50 Cent: Bulletproof (Xbox, 2005)

About the only joy was seeing the likeness of several rappers like Dr. Dre and Eminem. But as far as gameplay is conserned the mechanics seem broken. Bad camera angles, often i found myself getting shot at with only the view of a brick wall as i tried to turn. Bulletproof is just a gimmick game trying to survive purely on the story of a gangbanger who was shot a couple of times and didn't die, the story is basicly based on that.

Story
50 Cent: Bulletproof (Xbox™)
The world's hottest rap star is now the star of the world's hottest video game.

In 50 Cent: Bulletproof, 50 gets caught in a web of corruption, double-crosses and shady deals that lead him on a bloody path through New York's drug underworld. Working with the unlikeliest of allies, the streets heat up as 50 Cent takes on the most dangerous crime families in the city, uncovering an international conspiracy with devastating implications. The streets are watching as 50 Cent blasts his way to the truth.


Features

• Terry Winter Screenplay: Feature-length crime epic written by Emmy-Award winning Sopranos executive producer Terry Winter, who also wrote the story for 50 Cent's upcoming biopic Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

• A story true to 50 Cent: 50 Cent himself has been heavily involved in the game's creation, consulting on the game's mechanics and storyline and recording hours of in-game dialogue.

• New 50 Cent Music and Freestyles: Original, exclusive music tracks recorded by 50 Cent specifically for the game in addition to freestyle rhymes that players can mix and match with authentic 50 Cent beats in "The Lab."

• Run with G-Unit (Lloyd Banks, Young Buck and Tony Yayo) on various mission throughout the game.

• Dynamic Athleticism: 50 Cent runs, ducks, jumps, rolls and shoots in a fluid screen-relative, 3rd-person point of view.

• Living 'Hood: Interact with pawnbrokers, weapon dealers, informants, shady doctors and music bootleggers. Hang out in your crib and listen to 50 music and/or watch videos.

50 cent is a violent hip-hop fantasy come to life. Fittingly, it's got a mess of music video flash editing instead of a plot and shell casings where the brain should be. And a soul. Forget about it. The game's vision of 50, endorsed by the man himself, makes a lie out of any claim that his music is street poetry. There's no metaphor here. 50 Cent has been plugged, his crew has been wronged, and the only way to make things right is to blow the hell out of everyone. Never mind the cultural theory; we'll let someone else debate what Bulletproof means to hip-hop. It's easy enough to dismiss it as a game. The only thing to do here is shoot people, and there's no way to do it well. Bulletproof forgoes any sort of targeting system, instead behaving like an FPS with a third-person camera.

My daughter closed this game,but i never thought it was this bad.I am also checking out what she,s gets.But this time she make one big mistakes.I wouldn,t even let her play it at all.When i found out the rating on the back it shock me.I can,t even give one reason to why i would love this game.This was support be a christmas gift but this is one she didn,t get.If it was possible i would return it that,s how unhappy i am with this game..Thank You,Sherryg06.

I always wanted to get this game as i was always a fan of G-Unit and 50 cent and to have a video game based on someone whose music i enjoy i thought it would be really good. When i first started playing the game, it was good, i got really into it and it can be challenging at times (which is a good thing for most people) You don't just power through all the levels and beat the whole game in one day, thats one good thing about the game. The other good thing is the graphics, they could be better but for a regular Xbox game its pretty detailed. The weapons are pretty good to and the moves/actions can be pretty cool at times. However it could definitely have made better use of the music, you have to "buy" music videos and stuff in the game by collecting $$ during game play (kinda lame). Sometimes the things the characters say in the game gets annoying as it is very repetitive (Sometimes you wanna just turn down the volume of voices to 0,1 or 2 just to play)

All in all though, it did meet my expectations, surpassed them actually. It's a fun game to play, you'll enjoy, and you can get it for cheap now too, its worth the buy.

I would rate this game as "good" not excellent.