BulletWitch Review

I recently bought BulletWitch since I'd seen some cool video's for it online. The big review sites didn't like it too much though:

IGN: 4/10

Gamepro: 1.5/5 (3/10)

Gamespot: 5.5/10

G4: 3/5 (6/10)

GameSpy: 2.5/5 (5/10)

Gameshark: C+

Gamezone: 5/10

Anyway, you get the idea. BulletWitch wasn't too well received here in its Western release. I bought it, expecting it to be a short, easy, decent game that would help to pass my time before the bigger and better games arrived. It was better than I'd thought, but not amazing.

I'm now about half-way done, and it's been great. BulletWitch is a third person shooter with 2 main things: guns and magic. It overall feels like Lost Planet, just with no snow, worse graphics, and cooler weapons.

BulletWitch takes place in 2012-2013, and it depicts the near-future Earth on the verge of "Humanity's Dusk", or the end of all life. Various apocolyptic events (earthquakes, uncurable viruses, war, and armies of undead/demons) have appeared worldwide, resulting in the Earth's current population of under 1 billion. Now, at the end of the world, the Bullet Witch (named Alicia) appears to save the day.

BulletWitch is an overall very good-great game with great music, cool plot, good gameplay, but below average graphics. It is still worth a purchase or at LEAST a rental to see if you'll like it. If you can't find it to rent, I'd advise watching some gameplay vids.

Graphics: 5/10

Gameplay: 8/10

Replay Value: 8/10

Overall: 8/10

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Achievements: (courtesy of Xbox360Achievements.org)

Stage 1 Cleared.
10 GP
Unlock by beating stage 1 in any difficulty mode.

Stage 2 Cleared.
10 GP
Unlock by beating stage 2 in any difficulty mode.

Stage 3 Cleared.
10 GP
Unlock by beating stage 3 in any difficulty mode.

Stage 4 Cleared.
10 GP
Unlock by beating stage 4 in any difficulty mode.

Stage 5 Cleared.
10 GP
Unlock by beating stage 5 in any difficulty mode.

Stage 6 Cleared.
10 GP
Unlock by beating stage 6 in any difficulty mode.

EASY Difficulty Mode Cleared.
50 GP
Unlock by beating all stages in EASY mode.

NORMAL Difficulty Mode Cleared.
100 GP
Unlock by beating all stages in NORMAL mode.

HARD Difficulty Mode Cleared.
150 GP
Unlock by beating all stages in HARD mode.

Secret Achievements


CHAOS Difficulty Mode Cleared
250 GP
All stages were beat in CHAOS mode

HELL Difficulty Mode Cleared
1 GP
All stages were beat in HELL mode.

Total Play Time of 15 Hours
99 GP
Game was played for over 15 hours

All Stages Cleared
140 GP
All stages were beat in some difficulty mode.

Full Power-Up Completed
150 GP
All in-game power-up elements were collected