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[Yoritomo]

Are you telling me good old George didn't chop down his father's cherry tree and then admit it, saying "I cannot tell a lie." No, good sir, I shall not believe you. Kidding. But, yeah, that's probably a more literal example of American mythology than what you've rightfully pointed out.

To continue the comments on mormonism. Mormons believe the constitution to be a divinely inspired document. Mormon Folklore holds that angels appeared to and guided the founders.

Intentional or not Levine in creating an American religion has managed to mirror THE American religion in many ways.

 

[TentPole]

I want to know why Booker and Elizabeth can only jump super high when there's a hook or skyline to grab.

Super magnets. You aren't jumping, you are being pulled.

 

[FartOfWar]

I want to know why Booker and Elizabeth can only jump super high when there's a hook or skyline to grab.

 

[Superimposer]

THERES A TYPO ON THE BACK OF THE BOX

I'm a stickler for typos and grammar but I don't see anything on the Xbox 360 box

 

[munroe]

I want to know why Booker and Elizabeth can only jump super high when there's a hook or skyline to grab.

Booker mentions this, he says something along the lines of "the hook must be magnetised"

 

[Andrew.]

How far are you?

Just got to Finkton

 

[MvmntInGrn]

Playing on 1999 mode and somewhat regretting it. Its pretty rough but not in a fun way. It takes the bullet sponge property only Big Daddies had and applies them to everyone. Enemies also do that annoying Bioshock-like jump towards you with melee weapons that lets them cover more ground than you can with melee, making melee less useful (this is every mode I'm sure). Wish I could change it without starting over.

I absolutely abhor the continue system too. Let me choose to take the shoot-out from the beginning or use the the system you have. You can restart from checkpoint however these haven't been placed with firefights in mind at all and you end up farther back than you should.

Its a pretty game and I want to know what happens but its already feels like a chore to me. Need to switch some setting around as my framerate has become too variable for my taste.

 

[BearPawB]

How much do i have left?
God I don't want this game to end.

MAJOR SPOILER IN SPOILER TEXT

Spoiler

Elizabeth just killed the leader of the Vox

Also, to everyone complaining about 1999 mode being REALLY HARD, that is kind of the point. And given its unlockable when you beat it, they probably didn't intend for it to be your first experience. I know you are super hardcore, but really...

 

[Salz01]

Why would someone put a sandwich inside a box of chocolate

Lol this made me laugh...so true...

 

[Always-honest]

Dear lord what a great game.

 

[GavinGT]

How much do i have left?
God I don't want this game to end.

MAJOR SPOILER IN SPOILER TEXT

Spoiler

Elizabeth just killed the leader of the Vox

~60% completed

 

[EvaristeG]

Love this game so far but what's with the stuttering ? Game ran perfectly fine for the first hour or so but since then I have freezes every 10/15 secs, it's very annoying. I'm playing on high at 1680*1050 (HD4890/E8400 3.0gzh, 4gigs of ram).
Also, no subtitles for audio logs is annoying as well.

 

[AEREC]

Man, the Carbine is that good, but upgrades are pretty scarce thus far. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the weapons don't change aesthetically with each respective upgrade now, do they? That's a bummer, if so. I loved that about the 'Shock games.

Anyway, I'm seeing no reason to discard the Carb and the Hand Cannon. Delicious.

That would suck...the visual weapon upgrades were one of my favorite little touches in the original.

 

[Xyber]

So the reviews are almost nearly 10's across the board. What the hell do I make of that? Is this the Second Coming or another GTAIV situation?

Just finished the game and apart from some minor issues I fucking loved it. Way better than Bioshock 1 to me.

Dat ending.

 

[snoopeasystreet]

Just started and it seems fantastic. I just love looking around Columbia. One thing that sort of threw me off during the opening so minor spoilers I guess:

Spoiler

I found it a bit weird that the first thing you do once arriving in Columbia is loot a church by picking up the silver eagles which are presumably donations. It's not a big deal and I wasn't offended by it or anything but it came off as an odd thing to have your first form of interaction with the world. I guess you also loot the lighthouse but that at least appears to be abandoned/the keeper is possibly dead or whatever.

 

[Gold_Loot]

Been playing on PS3 for the past few hours. No problems with performance, and the game looks great sans a few goofy textures. So far, this game has delivered. Really enjoying it.

 

[Syrinx]

Alright, since I can't play this now, can I get a brief, SPOILER-FREE, comparison between this and BioShock? What is similar, what is better, what this game tries to do differently, etc.?

