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Bioshock Infinite |OT| No Gods, Kings, or Irrational Games
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MuddyDonut
Member
Wait do you upgrade weapons with currency? That might be bending the definition of "specialization," for 1999 mode since there is supposedly less money in the game.
Something about half-loaded textures creep me out.
She's teared into Quake.
Very slightly (and rarely) in the bigger scenes when the framerate dips a bit.
Maybe, but the texture never fully loaded. I stood there for ages. Only time I've noticed the Unreal texture loading thing so far actually.
The Librarian
Banned
How does that motherfucker do that?
monocle_wearing_hyrax
Neo Member
Is it possible to preload the PC high resolution textures pack?
Nope, you'll have to wait until the game unlocks.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
But then the game was a letdown and was way overrated
This one seem much more interesting though.
To wait, or not to wait...
A gynecologist's worst nightmare. Shit's so bad he had to get a wrench to start fixing it.
If anyone's pondering what difficulty to go with if you mainly want to absorb the world and story, Normal is fine. It's a breeze actually, Easy must secretly be a 'enemies are made of paper' mode.
I also turned on the the damage numbers thing on in the menu. Doesn't take me out of the world and I enjoy the combat a lot more. Love seeing 'Critical' pop up! Major Borderlands vibes.
I fucking LOVE the theme park vibes I get from this game. From the rollercoaster sounds and sense of inertia (gotta keep one eye on what's coming round the corner!) when you're on the skyline, to the intro with
and later when
. So awesome. There's more too, I'm just struggling to remember them and articulate why I like this kind of stuff in games so much.
I also turned on the the damage numbers thing on in the menu. Doesn't take me out of the world and I enjoy the combat a lot more. Love seeing 'Critical' pop up! Major Borderlands vibes.
I fucking LOVE the theme park vibes I get from this game. From the rollercoaster sounds and sense of inertia (gotta keep one eye on what's coming round the corner!) when you're on the skyline, to the intro with
the parade and carnival games
Slate guides you through the War exhibition things
Krappadizzle
Member
Just finished the Industrial Revolution puzzles. It was a fun enough distraction. I think I'll jump into Bioshock 2 now. Never actually played it on the PC. Only the 360. I played the first one on both PC and 360. Is there anything special I need to do to get it to run on the PC(Steam) as I played through Bioshock 1 a few months back and there were some pain in the ass things you had to do in order to get it to run with sound.
So is BS2 run pretty much from the get go on Steam or are there tricks I need to do?
So is BS2 run pretty much from the get go on Steam or are there tricks I need to do?
MuddyDonut
Member
Oh god damage numbers. I love damage numbers.
Unhandled Exception
Member
So I got my codes and when I go to log in to the steam website to activate industrial revolution I can't log in with the same exact information that I can successfully log in the client with. What the fuck is going on?
But what is it even supposed to be?
Hmm, maybe I should wait for the inevitable first patch.
I don't like the revisionism that says that HPB was "high ping bait." The fuck is this bait shit? Everyone is a bastard. That's how it worked.
Borderlands style? That could be fun.
Is there an option for health bars on the crosshair like in Bioshock 1 and 2 instead of floating over characters' heads? I like having the bars in Bioshock but they seem distracting floating above every character.
This is the first time I've ever heard of this bait shit, I don't like it.
The Librarian
Banned
@Dragnet, if BioShock is anything to go by, I remember Ken saying he wanted it so easy his grandmother could play it.
Yeah I fucking love damage numbers.
You have actual proof in front of your eyes showing your character getting stronger. Love that.
It's madness, I tell you.
No option for that, no option to turn healthbars off either. In fact, there's not even a No HUD option. Going to make getting atmosphere gifs a pain in the ass. #consolegamingproblems?
DERRICK POST IF YOU'RE OKAY.
The Librarian
Banned
I just looked at the content for the LEs in the OP. Is there no "Making of" content?
Oh well, I'll deal with it.
He's already dead.
Horse Detective
Why the long case?
Can anyone link me to gameplay videos?
I only found one, but the dude deleted his part 2 vid :/
I only found one, but the dude deleted his part 2 vid :/
The screen size adjusment in the setup is BS too. If you put the bars on the edge of your screen, the HUD elements will actually be half off your screen. I recommend setting the bars 2 'clicks' in from the edge of your TV.
I wish there was a BioShock: Rapture style book for this game (Mind in Revolt is okay, but I need something longer than a childrens book). I want to know more about how Columbia came to be and more about key characters. I enjoyed BioShock a ton playing it properly after reading the book. I'd see places/characters and be like 'oh shit' constantly.
I wish there was a BioShock: Rapture style book for this game (Mind in Revolt is okay, but I need something longer than a childrens book). I want to know more about how Columbia came to be and more about key characters. I enjoyed BioShock a ton playing it properly after reading the book. I'd see places/characters and be like 'oh shit' constantly.
The Librarian
Banned
I never understood the point of adjusting the bars for your TV anyway. Why do some games do it and others don't?
I don't see anything wrong with that.
Missed this a few pages back, but that sounds awesome.
Most TVs default to having large amounts of the screen cut off because of overscan. The screen adjust is to make sure you're seeing the whole HUD and that it's as far out from the center of the screen as possible.
The Librarian
Banned
What's overscan? Still doesn't explain why some games do it and others don't.
You don't see anything wrong with designing a game so someone who physically shouldn't be able to play these types of games can?
It's a standard of where important stuff on the screen is framed to account for variations in projection size in movie theaters. For some reason it's lasted a long time and has moved over to TV. Some games do it because they're worried about the HUD getting cut off or they want it in a specific part of the screen.
The Librarian
Banned
If it's for one difficulty, no. That means newer players can ease themselves into the game without too much worry.
Krappadizzle
Member
You've given him his pedestal. Now the next page will be filled with anti-accessibility. But you may be up for the task. The champion that the elderly deserve. This is your charge.
The Librarian
Banned
Mr. Crabby Pants needs to lighten up.
I can totally see why various members of Irrational were hugely offended by stuff in this game. I've paused/laughed at like 3 things in shock. Before being toned down this stuff must have been hardcore, and I kind of wish Ken Levine could get away with leaving that stuff raw and untouched.
Vire
Member
Funny how this is almost completely opposite to what the other guy said earlier.
I guess it's all a matter of perspective.
If it was just 1 incredibly dumbed down mode of a really deep game then I wouldn't have a problem. But 99% of the time the entire design of the game is dumbed down so grandma can play it, regardless of whatever difficulty is chosen. I don't know when this started but people need to cut it out. Extreme accessibility is the cancer of this industry.
Something small and non story related that made me say wut when I saw it:
Advert for cigarettes for kids. Okay, weird. Then 5 minutes later actually seeing kids smoking.
The Librarian
Banned
Oh my god, the horror of easing new players into games. Obviously they don't get actual grandmas to come in and playtest the difficulty, but it's something designers aim for. Lars Bakken (or was it Jaime Greisemer?) designed the Easy difficulty in Halo: Combat Evolved by making sure he could play through the entire game using his chin on the moving stick.