I think the gaming press at large may have the wrong impression of Bulletstorm. Does it look awesome? Yes. Am I now, after seeing this write-up, anticipating the fuck out of this game? Yes. Is it as revolutionary as everyone seems to be saying? Well… no.

Take a look at this vid of the game in action. I’ll wait…

Back? Ok good. First off I should say that I’m the type of dude who doesn’t give a shit if a game (or a movie or a piece of music) is all that original. I don’t like when something is a blatant rip-off, but you don’t need to have an overall concept that is completely new. Make your execution interesting is all I ask. I’m saying all that to say that me saying Bulletstorm is not revolutionary is not a criticism.

Just me correcting what I feel is a misconception.

So what is the game if not revolutionary? It’s an evolution of Epic’s shooter. Epic didn’t develop the game (a company called People Can Fly), but this is clearly a next-gen Unreal game and that excites the hell outta me. Back when I was a pup I used to play nothing but Unreal and Tribes. Somewhere along the way our FPSs turned into semi-serious war sims as a standard. Even Halo, with it’s outlandish sci-fi setting, is fairly dark and takes it’s world pretty seriously (anyone else read those novels?).

What this game is doing is the same as the current Hollywood trend of making the old new again. Even the idea of “skill kills” is an evolution of the Shock Rifle from Unreal with it’s shock combo. This game represents the old school PC shooters brought up to date and from the looks of things done right.

In conclusion: This game ain’t new, but it rocks balls.

Thank you.