BIOSHOCK released today!!![views:6194][posts:76]_______________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 10:49am - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] Bioshock came out today. The little fag at gamestop wouldn't let me buy one of the limeted editions with the included Big Daddy action figure, so I was a little sad. I'm installing it now, Then I'm probably gonna disappear for a few days. This game looks awesome. WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you have been looking forward to this game, like I have, and intend to play it do NOT go to the bioshock forums, or any other game forums for that matter. A bunch of assholes that got the game early (a couple vendors broke street date accidentally a week ago) and already beat it have been posting crazy spoilers all over the place. I already ruined a couple big things for myself when I went to Cult of Rapture to see if there was a PC version of the LE. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 10:53am - DestroyYouAlot ""] This looks really cool. I think it's time to justify a RAM upgrade to my girlfriend. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 10:54am - DestroyYouAlot ""] Oh, right, 2.4GHz minimum processor speed requirement. Yeah, that's not happening. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 11:01am - tomx nli ""] DestroyYouAlot said:Oh, right, 2.4GHz minimum processor speed requirement. Yeah, that's not happening. xbox 360 duh im buying this, even though i dont have a 360, ill just play it over a friend's house. game = insaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannneeee |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 11:07am - DestroyYouAlot ""] tomx nli said:DestroyYouAlot said:Oh, right, 2.4GHz minimum processor speed requirement. Yeah, that's not happening. xbox 360 duh im buying this, even though i dont have a 360, ill just play it over a friend's house. game = insaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannneeee Yeah, no thanks. What that thing costs, I can spend in ten years on upgrades and stay current - if not ahead of the curve - with whatever console darling is hot nowadays. Not that I don't enjoy a good sit-down and ass-kick in front of the TV, but PC is where it's at. |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 11:12am - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] I agree about PC being where it's at, but with all these games coming out exclusive for x-box I'm starting to worry that I'm in the wrong corner. Especially since I'm still trying to upgrade my drivers to actually play this damned game. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 11:16am - DestroyYouAlot ""] The company that did this also did Freedom Force (and the even-better sequel Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich) - hands-down the best silver age comic action RPGs around. (More than likely the only ones, as far as I know, but still. Amazing games.) [img] [img] |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 11:17am - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] They also made "System Shock 2" |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 11:27am - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] Okay, drivers installed, and just got through the setup and intro. The game looks great, but I didn't notice an AA option, and it seems like it could really use it. Maybe people with the new DX10 cards will see improvements. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 11:32am - DestroyYouAlot ""] ArrowHead likes Pie said:Okay, drivers installed, and just got through the setup and intro. The game looks great, but I didn't notice an AA option, and it seems like it could really use it. If you need a twelve-step program to stop drinking long enough to play this game, maybe you should rethink your priorities. |
| _____________________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 11:46am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] I've been waiting for this game for a while. And it was one of the reasons I got the new PC. I don't think I'll be able to play it for a week or two though till after NooseBomb gets back from our trip. HL2 and Portal comes out in a month or so too! woo! |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 12:00pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] I have no idea what portal is, but HL-2 is looking pretty good. Bioshock so far is awesome. The graphics are sweet, the sfx are really really cool, but the biggest turn on so far is how completely unique the gameplay/concept is. The atmosphere is pretty well done too. In the very beginning of the game there's some shit happening around you that creates an awesome sense of panic. I found myself running like crazy for no reason. Also, instead of typical creepy monsters jumping out at you the enemies are pretty human, and you always hear/see them coming. However, they make it even creepier than the typical jump out and scare you approach. The people in Rapture are completely fucking nuts, and some of the shit they say to themselves or each other as you're approaching makes you think twice about going around that corner. |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 12:01pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] Also, the story so far is pretty neat. I'm probably going to re-start from the beginning tonight when my GF gets home, because it's definitely the kind of game that's actually fun just to watch someone playing. |
| ___________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 12:03pm - SinisterMinister ""] A guy that I used to go to high school with came into my work the other day, when I asked him what he's been up to he told me he's been developing games. He then let me know the game he had just finished up on was Bioshock. Pretty sweet, this game lookms fucking awesome. |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 12:05pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] Yeah, 2k that developed this game is based out of Boston. Tell your friend he did a damned good job with this game. I'm like 15 minutes in, and I already see a million ways I'd want to re-play this shit. |
