Review: Bullet Witch (Steam)

An army of demons has driven humanity to the brink of extinction. The only thing standing in their way? A woman in black, with a long gun like a witch’s broom and magical powers to match. Mow down hordes of monsters and reignite the spark of mankind’s resistance!

Pros:

• Alright, graphics.
• 4185MB Download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Trading cards.
• Graphics-Resolution, Shadow display, Soft AA, Mipmapping, Mouse sensitivity, Gamepad vibrate and max FPS set to 30,60,120 or unlimited.
• Rebindable keys for keyboard and controller.
• Contains all previous DLC including costumes and missions.
• Autosave on/off.
• Online Leaderboards.
• Three default difficulties- Easy, Normal and hard.
• Tutorial pop-ups.
• Regenerating health out of combat.
• End of level rank for performance.
• Earn skill points to upgrade/unlock abilities and new weapons and spells.
• Magic circle- You have 3 of them and these have the shortcut buttons needed to use your magic.
• Action shooter gameplay.
• Checkpoints.
• Uses the same achievement art from the 360 version.
• Unlock level select.
• Gun- you can unlock new variations from Gatling gun to machine gun and swap seamlessly between them by pressing one button. Guns auto reloads upon an empty clip.
• Magic- Many types from walls to spears and birds and lightning. You have MP which is used for casting magic and this slowly regenerates as you play.
• Decent soundtrack.
• Simple controls.
• Bad ass magic casting animation/sequences.
• button prompts change in the game when/if you change from keyboard and controller.
• Great to play a game from back in the day.
• Simple level design.
• Different enemy types.

Cons:

• Cutscenes don’t use your DLC costumes and instead go back to the default costume.
• Bland gameplay, It’s very open and full of nothing.
• Little enemy variation.
• Some ugly textures.
• Pop up happens often.
• Bad hit detection.
• Slow down in busy parts.
• A lot of dead space.
• Lacks any depth.
• No mini map or guidance.
• Bad voice acting.
• Dark color schemes and a lot of browns and greys.
• Bad animations in general outside of the magic casting.
• Needless cutaways like a cutscene every time you open a door or clear a path.
• AI is broken with a fair few incidents of them shooting me through walls or shooting before I enter a room.
• Uninspiring level design.
• Cutscenes are low quality.
• Drawn out boss fights.
• Difficulty spikes.
• A lot of repetition as the checkpoints are so far apart.
• Little need to replay.