Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

Geek Culture / Bioshock... wow.

Author
Message
AndrewT
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Feb 2007
Location: MI, USA
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 00:42
Link
Just finished it, and I can honestly say it is one of the best games I\'ve ever completed (mind you, I haven\'t completed many games ). The levels were the most unique I\'ve ever seen in a game. The music was amazing. The graphics were wonderful. I can\'t remember the last time I became so involved with the story of a game.

So what do you guys think of it?

Check out my ***FREE MEDIA*** at http://www.thorwall3d.com/!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Back to top
Profile PM
Oolite
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 28th Sep 2005
Location: Middle of the West
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 00:44
Link
I liked the story and the concept, the gameplay could have been a bit more varied and less restricting, in my opinion.

Back to top
Profile PM Website
AndrewT
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Feb 2007
Location: MI, USA
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 00:48
Link
@Oolite:

I would've liked a couple more weapons. One thing that I really disliked about it all was the fact that the game ends after the final boss.

Check out my ***FREE MEDIA*** at http://www.thorwall3d.com/!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Back to top
Profile PM
Grandma
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 26th Dec 2005
Location: Norway, Guiding the New World Order
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 01:02
Link
I played it at a friends place, he was dissapointed, i was somewhat aswell. We were expecting something up to the quality of System Shock 2, but Bioshock didn't quite get there. Still a good game though albeit the "hacking" part annoyed me greatly. More like plumbing.

This message was brought to you by Grandma industries. Making yesterdays games, today!

Back to top
Profile PM Email
Oolite
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 28th Sep 2005
Location: Middle of the West
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 01:03
Link
Quote: "the game ends after the final boss."

Sorry, i had to laugh.

Back to top
Profile PM Website
AndrewT
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Feb 2007
Location: MI, USA
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 01:05
Link
@Oolite:

Haha, well I probably shoulda put that differently. I wish it was more free-roamish after you beat the boss. I don't like games that don't allow you to continue once you've beaten it.

Check out my ***FREE MEDIA*** at http://www.thorwall3d.com/!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Back to top
Profile PM
Deathead
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 14th Oct 2006
Location:
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 01:06 Edited at: 14th Oct 2007 01:08
Link
It was too short. And I found it really funny when you save the little sisters ending... Spoiler...

Quote: "@Oolite:

Haha, well I probably shoulda put that differently. I wish it was more free-roamish after you beat the boss. I don't like games that don't allow you to continue once you've beaten it."

You can explore Rapture before you fight the end boss. And only boss. And no one can attack you as your a "Big Daddy". You go to those submarine thingys.

-Go onto the forums its nice! Join now!
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Raven
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 23rd Mar 2005
Location: Hertfordshire, England
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 01:08
Link
Why the hell (if there wasn't a swear filter i'd use a much stronger string of words) can't you people do a quick search for previous threads on topics.

Cause this forum doesn't have a culling feature, all of this stupid new threads are slowly killing the performance of a forum that quite frankly should be a damn sight quicker.

Not to mention fill the forum with the same crap, over and over and over and over again.

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Deathead
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 14th Oct 2006
Location:
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 01:09
Link
@Raven:And your post added to the bandwidth well done my friend!lol

-Go onto the forums its nice! Join now!
Back to top
Profile PM Email
AndrewT
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Feb 2007
Location: MI, USA
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 01:12
Link
Raven, I just searched up 'Bioshock'. I got two results about demos and my thread.

So where, Raven, are all of these previous threads you're mentioning? I only saw one that was actually about the game and not a demo.

Check out my ***FREE MEDIA*** at http://www.thorwall3d.com/!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Back to top
Profile PM
Osiris
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2004
Location: Robbinsdale, MN
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 01:18
Link
The main character wasn't all that bright either...

Your signature has been erased by a mod because it's larger than 600x120....
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
tha_rami
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 25th Mar 2006
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 02:14
Link
I was quite disappointed. I didn't find it worthy the 'Shock' title, the story was a tad short and honestly, the ending felt as if the writer suddenly hit writers block and googled for 'cliché endings'. I think it was intended as a nice throw at Deus Ex, but they didn't come anywhere close.

Nevertheless, a pearl in the genre. Absolutely fun game. Just not what I hoped it would be.


A mod has been erased by your signature because it was larger than 600x120
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Chenak
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 13th Sep 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 03:24
Link
Don't buy the PC version, its the biggest load of rubbish ever. It is totally unplayable, it includes crashes every 1min and the random blue screen of death. Hugely dissapointed
Back to top
Profile PM
AndrewT
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 11th Feb 2007
Location: MI, USA
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 03:32
Link
Thanks, I was gonna buy it when I gut my new computer but I probably won't now.

asdsdfaghkdlgahdfkj.
Back to top
Profile PM
Mnemonix
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 2nd Dec 2002
Location: Skaro
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 04:15
Link
I completed it on the PC, thoroughly enjoyable

TheSturgeon(playing me at chess) : I will use my powers of the horse and pwnzor you.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Chenak
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 13th Sep 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 04:30
Link
Tell me your secret then, cause so far I cant loot corpses, hack, load a game, goto another level or even die without the thing crashing to oblivion. The only way so far to fix some of the problems is to turn off the shaders, which I don't really want to do.
Back to top
Profile PM
tha_rami
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 25th Mar 2006
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 04:37
Link
Quote: "Tell me your secret then, cause so far I cant loot corpses, hack, load a game, goto another level or even die without the thing crashing to oblivion. The only way so far to fix some of the problems is to turn off the shaders, which I don't really want to do."

