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Bioshock Infinite |OT| No Gods, Kings, or Irrational Games
- Thread starter Cystm
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I suspect you're correct!
Quote that protip I left again and again
bodyofanamerican
Member
Where can I find Blood to Salt? Having trouble finding an exact location on the web.
The gear is randomized.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
all the gear is random, unfortunately.
And that's why an encounter that relies on one single random piece of gear to become trivial is broken.
No, it will only overwrite the previous save you had in that section. All the other savepoints will still be there in the chapter select.
I dunno, I think Return to Sender in general is pretty damn good for that encounter. Blood to Salt is useful because it gives you a boost when you take out the minions, but I think with enough ammo and full salt it's doable without that gear.
ChoklitReign
Member
Hoooly shit! I just got to
and the part where you use the skyline for the first time and
was so much fun! Is the rest of the game that good?
BTW I want some tips. I'm always low on salt at the beginning. How much does possessing vending machines reduce the prices? Are vigor aid upgrades really that expensive?
Monument Island
escape the zepplin
BTW I want some tips. I'm always low on salt at the beginning. How much does possessing vending machines reduce the prices? Are vigor aid upgrades really that expensive?
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Man. I'm still on such a high from finishing this game today.
Haven't felt this way since Ep.2. That was 6 years ago. Incredible.
Haven't felt this way since Ep.2. That was 6 years ago. Incredible.
I maxed out all my points in Shield and HP. It left me with very little juice for the Vigors. I barely used them.
Better.
The vigors are awesome man. Should go vigor-heavy in another playthrough.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
I cheesed the 2 encounters at the bank and at the house.
There's a certain area that becomes a choke point where you can hit them with the sniper rifle and they won't hit back.
Lame way to beat it, but I was just glad to be done with it.
There's a certain area that becomes a choke point where you can hit them with the sniper rifle and they won't hit back.
Lame way to beat it, but I was just glad to be done with it.
So tell me then: Say I want to replay the lighthouse at the very start of the game: Will I still have my bookmarks that mark the start of later chapters in the game?
By "bookmarks," I mean the autosaves the game takes that mark the start of a new area. I won't lose those going back to earlier chapters, right? I'd only lose any checkpoint saves in the -middle- of those chapters, but not the ability to jump to the start of each chapter, right?
Damn, this is confusing to explain.
Yeah, I always poured most infusion points into salts first thing, then shields because it recharges. Vigors just make the encounters that much easier to manage.
Keyser Soze
Member
Better, but there are some real rough spots. Zipping around big areas like that is exhilarating.
I died about 100 times on my Normal playthrough. It was mind boggling, and frustrating. I'm not a big FPS player but I play video games, and I'm not bad at them. Maybe I was rushing too much, after the half-way point I really wanted to see the end.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Shields are not as good against hard hitting enemies that can take your shield out in one hit.
But yeah, it'd be dumb to spec your character out for those 1 or 2 encounters where it might make a difference and miss out on all the fun with salts/shields.
I think I did 10 shields 6 salt and 1 health. Must've missed a few infusions.
Seems pretty pointless, though infusions to health seem to be a larger amount compared to shields. I guess that could come in handy considering the annoying way the damage can rip through the shield and your healthbar, but not important enough to lose out on vigor use.
D
Deleted member 80556
Unconfirmed Member
Read Mind in Revolt. What a great read. Certainly helps for when I start the game to understand what's going on in Columbia.
I maxed Vigor and Shield :>
blindrocket
Member
With the hand cannon I leave headless bodies laying EVERYWHERE.
It's fun, too.
Iron sight, BLAM. Iron sight, BLAM. Iron sight, BLAM. Repeat until everyone is headless.
It's fun, too.
Iron sight, BLAM. Iron sight, BLAM. Iron sight, BLAM. Repeat until everyone is headless.
Yes, you will still have the bookmarks for all of the other chapters. Only the previous lighthouse save will be overwritten.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
MGR has the best final boss of the year, but I reckon BI has the best endgame, from
HERE BIRD!
Comstock's creepy ass time displaced mental ward all the way to that YOOOO WTF ending
HERE BIRD!
during the latter half of the game i had to play somewhat conservatively on Hard, but i just jumped into a few of the levels on Normal and they're so much more fun. I was swinging around and messing dudes up. Felt great. Handyman also wasn't the complete bitch to fight like he was on Hard. Handyman and even Patriots are "fun" killers on Hard....just a chore to fight. I could actually zap the Patriots and shoot the gears like you're supposed to on Normal.
