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BioShock 2 |OT| of Big Sisters, Delta Daddies, and Creepy Uncles
- Thread starter The Librarian
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Not very far in yet, but I'm happy so far. I like the new hacking mechanic much more than the old one, and enjoy that it doesn't take you out of the action so you have to be a bit strategic about that too. It's not even big enough to be considered a minigame for hacking so it's not likely to get old the way planet scanning did recently in ME2.
Storywise, the start feels a bit off. It feels too compressed, introducing you to one character after another. I think this is at least partially because some of these things are covered in the original Bioshock so they assume a sort of shared knowledge and go from there, but it's hard to know exactly how much your character is meant to know or remember and so far people aren't giving a very clear point of reference in their communications with him. Overall, though, I think the story and atmosphere is playing out okay, if sometimes a little jarring. It's still Bioshock. It's still beautiful and occasionally creepy.
Two things setting related very early on:
Storywise, the start feels a bit off. It feels too compressed, introducing you to one character after another. I think this is at least partially because some of these things are covered in the original Bioshock so they assume a sort of shared knowledge and go from there, but it's hard to know exactly how much your character is meant to know or remember and so far people aren't giving a very clear point of reference in their communications with him. Overall, though, I think the story and atmosphere is playing out okay, if sometimes a little jarring. It's still Bioshock. It's still beautiful and occasionally creepy.
Two things setting related very early on:
I really love the altars set up for Lamb all around Rapture and similarly I just love Ryan's amusement park ego trip and the narrated displays. At that point I knew I was going to be willing to forgive the game a lot if it has even just a few more sections like that.
gray_fox224
Junior Member
I am about in an hour in and golly, I feel that the magic of Rapture is recaptured again.
Thinking about getting the PC version also so my GF can play the 360 version. I read that the animation bug still isn't fixed in this? Something with the amount of frames in the animations don't sync up with the framerate of the game or something? Could be wrong here, just going by what I've heard.
sweetvar26
Member
Oh god, that Limited Edition looks really sweet, hopefully my pre-ordered copy of the game is still there, I would be really mad if I miss out on the Limited Edition.
AgentOtaku
Member
Truant said:
I believe your talking about how the physics system was locked at 30fps. So if your running the PC version at 60+ fps, it's pretty ugly whenever something would die, get knocked over, etc. This was never fixed in Bioshock. Waiting to hear if they fixed it in Bio2.
AgentOtaku said:
Yeah, could be that. My friend just confirmed that it looks just as shitty in BS2. Could there be some workaround in one of the .ini files? UE3 is tweakable as hell, so there might be hope. Thinking I'm going to stick with the 360 version if not
EDIT: Here's what he said, just to be clear.
gray_fox224
Junior Member
Afraid not...isamu said:Im at 24%
You *ARE* joking....right???
http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55818
gray_fox224
Junior Member
IMACOMPUTA
Member
Is there a way to force AA in this game?
I'm running an ATI card btw..
I'm running an ATI card btw..
sweetvar26
Member
gray_fox224 said:
I am sure they will fix this eventually but by the time it goes through all the certification through Microsoft or Sony, we will all be done beating the game
Patrick Bateman
Member
I'm about to get the fire plasmid and until now it feels more like Bioshock 1.2 than 2. :/
I mean it's nice to continue playing in an awesome world like Rapture, but it's not that different to the first game..
I mean it's nice to continue playing in an awesome world like Rapture, but it's not that different to the first game..
StevePharma
Member
Yes this feels like Bioshock 1.2, but I'm having fun and that's what matters to me. The hacking minigame is SO much less frustrating than the first one, because in retrospect the pipe game was pretty horrible
sweetvar26
Member
Firestorm said:
Shit son, go to bed NOW. Enjoy the game atleast for a day...
I shouldn't even be saying this, I played MW2 for a day straight when it came out :lol
The Librarian
Banned
wenis said:Got back from the midnight launch about an hour ago.
