Bullet Witch Review - Xbox 360

6

Gameplay: 7
Graphics: 4
Audio: 7
Innovation: 7

Follow the Bullet Witch Alicia, dressed in black, as she seeks the truth about the creation of an army of evil, twisted monsters. Take your Gun-rod and get ready for a campaign unlike anything previously seen on the Xbox 360. If a bacterial disease plagued our earth today, could this be what the world is like in 2013? Bullet Witch might not be the greatest thing since sliced bread, but it does offer several more than satisfying gameplay experiences.

Gameplay

Bullet Witch is basically a zombie kill-fest. As you patrol the streets of the city, saving civilians and military patrols from the impending doom of the approaching enemies, you come to realise Bullet Witch is a nice tightly-packed game full of surprising goodies. The gameplay physics are well done, as Alicia uses her willpower to throw cars and other objects towards the enemy. There are other magic uses which we don’t really want to spoil for people who are keen to give the game a go, but we’ll just let you know that none of the magic skills are disappointing.

In order to use your magic skills, you have to use your Gun-rod. Although the health bar increases slowly over time regardless of what you do, killing the enemies increases your health and magic bars, and is the only way to refill your magic bar once you use one of your skills. The system works well, but it’s a bit farfetched when you realise Alicia has unlimited ammo that gets reloaded after every 80 rounds. Perhaps to make it more realistic, the enemies should drop ammo, but the developers most likely felt it was easier to just give her unlimited ammo. It’s also a pleasure to not have to run around looking for ammo constantly, and allows you to focus more on how you’re going to kill the next monster that comes your way.

The gameplay is fairly smooth, but some of the levels require you to kill a certain monster in order to progress to the next area. With no map indicating where to go next, the fairly open city in level two and six can prove to be a treacherous terrain to venture around as you try to locate them. Fortunately, the enemy you need to kill will suck up all the objects around and throw them at you when you get nearby, so you soon learn when you’re approaching one of these nasty bad guys. The game is fairly linear, but there are times when you can explore around and even get lost, such as level five where you are placed in the middle of a forest. We feel Alicia needs some sort of travel method though, as she runs very slowly. Many fans have suggested that her Gun-rod, considering its ... (continued next page)