Bullet Girls

Bullet Girls
Developer(s) Shade
Publisher(s) D3 Publisher
Platform(s) PlayStation Vita
Release date(s)
  • JP August 21, 2014
Genre(s) Shooter

Bullet Girls (バレットガールズ Baretto Gāruzu) is a video game for the PlayStation Vita developed by Shade and published by D3 Publisher. The game is an action shooter video game, and has been compared to paintball by Gematsu[1] and Senran Kagura by Siliconera.[2] Bullet Girls takes place in a school that serves upper class girls, and focuses on the Ranger Club, whose members undertake military missions in their spare time.[3] Noted for its ample amounts of ecchi and fanservice content, Bullet Girls game was released on August 21, 2014, in Japan. A sequel titled Bullet Girls 2 has been announced.[4]

Gameplay

Bullet Girls revolves around a group of high school girls whom are part of their school's Ranger Club, alternately known as the Ranger Corps,[5] which trains them on using weapons and different types of military missions used on battlefields.[1] There are a variety of missions within the game ranging from offensive to defensive, each with a variety of objectives, which include wiping out enemy forces, reaching a specific point on the map, collecting items and teaming up with other club members who will then engage in combat with the player.[1] A wide range of weapons are usable, including handguns, rifles, recoil-less rifles, and shotguns, among others.[1] Characters can hold up to four different weapons, which can be exchanged during missions. Military vehicles, such as tanks, armoured vehicles, and helicopters can be found in the game as well.[5] Many game maps feature in Bullet Girls, ranging from the schoolyard to the desert.[5]

A notable gameplay mechanic of Bullet Girls is clothes degradation. As the girls take hits and lose health points, their clothing gets torn up thus revealing what they are wearing underneath. Specific parts of the girls' clothing can be targeted to reveal that specific area; additionally, to help complement this feature, the game contains "a slew of cut-in images, as well as 39 unique bits of erotic acting meant to play up the sexual aspects of the game."[6] The game also features "interrogation training scenes", used to "extract critical information from the opposing side", but is mostly just touching and groping the girls.[6] There are over 1,600 patterns of undergarments for the girls;[5] these can be customised by the player.[7] Points acquired from the interrogation practices as well as the missions as can be exchanged for additional costumes and undergarments in the in-game shop. Settings within the game can also be customised, ranging from camera angle to the costume destruction scenes, as well as dirt that shows up on the characters.[8] The game also features downloadable content, such as additional items, characters and extra voices,[9] including special costumes from the OneeChanbara video game series.[10]

Development

The game was announced by D3 Publisher in a May edition of Famitsu.[1] Gameplay information was also revealed, as well as information on some of the characters in the game.[6] Development progress of the game was said to be around "60 percent".[1] The game features a variety of voice talent, which include Aya Suzaki, Aya Uchida, Kaori Fukuhara, and Sachika Misawa, whom also provided voices for characters in Devil Survivor 2, Ace Attorney, and Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed.[11] A j-rock theme song and accompanying music video, as well as a trailer for the game, were released to help promote Bullet Girls.[12] Players who preorder the game receive a bonus character costume, with the costume depending on which retailer the player orders at.[13] The game's release date was originally set at August 28, 2014; however, this has since been changed to one week earlier at August 21, 2014.[14]

Reception

Four Famitsu reviewers gave Bullet Girls scores of 8, 8, 7 and 7, for a total score of 30/40.[15] The game sold 29,690 physical retail copies within the debut release week in Japan, placing third place amongst all software sales in Japan for that week.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "D3 Publisher announces Bullet Girls for PS Vita". Gematsu. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  2. ↑ "Bullet Girls Is Pretty Much Sengan Kagura: Modern Warfare". Siliconera. 2014-05-08. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  3. ↑ "More details on D3 Publishing’s ecchi title Bullet Girls". Gamesinasia. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  4. ↑ "Bullet Girls 2 announced for PS Vita". Gematsu. Retrieved December 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Bullet Girls Shows More Guns, Panties, And Bouncy Battlefield Action". Siliconera. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  6. 1 2 3 "First look at Bullet Girls for PS Vita". Gematsu. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  7. ↑ "New D3 Vita game Bullet Girls has guns, looks a little horny". Destructoid. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  8. ↑ "Bullet Girls Bumped Up, Has Unlockable Underwear". Siliconera. Retrieved July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Bullet Girls’ First Wave of DLC Adds Bananas, Cat Paws, And Navigation Girls". Siliconera. Retrieved August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Onechanbara Costumes Make Their Way Into Bullet Girls". Siliconera. Retrieved October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Onechanbara Makers Are Developing Bullet Girls For PlayStation Vita". Siliconera. 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
  12. ↑ "Bullet Girls Has A Rockin’ Music Video". Siliconera. Retrieved July 2014.
  13. ↑ "Bullet Girls Gives Us A Peek At Pre-Order Bonus Costumes". Siliconera. Retrieved June 2014.
  14. ↑ 「バレットガールズ」発売日は1週間前倒しの8月21日に。新キャラやヒロイン達の衣装，店舗特典第3弾の情報も公開 (in Japanese). 4Gamer. Retrieved July 2014.
  15. ↑ "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1340". Gematsu. Retrieved August 2014.
  16. ↑ 2014-08-27, Media Create Sales: 8/18/14 – 8/24/14, Gematsu

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