Shawn, I'm watching my girlfriend play the game now (she basically has never played a FPS before, we tried playing Borderlands 2 for a bit but it didn't stick) and your tutorial area is straight up brilliant. The work the team did in designing and implementing that for novice players is great.
Yeah. I loved the
Armstrong
Comstock sequence where Booker kills him
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I was instantly reminded of Chrono Trigger with the opening tutorial fair that doubles as cool world-building, and is also totally optional.
bodyofanamerican
Member
Had no idea about gear randomization till now. Thanks for the heads up.
...and now she's a little bit drunk and just finished the raffle and is running around hitting things and shrieking "FUCK YEAH GET IT AHAHAHAHAH!"
...um, yeah.
They really should have considered adding a damage bonus to HP Infusions. That would at least make it an interesting choice between Defensive and Offensive abilities.
As it stands, the HP Infusion is just a lackluster and not very versatile version of the Shield Infusion. I suppose it might be different if you didn't have Elizabeth tossing you healing items during a fight. I get the sense that that having her toss you stuff like that was kind of a late addition to the game. I don't recall seeing any of that in the previous gameplay trailers.
electricpirate
Member
This game needs an ironman mode. The design reminds me of rogue likes in a few ways, so a constantly saved game, with a lose state would be sooooo good.
GenoZStriker
Neo Member
This game, other than a few messy fights which could have been thought out better, is absolutely amazing! And the ending! Oh my God! 9.5/10
Incendiary
Banned
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Holy shit, What the fuck?!
Yup, the bastards got me as well. I'm using headphones too.
12/31/83
Yup, the bastards got me as well. I'm using headphones too.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Just finished the game. This was my reaction as the credits rolled:
Wow. What a game.
Wow. What a game.
I'll have to let it sink in a little more, but I think this is my favorite game ever. It's been ten years since I finished my previous favorite game, Deus Ex.
It wasn't the game play, although that was fine. It's two things. First, if a play through was recorded, it should be awarded for Best Cinematography. That it can do this without having control of the camera is incredible.
Second, although I agree that some supporting elements were one dimensional, as the Eurogamer review said, this is a story about Elizabeth. And in that respect I don't see any other game as having come close to what has been accomplished here in developing and engaging a player with a character.
Thank you Irrational.
It wasn't the game play, although that was fine. It's two things. First, if a play through was recorded, it should be awarded for Best Cinematography. That it can do this without having control of the camera is incredible.
Second, although I agree that some supporting elements were one dimensional, as the Eurogamer review said, this is a story about Elizabeth. And in that respect I don't see any other game as having come close to what has been accomplished here in developing and engaging a player with a character.
No game without an artificial timer has actually made me feel like taking any action was an urgent matter until the segment rescuing Elizabeth. I was so wrapped up in the narrative I actually discontinued my compulsive collectathon to rush to her aid.
Thank you Irrational.
I just tested Chapter Select. The way they have this set up is EXCELLENT. Basically, each new area or notable story moment gets its own permanent chapter listing. At worst, all you could lose is, say, anything saved within the latest chapter that's past the -start- of the latest chapter, in which case you'd just select that chapter in Chapter Select and regain that progress. So say in the second chapter, "Welcome Center," you autosaved after the baptism. If you chose "Welcome Center" in Chapter Select, you'd start from when you arrived in Columbia, and merely have to do the baptism again.
Also, choosing the first chapter includes the voiceover, book quote and boat ride at the start, so it's an excellent way to show the game's intro to people. In general, I'm looking forward to hopping around the different chapters and soaking up the sights and sounds at length. It's SO NICE not to have to make manual saves for each new area like I had to in BioShock 1; since that game didn't have a Chapter Select, a manual save was the only way to ensure I could revisit Fort Frolic for fun.
The Chapter Select system is excellent. And with that, this games hits all the right notes.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
ChoklitReign
Member
Why have I not unlocked the Industrial Revolution pack? It's in the DLC tab for Infinite but there's never been an in-game notification. And there is no key available to use on the website. I preordered it from Steam. What do?