Powerful Magic. Massive Guns. Extreme Destruction (Bullet Witch (Xbox 360))

Member Name: Goldensummit

Product:	Bullet Witch (Xbox 360)
Date:	05/09/07 (83 review reads)
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Advantages: Graphics | Magic | Characters | Soundtrack

Disadvantages: Game Length

Whoever thought that witches had to look ugly and wield old broomsticks with crazy plots to eat children, well, they'd be wrong. In this new game exclusively for the XBOX 360, there comes a new kind of witch, the Bullet Witch, aptly named for her being a witch, and using a hell of a lot of bullets. Bullet Witch takes full advantage of this Next Gen system with its' wonderful graphics, and impressive physics engine that allows you to wield masterful magic that could destroy the largest of buildings in one fell swoop.

Though, there are some downsides to the game, there's not really a lot of game modes for you to play, and lack of story length doesn't really help either, but contrary to popular belief, I felt that the voice actors won't actually that bad, and that they suited the characters personality and their moods, but more about that later, for now, lets get one with the game features, and what the game actually offers you.

At the start of the game, you'll be able to play Story mode, where you play as Alicia (the Bullet Witch) in the year 2013, who has some strange power, yet you have no idea how she became a witch. Your main objective is to clear the area of these crazed demon soldiers. These soldiers at start tend to have the basic of firepower, while you have the Gun-rod, which is shaped as a broom (i.e., the Witch's broom), where you'll be able to riddle your enemies full of lead. As you progress through 'stages', you'll gain rank experience. So say you killed a lot of bad guys, caused a lot of destruction, and did it all in a nice speedy time, you'll get a high rank (S, A, B, C etc), which determines how much spending points you get. With these points, you can upgrade already learned magic, or learn new ones (such as being able to command a flock of crows to slow/confuse your enemies). As you progress through the story, you will also unlock the 'super magic', which includes conjuring up a lightning storm, calling fourth a giant tornado, and summoning a meteor strike! Though having said that, the downfalls of these are, you get some so late in the game, you don't get a chance to use their full potential, yet it is always fun blowing up a petrol station with a giant bolt of lightning.

Once you have completed the game, you will be able to play through the levels again (with the skills you unlocked through the previous playing of the game), which only real achievement from doing so is to increase your ranking on the levels (without gaining spending points). Also, if you do earlier levels, you won't be able to use your 'super magic' either, which is a real big let down, but being able to reply the levels is pretty good to have nonetheless.

The game play is pretty decent, you control Alicia in 3rd person, where you can run around, pummel your enemies with your gun-rod, shoot them up or even cast magic on their unlucky souls. I enjoyed the game quite a bit, it was very fun for the few days it lasted, but its' replay value is pretty decent, especially if you have XBOX Live, with the download features, and the new levels that can be enabled. The game is fairly addictive, the game play gets rather repetitive after a while, but the game isn't long enough to actually cause too much bad effect. The story is kind of typical, good versus evil type thing, as soon as evil arises; God creates good, to fight it. But its' type of game, has never come across before, you have never been able to see fully fledged sorcery occur with devastating after-effects before!

The graphics (as normal) are superb, now with the power of the new generation of consoles, and especially along with the High Definition TV's, it looks like your playing a giant FMV (full motion video). The soundtrack is awesome, one of the best parts of the game, it really fits how the games atmosphere. The voice acting isn't as appalling as most people think, I personally feel that the voices fit the characters very well, especially Alicia's voice, sounds just like it should be. The game can be quite difficult in places, but nothing that will lead you to frustration, or getting stuck repeatedly. Well the value for money is quite good, you can acquire this game now at a cheap price of £17.99 from Play.com, which I would say is a worthy price, but all in all, if your not sure, give it a rent, you'll probably complete the game within a few days, and that can dictate if you wish to buy it or not.

Alright, that's' about it, again, sorry for the long delay in reviews, I've been very busy lately, but please, keep a look out for new reviews soon, as I'll have some more within September, and thanks for reading.

Overall Rating: 6.2/10

Summary: A good allround game, but truley lacks game length which leads to disappointment.