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Bioshock Infinite |OT| No Gods, Kings, or Irrational Games
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jacksepticeye
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Anyone else not like the last level?
on the airship fighting wave after bloody wave taking down ships? It was cool but a little TOO much if you ask me. 1999 mode would be impossible there
Huge art book is on sale on Amazon now. I love it.
Are they? I haven't looked in that thread since I don't want to be oversaturated with Infinite visuals, but it's a shame if some feel the need to add Vibrance, Sharpening, or whatever to a game that has such an exquisite and coherent image. It's frankly insulting. Only thing people should be injecting if anything is SMAA.
Superimposer
This is getting weirder all the time
I absolutely hated it. I gave up and turned it off in frustration just at how stupid it was. But then all was forgiven. I just still think it's the worst part in the game.
Those are all correct up to that point in the game.
jacksepticeye
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Poimandres
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SniperHunter
Banned
yea it was pretty minor but just saying...i was just testing to see what his reaction would be.
Anyway so far this is probably the best FPS since Half Life 2 IMO, I actually like it better than HL2 so far. Games like this are so rare....I hope Irrational doesn't take this long to develop their next game.
jacksepticeye
Member
Really kills the pacing for me and felt like a trope or cop out because it was a video game. It was definitely more frustrating than satisfying
mickcenary
Member
Much obliged, my man.
Can't seem to fix this no matter what I try, how frustrating :-/
Most of that is cut or heavly modified.
jacksepticeye
Member
Most of all the footage we saw before was cut or heavily modified sadly.
ThreePiMatt
Member
Get on the Skyline and wait until you hear him yell at you to get off. At that point he'll jump up on it and send electricity through the line, you can take that time to get some shots in.
I just like that there's real effort put into this. There's huge ideas and inventiveness everywhere in the design, great attention to detail and incredible artwork, just general ambition to make a genuine immersive experience. Compare it to the run of the mill military shooter shat out yearly, and you've got an FPS game that was worth the wait.
snoopeasystreet
Member
Spoiler question for minutes after you meet Elizabeth:
Does the music on the beach while you're roaming around with Elizabeth sound like "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper to anyone else? To me, it either sounds like it or it is that song.
Close to 7 hours in right now on hard and Im really enjoying it. I was still a bit sceptical when I pre-ordered but there are some really well-crafted combat scenarios in here, especially the more open areas with skyhooks everywhere.
The extra mobility in those arenas just allows you to change the situation so quickly.
The extra mobility in those arenas just allows you to change the situation so quickly.
SniperHunter
Banned
well said.
I don't know what they were thinking with that shit, absolutely terrible. Luckily, it was all gravy from there.
Terra_Ex
Member
Yeah, I also wasn't a fan of that part.
Even after peppering the area with loads of traps the enemies come thick and fast and they hit pretty hard, and if its not me getting a pasting, that reactor thingy is. At least there were no Handymen there though.
I got revived by a floating needle at one point when Elizabeth failed to teleport to the correct location.
jacksepticeye
Member
It's be far the worst thank God it was at the end and just once, anymore of that really would have ruined some of the experience.
Yeah luckily, that would have been mega annoying
I've been playing this all day, haven't been this engrossed in a game in a while.
It is.
It is.
D
Deleted member 102362
Unconfirmed Member
Lights off, headphones on, 1999 Mode engaged.
So far, this is amazing.
So far, this is amazing.
I'm not really much one for game-related novels - basically ever - but I'd make an exception here for a novella or whatnot that looked at life in the clouds. Wish there was more of that in the game.
It didn't take me nearly that long to realize it.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Keep playing, unless you want us to spoil the game for you? In that case
Yes that is GJWHF[, and yes that song didn't come out until the 80s but this game takes place in 1912. There is a story reason for this.
Yeah, I noticed something was up with it too, you're probably right about that.
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brandonh83
Banned
But what about it being in development hell and people leaving and IGN and and oh god the horror
So far, I have some mixed feelings.
The game mechanics feel a lot like Bioshock watered down to appeal to the mass audience. Shields, vocal protagonist, plethora of ammo, mainly fighting human enemies with guns...it just feels off.
That said, Columbia is great and the characters/dialogue are great.
The game mechanics feel a lot like Bioshock watered down to appeal to the mass audience. Shields, vocal protagonist, plethora of ammo, mainly fighting human enemies with guns...it just feels off.
That said, Columbia is great and the characters/dialogue are great.
snoopeasystreet
Member
There's also [earlier game spoiler]
the acapella singers singing "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys but this one was a bit more subtle
It's just better realized, better focused than Bioshock.
Bioshock benefited from great art design, a great setting, and an awesome twist. Gameplay wise it was fun but a little clumsy, morality seemed (and was, according to Levine, who only had one ending planned originally) tacked on, it wasn't as polished as this is.
Really, this, so far, is far superior a game to Bioshock, and I say that having played through Bioshock just a couple of days ago. Bioshock was a good game with really good ideas, Bioshock Infinite so far (I'm only five hours or so in) is a great game AND a great experience. If that makes sense?
It's just more complete than Bioshock was. It's clearly the same studio having just gotten better at realizing their vision.
EDIT: It's a little embarrassing but I'm not as musically diverse/knowledgeably as most on the forum, so I didn't recognize
God Only Knows as being a Beach Boys song.
Yoooo I knew that sounded so familiar! I actually stopped and listened to it.
I fixed this. I verified the install through Steam, and it found a corrupt file. After a 12 MB download I was good to go again. Praise be to Steam!