| ___________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 12:06pm - SinisterMinister ""] He told me that every difficulty is like playing a different game. |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 12:07pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] I love these enemies. Imagine a creepy mutant from Doom 3 or something, but instead of "hiss, arggh, yarr, hiss, slurp, gurgle", the mutant instead starts TALKING to you while at the same time trying to fucking kill you. "I'm not a monster. You're a monster. You can't stop me. Get away from me. I'll kill you!" |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 12:08pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] SinisterMinister said:He told me that every difficulty is like playing a different game. I've started with the normal difficulty. When you first start, it offers three choices: Easy: I've never played a shooter before Normal: I've played SOME shooters Hard: I've played a LOT of shooters |
| _____________________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 12:11pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] I play a lot of shooters but I'm having a real hard time trying to not suck at ET:QW. |
| _____________________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 12:15pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] I must say it WAS fun playing doom3 on the nightmare setting though. Every time you get a health pack it will automatically run your health down to like 20. The only advantage you get with the nightmare setting is that you get use of the soulcube through the whole game and not just at the end. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 12:23pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] Ugh. I'm still trying to slog through Doom 3 on "just above regular-ass" setting. I get distracted easily, right now I'm playing through Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War again. |
| ______________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 1:49pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] Okay, this game is fucking amazing. I'm so pissed, I was supposed to have the whole day off today and was planning on getting high and playing this for like 20 hours straight. Instead now I gotta go to the doctors, and go straight to work afterwards to close for another manager who had a death in the family. Looks like I'll be pulling an allnighter when I get home. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 1:54pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] ahhhhh fuck. I need to play this game. I thought I could wait but now with all this talk I'm jonesing. |
| ______________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 2:16pm - boine (nli) ""] it looks good but is it worth 60 dollars and is it any different then the billion other FPS coming out or that have come out? |
| ___________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 2:25pm - tomx nli ""] boine said:it looks good but is it worth 60 dollars and is it any different then the billion other FPS coming out or that have come out? wikipedia penny arcade cult of rapture intarnetz RESEARCH SON AND BE AMAZED no gods or kings. only men. |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 21,2007 11:57pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] boine said:it looks good but is it worth 60 dollars and is it any different then the billion other FPS coming out or that have come out? Q: Worth $60 A: I cannot say definitively, but after maybe 20 minutes of gameplay I was already seeing a lot of reasons to want to replay the game. I've heard the game itself is a bit short, but if it's something I'll play over and over it's worth it to me. Q:Is it any different that the billion other FPS? A: YES, YES, YES! This game is nothing like any FPS you've played. It feels more like an RPG than a FPS. With vending machines and the many, many, many plasmids you can get there's a lot of ways to fight and unlike most games that you depend on finding a particular weapon to fight, with Bioshock you can pretty much start right off throwing some fucked up shit around. The world is super detailed, and the pacing is a lot slower and has more of a mix between action and story/plot than any FPS I've ever played. As a lot of reviews have said, this game plays like a novel. And combat is so versatile that it really is a different game for every imagination. |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 12:00am - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] tomx nli said:boine said:it looks good but is it worth 60 dollars and is it any different then the billion other FPS coming out or that have come out? wikipedia penny arcade cult of rapture intarnetz RESEARCH SON AND BE AMAZED no gods or kings. only men. DO NOT DO THIS, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE!!!!! Seriously, avoid any internet board, or user modifiable site (Wiki). Douchebags have been trolling the web posting some horrible spoilers for this game. At least one major plot point has been ruined for me, and it really does take a lot away from the game. If you're really curious about bioshock, stick to the main bioshock site, avoid the cult of rapture or the forums, and try the Pc or XBOX demo. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 12:23am - boine (nli) ""] ya i just got the demo it is cool so far, its like ES4 with guns may even be second best FPS of the year if rest of game is like demo |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 12:24am - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] What does the demo consist of? Does it just start you at the beginning? |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 12:26am - boine (nli) ""] your in a plane it crashes swim to the underground city |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 12:29am - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] Yeah, that's right at the beginning. At first when the plane crashed I thought the graphics looked a little shitty, but after getting into the city I was looking around at everything. Some of the little details are just too fucking cool. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 12:32am - boine (nli) ""] ya its the unreal engine right? ill have to get this once i finish metroid, have you seen that? |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 12:34am - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] I use a PC. Metroid, Halo3, etc.. are unavailable to me. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 12:41am - boine (nli) ""] fuck halo 3 waste of time but your missing out on the metroid but smart man PC gaming is way to go http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23763.html this game will be on PC it looks like it will be fantastic |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 12:46am - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] Looks good, but due in "late '08", which means early 09 in my book. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 12:49am - boine (nli) ""] late 09 on that one im guessing same for RE5 but ya they should just not name a dates till its done, im waiting for them to say no Assassins Creed till 09 |
