing more than rentals for me.

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#33 TheMightyHoov
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I've always seen it as a game I'd be very embarassed to be caught playing, just personally. Mainly due to the dialogue you mention, and their 'humor' style._Cadbury_

I would be more embarrassed to be caught playing a game like Bayonetta :P

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#34 strangeisland
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:lol:

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#35 funsohng
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Your biggest letdown (profanity and the weak story, which, since Bulletstorm is poking fun at these anyway, can be seen as intentional) are addressed in the review. Your complaint about some gameplay aspects not going far enough isn't explained well enough in your argument And maybe you have differing opinion to most of the reviewers and other players who have enjoyed the game?
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#36 Crazyguy105
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The dialogue is really bad. lol

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#37 Espada12
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How was gears of war even close to generic?

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#38 funsohng
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How was gears of war even close to generic?

Espada12
It became generic because every 3rd Person Shooter on the market decided to play like Gears. :P
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#39 spookykid143
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[QUOTE="_SWAG_"]

agreed 10 thou. killzone3 deserved the higher majority scores imho its has better graphics

UnrealLegend

Of course, because obviously better graphics= better game. :roll:

Don't take him seriously.

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#40 Espada12
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[QUOTE="Espada12"]

How was gears of war even close to generic?

funsohng

It became generic because every 3rd Person Shooter on the market decided to play like Gears. :P

It was so awesome it made itself generic! :O!

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#41 rzepak
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Oh my another person with an opinion that differs from that of a reviewer. How original. The proof op gives to support his claim is, I think we can all agree, impossible to dispute.

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#42 Avian005
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If you think Bulletstorm and Gears of War are the same, you clearly have not played either game... -_-

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#43 Vaasman
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The flaws in Gears of war and the flaws in bulletstorm are not the same at all. I have to wonder if you've even played either if you think that.

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#44 Gator08
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"Ill kill your dick!"

"Youll kill my dick? What does that even mean?"

I laughed at that in the game. Yeah maybe they over do it a bit, but i find it funny sometimes and the gameplay mechanics are really great. Instead of shooting at people I find myself scanning the environment for what i should impale them onto or kick at them. Its a good game, get over it.

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#45 dj_pulserfan
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The flaws in Gears of war and the flaws in bulletstorm are not the same at all. I have to wonder if you've even played either if you think that.

Vaasman

I literally had to turn on the profanity filter in gears 2 cause I got tired of hearing the darn F & S word every 20 seconds.

Running out of ammo: "S***"

Perfect reload: "F*** YEAH!"

Get shot one: "F***"

Random dialog: "Instert various curse words here"

Far as the jokes, like I said, they're as bad as Spider-Man minus the intentional corniness and most of them TRY to be jokes an half of them end up being misfired as normal dialog.

They're both generic space men shoot big creatures screaming profanity; If I wanted to watch starship-troopers I'd do just that, at least the writing is better.

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#46 Hatiko
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Lines such as "Don't come any closer or I'll kill your dicks." only continue to prove my point.

dj_pulserfan

Then right after that Gray says "Kill your dicks? What does that even mean?"

So at least the characters didn't know what it meant either.

And why the heck were you paying attention to the dialogue so much.

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#47 dakan45
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If people had to pay for 8s...then you sir cant get past the fact that this game you think it sucks, its actually good and not the crap you make it to be. So what if it has profanity? I thought the elevator scene was hillarious. Also congrats for calling bulletstom a "generic shooter" :lol:
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#48 Hatiko
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If people had to pay for 8s...then you sir cant get past the fact that this game you think it sucks, its actually good and not the crap you make it to be. So what if it has profanity? I thought the elevator scene was hillarious. Also congrats for calling bulletstom a "generic shooter" :lol:dakan45

Don't you know? Every FPS is generic. Especially to people who never played them.

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#49 dakan45
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[QUOTE="dakan45"]If people had to pay for 8s...then you sir cant get past the fact that this game you think it sucks, its actually good and not the crap you make it to be. So what if it has profanity? I thought the elevator scene was hillarious. Also congrats for calling bulletstom a "generic shooter" :lol:Hatiko

Don't you know? Every FPS is generic. Especially to people who never played them.

First the meaning of "Generic fps" had turn into the word they used to describe every modern fps. Now, everything esle is generic too. Go figure...
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#50 rybe1025
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agreed 10 thou. killzone3 deserved the higher majority scores imho its has better graphics

_SWAG_

I am starting to think even you do not believe the stuff you type. I mean no one could think that way and be serious.