I popped on the demo and even before I got to the gameplay I was back to the XMB to delete it. Why?? It was so juvenile and crass that my brain was offended at the lowest common denominator it was aiming for. Put me clean off it. The language and delivery was so mind numbingly low brow that I felt dirty. Juvenile, Idiotic and Inane are not things that get me into a game. I have the feeling though I am in the minority :D Superiority Complex. Moi? lol

Oh I'm sorry, was there not enough Kafka and yachting in it for you, dicktits?  
 
Sorry, I couldn't help myself. But, I know what you mean. It's definitely done on purpose, but I could see how it could turn people off.

The sad part is if you look at the comments left on the trailers on youtube.

I know it's done on purpose and I am not one for existential angst and pondering lifes inponderables but this games tone just rubs me up the wrong way. Now where is my yacht?

That didnt bother me so much as just not enjoying the demo.  I think I just mentally filtered out any narration anyway.

I don't really mind the "MOUNTAIN DEW BROS" philosophy cus the game looks fun. That "parody" didn't give me too much hope in the way of humor, either. Hopefully they don't spend too much time navelgazing and making onthenose references to IPs way more popular than they are and mostly just stick with the game part.

" The sad part is if you look at the comments left on the trailers on youtube. "

" @MJHAYLETT: Your movements are so lifelike, I forgot you're not a real boy. "

I get what they're doing, but I totally agree. It's a fun idea and it plays fine, but I'm definitely put off by the execution and the "attitude." 

" I get what they're doing, but I totally agree. It's a fun idea and it plays fine, but I'm definitely put off by the execution and the "attitude."  "

I thought the dialogue was a breath of fresh air. Also I learned a fair share of new words and expressions while playing it.

" @Dylabaloo said:

" The sad part is if you look at the comments left on the trailers on youtube. "

I'm frightened to as I might lose my belief in humanity :D "

":L its called being legit, and i do enjoy my games and being good at them, n00b"     
 
"COD and Bioshock mated and made this."     

"u need to be an awesome dude to play this game :)

i call this game cod awesome version"  

 
It's funny that this issue of the use of bad language has been brought up, as only the over day i was thinking about how I would like  the option to turn off or censor bad language in games i buy.

yeah, bulletstorm is the poster game for why people think gaming is for children.

People need to take themselves less seriously.

My big issue with it is that they went into some kind of damage control overdrive after E3, when someone said in it "you scared the dicks off of me" or something. Then Epic just went into "NO IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SILLY AND LIKE THAT DUKE NUKEM THING." I don't mind it, and I think the game looks great, but I wish they hadn't started throwing it into everyone's face.

" @Dylabaloo said:

" The sad part is if you look at the comments left on the trailers on youtube. "

I'm frightened to as I might lose my belief in humanity :D "

I can't tell what I hate more, the in-game juvenile content or your infuriating responses toward it. The game (you know, the interactivity of it) plays just fine. I skipped past the cutscenes and the dialogue and plunged into using the environment for creative kills. I can at least appreciate it for that. 

'tude*
 
No. I like it. While I agree they are pushing it a bit hard in the Ad campaign, I don't really care. Game looks fun and funny.
I'm not a prude, I like insanity and crude humor sometimes, and I miss that in my games.

" yeah, bulletstorm is the poster game for why people think gaming is for children. "

I thought it was sort of funny at first, but now they have gone a bit overboard with it and it is getting annoying. Sometimes less is more.

I can enjoy both shitty and sophisticated entertainment. It's the mediocre things I find a waste of time.

less is more. "

The opening dialogue when Grayson Hunt talks to the player put me off the first few times I played it but then I just learned to appreciate it because it was so dumb and stupid, which is exactly what it's aiming for. I just hope there's not a whole lot of weird talking to player moments in the game. I have a feeling that was a one-off just for the demo. The goal of the comedy isn't for some stupid insult to hurl at the player, and then the player goes, "YEAH THATS FUCKIN RIGHT DICKTITS." It's like, no, it's totally parodying that mentality by just being as over the top and stupid as possible.

