foxdvd
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why? I found it a very easy game with a controller...
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Bioshock Infinite |OT| No Gods, Kings, or Irrational Games
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why? I found it a very easy game with a controller...
That sounds great.
Same thing happened with the first game, arguably. It was a critique of the inflexibility of choice in many games yet in order to finish it you had to do what the game said; your only recourse was not to play.
The problem with trying to aim high is sometimes you don't see the ground you're standing on is shaky. And I say this as someone who thinks these games are near-perfect masterpieces (all 3 of them).
I'd rather have a game that tries to make a point and gets undercut by the limitation of game design than a sea of games that don't have much to think about at all.
Tummi Gummi
Member
Controller has very generous auto-aim, and more importantly it's critical you make use of vigors, which aren't really affected by aiming.
catotheyounger
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Beat 1999 with a controller on PC. 4 deaths total. Not an issue for me.
I finished my 1999 scavenger play through and the only hard parts
were ghost bitch in the graveyard, only because I thought could rush in and blow her fucking head off with the shotgun and cannon gun but I just was calm and waited for her to come to me and she died quite easily, the last fight with the zeppelins were pretty easy
I want to buy and play the fuck out of this game, hard and lubeless, just from the amount of Buzz I've read about it and heard from friends. And the game looks simply stunning.
But I'm a shooter novice, and I haven't played the first two Bioshock games.
Does the first BioShock hold up well, from the position of someone playing it for the first time in 2013 and not having the strongest grasp of FPS games? I kind of feel like I should play it first.
But I'm a shooter novice, and I haven't played the first two Bioshock games.
Does the first BioShock hold up well, from the position of someone playing it for the first time in 2013 and not having the strongest grasp of FPS games? I kind of feel like I should play it first.
On easy even your grandma can play it.
Absolutely.
But just because a big-budget game deserves credit for what it does and for what it tries to do, that doesn't mean we shouldn't continue to expect more. It's an unfortunate reality that most big-budget games still feel the need to sacrifice coherent thematic critique in order to sell. Games as a medium will truly have arrived when designers no longer feel the need to make that sacrifice, when they can serve both masters at the same time. We're very, very close. Closer in this generation than ever before. And it is games like Infinite that are bringing that reality closer to fruition. But we're not quite there.
NullPointer
Member
Finished this one up last night. What an amazing ride/tour/experience. Lush with color and scale and artistry and darkness and exciting moments.
I'm left feeling that the game's formula doesn't really serve the story well, and vice versa. Vigors and combat not only wove into the previous Bioshocks better, but I felt that I could and had to be far more creative in the earlier games.
Shooting is fine, but outside exploring the lovingly crafted environments and listening to audio logs, the majority of my time was in combat or looting, neither of which really draw me to this game or leave me with fond memories.
I hope they ditch this gameplay formula almost entirely in their next games.
I'm left feeling that the game's formula doesn't really serve the story well, and vice versa. Vigors and combat not only wove into the previous Bioshocks better, but I felt that I could and had to be far more creative in the earlier games.
Shooting is fine, but outside exploring the lovingly crafted environments and listening to audio logs, the majority of my time was in combat or looting, neither of which really draw me to this game or leave me with fond memories.
I hope they ditch this gameplay formula almost entirely in their next games.
Neuromancer
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I had no idea idea you could play this with the Move. How well does it work?
AlimNassor
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I give up on 1999 mode. This is stupidly hard. I guess I just suck as a gamer, but, I can't even get past the starting area. System Shock 2 was nowhere near this difficult, nor were any games this hard. Maybe it was on hard, I dunno.
Finished the game tonight. Wow, what a ride. Will be diving into the spoiler thread for sure.
I somewhat agree with the whole vibe of the game being thrown off somewhat by the combat and such. This was most evident to me during the opening, and I think this is early enough that I don't need spoilers...(but will do anyways just to be super safe--it's only about the first 30-60 min of the game!)
I somewhat agree with the whole vibe of the game being thrown off somewhat by the combat and such. This was most evident to me during the opening, and I think this is early enough that I don't need spoilers...(but will do anyways just to be super safe--it's only about the first 30-60 min of the game!)
But essentially when you get 'discovered' and attacked, and you immediately mash a guard's face into your melee weapon, blood EVERYWHERE. Before that the game had this really nice atmosphere, cool setting...while I understand why it was done and it does really get the player into 'combat mode', it was quite a jarring move from peaceful, nice looking introduction to OMG GORE.
edgardavids
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Its really not that difficult at all, in fact the beginning when you have little to no vigors makes it probably a little harder than the other sections. Possession makes this mode quite easy especially when you have it upgraded with "more for less". Also when you use the right gear, the bosses are an absolute cakewalk.
edgardavids
Member
I dont believe so. Then again, I used Winter shield which means I died literally once in the whole fight (and from my own stupidity). If you manage to pick that gear up, you've basically beaten the game on any mode.
AlimNassor
Banned
Well, I guess I'm just a terrible gamer then. This is way too hard.
maniac-kun
Member
I'm still at the beginning but this is probably the best setting i have seen so far in a game.
PM me.
edgardavids
Member
Trust me, im shocking at FPS games haha.
