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Bulletstorm. Captain Swearword's Big Fuckin' Adventure

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Oh well. I can't say it bothered me but I could definitely see how some people would find it very annoying.

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  • JauntyJaunty Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I wasn't actually interested in this until I saw the trailer at the end after having played The Duty Calls. Might wind up picking this up, but I have to know: is it true you can't jump?

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  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I certainly have no authoritative knowledge but it seems pretty unlikely that they wouldn't use their primary gameplay gimmick in the core campaign. That would be rather stupid.

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  • Renegade WolfRenegade Wolf Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Jaunty wrote: »
    I wasn't actually interested in this until I saw the trailer at the end after having played The Duty Calls. Might wind up picking this up, but I have to know: is it true you can't jump?

    You can't jump but you don't really notice its missing.

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  • JauntyJaunty Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Jaunty wrote: »
    I wasn't actually interested in this until I saw the trailer at the end after having played The Duty Calls. Might wind up picking this up, but I have to know: is it true you can't jump?

    You can't jump but you don't really notice its missing.

    Interesting.

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  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I just realized you can't jump. Yeah it doesn't make much of a difference. You can slide, and vault.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I like that you can't jump, means there won't be any fucking jumping puzzles hopefully.

    And I'm pretty sure scoring is in the main game as the demo tells you thats how you buy guns and upgrades and I don't think it just meant for echo mode.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Jaunty wrote: »
    I wasn't actually interested in this until I saw the trailer at the end after having played The Duty Calls. Might wind up picking this up, but I have to know: is it true you can't jump?

    You can't jump but you don't really notice its missing.

    It's not like they left it out by accident.

    INT.PEOPLE CAN FLY OFFICES. SIMON is working at his desk. A clock can be seen to his side, showing 16:50

    "Let's see.. shoot bullets? Right trigger. Iron sights? Left trigger. Man this is easy. Lassoo thing on left bumper, right bumper is charged shot, then we've got reload, change weapon, melee and sprint on X, Y, B and A! And just in time to beat the traffic home!"

    SIMON stands up, takes his coat and walks over to the door

    "I love my job"

    SIMON exits

    CLOSE ON desk, where a piece of paper with a list of commands sits. It is caught by a sudden breeze through an open window.
    It flips over to reveal a single word: JUMP

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    So what exactly is echo mode for? I only had a brief run of the demo sadly.

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  • JauntyJaunty Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    That was excellent. Also it's not that I think it's a dumb decision, it's just that it's so alien to me: the last arena shooter I really played and enjoyed was UT2k4, and I mean jumping was like 99.8% of that game.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Jaunty wrote: »
    That was excellent. Also it's not that I think it's a dumb decision, it's just that it's so alien to me: the last arena shooter I really played and enjoyed was UT2k4, and I mean jumping was like 99.8% of that game.

    Oh, I agree that when a game in a genre doesn't have something that would be considered a staple, it can be pretty disorientating. Take Mirror's Edge, where people were attempting to rebind the controls so that 'A' was jump instead of right-bumper, even though the game was designed to be that way so you could both jump and use the right stick (very important features to the game). It confused me for the longest time, constantly hitting A to jump. Running around in Gears of War and realising that I had no jump button also threw me for a minute. That's perfectly fine and understandable. It's just when you get people actually complaining about it (which no-one here's doing, because we're all cool dudes) like with Bionic Commando Rearmed, that it gets silly.

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  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Big Isy wrote: »
    So what exactly is echo mode for? I only had a brief run of the demo sadly.
    Score-attack, basically.

    It's designed as a way of playing selected chapters at varying difficulties with individual leaderboards. The main game just doesn't chunk up content as obviously.

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  • BigbluefootBigbluefoot Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Damn, missed the demo. I guess I'll just have to wait, like I already will be, until I have the money. Then at least some reviews will be out. Still gotta decide on 360 or PC, though. Depends on if some friends will actually buy it too, or not.

