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Is it bad that I'm planning ot take a sick day to play this?
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08-21-2007, 03:40 PM | #52 |
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08-21-2007, 05:52 PM | #53 |
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Gamespot review is up:
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/acti...ml?sid=6176947 9.0 is the highest score they've given any game since they went to their new scoring mechanism which is supposed to be tougher to score well on. The good points:
My father-in-law just called to say that he is driving into town tonight. WOOT! This means that Mrs. Eaglesfan will want to do some extra cleaning tonight and I might get an hour or two in with the game after all. |
08-21-2007, 06:03 PM | #54 |
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IGN calls it a masterpiece and gives it a 9.7 out of 10. http://pc.ign.com/articles/813/813641p1.html |
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08-21-2007, 09:04 PM | #57 |
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12 days off in a row between jobs and a fresh copy of the BioShock Limited Edition in my 360. Game is amazing and will be at least a finalist for game of the year. FTW!!!
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08-21-2007, 09:24 PM | #58 |
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I got to play for a little over 2 hours before my wife dragged me off of the 360. Splicing into a turret and leading enemies into its path of fire is incredibly fun. The atmosphere is just incredible, and I've found some of the quotes to be very interesting. The great sense of style combined with great gameplay is already readily apparent. I generally do not like FPS, and I've only finished 2 or 3 of them over the years, but I agree with Kingneb. It is clear to me already that this will be a finalist for game of the year and I wouldn't be surprised if it wins it. Best of all, in over 2 hours of play no motion sickness for me.
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08-22-2007, 12:58 PM | #59 | |
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I went to bed at 1am and I still hated doing that. Wow, this game is definitely GOTY material. The atmostphere is incredible and the sound.. even better. Can't wait until I get home tonight!! |
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08-22-2007, 01:09 PM | #60 | |
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System Shock 2 was an incredible game, one of my favorite of all time and the thing that tilted it from a very, very good FPS to a classic was the sound. It set the mood of the game. The other thing about it was the "ghost" scenes the game had. You can tell this game is made by the same guys. It has the same things going for it. It's eerie seeing some of those ghost scenes play out and the tension in the game is fantastic. I played for a couple of hours last night. It exceeded all of my already lofty expectations. GOTY candidate for sure. |
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08-22-2007, 03:17 PM | #61 |
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Just to expound on the sound comments you guys have made. This is the first game that I feel really takes advantage of the surround sound setup I have.. It's very creepy hearing all of the noises coming from behind me and from all of the different speakers. College Hoops is the only other game I've played that I feel does a decent job of fully utilizing surround sound and this game blows it away. Gotta agree on the ghost scenes. They along with the diary recordings are very well done.
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08-22-2007, 03:29 PM | #62 | |
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I will never, every forget one of the ghost scenes from SS2. It had a guy in front of a door who was weeping and emotional. He apologized to his kids and his wife, then stuck a gun to his head and. . . You get the picture. I played SS2 in a darkened room with headphones and had chills go up my spine many, many times. I'm not using the headphones, but I'm playing Bioshock the same way. Darkened room, very little outside noises. Can't wait til tonight when I can fire it up again. |
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08-22-2007, 03:33 PM | #63 |
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I'm doing the same. I'm playing it in a dark room with nothing but the surround system making noise around me. Father-in-law won't be here for a few hours so I might get in some time when I get home to play tonight. I can't wait.
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08-22-2007, 05:57 PM | #64 |
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Playing the game today, I had my first two jump out of my seat scared moments. Despite this being in the first 2 or 3 hours, I'll put it in spoiler tags:
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08-22-2007, 08:02 PM | #65 |
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Yep, everyone asleep, doors closed in office, lights off and Bioshock in the 360.
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08-22-2007, 10:59 PM | #66 |
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Ok, it's only 11pm here and I turned it off for the night... I was getting the chills.
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08-22-2007, 11:54 PM | #67 |
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So I'm in-between jobs for the next two weeks and had Wednesday off. I beat the game and it was amazing. The total play time was about 17 hours. I played it on medium and had fun the whole time. I got 31 achievements for 685 points on my first time through. I missed many points for not taking full advantage of the camera. I'll play it on hard the 2nd time through and make sure to take many many pictures with the camera.