That part at the start when you dont have a shield is a pain. After that, its just tactics. Use possession then hide, when your shield is down, hide. Any infusions just upgrade towards your shields and salts. Just make sure you pick up the gear along the way and save money for vigor upgrades, full possession and full charge (this makes that 3 times fight extremely easy). People have upgraded other vigors and its suited them but this made 1999 really easy for me. Only upgrade the weapons which suit your style I guess. The game actually gets easier as you go along at least it did for me.
lol, I'd pay for some "tourist" DLC that would let me just walk around the world without any of the chaos. Columbia is such an interesting place.
elguerosinfe
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Anybody know: if you buy the season pass after finishing the game do you still get the bonus content? Thanks.
MrTroubleMaker
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I still don't know if this means anything meaningful, It just looks so odd and doesn't match the board.
Gold_Loot
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Been playing it with the Move for a few days now, and it's pretty damned good. I would say it's comparable to the Resistance 3 support. Go with custom controls, and turn the sensitivety all the way down, and you're good to go.
Charge Vigor mixed with melee gear is so satisfying. I've got a hat that gives a 70% chance that the target is set ablaze,Melee strikes against staggered enemies add 60% chance to crit/ victims take 25% more damage when struck coat, melee kills give health boots, and melee targets briefly vulnerable victim takes 2x damage for 5 seconds pants.
Things just fucking explode. And if they don't, they get a shotgun to the head.
Things just fucking explode. And if they don't, they get a shotgun to the head.
rohlfinator
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Pretty sure you do, but you have to start a new game to pick them up. You get them in the same place you get your shield.
BigTnaples
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Holy shit. Stuck on a certain boss on 1999 mode.
Help????
L.C's Spirit..
Help????
Square Triangle
Member
Drink a lot of alcohol and hope for the best.
edgardavids
Member
Get on every melee based gear that you have (especially burning halo if youve got it), equip a shotgun or some kinda heavy hitter, use charge (would be great if youve got this upgraded) and just keep whacking da boss, charging da boss, shotgunning da boss and hope for the best. Makes it very easy and Should be over quite quickly.
Basically I found return to sender (upgraded salt use) to be key on the first and third battle. The graveyard fight I just ran around and took pot shots at here, and used return to sender to protect and defend myself, and throw it at her if she came close. Graveyard fight is the hardest for sure, because it is a huge open area with no good place to camp out. I'd also recommend grabbing the volleygun near the tombstones and unloading that on her as soon as the fight starts. Easy ~25% off her life. In the bank fight you can just stay inside the vault and snipe her to death. On the third battle, just run up to her, use return to sender (it should be very powerful charged up because so many enemies near her to absorb bullets from), while simultaneously unloading all your ammo into her. She will probably die before or just as you run out of salts.
Yes THIS! Loved this setup. I actually rolled with the Heater for a bit just to see how that would work. It was nasty!
Incendiary
Banned
It's better to start on Hard mode and play through once, and then do 1999 mode. I did 1999 mode on my second playthrough and I hated the beginning. I died more in the first couple hours than I did the entire rest of the game on 1999. But I also knew exactly what to do from my first runthrough.
Totally knew it was her. But yeah, she's always real good.
What gear, weapons and vigors are you using? Maybe we can help you get a better load out that helps.
Or if that doesn't help you could watch a couple of vids on YouTube to see stragety
You can just switch the difficulty to medium or easy
foxdvd
Member
Drop 3 return to sender shields on the thing you have to protect at the start...use the bird to take out the first ship...once the patriots spawn...go to top of ship and use undertow to pull one up...then go back down to kill the other patriot...at this point only use bird to take out big ships...wait till bird recharges..go up to kill patriot...repeat on next group..on 1999 the blue bar never got hurt because of those return to sender shields
bodyofanamerican
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She was in total Naomi Hunter mode.
JetBlackPanda
Member
I'm replaying Bioshock right now and while I love that game I think infinite is a little better "game" I hate the wax museum feel of infinite but rapture kind of feels the same way with splicers just popping up in places. I don't know both cities are so awesome.
At the end of the day.... God bless Ken Levine.
At the end of the day.... God bless Ken Levine.
Is there a limit on how many lockpicks you can carry? I have 30 right now, I see one, and it won't let me pick it up. There's aren't enough doors to unlock in this game. I search every nook and cranny and somehow I still have 30 lockpics
30 is the limit.
Just beat what I think was the last battle. The story sequence afterwards is BLOWING MY FUCKING MIND. HOLY SHIT. This game is fucking incredible atm, and all my frustrations with the gameplay have been forgotten. WOW
The ending chapter
edit: oh my god.
edit edit: what the motherfuck just happened. WHAT THE FUCK
edit edit edit: WHAAAAAAT???????????????
this is the best video game story I've ever seen. Holy shit .
amazing credit sequence too. Well done, Irrational.
The ending chapter
This feels like something out of LOST. The music, the atmosphere, the questions.
edit: oh my god.
edit edit: what the motherfuck just happened. WHAT THE FUCK
edit edit edit: WHAAAAAAT???????????????
this is the best video game story I've ever seen. Holy shit .
amazing credit sequence too. Well done, Irrational.
Neuromancer
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I regret not getting this game on the PS3 now. I loved using the Move for R3.
this music should've been playing during the ending scenes/credits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nH1rCXv36A