At last, my prayers have been answered. After my numerous rants about the game’s costumes, it seems God might finally have taken notice of me and decided throwing a little good news my way wouldn’t hurt. According to the U.S. developer’s weblog on IGN, the U.S release of Bullet Witch will see some significant improvements over its Japanese counterpart. Improvements have been made to gameplay, the AI, the packaging, the game’s textures, and yes, even the costumes.
First off, let’s talk about general game play improvements. Cavia has taken the time to rework the controls and tighten up the play experience. Those of you that have played the Japanese version will definitely notice differences in the force feedback, gun targeting, and camera control/movement. These tweaks have a pretty profound effect on the fun level of the game – instead of fighting with the controls you forget about them, and find yourself totally immersed in the action of the game.
Graphically Cavia took the necessary time to bring this game into the Next-Gen (now Current-Gen?) world of HD evolved visuals. Texture maps have been updated to deliver the level of detail we all want. Also object and item collisions are much more realistic now and little things like debris from explosions respond awesomely.
The AI has also been improved and makes battles against groups of enemies even more exciting. Specifically, squads of enemy shooters often have leaders which direct them in battle. They are very well organized when this leader is shouting orders so take him out first – then the troops become unfocused and much easier to dominate…
Better controls, AI and graphics? I’m not complaining. But here’s the best part:
Finally, in terms of extra content and levels, we are planning on releasing download packs of costumes and missions. These packs will be free and will be a lot of fun. Specifically there will be 5 additional costumes/outfits for Alicia (very hot) and a bunch of re-created levels and missions. More on this in upcoming blogs.
That just seals the deal for me. I’m buying a goddamn 360 after the New Year. Sounds like all the naysayers out there might be wrong about this title, after all. Granted, the Japanese version must have sucked if they’re having to make so many improvements to the American release, but it still looks like the game will turn out to be among the more decent titles on the 360.
[Via Costume GET]
P.S: Niero, I demand that you create a “Bullet Witch” tag for Dtoid ASAP.
