Adrian Chmielarz, the Creative Director at Poland-based People Can Fly, tells the latest edition of Game Developer magazine that he didn’t know just how much swearing was going on until he read its Polish translation at the end of the game’s development.
Chmielarz said hearing “I will kill your dick”, and many other profane, vulgar and obscene words in its juvenile lexicon, had next to no impact because they were being said in a foreign language. “Being Polish, all the strong language in Bulletstorm was just exotic and fun to us,” he told Game Developer.
He said Epic thought this was something People Can Fly really wanted and backed its creative vision wholeheartedly, “while we had no idea this vision was a bit more than we really wanted.”
“It was only at the end of the development, when I read the Polish translation of the game, that I realised how dirty we were. I swear a lot. A LOT. And yet still I… kind-of blushed.”
Bulletstorm didn’t make any money for Epic, said Epic’s Mike Capps. Offhand, the abundance of swearing and the bawdy tone may have overshadowed the game’s distinctive qualities, which were a bit more subtle. Totilo liked it a lot, I thought it did something neat by how it, more or less, commoditised ammunition and made you play creatively. That doesn’t get the same kind of attention as does calling someone “dicktits”, though.
Game Developer’s October Issue Debuts With Bulletstorm Postmortem [Gamasutra]
thejiveman
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 5:04 PMCartman said dicktits first. Way to do your research american kotaku.
Baron
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 8:39 PMBut who did the south park guys rip it from, everything basically has been said and done before amigo
thejiveman
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 10:50 PMI was objecting to the claim of coining but never mind i don’t want to stop someone from being right.
orionsbelt
Monday, October 10, 2011 at 3:34 AMsurely if that’s what you were actually doing you would have worded it in a way that implied that, not in a way that is similar to a smartass remark made by a person who wanted to get first comment?
thejiveman
Monday, October 10, 2011 at 10:10 AMI’m sorry i didn’t realise i had to change the way i talked for Kotaku. Thanks for the heads up my very petty friend. Its just an article comment, this is the reason why people hate kotaku. Its full of smart asses(yes me) and people like you who live to correct comment sections and bicker with anyone you believe to be wrong. I’m sorry a simple sentence upset you and i wish you luck in whatever it is that you do.
desallis
Monday, October 10, 2011 at 11:16 AMSimpsons did it!
Aidan
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 7:19 PM“It was only at the end of the development, when I read the Polish translation of the game, that I realised how dirty we were. I swear a lot. A LOT. And yet still I… kind-of blushed.”
Naaaaww!
Grandmaster B-Funk
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 7:32 PMyeah the swearing does get a bit over the top, but i just found it funny, and took it that they were just making fun of gears of war and other serious shooters that have lots of unneccessary swearing
Baron
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 8:37 PMDidn’t find the swearing that bad at all nor offensive, heck maybe it’s the industry I’m in. Thought that game was a breath of well needed fresh air…..in a sea of crapofduty:modern borefares
TheLastQuestion
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 9:00 PM+1 – Bulletstorm was amazing
EvilDeathBee
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 10:42 PMBulletstorm was great. It’s over the top cursing and “juvenility” suited the game, it’s just sort of setting. Made it unique from the sea of same ol’ way too serious shooters. It was refreshing and actually pulled off really well, unlike a certain other juvenile FPS that came out not too long ago…
I get the feeling the most of the people that complained about it were people trying to be a whole lot more sophisticated than they actually were, and couldn’t just have some silly fun. Like people who couldn’t enjoy the Clive Owen film Shoot ‘Em Up. God that movie was a blast! And now we’re not getting a sequel to Bulletstorm. Thanks.
spizzaza
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 10:17 PMi didnt even realise there was that much swearing in it..
Rohan
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 9:20 PMThe swearing made me feel like this game was aimed at 13 year olds.
The kind that would giggle or think it was super cool that this dude said the swear words he’s not allowed to say.
A juvenile interpretation of, “Bad ass.”
Jake
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 12:01 AMDicktits have existed in Japanese porn for over 20 years now.
N0NEoftheAB0VE
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 8:17 AMLOL!
Baron
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 11:22 PMHaha bless porn!
Wolvieboy
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 6:25 AMI still loved this game. The over the top nature just made it feel like Gears of War directed by Tarantino or Rodriguez or something written by Garth Ennis. If this game had co-op, I think it easily, EASILY, would be one of those games still in my regular rotation.
Wolvieboy
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 6:26 AMCAMPAIGN co-op, I should clarify.
Meteors
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 9:29 PMI love Garth Ennis. Until the end of the world.
Wonko
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 8:32 AMI wasn’t expecting anything from this game, but when I played it I thought it was an absolutely hoot!
It was fun, Interesting, and you had to be a bit creative. The over the top dialogue fit right in with the over the top everything else.
I have trouble trying not to call my asian workmate ‘Sushi Dick’
Adrian Milano
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 12:07 PMI thought this game was fantastic fun, slide kicking, steering sniper rifle bullets into heads and someones “junk”. It was great. Everything wants to be a serious take on humanity, this focused on being fun and not realistic but gamey!
More people should buy it.
ben
Monday, October 10, 2011 at 2:03 PMI enjoyed the game more than fps in recent memory