Really wish I could feel like this about it, but I don't even know if I'd consider it the best game I've played this month. Crazy how different impressions of it can be.
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Bioshock Infinite |OT| No Gods, Kings, or Irrational Games
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Really wish I could feel like this about it, but I don't even know if I'd consider it the best game I've played this month. Crazy how different impressions of it can be.
If it says "execution," you need to hold triangle when they have the skull over them to perform a finishing kill.
Square Triangle
Member
Gotcha, thanks. I've ignored melee actions completely given the fun vigors offer.
Canis lupus
Member
Good to know! The part I just finished felt just too long and seemed to never end.
That must explain the enormous gulf between the glowing critical response from all the Ken Levine butt-boys and 2K money-hats, and the deluge of negative real-talk in this thread and others like it that have the stones to say how hamfisted the skyline gameplay and final act of the plot turned out.
oh wait
Square Triangle
Member
I feel like Jimmy Hoffa is going to appear at any moment in this game.
FlutterPuffs
Member
Still waiting for my check from Ken Levine. If it doesn't come by the next hour I'll be sure to trash the game later.
Hellsing321
Member
That was a great read. Thanks for sharing it.
ME TOO, i thought it was just me
BruceLeeRoy
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Dax you should stay out of this thread man. If it got spoiled for you it would be such a damn crime.
I am playing through it again just because I don't want to leave this world yet. Man I am obsessed with this game. What a amazing experience.
Seems to be the norm around here.
Unless I'm missing something... you have to beat the game in order to unlock 1999 mode... so if this were the case, wouldn't you already know how far along you were?
Nah, you can unlock 1999 with the Konami code before ever playing, I think.
Ah, I see.
Konami code unlocks it.
Same here. In fact, most of the last few hours and the very start of the game did that to me. I need to replay the game a few more times but after a weekend of letting everything sink in and making my own connections and conclusions about the story I still think this may be my favorite game ever. Metroid Prime's 11 year streak may have come to an end.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Going through the
game again knowing the outcome is a sublime experience. The brilliance is in the details and what really separates what Irrational has done here with any game narrative that has come before.
MAJOR SPOILERS IN THIS POST
I initially was turned off with Comstock turning out to be an alt Booker since that's kind of a tired trope but thinking about the situation it's far more complex than usual. It took the idea of rebirth after baptism literally. What if that really was a different person? What would you do and how would you live after that? Comstock was also saving his own daughter from the sinner version of him. It's so much more multifaceted and far more interesting than most twists like that. I loved everything else about the ending right off the bat but that part has really grown on me since the other day.
therealminime
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I agree. I actually think the game is better a second time.
Discovering intricacies of the story is only one part. You also have a far better understanding of what vigors do and what upgrades are required. Besides the wow factor everything should be better the second time in this game.
Haven't beaten it yet, so many thanks to you for the tip. I'll give it a try.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
Great job man! Sooooo good
More spoilers:
One of the first Voxaphones you find in the game:
"One man goes into the waters of baptism. A different man comes out, born again. But who is that man who lies submerged? Perhaps that swimmer is both sinner and saint, until he is revealed unto the eyes of man"
It made so much sense on my second playthrough.
"One man goes into the waters of baptism. A different man comes out, born again. But who is that man who lies submerged? Perhaps that swimmer is both sinner and saint, until he is revealed unto the eyes of man"
It made so much sense on my second playthrough.
BruceLeeRoy
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HUGE SPOILERS
Yeah the more you think about the game the more different facets of it stand out that are actually pretty profound. For me the idea that Booker and Comstock are the paths of two chosen realities any one of us could make is the most intriguing. Booker accepts his sins but it leads him down a self destructive path of drinking and gambling that he tries to drown his sorrows with and its his low self-worth that ultimately makes him feel not worthy of Anna and actually sell her.
Comstock though is the path of justification and by being born again creates a fiction that allows him to excuse his past actions and even worse paint them in a righteous light. This creates a monster capable of the most heinous crimes imaginable.
Comstock though is the path of justification and by being born again creates a fiction that allows him to excuse his past actions and even worse paint them in a righteous light. This creates a monster capable of the most heinous crimes imaginable.
Man I love this game
Loving the little subtle forshadows here and there. It all makes sense on the second playthrough. As soon as it was revealed that MAJOR SPOILERS
Anna was Elizabeth who was Booker's daughter (essentially), I was like, oh! AD means Anna DeWitt! (I think...)
Yeah, that was a great lightbulb moment. It was such a satisfying payoff after wondering what AD stood for the whole game.
I agree. It was one of the first things I sincerely wanted to know about Booker.
I have no idea what I missed aside from one piece of gear. I searched every area with a fine tooth comb.
Pretty sure we all did. Well executed misdirect. When he said she died during childbirth but that he didn't have a kid I figured she was married to another man. Boy was I wrong.
Shields and Salt
I also got a piece of gear that reduced the shield delay by a second and sped up the recharge. That helped a lot. I rarely even took health damage and Elizabeth had my back when I did.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Don't count out FUSE before it comes out, man
Shields - they recharge on their own. Much more important than health.
I despise GTA so, at least for me, it'll likely be between this and Last of Us. I'm honestly not sure how anything could top this though.
Hey now, Fuse looks fun. I'll be buying
two weeks after launch for $20
Voice of Reason
Banned
The Last of Us, Bioshock and GTAV will be in my top 3.
Ingueferroque
Banned
Is there anyone at all that disliked Infinite, and where can I go to discuss?
The only thing good I can say about it is that it is absolutely gorgeous. And polished to bits.
It was great until the shooting started.
The only thing good I can say about it is that it is absolutely gorgeous. And polished to bits.
It was great until the shooting started.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
I don't know man, I really liked this game (almost as much as Portal 2) but GTA V is like a behemoth, just for being a 'good" GTA game it may as well be GOTY.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
There's an Evillore thread where about a hundred people appearently feel the exact same way
It's an interesting conversation
You can discuss it right here, or in the 'Bioshock Infinite shouldn't be a shooter' thread.
razgriz417
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It'll probably be this or Last of Us for me. I really dislike GTAIV and don't think I'll be getting 5 (gameplay was just terrible and could not get into the story)
ViewtifulJC
Banned
It's between this and Rising for me, but who knows what the rest of the year holds. Outside a few select titles, Q3/Q4 is wide open for next-gen titles, some current-gen last hurrahs, those little surprise games we don't even know about yet, and hopefully some impressive Nintendo games. If 3D Mario Wii-U Mario even gets close to the quality of SMG2, BI will have some comp for me.
The Librarian
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Handymen are absolutely TERRIFYING...
but oh-so fun to fight. I spent an hour trying to kill him for the achievement, gave up and decided I couldn't do it on hard (I'll find some other way), and tried to beat him using all I got. The trick is to keep moving or make him walk in a predictable pattern. Hand cannon is a beast against these guys.
but oh-so fun to fight. I spent an hour trying to kill him for the achievement, gave up and decided I couldn't do it on hard (I'll find some other way), and tried to beat him using all I got. The trick is to keep moving or make him walk in a predictable pattern. Hand cannon is a beast against these guys.
I possessed the turret and basically went around a huge wall with him. Every time he would try to run up to me, I'd shoot him a couple of times and run to the other side. At one point I laid a trap where I knew he had to walk, and he got caught in it. Next time I'll lay three down in a row and see what happens.