GUnitWorld.com: By AL TOBY and RYAN HUSCHKA, Detroit Free Press
As a vehicle featuring videos, songs and in-depth interviews from the best-selling rapper, "50 Cent: Bulletproof" is a hit. As a video game, 50's peeps need to go back to the studio and start from the top. "Bulletproof" seems to focus on everything but the video game.
In "Bulletproof," you play the famous New York City musician. 50, along with G-Unit partners Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks and Young Buck, is trying to find out what happened to a pal who has gone missing. In uncovering the friend's whereabouts, you stumble across some serious drama --- the kind that gets settled with guns.
Eminem, who plays a crooked police detective, gives a playful performance. Dr. Dre also lends his talents as Grizz, a war veteran who supplies you arms.
"Bulletproof" is presented like a shoot-'em-up arcade game. But the aiming and shooting are difficult and frustrating. In the end, you spend most of the time just unloading in an area, hoping the bullets will hit a foe.
As diversions from "Bulletproof's" gameplay, the entertainment features are the game's saving grace. You can watch 50's videos or set up your own playlist from 50 and G-Unit songs and use that as the game's background music.
As you progress in the game mode, you can unlock more songs and videos.
If there's a sequel, let's hope more attention is paid to the actual video game instead of the videos.