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An average time killer

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I seriously picked this game up on a complete whim. The games concept, to me, was hilarious, at best, and this game would either be very sad or mediocre, again, at best. I will admit I was mildly drawn in by the main characters looks and costume; I was actually looking forward to battling my way through hordes of enemies with her, much like I did with Blood Rayne. On that note, I think users can expect a bit of influence from the Blood Rayne concept that has seen a good amount of success.

You play as Alicia, who is a scantily clad witch that also happens to walk around in stiletto heals and carry an oversized gun. I really don't understand this penchant with oversized weapons like we see in Final Fantasy, for example. They're just unwieldy and no one could logically use these things. I realize the developers want it to look like her "broom", but that's just kind of goofy. Ah well, either way she is definitely the best developed character in this game and basically the best scripted during the video sequences. You end up learning about her history as the game goes on, but when it starts you're in a small suburban town on the outside of New York City and it's being attacked by these undead looking creatures. Apparently demons are attacking the world and when the army was sent in they were possessed or something, because there are vast amounts of soldier demons. However, Alicia certainly isn't defenseless for she has magical powers and a gun rod at her disposal. Basically you fight your way through the stages, meet up with some other human defenders, and learn more about the story behind why the demons are attacking.

Yeah, it's a pretty basic game, but it was decently fun while it lasted. There are some really cool things you can do in this game, but there are some major hang ups as well. Character control was pretty decent, I really like the fact that Alicia can jump really high in the air. She manages to execute some really intense jumps; similar to what we saw on Blood Rayne, but it naturally makes me wonder how she lands in those high heels... Anyway, the user view feels a little weird because you're basically always focusing off to the right and even more so when you use the zoom function. The zoom function is hugely necessary, but it has some serious problems too. Such as if you're trying to hide or have some sort of cover and there's something behind you don't expect to be looking at the enemy you're aiming at... yeah the camera doesn't compensate for objects behind you so you see the inside of them. This is even more frustrating with some of the human defenders that follow you from time to time, they constantly step in front of you while you're trying to aim at something or stand RIGHT in the way blocking the camera. They seriously need to adjust some parts of the AI for this game, because it's pretty twitchy. Like the game should know I'm trying to zoom because the view is so limiting so get those extras out of the way! I was pretty glad when they were eventually killed off half the time. The same goes for the enemy AI. A lot of times you're in a situation where you need to completely kill all the enemies in the area before you can progress only to find out there's some random soldier demon too stupid to realize he's walking into a box.

The world you're put in is very lush and well developed. I would put it on par with Half Life 2 even, in terms of quality. However, it's much less interactive. I really wanted to be able to go into houses and explore many different areas. You really don't get to do any of that with Bullet Witch, unfortunately. The world and levels is actually surprisingly large and there are a lot of places your character can go, this is especially good in a city setting because you get to explore a lot of cool alley ways. However, Bullet Witch left out some very important things for maps this large. Basically, there is no map function. I have basically no idea where I'm going or what my position is and when you're in the forest it's sometimes hard to tell if you've gotten turned around until you find that tank you blew up. It looks like the developers learned from Halo only half the time, a Nav point does show up from time to time to help you out, but it's quite a rarity. With levels this long and large where there is a lot of walking, and you have no map, a Nav point is almost essential to your success without wandering around for an hour like I did in some cases. Don't get me wrong, I like to explore the game; I just don't like it when it's forced on me.

Another part that was really cool about this game was that it has a degree of Role Playing feature in the fact that you get points and you can upgrade your weapon and magic abilities. I thought this was a great feature and I'm really glad they included it so I could choose what I wanted. These options and the different feel of guns or magic that you could use was probably the best part of the game. My favorite magic weapons were the "rose spear" and "lightning". Lightning was absolutely essential for this game when you came across tanks or large enemies. Meteor Shower was awesome in concept, but somewhat impractical because it caused so much destruction. However, the destruction it wreaks is quite awesome. The one problem with the magic is that you have to go through a menu of sorts to pick out what you want to use. However, the game isn't paused while you choose your spell, things just keep going. The most annoying aspect was when you use a big spell like Lightning or Meteor Shower it goes to a cut cinematic every time when you summon the power. Again the enemies don't pause they keep shooting at you and they keep moving, I realize that's more realistic, but it's not useful in a game. This is immensely frustrating with Lightning because after the cut sequence you then have to aim where you want to fire the lightning and the enemy you want to shoot may have moved by then and is now out of range!

