Bulletstorm Remaster

[PaB]

On ‎30‎/‎09‎/‎2016 at 08:39, deerokus said:

Great game, don't understand why it's getting remastered.

To make money for old rope.

[Talvalin]

As long as People Can Fly are involved, I honestly don't care, especially if it gives a sequel another chance. Plus I only paid half price for the original so I'm happy to throw more money at the devs for such an excellent game.

 

Never managed that final skill shot mind you...

[deerokus]

On 10/01/2016 at 21:34, PK said:

Was Bulletstorm marketed badly?  I can't remember - I seem to recall the actual game being nothing like I expected. I definitely didn't realise it was a pastiche of Gears of War-type games until I'd started playing.

Yeah, the marketing was terrible 90s stuff, playing up the swearing, rather than gameplay and humour.

[Monkeyboy]

Honestly one of the best games I've played. For a game that's score attack focused, it has a surprisingly good story and characters. Probably better than a lot of story led games. I'd welcome a remaster, if it got people who didn't play it first time round to give it a shot.

[Karzee]

My favourite Bulletstorm trailer:

 

 

[Robo_1]

Looks like this is edging closer and it's launching with the title, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition.

 

Source: http://www.technobuffalo.com/2016/09/30/bulletstorm-full-clip-edition-leaks/

[Bojangle]

 

Randy Pitchford is the worst.

[angel]

While I do despise pitchford, later tweets show that they don't own it, People Can Fly (the developers, and a great developer at that) own it. Gearbox, tossers as they are, are just doing the publishing stuff. I did wonder why Gearbox were involved, as I knew PCF owned it...Epic gave them the IP as a parting gift a few years ago.  So yes...its too pricey, but It's also an ace game, and you'd be supporting a good dev, not Pitchford.  Just thought I'd pop that in here.

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

Bulletstorm is an amazing shooter and I would highly recommend anybody who hasn't played it to pick it up.

 

But personally I can't see me double dip on the remaster after having completed the original game twice. It looked great, was smooth as silk and played like a dream so I can't really see what a remaster brings to the table that would me tempt to play through it again.

[mushashi]

If they could afford to self-publish and wanted to do that, they would have. Gearbox are doing them a favour here getting it marketed and distributed and throwing in the Duke tie-in might actually shift a few copies for both of them. I suppose Pitchford has the same ambitions as some of his other American rivals, to become more established and master of his own destiny, rather than just a gun for hire, reliant on a publisher's good will to stay afloat.

[macosx]

I spent hours replaying levels on the original, brilliant game., glad it's coming back.

[smac]

The devs deserve to make some more dosh from it - completely over-the-top, fun shooter.

[Hexx]

£40 on PS4 is a no go for me I think

 

And I'd love to co-op campaign it...but that's just...quite a bit

[deerokus]

Bizarre release all round, the game was a big flop first time around, to re-release it at full price six years later is barmy. Only a small subset of the original small audience will buy it. 

 

Is somebody trying to write off some tax losses? 

[mushashi]

From the general sentiment on here, I'd say more like somebody will be generating tax losses

 

The whole point of doing a re-release is the same logic used by posters about why Nintendo are bringing the games from the Wii U to the Nintendo Switch, because they want to attempt to sell games which might have not reached their full commercial potential on the initial release. Bulletstorm has garnered critical and fan praise since launch but not many people actually bought it, this is now an attempt to reach a wider audience which might have heard of the game and how good it is but have never bought it, it's that simple.

[Blu3Flame]

It would be nice if it was discounted for existing owners

 

Especially as the original was one of the few titles that didn't get an update to remove GFWL. It feels a bit cheeky to expect everyone to re-purchase the product again at full price if they simply want to continue to play the game they already own without jumping through hoops.

[angel]

As great as it is, it doesnt need a remaster..to be honest this seems like one of those games where backwards compatibility has been carefully withheld. Great dev, basically I would just treat the release date as 6 months ahead of the real one and grab it for half price.

[Karzee]

Or....everybody buy it so we can have a conclusion to the story.

 

I still have it for my 360 but i'll rebuy if it''s released for less that £30. The story campaign is great but doing the Echoes are where I'll spend most of the time. Score attack perfection.

[Lothar Hex]

Apparently if you have it on PC you can get round the GFWL thing.

 

http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Bulletstorm

[angel]

40 minutes ago, Karzee said:

Or....everybody buy it so we can have a conclusion to the story.

 

I still have it for my 360 but i'll rebuy if it''s released for less that £30. The story campaign is great but doing the Echoes are where I'll spend most of the time. Score attack perfection.

 

I was suprisingly invested in the story too, and most agrieved by the cliffhanger ending.

[Lothar Hex]

1 hour ago, angel said:

 

I was suprisingly invested in the story too, and most agrieved by the cliffhanger ending.

 

Maybe if this sells well enough we'll get a sequel.

[angel]

34 minutes ago, Lothar Hex said:

 

Maybe if this sells well enough we'll get a sequel.

 

Thats what he just said. 

[Goose]

It's one of the best, most fun, shooters of the last ten years. Great set pieces, fantastic, bright colours not dingy corridors, and some cracking dialogue. If it means by buying it we increase the chance of a sequel, I'm there. 

 

And along with RE4, it's one of the few games I immediately restarted upon finishing. 

[K]

This is out tomorrow, right? I haven't seen much publicity or any previews. That said, Gearbox have apparently teamed up with respectable and entirely legitimate Steam key fences G2A to offer $250 collectors editions:

 

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-04-06-gearbox-partners-with-controversial-game-key-reseller-g2a-for-bulletstorm-full-clip-edition-bundle

 

Gearbox and G2A - names you can trust. 

[Opinionated Ham Scarecrow]

[Kevvy Metal]

Much like The Arkham remasters, or the Bioshock ones.. this is going to be discounted to £20 so hard. 

I love the original game, and would love to replay it again, but holy shit is this not even close to being a day oner. 

[Blu3Flame]

The trailer is straight up terrible. Gearbox seem to have no idea what they're doing.

 

 

[PK]

They've included a mode which replaces Grayson with Duke Nukem  

 

This had one of the most memorable engaging stories of any game I've ever played, was a really clever pastiche of Gears of Dutybro games, and had some superb core game mechanics - and yet two separate companies have still managed to fuck up the marketing both times it's been fucking released.  Gah!  There'll never be a sequel.

[angel]

Jesus christ that trailer is shit, and contains a load of footage from the ending. Great game but far too recent for me to require a remaster, hard pass from me.  Seeing the name Gearbox plastered all over it makes me do a bit of sick in my mouth.

[dumpster]

I really enjoyed Bulletstorm on the 360, and I recall it was at the time that Game were on the cusp of going bust and were selling things very cheap.  I got it for £2.49 and thought it was worth every penny .  Played it to completion.  

 

The idea I'd buy it again 6 years later for £40 is ludicrous.