| ______________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 1:39pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] Jesus, I just woke up. It's 1:30. I got home last night around 10:30 and started playing the game. I stopped and went to bed around 5 a.m. Now, all I want to do is start playing again. What a fun fucking game. There's ONE thing that upsets me at this point: The SFX. It seems that in addition to the actual noises of the mobs (footsteps, talking, etc...) there are also the same kind of noises randomly mixed into the background music and room noises. Therefore, you're always expecting something right around the corner. It's great for building atmosphere and making things scary/tense, but it's a pain in the ass when you keep running around trying to find where the voices/footsteps are coming from and finally realizing they're just part of the background noise. |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 2:25pm - Mike_Giallo ""] I'm not into video games but I watched my friend play this for about an hour and a half yesterday. |
| _________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 3:40pm - Greg D ""] I'm playing through Dues Ex Invisible War again for the first time in a couple of years. I am looking forward to this Bioshock business. System shock is way underrated, But so was Clive barker's Undying. (His new game looks insane.) |
| ______________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 3:45pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] What is Dues EX? Sounds familiar, is it a PC game? |
| ______________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 3:45pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] P.S. - is anyone in this thread actually PLAYING Bioshock except for me? lol |
| ____________________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 3:49pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] I wish I was fucking playing it. I intend to play it very soon. |
| ______________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 3:53pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] If anyone is considering this game, and if you CAN, get the Limeted Edition version. I'm not sure how much more it is, I assume the game is $60 so the LE is $80, but I wish I could have gotten it. It comes with the usual crap: making of DVD, bonus videos, artbooks, etc... but also comes with a real Big Daddy figure. The thing is awesome, I want one! [img] 6" tall and hand painted, totally sick |
| ______________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 3:54pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] BTW, killing Big Daddy's is a bitch and a half. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 4:03pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] I want. |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 4:11pm - Mike_Giallo ""] My friend got the LE version. The Big Daddy toy doesn't even bend or move, what a rip!! |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 5:00pm - NoodleFace ""] Got it for the PC yesterday, luckily I bought a new PC last year so I can run it all maxed with pretty good results. Really awesome game. I haven't heard anyone that hasn't liked this game yet at all. This is what FPS and other games need to look up to. The environment is surreal and the pace is so great. At first I was hesitant of plasmids, I don't really like magic systems in FPS games but it works really well and the ability to instantly change via the right mouse click is awesome. Side note about the big daddy's. The first one you fight was romping my ass around the room.. then it got cheesed when he got stuck in a corner behind a little sister. Oh well.. Awesome game |
| _________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 5:06pm - Greg D ""] Awesome PC game that came out a few years back. |
| ______________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 5:09pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] I just suck at the combat thus far. Fighting big daddy's is a bitch because I can't swap between weapons and plasmids fast enough and I get charged at. I never know what to do with the little sisters either. There's no rape and sodomize option. I've just been alternating every other between the two options. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 5:10pm - FleshFries ""] downloading............................. |
| ______________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 5:12pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] Telekenesis is fun. I like to make piles of dead bodies in interesting places. Right now there's like ten corpses stacked next to the gene bank I use most often. Why not? |
| ______________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 5:16pm - boine (nli) ""] is it open ended or do you have to follow the path the game wants? |
| ______________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 5:43pm - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] Sorta both. There's a set linear path, story and quest wise. However, you can roam the whole place and return to areas you already went through. Also, enemies respawn in older areas so if you need ammo, money, etc.. you can always backtrack. |
| ______________________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 9:28pm - BobNOMAAMRooney nli ""] Deus Ex is one of the best (PC) games ever made, first person cyberpunk RPG type game that's pretty open ended (at least in terms of play styles). If you check out the bargain rack at Target you can probably pick it up for $5.00 and there's a hi-def skin pack for download that'll make the graphics look fairly up to date. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 22,2007 10:05pm - boine (nli) ""] did any one play the Deus Ex on the xbox you could like put bodies in dumpsters and light it on fire, throw them mad high in the air then try to keep them up with a sub machine gun |
| ________________________________________ [Aug 23,2007 9:45am - DestroyYouAlot ""] BobNOMAAMRooney nli said:Deus Ex is one of the best (PC) games ever made, first person cyberpunk RPG type game that's pretty open ended (at least in terms of play styles). If you check out the bargain rack at Target you can probably pick it up for $5.00 and there's a hi-def skin pack for download that'll make the graphics look fairly up to date. I second this time a million; the game is 7 years old and still ahead of its time. You can literally solve just about any problem in the game any number of different ways, and make a character during the course of the game that's good at a whole range of specialties. That, and it's got aspects of a stealth-sneaker (more like Thief than Metal Gear) and a tactical shooter (Rainbow Six-ish, just with one d00d). |
