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

it just seem a shame that as technology gets better the games get more stupider

i mean system shock was the most complicated and that would run on a 386

it just seem a shame that as technology gets better the games get more stupider

i mean system shock was the most complicated and that would run on a 38

^^^whoa wtf again

Maybe I have low standards, but this game is blowing me away. I've never played a game with a world that's both this unique and this immersive. And the twist even impressed my wife, who couldn't care less about non-Rock Band video games.

Okay, jeez, that ending is embarrassing. How could they have spent so much effort on the story only to finish off with that?

Still, amazing game. Best FPS I've ever played. Which means it's the best out of, like, three games.

I started playing Gears of War, got the shits with it immediately and started playing this and I've stuck with it. It's pretty sweet. I shouldn't have started it on easy tho.

Finally upgraded my graphics card on a drunken whim and quick search thru craigslist. I can now play this at home, along with Witcher.

Whee.

system shock 2 (underwater art deco libertarian-shooting remix)
-- adam, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 15:36 (9 months ago) Link

was system shock 2 as good as i remember it being? cause bioshock kinda sucks. of course i think FEAR is the best fps in recent memory so maybe i just have bad taste.

http://www.destructoid.com/hey-ashly-whatcha-playing-episode-three-89989.phtml

SS2 is as good. Be sure to get the updated fanmade texture packs, helps a lot.

I'm having a hellish time trying to get deus ex running on my macbook; would like to run system shock 2 as well, but don't see that happening - I'm open to advice and hand-holding

in which case, I'm going to play through bioshock again... anyone replayed it since their original play-through?

I had a great time playing through the first time but I'm not sure how good it will seem second time through

Yeah just started. do u have to rescue all the girls to get the different ending? or just not kill any of them>?>?

I just read through this thread again and was struck by some of the negative reactions to this game and remembered how much I loved it when I played it; loved it

I'm going to harvest the little sisters this time through!!!

I think I harvested one little sister just to see what would happen and I got the "bad ending". Kinda lame. Anyway, the game's well put together and everything but damn... I just really didn't find it very much fun. I had a similar reaction to System Shock 2. It's like everything's there to make it great or at least really good, but I'm not enjoying myself playing through it.

i had a blast.

the only part that disappointed me was the boss fight/ending.

Wow, this is incredible. First immersive FPS in ages that really got me by the medulla oblongata.

I had that awesome rare gaming moment last night where you look up and six hours have passed in real rapturous focus. It's been a while.

My girl genuinely cannot stay in the room when i play for longer than fifteen minutes; she says it's too stressful.

Bioshock main character guy, what's on your iPod?

Maurice Chevalier, "Thank Heaven For Little Girls"

O'Jays 'For the Love of Money' / Cats and the Fiddle 'Jumpin with a G.I. Gal' (DJ Steempunk ReMash)

Clash, "Complete Control"

bioshock OST

just up to the first boss... wow, what an atmosphere.

mildly spoilerish question that i request only a mildly spoilerish response to if possible:

i rented this ish. i am only going to have time to play it thru once.

will i have more fun, in general if i kill or save 'em?

Surprisingly it's really six of one, half dozen of another; doesn't really affect the gameplay too much. You get immediate power up if you kill them, long-term benefits if you save them.

I saved them, but if you're gonna save them, save them all. Don't succumb to the temptation; the game has a long memory.

yeah, i killed just one of them and saved the rest and got the bad ending. :(

i recommend saving them.

the math sez: kill 'em bro

save em

http://www.whokilledbambi.co.uk/public/2007/07/kill-em-all.jpg

jesus

what the hell am i supposed to do

i've never played the game, if that helps

me neither, but something tells me - kill them.

yeah i'm just going on g.p. here

lol

I consider it more difficult to beat if you don't kill them. play with that in mind.

is it like one big payoff thing at the end or something that will enhance a great part of the game?

(not killing)

You get rewarded for not killing them too. Like every third one you save you get a chunk of ADAM. Also it's nice to not get a bummer ending.

There really isn't a significant difference in how much you ADAM you get in the long run.

oh

so you get adam from not killing them, as well as killing them?

might as well save them i guess?

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2007/08/little-sisters-save-or-harvest-we-break-down-the-best-approach-for-adam.ars

this is an ages-old quandry

to kill the dudes, or not to kill the dudes

hahaha

KILL THEM

ps that chart is o-p dude doesnt even take time-value into account

kill them, and if you want to win easily just stick with electricity powers

didn't realize ILG was so merciless.

just keep in mind if you harvest even one of them you get the "bad" ending so might as well go all or nothing.

can you drown them? might be an option

I saved them. So if you kill them, can you let us know what happens at the end? I only saw the good ending.

Here's all three endings on youtube:
(Guess what, SPOILERS!)