History VideoGame / Bulletstorm

* DeusExMachina: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Gray, right down to saying the trope name, when [[spoiler:Trishka]] comes to rescue them from Sarrano's burning flagship despite having apparently fallen to her death earlier]].

** It's possible to read this game as a struggle between modern "realistic" military shooters and older shooters where realism wasn't a factor. The main villains (representing the military shooter) are completely serious, faceless military men who are in a sterile monochromatic environment, all use the same gun, and their leader is an over-exaggerated PsychopathicManchild stereotype of immature 12-year-old ''Call of Duty'' players. They even get points from killing in certain ways that they can use to buy things. You, on the other hand, play as a character who is clearly enjoying himself creating the most CruelAndUnusualDeath possible, in a colorful, zany and chaotic environment against hordes of bizarre monsters... which easily represents unrealistic over-the-top shooters such as VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} or VideoGame/{{Doom}}.

** The Creeps are very similar to the Ghouls from ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}''. They're humans mutated by exposure to radiation who look like decaying corpses.

** The [[spoiler:confrontation with Sarrano]] is almost exactly like the end of ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare 2]]'''s.

VideoGameSliding: ''Bulletstorm'' has a dedicated slide maneuver that's much faster than crawling and great at evading enemy fire. With a little practice, it can help players get from one safe zone to the next with little danger, but it comes at the expense of being unable to use your weapon.

* FriendlyFireProof: Mostly played straight. You can't hurt your teammates, but you can disable them temporarily with Nom parasites and grenade Flails.

* EliteMooks: In the last level you fight [[spoiler: Heavy Echo shock-troopers, General Sarrano's personal soldiers. These GasMaskMooks wear heavy armor and can survive almost twice as many bullets compared to the standard enemy types previously faced (they're still vulnerable to heavy weapons and skill kills, though). They also can fire a powerful charged shot that takes you from full health to almost dead with one hit.]]

* HeelRealization: The Dead Echo members realize they've been killing innocent people in the prologue when they log onto the computer of their last victim.

* OminousLatinChanting: Maybe not latin, but certainly some high choral parts to accompany SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic, such as Grayson and Trishka dashing to an elevator past the [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever rampaging Hekaton]].

''Bulletstorm'' is a 2011 multiplatform FirstPersonShooter from People Can Fly, the creators of the CultClassic shooter ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}'', and Creator/EpicGames, also developers of the ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' and ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}'' series, using Epic's own [[GameEngine Unreal Engine 3]].

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Grayson and [[spoiker:Sarrano]] feel this way when forced to team up by Ishi. Ishi isn't happy to working with either of them either.

** This also happens to anyone hit with the [[spoiler:DNA bomb]].

* RegeneratingHealth:

* StickyBomb: The Flail Gun. It shoots out two explosives attached by a chain that sticks to virtually anything then detonated remotely, allowing it to function as either a traditional mine gun or as a means to restrain enemies for use as living bombs.

* DeusExMachina: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by Gray, right down to saying the trope name, when [[spoiler:Trishka]] comes to rescue them from [[spoiler:Sarrano's burning flagship]].

* TestosteronePoisoning

* SpikesOfDoom: Yanking or kicking a bad guy into rebar or similarly sharp, pointy objects nets you the "Voodoo Doll" skillshot. Hurling them into a cactus, meanwhile, gets you "Pricked". And unlike some attacks, it still retains a high point reward for doing it repeatedly (most skillshots drop to fifty or lower after your first use. Voodoo Doll and other kick-into-the-scenery attacks give 100 points every time).

* DeusExMachina: An InvokedTrope, invoked by Ishi as he and Gray are left to die aboard Sarrano's flagship. Gray even says the trope name when [[spoiler:Trishka]] comes to rescue them.

* GreatOffscreenWar: [[PlayingWithATrope Not really a war]], but about a year before Grayson and co. crashland on Stygia, there was an effort to kill off the in-game enemies on the planet, which Sarrano used to test [[EliteMooks Final Echo candidates.]] It was called Operation Anarchy, which Trishka was a part of, and which you get to play in Anarchy mode. The offensive was ultimately a complete failure, and barely any of Final Echo candidates made it off the planet alive.

** Throughout the game Grayson makes impulsive, foolhardy decisions to take on hugely stronger enemies and tries violence as the first solution to pretty much everything. This results in most of his friends dying, other innocents being killed, and several times he ends up causing further problems for himself with his reckless destructive behaviour. It feels a like the writing is pointing out how very, very bad idea it would be to actually behave like your average player character in a shooter.

* MeaningfulName: The Hekaton, almost certainly named after the Hekatonkheires, giants from [[AncientGreece ancient Greek mythology]] that were said to have strength and fury surpassing that of the Titans. The Hekaton might not have a hundred hands and fifty heads, but it's certainly strong, and it's ''very'', '''''very''''' angry.

* OminousLatinChanting: Maybe not latin, but certainly some high choral parts to accompany CrowningMusicOfAwesome, such as Grayson and Trishka dashing to an elevator past the [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever rampaging Hekaton]].

* {{Deconstruction}}/{{Metagame}}: It's possible to read this game as a struggle between modern "realistic" military shooters and older shooters where realism wasn't a factor. The main villains (representing the military shooter) are completely serious, faceless military men who are in a sterile monochromatic environment, all use the same gun, and their leader is an over-exaggerated PsychopathicManchild stereotype of immature 12-year-old ''Call of Duty'' players. They even get points from killing in certain ways that they can use to buy things. You, on the other hand, play as a character who is clearly enjoying himself creating the most CruelAndUnusualDeath possible, in a colorful, zany and chaotic environment against hordes of bizarre monsters... which easily represents unrealistic over-the-top shooters such as VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} or VideoGame/{{Doom}}.

* ThisIsADrill: The final weapon you get in the game is a weapon that shoots drill missiles. It's an instant kill for any enemy other than minibosses or regular bosses, and if it pins a mook to the wall, you can watch as the enemy spins on the wall from the drill stuck in him, tearing off limbs as it goes, until it's just a torso.
** Alternate Fire mode lets you spin the drill while you slide into enemies, killing them. Very useful in a packed corridor situation.

* RedundantRescue: When Gray and Ishi rush in to rescue Trishka, they are treated to a tableau of her beating the Creeps to death with her bare hands.

* LimitedLoadout: Normally, you can only carry the Peacemaker Carbine and two other weapons. Averted in Overkill Mode, which lets you carry every weapon in the game at once.
* MadeOfPlasticine: Any enemy. Once they've taken enough shots to reach CriticalExistenceFailure, they'll come apart like a soggy paper bag hit by a thrown brick.

* PersonalSpaceInvader: Once you're comfortable with the game's SkillShot system, it starts throwing these at you to keep you from sitting back and picking off enemies with a long ranged weapon, and they come in three flavors: Knife-wielding, bomb-wielding, and superpowered mutant. The knife-wielders are never much more than an irritation. The bomb-wielders can strap a bomb around you which means you can't shoot for several seconds and will kill you on higher difficulty settings or if you're already injured. And the Burnouts are a regenerating pain in the ass that ''need'' to be killed with dismembering or otherwise immobilizing {{SkillShot}}s.

** Alternatively, you could just use the shotgun at point blank. There's two skillshots to be earned this way, and which one you get is dependent on which half is left behind. Legless for if the torso stays, Topless if the legs do.

** 80-90% of the skillshot names include double entendre.

* {{Overheating}}: Miniguns can easily overheat if you go full auto for a sustained period of time - which is odd, as the entire point of six barrels is to ''avoid'' overheating. Evidently, on Stygia, more barrels ''only'' means MoreDakka.