| ____________________________________________________ [Aug 23,2007 9:51am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] I remember playing Deus Ex and giving up on it early on because it just looked stupid. Everybody says it's great though. Damn it, I should have given it more of a shot. |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 23,2007 10:00am - BobNOMAAMRooney nli ""] My favorite part of that game was popping zyme before every gunfight. |
| __________________________________ [Aug 23,2007 10:36am - Greg D ""] DestroyYouAlot said:BobNOMAAMRooney nli said:Deus Ex is one of the best (PC) games ever made, first person cyberpunk RPG type game that's pretty open ended (at least in terms of play styles). If you check out the bargain rack at Target you can probably pick it up for $5.00 and there's a hi-def skin pack for download that'll make the graphics look fairly up to date. I second this time a million; the game is 7 years old and still ahead of its time. You can literally solve just about any problem in the game any number of different ways, and make a character during the course of the game that's good at a whole range of specialties. That, and it's got aspects of a stealth-sneaker (more like Thief than Metal Gear) and a tactical shooter (Rainbow Six-ish, just with one d00d). I highly recommend the second Dues Ex, Invisible War. you won't regret it. |
| _______________________________________________ [Aug 30,2007 12:01am - ArrowHead likes Pie ""] I beat Bioshock last night. I got the "bad" ending. The story was pretty interesting, and really deep. There were tons of little side-plots and backstories in those audio diaries. I hate Ayn Rand, but I didn't mind the atlas shrugged references and similar concepts. I'm restarting from the beginning and trying to get the "good" ending. I'm also going to explore more and try to find everything. |
| ___________________________________________________ [Sep 4,2007 5:07pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] I'm back now but it will be a few days before I catch up with everything and be able to get this game and play it. |
| __________________________________ [Sep 4,2007 5:39pm - dyingmuse ""] This game looks so sick!!!! I need to buy that shit! |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 6,2007 6:20pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] Have you gotten to this part, yet? [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 6,2007 6:28pm - xanonymousx ""] i played this game in my buddies dorm yesterday kicks ass... he's at the end of the game,i think, so i kept on dying, but it was still fun. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Sep 7,2007 11:41pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] I still have TONS of shit to take care of from being away on that little tour for a week. But all my plans fell apart tonight and I needed a mindnumbing distraction so I ran to bestbuy and picked up this game. I put about an hour into it so far. This game is by far the best looking game out right now. Gameplay is smooth as ice and is insanely original. Kudos to these bastards for having the vision and dedication to put this shit together. Can't wait to play more. |
| ____________________________________________________ [Sep 7,2007 11:42pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] DestroyYouAlot said:Have you gotten to this part, yet? [img] hahahahahaha |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 4:47pm - the_reverend ""] http://etchasketchist.blogspot.com/2007/08/bioshock.html |
| ____________________________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 5:14pm - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] Still havn't had the time to finish this game. Havn't played it since last week. I'm in that fucking tree part collecting dumb bottles of water or something to make some fucking tree potion. Fuck this part. I just want to kill shit. |
| ________________________________ [Sep 20,2007 11:55pm - boine ""] i just finished that part the best part about the game is cracking crack heads with wrenches |
| ____________________________________________________ [Sep 21,2007 9:13am - menstrual_sweatpants_disco ""] Played a little last night and finished that part finally. I was handling the hordes of splicers pretty good until the big daddy started trying to fuck with me. I must have zapped a splicer when he was in the water with the big daddy or something. He got a little pissed and killed me fairly quickly. |
| ______________________________________ [May 6,2008 9:40am - thuringwethil ""] this game is fun, and BEAUTIFUL. so much fucking detail. we've come a long way since Pong |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 2,2008 11:01pm - thuringwethil ""] I'm stuck in the winery, and I know I gathered all seven water bottles for the Lazarus whozeewhatzit (i counted as I went along). Stupid thing won't let me progress beyond to next stage. It's fun killing all these splicers and big daddies, but running through the level in circles is getting boring. maybe I'll rent a different copy. It seems like a bug in the game. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 26,2010 9:21am - aaron_michael ""] DestroyYouAlot said:Have you gotten to this part, yet? [img] someone please explain this to me. I don't care if it's a spoiler. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 26,2010 9:23am - aaron_michael ""] oh. I get it. |
| ______________________________________ [Aug 26,2010 9:30am - the_reverend ""] I'm not slow. |
| ________________________________________ [Jan 27,2011 1:09pm - Blessed Offal ""] just started playing this. Im only about 3 hours into it pretty awesome so far, refreshingly difficult and somewhat original. The combat kind of reminds me of the magic/melee of oblivion mixed with FPS. The only problem is I started so late on this that Ive already read about it enough that I know the whole ending and what not. |
| ______________________________________ [Dec 23,2014 8:19pm - the_reverend ""] it's $4.99 for the ipad now... http://appshopper.com/games/bioshock but it's $4.99 on steam... $10.19 with the triple pack.. (1/2/infinite)... I think I need to get that. though I think I have all 3 games on the PS3. |