Bioshock Official Thread**Possible Spoilers**

[No.72]

SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!








At the end of my game there was this cut scene where there is a load of people standing on top of a submarine when a biosphere surfaces, a splicer popes out and kills them all. The lady wasn't too happy with me ether. Something about unleashing an evil on the world!

[Howard]

Yep same here, I am curious about the other ending now without wanting to be spoiled

[No.72]

Apparently after that funny video review its the difference between being mother Teresa and a baby eater.

[Howard]

well I am going to play it again fo' sho', maybe after a patch is released. Such an awesome game environment/style

[No.72]

I dunno, I didn't really get into it like I though I would. It might be the lack of AA or its my crappy 17 inch screen, ah well it will be 24 inch soon .

[Howard]

Er, the size of your monitor really shouldn't affect how much you enjoy a game

[No.72]

Er, the size of your monitor really shouldn't affect how much you enjoy a game

True but I had the feeling that it really was designed for wide-screen at a much higher res. It just dosent look right in 4:3.

Also my monitor is horrific, its a TFT made by IT works that came out in like 2002. So there is probs horrific ghosting going on but I cant tell as ive never played a pc game on a better monitor before.

[yamangman]

I find it pretty much dumbed down system shock for the console audience, anyone else? Regardless not overly impressed.

[kalniel]

I find it pretty much dumbed down system shock for the console audience, anyone else?

Nope.

[Gerrard]

Heheh, anyone seen this video-review of Bioshock:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/arti...ation-BioShock

Contains a little swearing, but farking hilarious!

That was bloody hilarious and actually pretty accurate I thought. I thought the controls seemed a little bit sluggish, especially when jumping and crouching. Might be just used to HL2/CS though.

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I didn't harvest any of the girls (still finished the game normal with ADAM left over) and got a "good" ending, where you give them all happy lives etc. Which was nice of me I thought...
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[yamangman]

Nope.

Well you'd be wrong cos that's precisely what it is. I couldn't begin to knock it's great production values however. But like the vast majority of console games its production values do have to be that high.

[kalniel]

Well you'd be wrong cos that's precisely what it is.

So infact when you asked for other people's opinions you actually weren't asking for opinions, you were just asking for people to agree with you?

I maintain that it's not at all dumbed down. Turn off all the hint systems (which are optional for this very reason) and it's just like a good PC game.

[yamangman]

Dumbed down System Shock* before you fall off your rocker. That's what it is. No need for opinions. System Shock 2 was better. Bioshock copies it and dumbs it down tremendously for the console audience. Like I said it's a good game, but that dosn't make it any less of another lowest common denominator title. And who can blame them considering the poor sales of system shock. Massively hype a game, dumb it down to the right level, and you've got a winner.

[Deadlight]

Er...care to explain what 'dumbed down Shock Shock' means? Of course I know what you mean, but which bits are 'dumbed down'?

[kalniel]

I don't buy the comparisons to System Shock. Bioshock is more of a homage to Beyond Good and Evil.

[acrobat]

I think its a dumbed down system shock too. I really disliked it. Boring, generic shooter. Had much more fun with the last few FPS's I've played, and more fun in Dark Messiah Might + Magic too. (Which Bioshock reminded me of, but wasn't as good as).

Nice production values, and thats about it.