Amazing game overall. Anyone on the fence should at least rent this game and it will blow you away. One of the best overall game experiences I've ever had. |
08-23-2007, 12:08 AM | #68 |
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in-between jobs? did you leave GameStop?
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08-23-2007, 12:26 PM | #70 |
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This may be the most impressive collection of high review scores I've ever seen:
360 Gamer Magazine UK 10/1/2007 10 out of 10 100.0% X360 Magazine UK 10/1/2007 10 out of 10 100.0% Game Informer 9/1/2007 10 out of 10 100.0% Official Xbox Magazine UK 9/1/2007 10 out of 10 100.0% Ace Gamez 8/21/2007 10 out of 10 100.0% Yahoo Games 8/20/2007 5 out of 5 100.0% ZTGameDomain 8/20/2007 10 out of 10 100.0% Gamer 2.0 8/20/2007 10 out of 10 100.0% Eurogamer 8/16/2007 10 out of 10 100.0% 1UP 8/16/2007 10 out of 10 100.0% GameSpy 8/16/2007 5 out of 5 100.0% GamePro 8/16/2007 5 out of 5 100.0% GameZone 8/21/2007 9.8 out of 10 98.0% IC-Games 8/22/2007 97 out of 100 97.0% GameAlmighty 8/21/2007 9.7 out of 10 97.0% IGN 8/16/2007 9.7 out of 10 97.0% Xbox 360 Advanced 8/20/2007 9.6 out of 10 96.0% AtomicGamer 8/17/2007 96 out of 100 96.0% Computer & Video Games UK 8/22/2007 9.5 out of 10 95.0% Extreme Gamer 8/22/2007 9.5 out of 10 95.0% Game Revolution 8/21/2007 A 95.0% GameTrailers 8/21/2007 9.5 out of 10 95.0% UnderGroundOnline 8/20/2007 A 95.0% GamerNode 8/20/2007 9.5 out of 10 95.0% TeamXbox 8/16/2007 9.5 out of 10 95.0% Firing Squad 8/21/2007 94 out of 100 94.0% Xbox World 360 Magazine UK 8/16/2007 94 out of 100 94.0% ActionTrip 8/20/2007 92 out of 100 92.0% Worth Playing 8/21/2007 9.2 out of 10 92.0% MS Xbox World 8/20/2007 9 out of 10 90.0% GameSpot 8/20/2007 9 out of 10 90.0% Video Game Talk 8/18/2007 4.5 out of 5 90.0% |
08-23-2007, 03:27 PM | #71 |
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Yeah I did. Lackluster offered me a 20% bump in pay and a store 5 minutes from where I live, so I had to take it. As for BioShock, the review scores are simply amazing for a single-player FPS. Though this is far from the typical shooter. Going to play it through a 2nd time on hard (played it on medium last time) and try not to run&gun so much. I need to take better advantage of the environment and not try to shotgun everyone. It's hard to switch to a strategic mentality after every other FPS game that involves using just your weapons and blowing stuff up. |
08-23-2007, 03:57 PM | #72 |
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And it's going to take Microsoft up to 25 days before they fix my 360.
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08-23-2007, 04:36 PM | #73 |
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You can add Ars Technica to the review list. It got the rare 'X' (10) rating.
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08-23-2007, 04:56 PM | #74 |
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HERE is a rather scathing review. Sounds like we should all wait on the superior PS3 version.
In all seriousness though, I've only got to play for a few hours so far and I'm not generally a fan of shooters but this ranks up there as one of the best games I've ever played. Haven't seen a game with this kind of immersion in a long time. Just the attention to detail on it is amazing, nothing feels just tacked on. It's not generic shooter level after level, there's something to look at and interesting in every room and always sound..the sound really shines. Anyway, unfortunately the room with the 360 on it has a Skylight, and Bioshock simply can't be played in light, so I'm having to kill time until it gets dark so I can fire it up. |
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ROFLMAO at that "review." Absolutely agree about playing in the light. Fortunately, my media room where the 360 is has special curtains that I can pull and create a near perfect blackout. Unless motion sickness sets in (which it hasn't yet in 2 2 hour sessions) I'll be playing this one most of the weekend |
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08-23-2007, 05:17 PM | #76 |
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Going to Best Buy either later tonight or after work tomorrow to pick this up. Incredibly pumped.
