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Bioshock Infinite |OT| No Gods, Kings, or Irrational Games
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Jack Scofield
Member
They really need to patch in a wider POV option for consoles like they did for BioShock.
if you don't get that gear you consider OP there's something called creativity to get around that "problem", feels good using it from time to time, great design decision to have gear loot randomized so you are somewhat forced to think... or just stop playing and come to the forums complaining.
Cheesyhobo
Member
Can't say I was forced to think much on 1999. Mostly consisted of playing peek-a-boo and spamming crowd control.
Summary Man
Member
I'm playing the game on Xbox 360. Should I lock or unlock the framerate? I always thought a locked framerate was smoother, but maybe it's my imagination but unlocking it in this game seems to be the better option.
get ss2
Speak for yourself, Bioshock 2's multi was surprisingly competent. Would love some type of add on for Infinite.
Have you played Minerva's Den?
Incendiary
Banned
The only time you might need to play conservatively in 1999 mode is the beginning, before you get to Elizabeth. After that you have more than enough options that playing conservatively is basically the antithesis of how Infinite should be played.
No I have not. I have heard good things about. Worth the price?
I've got Bioshock 2 on PC, if that matters any.
Without knowing the context of who or what they are, id say you're pretty safe actually.
ElzarTheBam
Member
So seeming as XBL was down, I decided to start my 3rd run through of the game, on 1999 mode (for the second time). Just experimenting with gears and vigors, I know there has been debate about this, but personally I find the game to be extremely accommodating to a wide variety of tactics and play styles.
Right now I'm being completely aggressive and the game is making it so satisfying to play in this way. I'm getting up close and personal with melee and traps this time.
I'm going to upgrade devils kiss, undertow and charge in this playthrough only.
Right now I'm being completely aggressive and the game is making it so satisfying to play in this way. I'm getting up close and personal with melee and traps this time.
I'm going to upgrade devils kiss, undertow and charge in this playthrough only.
Chip N Chance
Member
I usually dont go for 100% games, but Infinite was probably the easiest 1000 cheevo's I've ever gotten. Really curious to see where they go with the DLC stuff. Manervas Den type stuff would be rad.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Finished it last night, and I'm of two minds of it. I enjoyed the ride that the game took me on, but I can't help but feel disappointed at what a Shock title has turned into. System Shock to Bioshock took a blow in systemic complexity, and then they took that and reduced it further into modern FPS design. I'll give 1999 mode a go since my first run through was on Hard, but I don't expect much of the mode considering how much would have to be fundamentally changed to give such a title merit. Though I absolutely loved the art design of the game throughout, the environments were gorgeous and the plot and characters are more interesting than what I usually get out of a game; but by now I know to go in looking for the twists and hints, so the ending wasn't a mindblowing revelation.
I guess I'll echo the common complaints that the game didn't feel great with its combat using more traditional FPS trappings. It's not that it couldn't have worked like that, I just don't think it does it particularly well.
I guess I'll echo the common complaints that the game didn't feel great with its combat using more traditional FPS trappings. It's not that it couldn't have worked like that, I just don't think it does it particularly well.
It is the best BioShock, so yes.
rainking187
Member
Is there a list of commonly missed sightseer things? I'm missing three, I'd like it if I could get them without going through the whole game again with a checklist. Some of this shit is well hidden, I thought I'd scoured the whole game pretty well, but I ended up missing two recordings and three sightseer things. Also does anyone know how to get the gear
in the graveyard? I didn't see any way to open the area where it was.
Chip N Chance
Member
You gotta light the torches on each side of the gate.
The Xtortionist
Member
Loved that. It's always fun when there's an isolated situation that calls upon gamer instinct. It's up there with hiding shit behind waterfalls.
the one I'm referring to is the one at
Good Time bar after you enter the tear in the prison. As you backtrack, there's a new K-scope on the right side instead of the left near the entrance. It's about freeing Chen Lin in the movie.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Haha why would you want to know that right now? Just strap in and enjoy the ride man, let it reveal itself.
of course not, it's a video game silly.
Started my first run of the game, played it for about...dunno. An hour and a half or so?
Love the setting, graphically it's stunning and the presentation values in general are just top notch. Then I got to the combat and hooooooo boy, it's amazing how bad I am at FPS's lol. Died twice within the span of half an hour (on normal no less).
Probably just going to have to persevere with this one.
Love the setting, graphically it's stunning and the presentation values in general are just top notch. Then I got to the combat and hooooooo boy, it's amazing how bad I am at FPS's lol. Died twice within the span of half an hour (on normal no less).
Probably just going to have to persevere with this one.
I'll have to wait a few more days to play the rest of it. I don't want to comment on the game having played so little of it, but... what I played just fell a little bit flat with just how ridiculous and fake it all seems. Guess I'm over analyzing it right now and I should just wait some more and play the rest of it, I'll try to do that.
I'm on #teamreal here.
BioShock Infinite is a really amazing game. The game has such a level of detail to it, that it's easy to immerse yourself in the stunning world that Irrational Games has created, at least thats what I thougt, until IT happened...
One of the things the game lets you do is search through containers, barrels and even cash registers. You can find useful items, like ammo, money and health items. I was actually searching through a cash register when it happened, the thing that sucked me out of this well-detailed virtual world
I was in a gift shop searching through a cash register, i found 32 silver eagles(the currency of the world) and a Hotdog. You heard right, A HOTDOG!!! At this point I no longer cared to learn the secrets of the floating city of Columbia, I no longer cared to discover why the mob hired me to bring this girl back to them, I only cared about one thing, discovering why there was a hotdog in a cash register.