Overall this game had its good moments and its bad moments. The story wasn't anything spectacular and the script during the cinematic sequences was pretty terrible at times. Like the guy playing the male love interest (which I don't know why that's even in this game) he has the worst lines. To the point where he just sounds stupid and annoying! Regardless the graphics during the videos was great and rather akin to Final Fantasy's "The Spirits Within" movie. As a gamer I wouldn't expect a huge amount out of this game. It can be frustrating and challenging at times (especially that lengthy final boss battle), but I think the degree of fun I got out of it outweighed those poorer moments. The length is pretty decent and took maybe ten plus hours on easy, granted a lot of that is because I got lost in some areas for a while. Either way, I'd recommend this if you're really itching to play a game of this style. The closing scene kind of left it open for a possible sequel, I can only hope they improve upon some of the parts that made this game annoying, because it certainly has the potential to be quite good.

pretty cool game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i know the experts gave this game like a mediocre rating or something,but i myself liked it,it has a "dusk to dawn" type of feel,and the boss fights was great especially the last guy,i think you should try this game,or at least give it a chance,i did,and i'm glad

ANOTHER CRAPPY FEMALE HERO, WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 38
Date: March 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Lets face it, everytime a videogame incorporates a female leading character, the game turn into ruins....examples??? red ninja (sucked),nightshade (sucked) tomb raider ( sucks), aeon flux (sucks),like that there are many.....bulletwitch is no exemption, SHE SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!! shes a gungrave, devil may cry wanna be, thats all she is..the game is pretty boring, feels just like gungrave, its for sure a gungrave rip-off...but then again, atari does not make great games either.....this game is a rental at most...its not worth your 49.99....buy a real mens game, BUY GOD OF WAR 2 INSTEAD!!!!!!!!

bullit witch is good not great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

the game is not that much cash so if your looking for a game to wast some time on it not that bad and its kinda fun but on the higher setting it gets hard to play and the bullets dont hit the mark every time

worth the gamer points

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

it has an original concept with an ok but kind of weak story line. the graphics are pretty good.

Disappointed in Atari...again...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

well the game and story are great...the "extra" content...atari
is apparently dragging their feet...like so many times before.
The extra missions and costumes would add something to the game
that would increase its playability but it seems to be delayed
for one reason or another. What has become bothersome is that the
Japanese release of the game came with them but apparently the
American audience has to download them off of Xbox live, probably
paying for them with the microsoft points which are purchased with
real money. Now doesn't that sound fair and fun...so far...
the game makes a great coaster. Thanks again Atari, going the way
of the Jaguar..or perhaps they never stopped or turned from that path.

awsome game but yeah....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: April 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

this is an awsome game with really good graphis, i liked playing it as soon as i got it. but the fact is, from what ive played theres not much of a challenge. your health and mp refill overtime, making the game way too easy. i stood in the same spot for a minute and the health bar compleatly refiled.dont get me wrong, i am a person that loves this game, but it is easy. as far as extras are concerned, i guess the strategy guide will give me clues. give this a try if you wanna kill sometime, but dont hate on the game becuse its too short or easy try to give it a good review at least.

I loved this

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I loved this game it was awsom but it was very short.

So Bad I Had To Write A Review

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: June 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm glad that I didn't shell out the money to buy this game. I wasn't expecting it to be game of the year but I was hoping to be entertained at least. The graphics are so-so and the controls aren't too horrific. The AI might as well not be added into the equation at all and the environments are expansive..........too expansive in some cases. There were many a time when I couldn't move forward in the game till I found the glitched out zombie hidden in some corner somewhere in the city. I really wanted to get the gamerpoints as they are pretty easy to achieve but I was so disheartened by the game that I had to return it. If you really have the urge to play this then I highly suggest renting it over buying it. Afterwards then you can take comfort knowing you only blew a few bucks on it.

Close but no cigar...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

There are so many things that are frustrating with this game that I don't even know where to start. So, here it goes. The camera, Argh!!! Half the time you can't see what your fighting because your character is in the way or one of the lame AI characters desides to plant his butt right in your view. Speaking if AI, why is it that they seem to shoot allot but kill nothing? I can't tell you how many times I got killed from someone from behind while the stupid AI just watched!

The "skills" system that allows you to upgrade your magic and weapon would be good if the game lasted more than four hours and you had more opportunity to upgrade. You get awarded points at the end of each level and if you sucked, good luck upgrading anything. For example, I had to play the game through twice just to get all four gun modes and then when you finally are able to "level up" your gun/witchcraft, there's no difference. I've maxed out my machine gun and it's no different than it was when I started, lots of noise and 800,000 shots just to kill one enemy. Argh!!! What were the developers thinking?

The levels are long and tedious with allot of kill this "thing" to unlock that gate. Another funny note is that you meet the final boss right off and you're told that you can't fight him right now because you lack the skills however when you finally do fight him you're character is no different than when you started. What? I know you don't get it but if you buy this game you will... Anyway, I bought this title because there's a survival horror thing going here on which I love, however is the game worth it? Trust me, rent it first.

Bullet Witch gets 2 stars from me because there are some really cool moments like battling a demon at 10,000 feet while trying not to fall off the jet. The "great magic" that you get is pretty cool to watch in action but the magic regeneration will have you once again wondering, WTF?

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