Bullet Witch for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

I usually give games a chance. I'll play a couple of levels before I make any judgments. But I am sure that those of you out there who play games on any regular basis (since this is Gamely I'll assume you do), you will realize that after the first five minutes of playing this game, you made a big mistake.

1. Graphics: Not terrible, not great. If you judge a game on graphics you will not be pleased. For a next-gen system, they are bad. The main character looked alright, but everything else (up to level 2) were bad. The entire first level was so unbelievably bad looking. No detail, no life, not immersive at all. Character animations are terrible. Did anyone else notice that they all seemed to have the same death animation? Ok for PS1, bad for 360. With games like GoW and R6 out there, its hard to imagine a game with graphics this poor could be released that won't win any gamers over with the gameplay. Which leads me to...
2. Gameplay: The core of a game! Bad. Aiming is useless. You'd think a game with the word BULLET in the title would make good use of technology and have at least a decent feel to it. No. Head shots don't exist. Basically you'd put 20 bullets into an enemy and move on. Jumping only exists with a dodge button which isn't really needed. First level was so blandly designed that I struggled to want to complete it.
3. Sound: Who knows. I heard it, thats all there is to say about it. Its hard to judge a game based in fantasy since no one really knows what casting an "Ancient Wall" sounds like.
4. Controls: Run, aim, shoot, cast...if you've played a game in the last ten years you'd figure it out in 5 minutes. If anyone can tell me why they thought having the spell casting display cover your entire screen was a good idea I'll tip my hat to you.
5. Overall: Terrible, terrible game. I added this to my queue because it sounded cool. I guess a high point would be its title. Bullet Witch sounded fun, in the end, avoid it.

The only reason I can think that Atari would bother bringing this game to the States was that it's level of such would be lost amongst the myriad of other titles on the shelf. That, and a cover girl made for gamer dood fetishes probably adds to the dollar signs.

Maybe I'm being to hard on the developers. They must have been distracted by the hot female main character to bother with bug testing or getting decent hit detection set up. This is one of those game where you can't shoot through a fence, but you can shoot through a concrete wall if you get your gun to clip though it.

It has potential I guess, if it wasn't for the bad game play, graphics, and plot. It's basically a third person shooter with magic and machine guns and a hot chick. This, in theory, is awesome. Unfortunately, the magic system will get you killed because it forces you through these animations that move the targeting reticule, so you have to sort of, guess, where it's going to be when the spell is actually cast. Most everyone will tell you that they gave up the magic right away and just stuck to the machine gun.

Also, the hit detection and physics are just whacked out. I've had cars fly straight through me and didn't even feel a gust of wind, and in the same level had things land a good 15 feet from me, causing me to die instantly. The entire affair is some kind of ingenious torture. This is the kind of video game that makes people snap and kill their co-workers and school chums, not Doom or GTA.

I would think that given all this you could at least say that they were just concentrating on the hot girl, but if that were the case, you would think the graphics would have at least been up to average 360 standards. It looks like a BAD PS2 game.

Avoid this game unless you have played everything else or you have some kind of fetish where you are some kind of masochist that likes your pain mixed with bad game play and poorly rendered virtual hotties.