yeah my gf (who is not a gamer at all) turned to me after it and said "wait wasn't bioshock that game you liked? i dont remember it looking so shitty" o_O
― Shower to the sheeple! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 00:59 (fourteen years ago) link
if you're talking about that terrible gamestop ad, i'm totally with you
― Nhex, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 01:59 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah the one with the creepy scarred lady and the sailor?
― Shower to the sheeple! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
yep, that's the one
― Nhex, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 02:41 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah why anyone gave the green light to in game footage where yer character looks more float-above-the-groundy than the shitty 3rd person view in fallout 3 is beyond me
― Shower to the sheeple! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 02:57 (fourteen years ago) link
jesus christ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvsGgCMHkrg it looks like a cheat code or shitty mod of the first
― bnw, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 03:43 (fourteen years ago) link
good lord
― randomized what nots (latebloomer), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 05:29 (fourteen years ago) link
actual game looks a lot better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MObDsX7I8dY
― randomized what nots (latebloomer), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 05:30 (fourteen years ago) link
MP and SP handled by two separate dev studios btw w/equal resources. SP helmed and written by jordan thomas, the designer behind the first game's best level
― I think ur a probotector (cozen), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 08:03 (fourteen years ago) link
it's nearly here!
― cozen, Friday, 5 February 2010 21:01 (fourteen years ago) link
more like multigayer
― bnw, Friday, 5 February 2010 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
^the succinct summary of my feelings about this game that i have been groping for
― aarrissi-a-roni, Friday, 5 February 2010 21:34 (fourteen years ago) link
can't help but worry that the developers of the sequel have the same grasp of the appeal of the first game as george lucas had of the appeal of the og star wars movies going into the prequels. see also - dead space 2 "less horror, more guns!"
― aarrissi-a-roni, Friday, 5 February 2010 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
can't help but worry that the developers of the sequel have the same grasp of the appeal of the first game as george lucas had of the appeal of the og star wars movies going into the prequels.
and that sir, Is why until a game of the year award is given, I will be staying away from this. My memory of the first one is too good to be sullied with an inferior sequel.
otherwise it'll be Ghostbusters II all over again....... :(
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Friday, 5 February 2010 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
so yeah, this
― new worlds order comeing soons (jeff), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 01:33 (fourteen years ago) link
anybody played yet?
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 06:24 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm an hour in. a little samey, claustrophobic. loking forward to some fun plasmids.
― v.g. -- vagriginal gangsta (jeff), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 07:06 (fourteen years ago) link
how are the horror bits so far?
― Sex Sexual (kingfish), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 09:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Nice game to fall back into. Im about an hour or so in as well and am taking my time with it. I like to poke around and look through all the windows and whatnot. Gameplay is samey. Ive already regretted my first weapon upgrade.
― mayor jingleberries, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 18:00 (fourteen years ago) link
should i start with this if i didn't play the first one? that way i won't it being samey.
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
first one is a great game and can be had for pennies right now, I'd say go for that one and wait for the price to drop on this
say that having never played this one obv
― calzone: liberation (cozen), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, i don't think you can go wrong with playing bioshock 1
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 18:05 (fourteen years ago) link
It might not matter if you play 1 for story purposes. It feels like the new ringleader of rapture was kinda grafted into this. Like oh hey btw heres this new pivotal character that you heard absolutely nothing about in any of the 1000 audio tapes you found in the last game!
― mayor jingleberries, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
those audiotapes were the worst. really lame story device.
valve woulda done better
― goole, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 18:26 (fourteen years ago) link
I disagree about audio tapes being lame. They just shouldn't take up important drama that you could watch or be a part of
― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 22:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Already stated, but don't skip the first game!
I loved the audio tapes - if you hated them you didn't have to listen to them, but if you did they way the story unfolded, with the different viewpoints and completely out of chronological or logical order was fantastic. There were plenty of in-game cutscenes/radio messages that pushed the primary plot.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
thought i had opened on this thread and was confused: Cassettes
― rinse the lemonade (Jordan), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 23:26 (fourteen years ago) link
they need to stop treating the PC version like kind of hated stepchildhttp://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/98214-BioShock-2-Blows-Widescreen-Support
― Nhex, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 23:47 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i would rather have the option of skipping the audio tapes than have to sit through hours of poorly done cutscenes
btw this game is uglier than the first one, right?
― vag white band (jeff), Wednesday, 10 February 2010 23:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah the textures dont seem as slick.. Could just be my memories tho.
I think its kinda lol that you spend the game cruising around rapture on a metro train just like in dead space.
― mayor jingleberries, Thursday, 11 February 2010 06:35 (fourteen years ago) link
ugh the combat is so clunky compared to MW2
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Saturday, 13 February 2010 12:28 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah this game is mainly abt the ~story~ and ~atmos~
― chris nibbs (cozen), Saturday, 13 February 2010 12:33 (fourteen years ago) link
that's what put me off the first one, felt really clunky xp
― dyao, Saturday, 13 February 2010 12:37 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah but if i have to ~kill~ these fucking splicers to get the story i'd rather not. someone make a movie.
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Saturday, 13 February 2010 12:50 (fourteen years ago) link
jeff plz sell my copy on amazon thanks
if i could at least map it to MW2 controls i'd be a little more willing to continue :/
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Saturday, 13 February 2010 12:52 (fourteen years ago) link
ok I got the sports boost a little less clunkers
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Saturday, 13 February 2010 13:34 (fourteen years ago) link
ok i'm into this now. i think it is pretty important to play the first game or you don't understand the significance of being a big daddy and having a little sister on your shoulder.
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Saturday, 13 February 2010 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link
just got it. still has a lot of charm in the setting and story and music. graphics look exactly like original i.e. a step behind the newer big releases. i am going slow as possible and playing on 'hard'.
― bnw, Saturday, 13 February 2010 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
this game is unforgiving with the ammo.
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Saturday, 13 February 2010 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah especially with the respawns. be nice if you regen'd even 10% of your health/eve
― bnw, Saturday, 13 February 2010 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe u 2 noobs wd be interested in this ~hidden gem~http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/afm-style-files/wp-content/uploads/style-savvy.jpg
― chris nibbs (cozen), Saturday, 13 February 2010 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
― antexit, Saturday, 13 February 2010 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/askville/5030904_5475327_mywrite/fat_monkey.jpg"iunno combats kinda clunky in bioshocks"
― dnw (cozen), Saturday, 13 February 2010 21:41 (fourteen years ago) link
try the first big daddy on hard. you will die like a bitch and rage-quit. oh wait, you can't b/c you are still playing some mario bullshit on your ds.
― self-important coozen (bnw), Saturday, 13 February 2010 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
lolz coz please report back to us
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Saturday, 13 February 2010 22:01 (fourteen years ago) link
:D luv u 2 first rounds on me when I am next in us of canada
― dnw (cozen), Saturday, 13 February 2010 22:10 (fourteen years ago) link
btw, my girl has long since broken style savvy's back and is playing Might and Magic: Clash and says she prefers Might and magic
― forksclovetofu, Saturday, 13 February 2010 23:05 (fourteen years ago) link
REALLY enjoying this now.
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 18:39 (fourteen years ago) link
so was my 6 year old niece as she watched me play in wonderment yesterday
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Tuesday, 16 February 2010 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link