Bodycount

1. Nerdbasher2000

   Jan 21, 2013

   8

   This poor game, unloved and misunderstood by many. I can give this game a good score based on the fact I paid a fiver for it from the bargainThis poor game, unloved and misunderstood by many. I can give this game a good score based on the fact I paid a fiver for it from the bargain table, honestly what can you get for 5 bucks? A burger? A beer? I'm not saying this game is better than a beer but it has given me more enjoyment than a single beverage and unlike a beer that ultimately trickles down the drain this title will be quietly circling the drain for years to come. I say well done Codemasters for creating titles for gamers with no money to buy A-list games.… Expand

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2. Braders790

   Jun 24, 2012

   6

   For a game that came out just last year, the graphics are not that good. Also the sensitivity is incredibly slow, so it takes a good fewFor a game that came out just last year, the graphics are not that good. Also the sensitivity is incredibly slow, so it takes a good few seconds to turn a full 360 degrees. The game play is fun, the guns are cool, and the enemies are fairly challenging.
   
   But... As I said the graphics are quite bad and the game doesn't feel right when you play it, like it needs to be tweaked in a certain way. It is a good game but something about the game play just ruins it, so i give it a 6. 5 would have been mean because the game is good and it is fun...but something just isn't right about it.… Expand

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4. silverbeard

   Nov 21, 2011

   6

   I played this game on release. It was fun. Finished the game and was still left confused by the lack of completion. It was like sonic theI played this game on release. It was fun. Finished the game and was still left confused by the lack of completion. It was like sonic the hedgehog was given a gun in a casino and told to shoot for free booze. This game is incomprehensible. Yet on the other hand it looks great and is completely addictive like a slots machine. Sound is great. If only the team who wrote 'Brink' got into this you would have a smash. Online play was non existent when i played, cant imagine the traffic increasing.… Expand

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5. Mothmaan

   May 27, 2013

   3

   This game is a brand new level of racism. I've played it for a few hours now, and I killed hundreds of black people. Also they are the dumbestThis game is a brand new level of racism. I've played it for a few hours now, and I killed hundreds of black people. Also they are the dumbest enemies in video game history, making the Goombas from Super Mario Brothers looking like geniuses. Broken controls and weak graphics, combined with a nonexistent story. Finally, about the multiplayer: naturally no one plays this broken piece of waste. The only good thing about this game is its price. You can get it for 5 dollars now, but please don't do it.… Expand

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6. BambiZombie

   Sep 7, 2011

   3

   Oh god, what an abomination. It's probably the worst game ever, making Call of Juarez: The Cartel look like a triple A. It looks bad,Oh god, what an abomination. It's probably the worst game ever, making Call of Juarez: The Cartel look like a triple A. It looks bad, Bodycount's AI is nonexistent, online play is broken or simply doesn't work. Stay away from this.… Expand

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7. BlakkSteel

   Aug 14, 2023

   2

   Clunky controls, inconsistent & buggy camera, sluggish movements, hazy graphics, weapons are of no fun...... Even for the low, duck this game.Clunky controls, inconsistent & buggy camera, sluggish movements, hazy graphics, weapons are of no fun...... Even for the low, duck this game. The single player story is so....... nothing. Just absent, & not there. Nothing to keep you around.… Expand

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8. smelly

   Feb 13, 2014

   0

   Bodycount is a game at odds with itself. On one hand, you have a terrific cover-based mechanic (in my opinion) and lots of destructible cover.Bodycount is a game at odds with itself. On one hand, you have a terrific cover-based mechanic (in my opinion) and lots of destructible cover. But on the other hand, you have everything else that could possibly suck about a game.
   
   First, the good. This game has an extremely flexible cover mechanic that lets you lean and peek with the left-stick and literally be able to shoot through the tiniest cracks in cover and attack enemies at angles that are impossible in any other game. Coupled with the destructible cover, this core gameplay element is fairly unique and has potential.
   
   However...well...it just gets worse from here. The rest of the game seems to neglect this interesting cover system mechanic altogether. First, ammo and explosives are so plentiful that using cover and picking off enemies is often second choice to running and gunning. This isn't helped by the fact that the enemies hardly use cover themselves and just stand out in the open or rush you. They can easily overrun you on the higher difficulties and frequently insta-kill you since the game seems to have area-specific damage on the player. I mean, you can have full health and just get killed on the spot by a regular enemy who happens to get lucky and shoot you in the head.
   
   The level design doesn't help either since, while they seem good at first, you quickly find that the game has you going to the same levels over and over or back tracking through them over and over. Things feel extremely repetitive, especially since all you ever do in each level (aside from kill everyone) is press buttons. Everything you do in the game is looking for buttons to press. And once in a while, when you have to press a button and then guard the area, you find that there is hardly any cover. So the parts of the game where you would want to hunker down and use the cover system, the game puts you out in the open surrounded by enemies on all sides.
   
   It also doesn't help that there is no story...at all. You are some silent protagonist from "The Network" that you never learn ANYTHING about, fighting against "The Target" who have been instigating civil wars in Africa and Asia. Inexplicably, your character goes through the levels killing everyone on all sides. This game has no characters, no plot twists, no events, no audiologs or datapads to give you history, and absolutely no sense of progression. Easily the most empty and hollow campaign you could have.
   
   The game also has a skill-shot element that is completely pointless, and it would be an insult to Bulletstorm to even compare it to that game's vast "kill with skill" system. Basically, you get points for shooting enemies in the head or throwing explosives at them...and that's pretty much it. Given how inaccurate all of the guns are (being mostly of the full-auto type) and how the game relies on a completely obvious auto-aim feature (even when you have it turned off), the headshots rarely feel like headshots, and engaging enemies from far off from the safety of cover is often tedious and full of inaccurate bullet spraying. It would have been nice to have some kind of longer-range rifle, but apparently the game doesn't want you to play that way.
   
   Lastly, there are some abilities you can charge up and use that include temporary invincibility, explosive bullets, calling-in an airstrike, and one other ability that seems to have no use whatsoever. All of them run on the same ability meter, so you pretty much do not want to use any of these abilities except the invincibility one. This is because you will likely die quickly when you run out in the open and run-and-gun, especially on the harder difficulties, so you have to stay behind cover and...well, sometimes there is no cover....so...you have to use the abilities...but they run out quickly...then you get surrounded on all sides by enemies...so you have to run-and-gun...and you can kill many of them because of how stupid they are...but there are so many of them...and sooner or later, one will get lucky and headshot insta-kill you, and you have to start over.
   
   Anyway, whatever. I hate this game.… Expand

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