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Bullet Soul

A brand-new adaptation to the shooting genre which rewards survival through aggressive play. Blending classic shooting game design with a substantial dose of modern day bullet hell, Bullet Soul has it all!…

78 7 April 2011

Bullet Soul is an indie developed by 5pb., released 7 April 2011 on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Bullet Soul is

Bullet Soul is an indie game developed by 5pb. and released in 2011. It is available on Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

A brand-new adaptation to the shooting genre which rewards survival through aggressive play. Blending classic shooting game design with a substantial dose of modern day bullet hell, Bullet Soul has it all! Bringing even more heat are Resonator: the moniker of aural wizards Kenji 'Itoken' Ito and Kohta Takahashi, setting fire to your speakers with their tunes. Last but not least, Akio Watanabe brings his skills to the scene cooking up the character designs.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 69 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Bullet Soul holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core i3 of Sandy Bridge generation or better, 2 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics Series (It needs 1GB memory allocation). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Bullet Soul launched on 7 April 2011, within three weeks of Portal 2, Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat and World of Tanks. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Portal 2, Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat, World of Tanks.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

Bullet Soul — frequently asked questions

When did Bullet Soul come out?
Bullet Soul was released on 7 April 2011 for Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Bullet Soul?
At minimum, Bullet Soul needs Core i3 of Sandy Bridge generation or better, 2 GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics Series (It needs 1GB memory allocation) graphics, 3 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Bullet Soul?
The PC version needs about 3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("3 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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