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

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!)

all 3 endings pretty much suck btw

didn't realize the sequel is going to be multiplayer based until recently. Ugh :(

no its weirder than that, from what ive read there are two totally independent teams working on it, one on the single-player and one on the multiplayer with like zero crossover (i mean im guessing the engine will be the same, but thats about it). unless thats bad info, which is possible.

see you in 2010 ;_;

shite

oh well.

just started playing this! pretty great! i could probably hack less, basically every camera and gun bot thing i come across i hack, cos like 1 in 5 you come back across with enemies near it. and i love the camera! what a great idea

i understand there is some kind of meta switcheroo at some point... i (player) don't have any idea who i (character) am, so, does the character not know either? nice tattoos anyway dude.

excited for you! - this game is so dope

i hacked the shit out of stuff too, because the hacking minigame is actually kind of fun. what a concept!

yah there's definitely a moment where it clicks and yr like I AM MASTER OF PIPE

surprised at how upfront the libertarianism is, constant PA addresses about 'parasites' etc, i figured it would be a more like a half-assed subtext. there are some genuinely scary moments, too, usually accompanied by loud big-band jazz

Jazz! That's why I hated this game!