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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

  • Summary: Bodycount rips apart the first person shooter as genre-defining gunplay comes alive in a balletic orgy of bullets and destruction.

    Experience the intense thrill of close-quarters combat in a shreddable world as Bodycount blasts outrageous fire-fights and ferocious action from both barrels
    . Become a powerful combat asset green-lighted to eliminate enemies known only as 'Targets' on behalf of the 'Network', ensnared in a clandestine global power struggle that rages away from the headlines and under the cover of conventional war zones.

    This exhilarating shooter drops players into chaotic areas of operations equipped with a mouth-watering selection of contemporary weapons to tear through environments and enemies, chaining kills, earning power ups and building up a bullet meter to unleash devastating air strikes on enemies.
    Complimented by co-operative online play and multiplayer modes, Bodycount will set new standards for spectacular, visceral gun play and put the fun back into the FPS.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 61
  2. Negative: 19 out of 61
  1. Sep 25, 2011
    80
    A boldly simple shooter with great innovations and colourful visuals, let down by a lack of story. [Nov 2011, p.92]
  2. 73
    Deep in its heart Bodycount is a great arcade action game with some really good shooting mechanics - but when it comes to all the little extras that make a game special, it fails. The aiming system just doesn't feel right, there is no working mechanic to make the player feel the current health for his character, the score system fails to make you wanna replay the missions and so on. The really good and nicely exaggerated spy story in the background doesn't help much either - it's told in a totally boring and underwhelming way.
  3. Sep 20, 2011
    72
    Bodycount is, at its core, still a fun FPS. It's nice to look at and has enough enemies to keep you interested, as long as you like blastin' fools and wreckin' buildings. While the $60 asking price is a bit hard to swallow, it is well worth an eventual bargain bin pickup.
  4. Aug 31, 2011
    45
    Bodycount has too many flaws to emerge in such a competitive market. Poor AI, unpolished and uninspired graphics and many issues with the ironsight definitely sink the boat.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 30
  2. Negative: 11 out of 30
  1. I'll start by saying that the problem with this game is the lack of decent story. I love a good story no matter what the game is but this one just doesn't really deliver. What it DOES deliver is everything else. This game was made with a focus on just blowing stuff up and having fun and that's exactly what happens when you play it. There is a whole lot of destruction and quite a few more guns than I expected. The enemy AI is consistently pretty good and will give you a challenge and force you to use cover. There are only two boss fights in the game and they are both against the same enemy but the way you fight them is interesting and makes you think carefully. Furthermore, Bodycount has pretty good graphics with very nice environments. Nothing is more beautiful, however, then when you're blowing these environments up. It's a very frantic, high paced experience and to accomodate for this there are no iron-sights, but instead you zoom your viewpoint in to increase accuracy. Now the interesting thing there is that if you hold the aim button down all the way, your movement stick is used to duck and lean to use cover. If you hold it in partially, you don't get as much accuracy added to your shots but you can move while aiming. All in all, if you like explosions, fast gunplay, destructible environments down to the tiles on the walls, and more explosions, buy this game. Expand
  2. I support this game. It is fun. It needs some work though. Just wait for the price to go down and this game should be fair to get. Just wait. Then it should be worth for it. Expand
  3. After finding out a "spiritual successor" to the brilliant Black was in development, I was truly excited for Bodycount. Unfortunately, like most fans of Black I was bitterly disappointed. I tried to enjoy the game, but the ridiculously under-developed and generic storyline, stupid AI and poor level-design all hindered this. If you're looking for a fast-paced run and gun arcade shooter, you MAY enjoy this game, but even so there are dozens of better titles in the genre available for the same price. Expand
  4. I still remember its spiritual predecessor Black on the original Xbox being ahead of it's time, while that give everything the gamer wanted this is a disaster! While in some parts it feels like better things are to come, eventually it gets so bad I completed the earlier levels merely for the sake of it and off it went! Amazingly if you reply Black, apart from the graphics it's still far better than this. Don't waste your money, maybe then developers will get the message not to release crap like this! Expand

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