Were Hotdogs considered a form of currency in the city of Columbia("Can you give me change for a beef frank?) Did the shop owner stick that hotdog in the cash register to insure that no one would once again ruin his day by eating his lunch out of the fridge, which was in a bag clearly marked with his name! Also why did my character, without thinking, just eat the hotdog, was he used to finding hotdogs in weird places. Also shouldnt he have first checked to see if it was pork or beef, what if he had been jewish, or like me, alergic to processed meats!
Im now very cautious when i'm searching through the containers, out of fear im going to stumble across like a chili dog or something...
One of the things the game lets you do is search through containers, barrels and even cash registers. You can find useful items, like ammo, money and health items. I was actually searching through a cash register when it happened, the thing that sucked me out of this well-detailed virtual world
I was in a gift shop searching through a cash register, i found 32 silver eagles(the currency of the world) and a Hotdog. You heard right, A HOTDOG!!! At this point I no longer cared to learn the secrets of the floating city of Columbia, I no longer cared to discover why the mob hired me to bring this girl back to them, I only cared about one thing, discovering why there was a hotdog in a cash register.
Were Hotdogs considered a form of currency in the city of Columbia("Can you give me change for a beef frank?) Did the shop owner stick that hotdog in the cash register to insure that no one would once again ruin his day by eating his lunch out of the fridge, which was in a bag clearly marked with his name! Also why did my character, without thinking, just eat the hotdog, was he used to finding hotdogs in weird places. Also shouldnt he have first checked to see if it was pork or beef, what if he had been jewish, or like me, alergic to processed meats!
Im now very cautious when i'm searching through the containers, out of fear im going to stumble across like a chili dog or something...
thetrin
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I always find these kinds of reactions amusing, because this isn't a new concept in stories, but I suppose it is one in video games.
Bog
Junior Ace
Maybe it's told better in those other mediums.
I lol'd. Loved this game despite the hotdogs in the cash register.
I was actually really pissed off when Comstock is torturing Elizabeth... and the other Elizabeth.... Been a long time since I was that invested in a character/story
You can see what they say when you go through your options screen (the screens where you choose what you want to wear).
I know what you mean.
When Songbird takes Elizabeth way, with tears streaming down her cheeks, I felt like I'd been punched in the gut. And, I shit you not, I audibly said "Noooooo"....
The Librarian
Banned
I had kind of the same reaction.
When I was finally able to free Elizabeth, I was SO PUMPED. I barreled through everything to get her.
Just got the shock jockey vigor, and im feeling so many similarities from other properties with this.
It's almost like the Disney movie Tangled (Elizabeth = Rapunzel, whilst Booker = Flynn) meets Fringe ( the tears is like the portals and so on in Fringe). Kinda wondering if the ending of the game will be so mind blowing to me having already seen Fringe.
It's almost like the Disney movie Tangled (Elizabeth = Rapunzel, whilst Booker = Flynn) meets Fringe ( the tears is like the portals and so on in Fringe). Kinda wondering if the ending of the game will be so mind blowing to me having already seen Fringe.
Liked the story and artwork but otherwise the game is very old fashioned: barely any interaction with game world objects and characters. It's basically the same thing I hated in BioShock 1. It's like you're a ghost a lot of the time and the NPCs don't know you're there unless they want to kill you. The skyline parts are the only areas where the level design gets off rails, funnily enough. I guess these days a reasonably slick shooter combined with a Disney princess is enough for glowing reviews...
I also learned the people of Columbia are so rich that whenever they have some coins in their pocket they just throw it in the trashcans and everybody goes to work with a lunchbox filled with ammo, lockpicks and bath salts.
I also learned the people of Columbia are so rich that whenever they have some coins in their pocket they just throw it in the trashcans and everybody goes to work with a lunchbox filled with ammo, lockpicks and bath salts.
bideogamer
Neo Member
Yeah my biggest complaint definitely is the NPCs. Seems Half Life 2 is still the king of non important NPCs. Shame.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I learned a young age playing Final Fight, that when you're plowing through hundreds of men and women to rescue a girl, the slums and rat-infested alley ways are just LITTERED with properly prepared meals, gold bars, and diamonds, just waiting for a hero to find them in various trash cans and boxes
HueyFreeman
Banned
Wolf Akela
Member
Never played any Bioshock game. How's the scare/creep factor? I get easily scared.
- RE4 reeeeeally makes me tense a lot. I can barely it for 2 hours at a time, so it's a miracle I even beat it. RE5 was a joke though. I'm still too creeped out by older REs.
- Parasite Eve 2 is sometimes creepy for me but it's a lot more manageable.
- SH, Fatal Frame, etc are too scary.
- Alan Wake felt more or less as tense as RE4.
- I hate getting jumped on behind me back. Stuff like enemy suddenly appearing behind me after traversing the area, or something invisible stalking me (specially human figures).
I thought that video of
in Bioshock 1 was a bit unsettling.
- RE4 reeeeeally makes me tense a lot. I can barely it for 2 hours at a time, so it's a miracle I even beat it. RE5 was a joke though. I'm still too creeped out by older REs.
- Parasite Eve 2 is sometimes creepy for me but it's a lot more manageable.
- SH, Fatal Frame, etc are too scary.
- Alan Wake felt more or less as tense as RE4.
- I hate getting jumped on behind me back. Stuff like enemy suddenly appearing behind me after traversing the area, or something invisible stalking me (specially human figures).
I thought that video of
some doctor whining about ugliness