In a world where games take everything so seriously, something so immature is one of the reasons why I'm buying this game. That and the fact that the core gameplay is bloody brilliant and anyone who isn't giving this game a pass JUST because of its language and immaturity is incredibly stupid.

I'm sure the context for the madness is meaningless, so I'll just skip past the annoying parts and see if what I'm playing is any good or not.  I have a feeling the game will turn out to be just okay.

I stopped caring about what stuff gets said in mindless shooters a long time ago. You should too, maybe then the beauty of destruction will mesmerize you.

It has a refreshing ridiculousness. 

I wouldn't say it's juvenile, but more lazy writing. However, this game reminds me a lot of Unreal Tournament, and half the time I'm waiting for some voice to just yell KILLING SPREE! 
 
That I can get behind. 
 
Another thing I've figured is that it's a game, and if people can accept Duke Nukem's brash  sense of dialect and balls to the walls sense of style. i'm sure this fits as well. Just don't harp too much on it's grindage. Kay cruster?

 In my opinion, a lot more than  half the games out there are pretty damn juvenile if you think about it. Bulletstorm seems to take that nonsense to it's limit, or beyond it for some people. Now I haven't watched television in years so I don't know if they have commercials for it or anything, but if they don't, then if you hate the marketing so much why continue watching the trailers? Anyway, if the game parodies anything it's the people who take FPS' seriously. Five seconds on X-Box live and you'll hear much stupider things than anything Bulletstorm can come up with.

I think they're trying to hard. I don't like the overuse of fuck and whatnot in the place of actual wit.

I read a RockPaperShotgun preview of it and the guy agreed with everything you said about the demo but he spent some time with it and says that it eventually comes around. Which isn't surprising that the game can be funny, because 'Duty Falls' made me realize those guys have a great sense of humor.

It's very 90s, but whatever, the baditude is not terribly important. I'm more concerned about the execution of its mechanics, which didn't impress me in the demo.

I have no problem playing a game to do ridiculous stupid things.

I'm not a huge fan of the "IN YO FACE" 'tude of that demo either. 
I also am very scared that I might have out-grown the Duke humor in DNF, and may not like what i'll still eventually play.  : /

Aside from the brash humor, I just didn't find the demo fun.  For a game that focuses on the myriad of ways to kill people, I can only think of the combo "whip, pull, kick, shoot" with the occassional environmental object to smash enemies through.

I totally get what you mean. The gameplay looks like a fun throwback with a twist, but I doubt I'll ever try it just because of the way they position themselves. I get that they are being ridiculous on purpose and it's not supposed to be taken seriously, but it still feels cheaply crass.

OP is mad?

Played through the demo once and I do feel that they lay it on way too thick; I'll wait for the full game to see how varied the skillshots get and how good the actual gameplay is. If that's quality then I can bare the game's 'attitude'. 

I like it.. i thought it was funny.. i'm glad the serious was turned off this game. If I made a game.. it'd be this. XD
 
 @withateethuh said:

" I think they're trying to hard. I don't like the overuse of fuck and whatnot in the place of actual wit. "

well, do you think that COD blops or whatever could be more 'mature' game? NO. to me, they are all juvenile teenager games. as a matter of fact, all video games no matter what they rated to M, they are all the same to me. seriously, what do you want  when you play game? just enjoy fucking game. people complain about anything all the time. that's why developers are pain in their asses. you gamers don't appreciate for what they do for you. geez. you need to get off.

" well, do you think that COD blops or whatever could be more 'mature' game? NO. to me, they are all juvenile teenager games. as a matter of fact, all video games no matter what they rated to M, they are all the same to me. seriously, what do you want  when you play game? just enjoy fucking game. people complain about anything all the time. that's why developers are pain in their asses. you gamers don't appreciate for what they do for you. geez. you need to get off. "