You aren't trying to run it on a MS-DOS computer, are you?


A mod has been erased by your signature because it was larger than 600x120
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Chenak
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 13th Sep 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 04:50
Link
fraid not

My system is perfectly capable of running it and I've downloaded every bloody driver update I could find and still getting constant crashes.

http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=42
Back to top
Profile PM
Jeku
Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Jul 2003
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 11:12
Link
@Raven - Chill.

I played the Bioshock demo on the 360 last night and was amazed at the graphics. I absolutely love scripted single-player FPS', and I'd like to see more of the full game. The music was amazing, too

Back to top
Profile PM Website
Insert Name Here
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 20th Mar 2007
Location: Worcester, England
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 12:07 Edited at: 8th Nov 2007 22:10
Link
Never mind

Nya!
Well, yes but - wait, what?
Back to top
Profile PM
Jeku
Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Jul 2003
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 21:51
Link
@INH - Don't post just to tick somebody off. Thanks.

Back to top
Profile PM Website
Raven
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 23rd Mar 2005
Location: Hertfordshire, England
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 22:26
Link
Quote: "@Raven - Chill."


It's getting frustrating now, how much crap is constantly posted.
I mean wouldn't be annoying if it was all new, but look at the new "post your pic" thread. What's wrong with the old one apart from the fact it isn't on the first page?

I was honestly unimpressed by the game overall, it was just too easy with the rpg features practically stripped out. Just doesn't warrent so many threads with people glowing about how awesome it is when honestly it isn't.

You want the best game from this series, find a copy of System Shock 2. Bioshock just doesn't live up to it past graphics which on the PC.. it required a powerhouse and was fairly unstable despite updates nearly everytime you run it. On the 360, it was alright as a distraction but the storyline just wasn't gripping (or there enough) to keep the interest going.. and their concept of puzzles got me wondering if they stoped bothering a good decade ago.

Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
BiggAdd
Retired Moderator
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 6th Aug 2004
Location: != null
Posted: 14th Oct 2007 22:45
Link
Bioshock is alright.. I'm not a huge FPS fan, so i didn't buy it.

Offtopic/
Raven I don't think I mentioned, but I saw the models you showed and I think are pretty nice. Sorry if I doubted you.
/Offtopic

Back to top
Profile PM
tha_rami
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 25th Mar 2006
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 15th Oct 2007 01:17
Link
Quote: "You want the best game from this series, find a copy of System Shock 2. Bioshock just doesn't live up to it past graphics which on the PC.. it required a powerhouse and was fairly unstable despite updates nearly everytime you run it. On the 360, it was alright as a distraction but the storyline just wasn't gripping (or there enough) to keep the interest going.. and their concept of puzzles got me wondering if they stoped bothering a good decade ago."


You're entitled to an opinion. But your opinion was wrong. I liked SS1 more, and Bioshock, although a disappointment overall is one of the best FPS'es around. I've had more than enough of that WWII, Vietnam or Post-Apocaliptic settings.


A mod has been erased by your signature because it was larger than 600x120
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Jeku
Moderator
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 4th Jul 2003
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Posted: 15th Oct 2007 07:14 Edited at: 15th Oct 2007 07:15
Link
Quote: "but look at the new "post your pic" thread. What's wrong with the old one apart from the fact it isn't on the first page?"


Because it was ~6 months ago when we last posted in that thread. Obviously if a thread was posted within the last few weeks I would just lock it, but if we just keep reusing old threads they'd all be over 100 pages in length

Back to top
Profile PM Website
SamHH
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Dec 2006
Location: Vermont
Posted: 8th Nov 2007 21:49
Link
I just started it and it is amazing, the amount of work put into the mood and environment just makes it a masterpiece.


Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Bizar Guy
19
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 20th Apr 2005
Location: Bostonland
Posted: 9th Nov 2007 03:38
Link
A bunch of friends bought it for the 360, and I was so impressed that I got it for my comp. You see, I thought I met all the specs.

But woe me! I only support up to pixel shader 2, and it requires 3. There was someone who made it run with ps2, but he still had so many problems with it I didn't bother. I had also just uninstalled it, and 8 gigs takes a loooong time to install. Even so, I probably would have had to disable most of the shaders and such. I'll be getting a new comp over the summer though, so I decided to keep it until then. I've heard the ending was disappointing from everyone, but also the the game was excellent until then.


Superman wears Chuck Norris PJ's
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
tha_rami
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 25th Mar 2006
Location: Netherlands
Posted: 9th Nov 2007 03:50
Link
The ending is disappointing. The game itself was kind of disappointing to me to. I had hoped for a dark, realistic story. Instead we got a (convincing) story about Plasmids, Adam and Eve. I knew this when I started the game, but it kept feeling a bit unreal to me. This doesn't take away that Bioshock is one of the better games released last few months - something to play for Halo-haters.


A mod has been erased by your signature because it was larger than 600x120
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
small fish
18
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 3rd Mar 2006
Location: the Spectre Orbital Palace
Posted: 9th Nov 2007 16:17
Link
I adore bioshock but I have to ask is there a bad ending and different locations if you kill the kids because I could never bring my self to do it

the world is complicated only people are simple
Back to top
Profile PM Email
Keo C
17
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 3rd Aug 2007
Location: Somewhere between here and there.
Posted: 9th Nov 2007 16:56
Link
Quote: "because I could never bring my self to do it"

Easy, turn off the speakers, load your Tommy gun, aim for the head, close your eyes, and click the mouse


Back to top
Profile PM Website
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2024-11-19 13:17:16
Your offset time is: 2024-11-19 13:17:16