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  • JauntyJaunty Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    It's a pretty close race between this and brink for me. I really want to be able to try them out to see how they feel.

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Jaunty wrote: »
    That was excellent. Also it's not that I think it's a dumb decision, it's just that it's so alien to me: the last arena shooter I really played and enjoyed was UT2k4, and I mean jumping was like 99.8% of that game.

    I played the living hell out of Timesplitters 2 on der OXbox. No jumping there either and I didn't miss it for a second. Now that I think about it a few other shooters don't feature jumping. Doom and Doom II. Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon (commandos don't jump). Those are pretty good games too.

    edit: Holy hell!? 135 Skillshots? Yeah. Who needs jumping?

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    ahahahah, that breakdance is pretty darkly funny

    i like the sound of the new drill gun and sniper rifle

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
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    I'm with Gabe, and yes, I played the Crysis 2 demo. I'm sure I'd be more interested if I had a 2000 dollar PC. Every time I say I'm gonna get one karma puts me in a financial emergency. So I've decided to wait until I actually have a salary. Until then, I'm gonna be pulling and throwing bitches.

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  • Ginger MijangoGinger Mijango Don't you open that Trap Door!Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    DRILL GUN!

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    DRILL GUN!

    If there's not a Skill Shot involving the Drill Gun (I'm totally gonna be yelling "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM" and "My drill is a drill that will pierce the heavens!" whenever I use it) and a rectal breach, I will be disappointed.

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  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Me, I just got a PC that will solidly play Crysis One.

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  • KlashKlash Lost... ... in the rainRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    What? More guns? Every day, this game gets more awesome. I honestly thought we'd be stuck with the four guns we'd seen (pistol, flail, machine gun, minigun), but then they bust out a God damned drill gun! I hope there are more! I hope PCF lives up to the Painkiller weapon-reputation and cranks up the "holy shit!" factor.

    I'm surprised by the sniper rifle. I didn't expect such an item to actually see its way into this kind of game, I imagine its very situational. Reminds me of the Battle Out of Hell sniper-stake-thing, in that it'll probably just be used as a regular gun more than a sniper.

    I can't do a day-one, but the moment I get enough pocket change, this is coming home with me.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Break dance had me laughing, the letter bomb one was hilarious as well. I believe there are a couple more guns that were shown in the movie at the end of the demo we haven't seen yet, plus the guns you do get are upgradeable.

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Klash wrote: »
    What? More guns? Every day, this game gets more awesome. I honestly thought we'd be stuck with the four guns we'd seen (pistol, flail, machine gun, minigun), but then they bust out a God damned drill gun! I hope there are more! I hope PCF lives up to the Painkiller weapon-reputation and cranks up the "holy shit!" factor.

    I'm surprised by the sniper rifle. I didn't expect such an item to actually see its way into this kind of game, I imagine its very situational. Reminds me of the Battle Out of Hell sniper-stake-thing, in that it'll probably just be used as a regular gun more than a sniper.

    I can't do a day-one, but the moment I get enough pocket change, this is coming home with me.

    they have shown more weapons than the demo ones- the cannonball launcher, and the 4-barrelled shotgun

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  • KlashKlash Lost... ... in the rainRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Nuzak wrote: »
    Klash wrote: »
    What? More guns? Every day, this game gets more awesome. I honestly thought we'd be stuck with the four guns we'd seen (pistol, flail, machine gun, minigun), but then they bust out a God damned drill gun! I hope there are more! I hope PCF lives up to the Painkiller weapon-reputation and cranks up the "holy shit!" factor.

    I'm surprised by the sniper rifle. I didn't expect such an item to actually see its way into this kind of game, I imagine its very situational. Reminds me of the Battle Out of Hell sniper-stake-thing, in that it'll probably just be used as a regular gun more than a sniper.