The guys from 2k Marin were there and I had parts of the team (whoever was there) sign my LE....FREAKIN AWESOME!
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That's really cool. Ugh. I want my LE right now! I'll be picking it up in a couple of hours.
sweetvar26
Member
wenis said:Got back from the midnight launch about an hour ago.
The guys from 2k Marin were there and I had parts of the team (whoever was there) sign my LE....FREAKIN AWESOME!
Me really jealous now.
Just got my collector's edition, it's definitely one of the best collector's editions I own. Very well put together and doesn't look cheap.
Also got a free Little Sister figure which is actually a proper model with articulated joints and stuff, not just the shitty piece of plastic I was expecting.
Also got a free Little Sister figure which is actually a proper model with articulated joints and stuff, not just the shitty piece of plastic I was expecting.
whatevermort
Member
Truant said:
Well, yeah. You've only done what is essentially the tutorial bit.
There was a link to a comparison some pages back. It was really close.dark10x said:
http://www.videogameszone.de/aid,70...Station-3-und-Xbox-360-Version/Bildergalerie/
Thanks.
Hmm, surprisingly, the PS3 version looks sharper. The 360 shots look like the PS3 shots of the original. What's up with that? Almost seems like they got them reversed or something (which they didn't, as you can see button prompts on certain shots).
The big question for me is framerate. The PS3 version of Bioshock 1 could not hold a stable framerate, unlike the 360 version.
Take a look...
PS3 on top, 360 on the bottom
dark10x said:Thanks.
Hmm, surprisingly, the PS3 version looks sharper. The 360 shots look like the PS3 shots of the original. What's up with that? Almost seems like they got them reversed or something.
Take a look...
PS3 on top, 360 on the bottom
They definitely got them reversed. It looks like the top image on my TV, on 360. The one below looks like a joke. There is some DoF/blur stuff when you first start the game. Could be that.
I thought they did, but no, that's not true. The other shots have the same differences, but you can see 360 button prompts on the blurry shots. All of the 360 shots are blurrier.Truant said:
One thing I do see is that particles seem to be half resolution on PS3 (which is very common) to save bandwidth. That suggests that they took framerate more seriously this time.
Anyone play the PS3 version yet? I must know how smooth the framerate is (especially compared to the shitty original port).
Don't forget that the PS3 version has a 5 gig install. That could make some difference. In any case it's not a HUGE difference.
I'm playing the PS3 version, and like the previous game you have the choice to lock or unlock you framerate. I'm playing locked, and up until now the game has not had any issues. I dropped noticably one time, with SHITTONS of action going on (A big Daddy, Big Sister and a Splicer were al hammering down on me while shit was blowing up and on fire and Security bots were defending my tin ass), but even then it remained playable (my guess was that the FPS were in the high 10's).
Overall it's a way more technically polished experience on PS3 then the first foray into Rapture on Sony's console.
I'm playing the PS3 version, and like the previous game you have the choice to lock or unlock you framerate. I'm playing locked, and up until now the game has not had any issues. I dropped noticably one time, with SHITTONS of action going on (A big Daddy, Big Sister and a Splicer were al hammering down on me while shit was blowing up and on fire and Security bots were defending my tin ass), but even then it remained playable (my guess was that the FPS were in the high 10's).
Overall it's a way more technically polished experience on PS3 then the first foray into Rapture on Sony's console.
whatevermort
Member
dark10x said:Thanks.
Hmm, surprisingly, the PS3 version looks sharper. The 360 shots look like the PS3 shots of the original. What's up with that? Almost seems like they got them reversed or something (which they didn't, as you can see button prompts on certain shots).
The big question for me is framerate. The PS3 version of Bioshock 1 could not hold a stable framerate, unlike the 360 version.
Take a look...
PS3 on top, 360 on the bottom
Well, I must have the special Jesus edition of Bioshock 2, as my 360 copy looks like neither of those. It's clean and crisp and not even close to blurry.