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08-23-2007, 09:22 PM | #78 |
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I picked the PC version up today, played for two or three hours. Not much to be said that hasn't been said already, but this game rocks so far. Love the art style, the graphics are beautiful, can't wait to see what kinds of new weapons and plasmids are yet to come. I just need to improve my keyboard/mouse skill, I rarely play FPS. Thankfully I haven't really been bombarded with enemies yet.
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I got spooked real good in the dentist office
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08-23-2007, 10:48 PM | #81 |
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I'll play this after I finish Two Worlds. I'm much more excited about that one.
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08-24-2007, 09:16 AM | #82 |
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I have a date with Bioshock again tonight. I think my wife is getting lonely.
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08-24-2007, 09:27 AM | #83 |
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I'm up against the first big daddy and he's simply kicking my ass all over the floor. Terrific, terrific game.
Classy review up there. 5/10? Never visited that website anyway, I'll now go out of my way to avoid it. On the all time gamerankings.com list, it's now the 4th ranked game of all time per review scores. This is one shooter I will replay. I'm going to play through the game in a couple of different ways at least, maybe more. |
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I played the PC demo last night. I don't think it was long enough for me to get a feeling for the game. And considering I rarely play through games, no matter how good they are... I'll have to pass on getting this game right now. But maybe somewhere down the road i will.
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We might be at the same point in the game. Just got the key to the security booth or whatever, completed my goal, then the guy on radio told me to go after the second little sister after I had taken down the unaccompanied one. I don't think I have enough ammo to take it down, though supposedly there are other methods to defeating the Big Daddies that will require some thinking and creativity. When you encounter one of those things they just look so damn imposing, I love their design even if it scares me when I suddenly find myself in the same room as one of them. I hope I didn't screw up by removing my electric shock power for telekenesis. Maybe I should have given up the fireball instead. Oh and sonydefenseforce.com is a joke site, it's not a serious review... Last edited by Big Fo : 08-24-2007 at 10:08 AM. |
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same point.
Note guys: I don't think a spoiler tag is necessary here as I'm not going to discuss strategies or anything and I think everyone knows you'll have to deal with the Big Daddy's at some point. I'm now 0-12 against him. and I'm having fun every second. |
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Yeah, I haven't fought a Big Daddy yet, but I've seen them and it's no surprise they are going to be tough to beat. I'm with you Troy. I frequently don't finish games, particularly shooters, but I'm going to play this through at least 3 times I'm certain - once good, once evil, and at least once on hard mode.
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Saw in their forums about issues concerning pc play on widescreen. Anybody having any problems with that?
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08-24-2007, 11:16 AM | #92 |
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I have a widescreen monitor, it looks fine to me. What kinds of issues are people having?
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08-24-2007, 11:54 AM | #93 |
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http://www.widescreengamingforum.com...ic.php?t=11685
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nevermind...
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I remember you commenting a lot in another thread about how it was going to eventually be a PS3 game. I guess to you that IS a compliment. But seriously, you have made (I think) one positive comment about this game. Most of your other comments about it have been about how the reviews came out too early for it, it's going to be a PS3 game eventually, or about people complaining about widescreen mode. Please. If this were a PS3 game, you would be posting articles and reviews for it every 30 seconds until your fingers fell off. |
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After taking some dramamine, I could play the game. Considering it is rare for me to get motion sickness over a game, first time I've done that. Of course, first game I've encountered that I've wanted to do this for.
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I just read some forums, and now I see what the problem with widescreen is. And that does suck that they did it that way (basically the widescreen is chopping off the top and bottom of a 4:3 screen and zooming the rest of it in).
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