50 Cent: Bulletproof
Category: PlayStation 2 Game
Console: PlayStation 2 (Download Emulator)
Developer: Genuine Games
Publisher: Vivendi Universal Games
Series:
Genre: Action
Mode: Single-player / Multiplayer
Region: NA
Views: 1,543,853
Downloads: 864,986
Released: 17 November 2005
File Size: 5.4 GB
Rating: 4/5 (368 votes)
50 Cent: Bulletproof is an action third person shooter video game developed by Genuine Games and published by Vivendi Universal Games for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, which released on November 17, 2005. The game was reworked into a PlayStation Portable version titled 50 Cent: Bulletproof G Unit Edition, with a top-down perspective, which released in 2006. A sequel, 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, was released in 2009.
The story revolves around the titular 50 Cent, a rapper searching for vengeance against the hitmen who attempted to murder him.
The game features members of the G-Unit rap crew as a gang. Dr. Dre plays an arms dealer, Eminem plays a corrupt police officer, and DJ Whoo Kid plays himself as a person selling "bootlegged" music (of the G-Unit camp) out of his trunk. A soundtrack album, titled Bulletproof, was released by DJ Red Heat's Shadyville Entertainment. It won "Best Original Song" in the 2005 Spike TV Video Game Awards.
Gameplay features off-road racing of over 70 licensed truck manufacturers. Modes featured in the game were Career Mode, Online Mode, Map editor, and versus mode. The career mode is the most important part of the game to feature a way to buy better trucks similar to the Gran Turismo series.
50 Cent: Bulletproof gameplay is linear and focused on third person shooting, with use of a cover system, while promoting a run and gun play style, all taking place in an open world with individually designed levels or arenas. The player can run, jump, use movable objects as cover and loot defeated enemies. The game offers a wide variety of weapons to choose from which can be purchased using in-game currency. The player can carry multiple weapons at the same time and freely swap between them while in combat.
50 Cent: Bulletproof received generally below average reviews due to poor gameplay mechanics but was praised for its solid storyline and music. It received 1 out of 5 and a Golden Mullet from X-Play. In spite of this, it received a positive rating of 8/10 from Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine.
In Australia, the game was banned for encouraging game violence, with the distributor proving unsuccessful in its attempts to appeal the decision. In January 2006, the Australian Classification Board approved of a censored version which removed its arcade mode, downplayed its level of gore and declared itself to be over automatically if any innocent people are killed during the game, this version was rated MA15+.