    I can't do a day-one, but the moment I get enough pocket change, this is coming home with me.

    they have shown more weapons than the demo ones- the cannonball launcher, and the 4-barrelled shotgun

    Thanks for making me feel like an idiot, Nuzak. Real nice. :P

    I completely forgot about those two weapons, and that cannonball launcher is up with the flail and drill gun on the "Fuck yeah!" side of things.

    So, weapons seen so far:

    Foot, leash, pistol, machine gun, four-barrel shotgun, flail-thing, cannonball launcher, drill gun (God bless PCF), sniper rifle, minigun.

    Not a bad list. 3 unconventional weapons (5 if you count foot/leash) and 5 conventional weapons (which each just happen to have a skin-melting alt. fire). Can the minigun actually be carried in your back pocket like other guns or is it a situational thing?

    There's a tradition in FPS games that seems to have sunk away a little bit. Absurd BFG/"holy crap!" guns. I can't recall the last time I used a gun that wasn't just a stand in for something else (like how a crossbow is just a stand in for a sniper rifle). Painkiller had stake-launching-grenade-gun, Duke Nukem 3D had an expander/shrinker gun (I swear I even saw it in the latest DNF trailer), Serious Sam had a hand cannon, Blood had the voodoo doll, and Bulletstorm wants to one-up 'em all. It'd probably be interesting to list the history of BFG/"holy crap!" guns that weren't stand-ins for other generic guns, but almost entirely unique.

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Why didn't I think of this before? Youtube has some superplays. I used this to get Chain Reaction for the first time. Also, I've been neglecting to hold down the whip button to knock everyone in the air. It just seemed...cheap. But this video shows it being used effectively.

    +14000 point demo score

    This game will make for some amazing superplays like something out of a shump.

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  • SoggybiscuitSoggybiscuit Tandem Electrostatic Accelerator Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Cantido wrote: »
    Why didn't I think of this before? Youtube has some superplays. I used this to get Chain Reaction for the first time. Also, I've been neglecting to hold down the whip button to knock everyone in the air. It just seemed...cheap. But this video shows it being used effectively.

    +14000 point demo score

    This game will make for some amazing superplays like something out of a shump.

    This isnt mine (I am 15.5k ish right now)

    But check this shit out - its so amazing

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XjOkuPcqM0

    EDIT: I am at 18.7k now. So much fun

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  • TalkcTalkc Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    So is this game going to be on steam or not?

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  • TetraNitroCubaneTetraNitroCubane The Djinnerator At the bottom of a bottleRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Talkc wrote: »
    So is this game going to be on steam or not?

    Yup.

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  • TalkcTalkc Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Talkc wrote: »
    So is this game going to be on steam or not?

    Yup.

    FUCK YEA!!!!

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I decided to update the thread title with some old news.

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  • KlashKlash Lost... ... in the rainRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Does that mean Steamworks? I recall reading about GfWL for multiplayer or something.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Klash wrote: »
    Does that mean Steamworks? I recall reading about GfWL for multiplayer or something.

    It does not. It's just going to be available for purchase on Steam.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
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    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Also with regards to the weapon discussion they go over some of them in this video as well.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgHpZQTb3r8&feature=channel

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Preacher wrote: »

    That sounds like an Onion headline

    Like the only thing that could top it would to compare it to Hitler

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »

    That sounds like an Onion headline

    Like the only thing that could top it would to compare it to Hitler

    Fixed.

    Now you can't be sued.

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  • SoggybiscuitSoggybiscuit Tandem Electrostatic Accelerator Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    If only People Can Fly would make a parody game of the life of a Fox News reporter...

    "Blah blah blah the children! Blah blah blah on no sex! Blah blah blah I turn tricks! Blah blah blah meth habit!"

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  • BasilBasil Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    Sometimes I wonder how they sleep at night.

    Soundly, I guess.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited February 2011
    I don't think that I'm the right audience for this game. I started laughing at breakdance and then I felt a bit sick by the end. And I felt bad at myself for laughing.
    Hmmm.

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