Bulletstorm started as a third-person shooter
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The prototype for People Can Fly's profanity-laden shoot-and-kick-em-up, Bulletstorm, began as a third-person shooter, and at one point added cover-based attacking. Speaking with OXM, producer Tanya Jessen said the early gameplay was "completely different than it is now," revealing that Bulletstorm has transformed from "a third-person shooter to a cover-based first-person shooter to a non-cover-based first-person shooter."
"We actually went through lots of iterations of how cover could work really well in a first-person shooter," Jessen explained. "But when it came down to it, once we started to see how great some of the weapons were coming along, we felt the core of Bulletstorm is the face of the enemy and the player figuring out what to do. So in that case, cover-based combat didn't really work so well." It's all good -- we're sure Gears 3 will have it ... covered.
"We actually went through lots of iterations of how cover could work really well in a first-person shooter," Jessen explained. "But when it came down to it, once we started to see how great some of the weapons were coming along, we felt the core of Bulletstorm is the face of the enemy and the player figuring out what to do. So in that case, cover-based combat didn't really work so well." It's all good -- we're sure Gears 3 will have it ... covered.
Reader Comments (30)
Posted: Jan 7th 2011 9:07PM Prboi said
Well I guess they didn't want to make another Gears of War with different characters
Posted: Jan 7th 2011 9:14PM My Prerogative said
@Prboi Not a different Gears of War as well as not another Kane and Lynch, or another Vanquish, or another half-the-3rd-person-shooters-these-days game.
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Posted: Jan 7th 2011 9:08PM Uberdave said
So gears begins life as a wide ranging fast paced unreal like game before becoming a cover based shooter.
And bulletstorm goes the opposite way.
And bulletstorm goes the opposite way.
Posted: Jan 7th 2011 9:10PM WillPG1212 said
Wouldve been more interested to be honest, love gears and have absolutely no interest for more FPSs this year...
Posted: Jan 7th 2011 9:14PM MachDelta said
Makes me wonder what the design docs were like for this thing.
1) Make awesome badass GOW clone
2) ???
3) Profit!!
1) Make awesome badass GOW clone
2) ???
3) Profit!!
Posted: Jan 7th 2011 9:41PM bargaingamer said
I wish it was a third-person shooter then i would be interested in the game more.
Posted: Jan 7th 2011 11:38PM DWilson8504 said
@bargaingamer
same, the current gen market is FLOODED with FPS games and we need more good TPS games. This looked interesting when I saw it for the first time but then I saw it is an FPS and it made me lose interest.
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same, the current gen market is FLOODED with FPS games and we need more good TPS games. This looked interesting when I saw it for the first time but then I saw it is an FPS and it made me lose interest.
Posted: Jan 7th 2011 9:47PM Mach2 said
This game, with it's over-the-top skillshots and the like, would be awful as a third-person shooter.
I can't imagine their original vision was ANYTHING like the Bulletstorm we see now.
I can't imagine their original vision was ANYTHING like the Bulletstorm we see now.
Posted: Jan 7th 2011 9:49PM 01 said
I'm not usually a big FPS fan, but I may have to pick this up.
Posted: Jan 7th 2011 10:06PM EliminatorZigma said
"Bulletstorm started as a third-person, cover-based shooter."
But then they realized it was much more fun whipping someone towards you and shotgunning them in the face in first-person.
But then they realized it was much more fun whipping someone towards you and shotgunning them in the face in first-person.
Posted: Jan 7th 2011 10:19PM The Joy of Painting w Bob Ross said
I like this. It seems Epic is taking a step away from the Gears and moving back to the Unreal. Fast-paced, fun, insane FPS.
Posted: Jan 8th 2011 1:04AM The Joy of Painting w Bob Ross said
@Razer922
Yeah UT3 was a crap-shoot all around, even on the PC. And it pains me to say that because I loved all of the previous Unreal games.
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Yeah UT3 was a crap-shoot all around, even on the PC. And it pains me to say that because I loved all of the previous Unreal games.
Posted: Jan 7th 2011 11:10PM Jhoalot said
I would buy the game if it was third-person, so... =S
Posted: Jan 7th 2011 11:28PM Barkley610 said
Awesome I can't believe a FPS is comming out..... I can't remember the last time I saw one of these
#lotsasarcasm
#lotsasarcasm
Posted: Jan 8th 2011 12:11AM Barkley610 said
Just sayin, I miss the early socom days.
Posted: Jan 8th 2011 10:55AM Ausohoj said
"We're sure Gears 3 will have it... Covered."
What, no sunglasses?
What, no sunglasses?
Posted: Jan 8th 2011 2:43PM manicania said
This is always horrible news to hear about shooters. Why would you take the superior format (Thrid-person) and make it worse (first-person). I'm not completely sold on Bulletstorm yet, and since I didn't know that it was originally t-p from the beginning, I'm not gonna hold it against them, but yeah, still not completely convinced.
Posted: Jan 8th 2011 3:27PM crew2006 said
come on guys, this game looks badass and fun, and they've been saying since e3 that they wanted to bring the fun back in fps, and it kinda looks like theyre succeeding
Posted: Jan 8th 2011 5:25PM Qehb said
How about making the first Second-person view shooter, seeing from your enemys eyesight while controlling your character...
Posted: Jan 8th 2011 6:37PM eilegz said
im tire of so many FPS.... well too bad for me i guess
Posted: Jan 8th 2011 9:18PM GamingColt said
You are generalizing the Xbox Live community? Buddy, that is just people online-- simple. I can somewhat agree about Gears but they've optimized a lot recently and it is almost perfect connection for me. Halo, on the other hand, have never been a problem for me. Perhaps time to buy a new router or ISP.
Posted: Jan 9th 2011 6:18AM Meghterb1985 said
Should've kept it 3rd person shooter.
Posted: Jan 10th 2011 10:23AM Je5ter said
This game looks to me like it would have been better if it was a third person. Fail for changing it to FPS, do we really need anymore ?? I'm still going to get this but I can tell you I would have enjoyed it a lot more if it was thirdperson...
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