Xbox 360 Game Review: Bodycount

In this review, I will talk about Bodycount, a first person shooter for Xbox 360.

Bodycount is one of those games which mean serious business, by this I mean that the game itself doesn’t tell an epic tale, instead it puts weapons in your hand and allows you to kill everything and anything in your hand. Bodycount normally offers a shooting experience that is normally fun, but some drawbacks keep it from becoming a great game. Bodycount is all about shooting, so anyone who is looking for a game that offers a little bit of narrative should not look for one in here. To find out more, read our review.

To start off my review, I will talk about the features of the game.

Bodycount is developed by the long running company Codemasters. The developers have succeeded in creating a game that offers you infinite mayhem. Almost everything in the environment can be broken (remember Red Faction?). Here is an example of what I mean, if you see a door and sense there is an enemy behind it, you can literally shoot the door and your bullets will tear through the wood to kill anyone behind it. One of the greatest things about the game is that this mechanic of the game is also available in the multiplayer offerings.

Moving further down the review, the aiming system of the game may annoy new players to the game, but once you start playing the game, you will completely get used to its weird aiming system. One of the most annoying aspects of the game however, lies in the mechanics used behind the grenade throwing. Most of the time, the grenades you throw at your enemy will get stuck around the environment, which can get incredibly frustrating. However the same cannot be said for the A.I, because from what it seemed, they perfectly through grenades at me without giving me a chance to react.

To finish off my review, Bodycount is an average shooter game, if you can learn to master its aiming and the annoying grenade throwing mechanic, than you are sure to enjoy it, however if you are the sensitive kind, you should stay well away from it.