Bioshock -- the "sequel in spirit" to System Shock 2

yeah, i don't think you can go wrong with playing bioshock 1

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!

those audiotapes were the worst. really lame story device.

valve woulda done better

I disagree about audio tapes being lame. They just shouldn't take up important drama that you could watch or be a part of

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.

thought i had opened on this thread and was confused: Cassettes

they need to stop treating the PC version like kind of hated stepchild
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/98214-BioShock-2-Blows-Widescreen-Support

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?

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.

ugh the combat is so clunky compared to MW2

yeah this game is mainly abt the ~story~ and ~atmos~

that's what put me off the first one, felt really clunky xp

yeah but if i have to ~kill~ these fucking splicers to get the story i'd rather not. someone make a movie.

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 :/

ok I got the sports boost a little less clunkers

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.

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'.

this game is unforgiving with the ammo.

yeah especially with the respawns. be nice if you regen'd even 10% of your health/eve

maybe u 2 noobs wd be interested in this ~hidden gem~
http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/afm-style-files/wp-content/uploads/style-savvy.jpg

lol

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/askville/5030904_5475327_mywrite/fat_monkey.jpg
"iunno combats kinda clunky in bioshocks"

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.

lolz coz please report back to us

:D luv u 2 first rounds on me when I am next in us of canada

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

REALLY enjoying this now.

so was my 6 year old niece as she watched me play in wonderment yesterday

"look at this grown-up wasting all his damn time playing games"

i explained to her wii is for kids, ps3 for grownups

360 for men

poor men

360 for potty mouth teenagers

360 for young urban recording artists

64s, playstations, few herbs and a bit of benson

lol cozen gets high to watch benson

this has grown on me. those harvesting sessions really get intense as the game goes on.

YES! and the big sisters!?

i've been rescuing the little ones and I didn't kill that woman. it's worked out pretty well to be a good guy i think?

i didn't kill her either but I killed stanley later. i totally missed that you could harvest twice with each girl and missed out on lots of adam :(

the multiplayer seems really dumb for all the hype they gave it. at least in cod you have to spot the enemy, here they have HUGE RED NAMES above them.

Do you get a shitload of adam if you use the little sister to grab adam from the corpses then tear her apart rather than saving her?

Big daddy fights got less challenging for me once I learned to put prox mines on a corpse and hurl said corpse at big daddy for a one hit kill.

prox mines? you mean traps?

i've found it effective to freeze the big daddies and then drill charge them over and over. if you do it right they don't get any attacks on you at all.

cutty good news I am def getting a PS3 next wk

hi5

whaaaaaaaaaaaat! so psyched.

<3 $$$freelance lawyering$$$

i also had great luck using hypnotize on a big daddy to help kill a big sister

Proximity mines from the launcher. You can shoot them onto any large object and then hurl it at a big daddy for massive damage. All it takes is 3 mines on medium.

I hypnotized a big daddy who basically killed all my enemies in persephone during the boss fight which took the pressure off considerably.

rok out coz