Reviews: Bionic Commando Video Review

Woot! Video review! Nice Jeff!!! I am definitely giving this a rent it looks fun.

awesome!

Yay, another video review!

WOO!

yay for Will Helm scream!!!

Well swinging in Spiderman was fun and so was the grappling in Lost Planet.

Awesome review.

Yay!  Video review!

It was a good review, but it seemed to end abruptly.

Yay more video reviews, still don't care about BC though :(

Great review but I don't really understand the ending of the video.

Good review, and I agree with a lot of the points you make on it.

Man, I was hoping it wouldn't be linear. Oh well, I guess ill just rant it since it's short.

Great review. And interesting end frame. Here's what I got out of it:

-... . ... - .- . - .. --. . .-.-.- / .- ..- ... ..-. ..- . .... .-. ..- -. --. / ...- --- -. / .--. ... .- ... . / --.. .-- . .. / ...- --- .-. -... . .-. . .. - . - .-.-.- / .- -.- - .. ...- .. . .-. . / .--. .-. --- .--- . -.- - / .- .-.. -... .- - .-. --- ... ... .-.-.-

Obviously morse code. Which when translated:

BESTAETIGE. AUSFUEHRUNG VON PSASE ZWEI VORBEREITET. AKTIVIERE PROJEKT ALBATROSS.

Obviously German. Which when translated (through Google Translator anyway):

CONFIRM. EXECUTION OF PSAs TWO PREPARED. ACTIVATE PROJECT ALBATROSS.

So... neat.

Good review, the video review motivated the score better than the written one!

Jeff seems to have two tones when he's reviewing.

1. The normal "Hello I am Jeff Gertsmann" voice that he would regularly speak in on the podcast and how I imagine he speaks to other people in real life

2. The "HELLO I'M LAZER DYSLEXIC ON THE MORNING ZOO SHOW!!!" Where it sounds like he's constantly trying to sell you a used car. Which is what this video is (Sorry :/)

This game seems interesting, might be more of a three stars for me than four by the looks of it. I haven't played it, but that demo was a great way to put newcomers off. Multiplayer only demo? Really?

Definately checking this game out.

I wasn't aware Jeff owned any blank shirts.
I think Ben Judd should get some kind of award for the menu screen, and the controller layout tutorial.
Also, it was good to see ol' giantbombing owning the GameTrailers reviewer. :)

cool, but I have to ask, what was with the ending. I mean, you guys always do something at the end of a review, but this just seemed kinda random.
Doesn't matter, was awesome, will look into this game.

I don't see a problem with the review style. Yeah, Giantbomb is a layback site compared to these other corporate sites, but that doesn't mean their review style has to be. These people are professionals, and I assume that this is just how they've become use to doing it. I personally didn't even make anything of it until reading some of these comments. I think it's fine. Jeff delivers a professional review. He's not selling a product, but he is telling you why you might or might not be interested, and what he liked about the game. I love the mix of professional reviewing with the entertaining video editing. I always tend to either drown out the reviewers voice and focus on the gameplay being shown, or vice versa whenever I watch a video review, but here at giantbomb I enjoy watching these, and just wish there were more.

well i do consider my self a swinger.

Great video review. Can't wait to play this!

I saw Jeff playing Bionic Commando Multiplayer over on Game Trailers video review.
Giant Bomb vs Game Trailers Go!

This will be a good summer rental.

Jeff, grow an afro.

That was awesome, love the videos on Giant Bomb so much.
I mean the scene where you guys (probably Vinny) added that sound of a guy screaming when the flash on the jet occured was awesome.

Was that a Wilhelm scream?

I think it was!

I'm kind of on the fence on this one; while the core gameplay seems fun and pretty awesome (as well as having a slick graphical style), the frustrating elements seem far too plenty. Other reviews I've read and seen all focused more on the design flaws rather than the elements that díd work well, so I was kind of suprised to see this get four stars here. However, the cheap deaths and sparse checkpoints are exactly the kind of things that make me want to break game discs, so I guess I'll pass. I could also see this gameplay becoming quite bland really, really fast. Auto-aim ftl.

By the way, nothing wrong with this particular review, it was just a bit short and to the point.

"You can also use it to quit to the main menu, but why would you want to do that?"

wasnt a very long review there. didnt talk too much about the story, which I guess means there hardly is any? pass for me.

Morse code?! AHHHHHH! No! I refuse!

Even though I'm not going to buy the game, those environments look so great, I want to SWING!

Yes more video reviews for quick look games quick looks arent so quick

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAD SPENCEEEEEEEEEER

I'm still going to play it, I guess I knew it wasn't going to be that great. I think its dumb to have a multiplayer, but when you're charging $60 i guess thats the excuse.

just can't decide if i'm going to get this or not. AHHH

1:02 - Wilhelm scream. Awesome.

Neat morse code reference at the end.

It just looks like Robocop and Spiderman had a baby.

A rental at best...think of it as something to pass the time, as you reserve your excitement for Prototype/Inhumane/E3/MGS5/Whatever

I loved swinging in spiderman 2, so i'm really tempted by this game.

I can confirm that this game kicks ass.

I'll probably get this game when I have job again.

I'm considering getting this, but the video review seemed a bit uninformative.

Why so official Jeff? I mean, I liek it and all, just curious about the change. Great review. Encouraged me to try the game (which I have yet to do)

Great review...I don't think I'm picking it up though.

This review seemed a bit static compared to others. Like jakob said, loosen up! Nonetheless, a good review. I am going to check this one out.

Nice review Jeff

Woo, Wilhelm Scream!