Also I hate all of you who are playing this now.

 

[Muffdraul]

Why would someone put a sandwich inside a box of chocolate

You've obviously never been to Germany!

 

[GraveRobberX]

Just started and it seems fantastic. I just love looking around Columbia. One thing that sort of threw me off during the opening so minor spoilers I guess:

Spoiler

I found it a bit weird that the first thing you do once arriving in Columbia is loot a church by picking up the silver eagles which are presumably donations. It's not a big deal and I wasn't offended by it or anything but it came off as an odd thing to have your first form of interaction with the world. I guess you also loot the lighthouse but that at least appears to be abandoned/the keeper is possibly dead or whatever.

Spoiler

You do have an option of not picking it up and just leave the area... Game doesn't force you to steal...

 

[Amir0x]

Alright, since I can't play this now, can I get a brief, SPOILER-FREE, comparison between this and BioShock? What is similar, what is better, what this game tries to do differently, etc.?

Also I hate all of you who are playing this now.

what is similar:

They both feature unique idealized utopian worlds disconnected from their native lands and both of these worlds start going awry for one reason or another. Rapture is much further along in decay than Columbia is, though.

what is different: literally everything else

what is better: everything else

 

[Milchjon]

Does anyone have a full song list, possibly including the locations where they play? Because I can't for the life of me remember the name of a song in (location->)

Spoiler

the "Where We Learn" room in Comstock

 

[Tomat]

fix this shit

It would be nice to get a personal apology from Mister Levine. Perhaps I should take up this Twitter thing to get in contact with him.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

My copy has just shipped! I don't really know if I should be happy or not. I mean, great, I'll finally get the game, but dammit, it should've shipped before the game was released.

 

[antitrop]

Just got to Finkton

We're at about the same place, I'm maybe an hour further.

Things just got interesting.

 

[Superimposer]

Alright, since I can't play this now, can I get a brief, SPOILER-FREE, comparison between this and BioShock? What is similar, what is better, what this game tries to do differently, etc.?

Also I hate all of you who are playing this now.

I think it only shares the Bioshock name because it's fantastical and involves a 'biological shock'. Otherwise, well, it's an FPS. You'll enjoy it more if you stop comparing it to Bioshock the whole time. I made the same mistake.

 

[darkjedi187]

What difficulty is everyone starting on

 

[snoopeasystreet]

Spoiler

You do have an option of not picking it up and just leave the area... Game doesn't force you to steal...

Spoiler

Yeah I know, but if play video games and in particularly the previous Bioshocks, you know/assume that picking up the money is what you're supposed to do if you want to get better shit from the game. It also doesn't give you the option to put something back. Like I said, it's not a big deal or anything but it was something that struck me as odd.

 

[antitrop]

what is better: everything else

Told you.

 

[Syrinx]

what is similar:

They both feature unique idealized utopian worlds disconnected from their native lands and both of these worlds start going awry for one reason or another. Rapture is much further along in decay than Columbia is, though.

what is different: literally everything else

what is better: everything else

I hate you. The last thing I needed was more hype.

...But thanks.

 

[Y2Kev]

There's American "mythology"?

Absolutely. The game starts referencing it in like minute #2.

You don't think Washington crossing the Delaware has become American mythology?

 

[Fleet_of_Foot]

Took a break from Infinite and decided to install the original Bioshock. Big mistake. It's 12gb. Looks like my PS3 is now held hostage for an hour.

 

[Suburban_Nooblet]

what is similar:

They both feature unique idealized utopian worlds disconnected from their native lands and both of these worlds start going awry for one reason or another. Rapture is much further along in decay than Columbia is, though.

what is different: literally everything else

what is better: everything else

I like.

 

[kuroshiki]

Absolutely. The game starts referencing it in like minute #2.

You don't think Washington crossing the Delaware has become American mythology?

Wait what? That was myth?

 

[The Librarian]

Just started on PS3, very impressed so far.

Can tell that it's running subHD, will kick myself if 360 is native 720p, though I doubt it.

Ideally I'd have a gaming PC rig, but am holding out for PS4. But enough about that, I'm about to travel to Columbia!

If 360 ended up being 720p, you shouldn't feel too bad because that isn't HD either.

 

[antitrop]

Wait what? That was myth?

Ya that's a weird example, I'd say a better one would be Paul Revere and Longfellow's poem.

 

[Ilive1up]

the reversible boxart is so clutch.

