BioShock Comments by Kristan Reed
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wow.. over 200 comments before 10am. And its not for the usual reasons! How refreshing.
Aresenal win in Europe.. Utd. get anther draw and the work deadline I thought was tomorrow is actually next week. And now this... what a good day! Play.com have a cool free faceplate if you pre-order this with them. I have! |
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Emilia'sHorse
16/08/07 @ 09:20
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Agreed this deserves to shift 5 million plus copies. Do the right thing people spread the word.
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UK gamers
Collectors eddition £34.99 delivered http://www.choicesuk/bioshoick Going by the demo this will be the greatest game I will ever play, I am actually considering kicking out my lodger so he does not interfer with me playing this game |
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silver jon
16/08/07 @ 09:28
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My wife's away for that weekend. Oh deep unbridled joy !!!!
hang on - is that wrong ? Thanks Kristan for not giving anything away about the game but somehow managing to convey this as an almost certain game of the year/nomination for game of the decade. Also, I agree with your multiplayer point. I've been looking forward to seeing some developers focus on the single-player experience, allowing others to specialise in online multiplayer. |
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Actually, I am a bit pissed that it doesn't have multi-player. Why? Because System Shock 2 had co-op multiplayer! Whenever System Shock 2 made you crap your pants too much, you could always call in a friend to huddle in a corner with. But not so in Bioshock! I still think they should have made a co-op feature in this game too. It worked so well in System Shock 2..
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Emilia'sHorse
16/08/07 @ 09:36
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@mkreku
Shock 2 didn't ship with a multi player mode. Maybe a co-op patch will be...oh hang on I don't want to share this with anyone, sod off it's mine! |
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kangarootoo
16/08/07 @ 09:37
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I really f*cking wish I'd worked on this. Its the kind of title that just gives you a warm feeling.
As a gamer because I love playing quality games, and as a dev because you just think "they just MUST have their shit in order to make a game this good, I bet it was a blast". Canada is a long way away though :( |
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afghan_jones
16/08/07 @ 09:42
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You know what is interesting about this?
A lot of people rag on the 360 and the PS3 for just delivering the same old thing but with prettier graphics, saying they dont add anything much to a game. (personally I disagreee but there it is.) Its just that in this instance, a bit part of what makes this game feel special is the incredible atmosphere and art direction. The game would have looked a lot worse on 'last-gen' tech and so would have lost much of what appeals about it. Could this be one of the instances where 'next-gen' graphics genuinely improve a game beyond just visually, in the way it makes you feel and immerses you? |
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nickthegun
16/08/07 @ 09:47
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Im on holiday on the 24th!
My pre-order copy is going to sit unloved on the doormat for 2 weeks..... |
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rhinoxious
16/08/07 @ 09:58
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I can't wait eight days . . . every minute is agonizing . . .
Butters you're going to have to freeze me in ice, and thaw me out when Bioshock is released. |
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ell, I'd like to do a road to Bioshock sort of thing, tracing it back to Ultima Underworlds - I've always wanted to do a history of the Looking Glass Diaspora.
Like a sort of games version of "Rock Family Trees"? It's funny how this subgenre has persisted and developed over the years, generally to critical acclaim and massive financial failure... looks like Bioshock will buck this trend, thankfully. Games that should probably be on the list: Ultima Underworld 1&2 System Shock 1&2 Deus Ex Deus Ex: Invisible War Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines (don't know if there's an Origin connection, but there's a lot of design similarities...) |
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BremXJones
16/08/07 @ 10:11
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mkreku: It was patched in after release by Irrational/Looking Glass. Dunno what version you've got, but I suspect if you got the (er) abandomware version, it may already be patched.
(I presume this as since Shock 2 didn't have a budget release as far as I'm aware, the boxed copy is all you get). I know that Irrational regret doing Co-op in Shock 2. They were very aware that it was incredibly hard to get working and the vast, vast majority of people didn't play it significantly. They felt that if they put all the effort they'd lobbed into the co-op into single player, it'll have been a much better game. tiddles: As far as I'm aware, there's no actually connection in terms of staff between the guys at Troika who did Vampire at the LG area. KG |
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@nickthegun
"My pre-order copy is going to sit unloved on the doormat for 2 weeks....." Naaah. Sods law. It'll either: 1. Arrive the day before, so you get a taster, then you have to give it up! 2. Or it'll be lost in the mail, and you'll be so dissapointed when you finally get back from your holiday that you need another holiday! :) |
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"@afghan_jones
You've summed up the exact reservations I have about the Wii. But thats a different thing... still meands you can never have anything as exciting as this on Wii. Metroid vs. this?" Not even in Bioshock review thread we can't go by without someone obsessing over Wii. How's that possible? Oh, afghan_jones, of course:) |
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PlugMonkey
16/08/07 @ 10:15
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UK gamers
Collectors eddition £34.99 delivered http://www.choicesuk/bioshoick That looks like the limited edition tin rather than the full collectors edition with soundtrack and Big Daddy figurine. |
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nickthegun
16/08/07 @ 10:16
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@Zuljin - Actually, you are probably right. Judging by how shit the post in my area is, its a good job im away for two weeks or they could find our local sorting office burned to the ground.
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I'll hold my hands up. Even after reading the review and all these comments, I have no idea why this game is sposed to be so good.
I will be buying it next weekend. Hopefully I'm in for a total revelation, cus I just can't get excited bout this one at all. I'm going to be buying it purely for its hype. |
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Freelancepolice
16/08/07 @ 10:19
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There is a budget release of SS2 (which isn't abandonware for the record!) as I own it. It never had the coop patch though. Coop was buggy as hell when it came out as well
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BremXJones
16/08/07 @ 10:23
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I haven't a 360 to play it on. Have to walk over, borrow someone's, walk back. About an hours walk, in all.
Freelance: My mistake. I believe I got confused since it certainly wasn't kept in print for very long. (And that's why I went "abandonware" rather than saying it really was. That it's available in torrents from the more reputable sites means that EA hasn't actually told them to STOP) KG |
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HarryPalmer
16/08/07 @ 10:32
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Anyone out there in the dark reaches of space know if this is still selling in Toys R Us?
Thanks in advance. |
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