{"id":7001,"date":"2026-10-02T10:01:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/2026\/10\/02\/bullet-witch\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:01:02","slug":"bullet-witch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/2026\/10\/02\/bullet-witch\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullet Witch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bullet Witch is a third-person shooter video game developed by People D and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 video game console. The game was first released in Japan in November 2006 under the title Bullet Witch: The Day Before, with subsequent North American release occurring in March 2007.<\/p>\n<p>The game centers around the protagonist Alicia Claus, a young woman possessing supernatural abilities who wields both conventional firearms and magical powers. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity faces extinction from demonic forces, players control Alicia as she battles through hordes of enemies using her dual bullet and witchcraft combat system. The gameplay combines traditional third-person shooting mechanics with spell-casting elements, allowing players to switch between gun-based attacks and magical abilities such as fire spells, ice attacks, and teleportation.<\/p>\n<p>Key gameplay features include destructible environments, combo-based combat scoring systems, and the ability to upgrade both weapons and magical abilities throughout the campaign. The game offers both single-player story mode and multiplayer components, though the multiplayer aspect received less attention compared to the main campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The visual presentation showcases detailed character models and environments rendered in full HD resolution for the Xbox 360 platform, featuring anime-influenced art direction that distinguishes it from many Western third-person shooters of the era. The soundtrack complements the dark fantasy setting with orchestral compositions.<\/p>\n<p>Bullet Witch&#8217;s reception was mixed among critics and players, with praise directed toward its unique blend of shooting and magic mechanics, while criticism focused on repetitive level design and technical performance issues. The game represents an interesting but commercially underperforming attempt to blend Eastern and Western third-person shooter conventions on the Xbox 360 platform.<\/p>\n<p>The title was added to iOctavio.com&#8217;s database on March 16, 2007, making it part of the early Xbox 360 library catalogued by the website during the console&#8217;s initial launch period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bullet Witch is a third-person shooter video game developed by People D and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[190],"tags":[101],"class_list":["post-7001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft-xbox-360","tag-3rd-person-shooter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioctavio.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}