 

[Zeliard]

There's nothing quite like being down to a sliver of health after a lengthy, hard battle, having one final enemy charging at you, and then drilling your fucking Skyhook into his skull and splattering his brains all over the nearby wall. Then grabbing a pack of smokes for Booker.

 

[f0rk]

what is similar:

They both feature unique idealized utopian worlds disconnected from their native lands and both of these worlds start going awry for one reason or another. Rapture is much further along in decay than Columbia is, though.

what is different: literally everything else

what is better: everything else

The game design part of how the world is realised is also very similar to the original.

 

[Y2Kev]

Wait what? That was myth?

No, but it's been exaggerated and so on and so forth. It's more mythos than myth. Maybe more of a legend. I'm not too keen on delving into the distinction.

Ya that's a weird example, I'd say a better one would be Paul Revere and Longfellow's poem.

It's still the same principle. It happened, but not really as we remember it.

 

[antitrop]

No, but it's been exaggerated and so on and so forth. It's more mythos than myth. Maybe more of a legend. I'm not too keen on delving into the distinction.

Legend sounds about right. But there is absolutely such a thing as "american mythology". The Revolutionary War is full of it.

 

[FartOfWar]

There's nothing quite like being down to a sliver of health after a lengthy, hard battle, having one final enemy charging at you, and then drilling your fucking Skyhook into his skull and splattering his brains all over the nearby wall. Then grabbing a pack of smokes for Booker.

You shouldve been streaming from the start. I suspect you're a super talented player.

 

[GavinGT]

Alright, since I can't play this now, can I get a brief, SPOILER-FREE, comparison between this and BioShock? What is similar, what is better, what this game tries to do differently, etc.?

Also I hate all of you who are playing this now.

+ the world feels a lot bigger and is far more visually interesting
+ skylines and tears make combat more dynamic
+ live inhabitants as opposed to just Splicers make the world not feel so isolated
+ having a companion is neat and rarely gets in the way
+ Vita chambers are gone; actual consequences for death
+ story is constantly moving forward and more interesting
+ Elizabeth's AI isn't a game-changer, but it is a step forward
+ money actually matters throughout the game, so you're motivated to find it
+ nearly every vigor has trap functionality, so you might actually use traps now
+ the ending is spectacular

+/- no storing health/vigor potions, since Elizabeth helps with those
+/- no Pipe Dream, meaning no permanent hacking of turrets
+/- no security cameras
+/- holding only two guns at once means more tension but sometimes frustrates

- no interesting weapons
- main antagonist not as interesting
- not a ton of world variety
- Elizabeth is constantly tossing change at you
- reliance on Elizabeth to give you items in combat can be frustrating

 

[Angelus Errare]

Absolutely. The game starts referencing it in like minute #2.

You don't think Washington crossing the Delaware has become American mythology?

Nope, legend? Yea a myth? No.

 

[JB1981]

Absolutely. The game starts referencing it in like minute #2.

You don't think Washington crossing the Delaware has become American mythology?

You playing on PS3? How is performance, IQ?

 

[Zeliard]

You shouldve been streaming from the start. I suspect you're a super talented player.

Haha I'd like to but I'm not really set up for it right now. And I have no shame in saying that there are no shortage of types of games I'm pretty mediocre at, if not outright terrible (like shmups).

But I spent an inordinate amount of my youth playing Quakeworld and that experience has tended to translate pretty well into other PC shooters in general.

 

[Yoritomo]

So my 7 year old daughter watching me play led to some pretty in depth discussions on racism.

 

[Muffdraul]

What difficulty is everyone starting on

I need to make up my mind on this. I have a long history of playing games on Normal, but it started to change when games like Gears of War 1 and Halo 3 came out, when the devs went out of their way to tell the public "If you usually play on Normal, you should play this on Hard!" and they're right. I feel like I should assume that Infinite follows the trend, but I've seen at least a couple people say that Hard gets pretty annoying later on. I am certainly not one of the hard-asses who jacks it up to maximum difficulty right out of the gate. But I was able to get through Halo 3, ODST and Reach solo on Legendary without breaking a sweat. However I find them to be more enjoyable on Heroic... decisions, decisions.

 

[Guess Who]

Just finished the game.

 

[Rubbish King]

This is the best game I've ever played


God bless you 2K/irrational games

 

[SteveWinwood]

Nope, legend? Yea a myth? No.

Cherry tree? Wooden teeth? Johnny Appleseed? Paul Bunyon? America has a mythos.

Edit: I've already come up with another ten since I wrote this.