7. Bulletstorm
Its not often that games manage to be genuinely funny especially intentionally - but Bulletstorm is one of those delightful rarities. After years of po-faced military shooters, Bulletstorm injects the genre with a much needed dose of over the top humour, and luckily for us the quality of the gameplay actually matches the humour here, which doesnt often happen in gaming (Deadpool, anyone?) Being a shooter, the gunplay is obviously pretty key, and as you would expect the guns feel great; heavy and satisfying in a Killzone-esque way. But theyre not the only tool at the players disposal: you are also armed with a laser whip, and slinging enemies all over the place will never fail to put a grin on your face. Bulletstorm has a unique score based kill system, which encourages you to slaughter enemies in completely over the top ways; using the whip, you can fling enemies into lasers, spikes, off ledges and against walls, transforming the environment around you into one big playground thats there to boost your score. Rather than the cliché marine core pep talks of other shooters, Bulletstorm has your squad constantly insulting each other in hilarious ways; when attacked by a huge ugly brute your character yells to your female squad mate Hey Trishka, one of your old boyfriends is at the door. The whole game is big, loud and refreshingly silly, and you can operate a remote control, laser shooting, giant Dinosaur. If that doesnt sell Bulletstorm to you then nothing will.
Tom Regan
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Having written for Official Playstation Mag, Godisageek and obviously What Culture. Tom is a London based writer who loves him some games. You may also find his articles lurking in the film and comic sections on rare occasions.
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