HueyFreeman
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Return to sender is the most useful vigor in the game. I think they had to give it to you late cuz it makes you so damn powerful. Best.
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Bioshock Infinite |OT| No Gods, Kings, or Irrational Games
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Return to sender is the most useful vigor in the game. I think they had to give it to you late cuz it makes you so damn powerful. Best.
Yeah, it's awesome. Using that trick the
generator health bar never dropped below 3/4 full on 1999 mode.
The Librarian
Banned
I didn't use it a lot on my first run, but I'm using it a lot more in my second, and it is SO MUCH FUN!
The Librarian
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Our review finally went up. No full score, but instead individual scores and collective opinions from six different people. Quite a diversity of opinions too.
Article art was contributed by my buddy Liam Mills, who loved the game. Made it himself, here's the image, along with a cropped 1920x1080 wallpaper for anybody interested.
1920x1080 wallpaper: http://www.abload.de/img/bioshocka9lzn.png
Eatchildrennnnn, I'll read your review ASAP! I still haven't written my final thoughts down. I will when I get time!
Patrick Bateman
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It's DeWitt's birthday today:
RadarScope1
Member
Some kind of a ng+ will be in the dlc, surely. Season pass is going to be popular if so.
HueyFreeman
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Probably not, unless your major issue was that it was way too easy. 1999 ratchets up the tension during encounters pretty considerably compared to normal mode though, which I really appreciated. I loved it the first time through though.
AgentOtaku
Member
I thought I was gonna love 1999 mode. Got up to Fink's area and am now giving up. It quickly becomes SO fucking unfun because of the bullet sponge enemies, Booker being made of paper, and overall just extreme tedium
I truly understand that some folks out there live for this kind of shit, but I frankly don't have the time nor would I want to commit myself to this even if I did. It's just not fun, it's work.
I guess if I ever do replay the game, it will be on Normal only. Oh well...
Yeah I'm over halfway. Just reached
the police station HQ in Shantytown
I've focused on long distance sniping and then shotgun / handcannon for up close/midrange (finding the hand cannon to be more versatile). For Vigors, I'm just sticking with Bucking Bronco and Devil's Kiss. Both of them upgraded and the chain gear mean's it's completely brutal. Not looking forward to the
handyman battle at the end of Finkton though :/
Anticitizen One
Banned
it's not
technobabble. That implies there just making shit up to sound smart. All of the stuff that is mentioned in the game is based on real facts according to that xbox girl video and just taken to a fictional next level similar to how genetics science was used in Jurassic Park
Snowblindvictim
Member
Are there any PC songbird editions available anywhere?
Can anyone vouch for stock trackers like nowinstock.net?
Can anyone vouch for stock trackers like nowinstock.net?
I've enjoyed my 1999 campaign most of the way, it's just running out of steam now for me now,
I think pushing all salt upgrades has really kept me engaged. The first time through, I used the vigors much like I used the plasmids in the original. A way to deal damage to crowds, so a lot of Shock Jockey and Devil's Kiss along with possessing turrets of course. Now I'm trying to find ancillary uses and combinations that work well. A huge salt meter and the blood is salt gear opens up some interesting possibilities. I don't know if including more vigors would have been better, but a Dishonored-esque blink or slow time would have been interesting. An upgraded charge sort of let's you zoom around the map in a hilarious way sometimes, but it's not the same.
The volley gun stuns them, keep one handy.
just finished gaining access to Comstock's house.
I think pushing all salt upgrades has really kept me engaged. The first time through, I used the vigors much like I used the plasmids in the original. A way to deal damage to crowds, so a lot of Shock Jockey and Devil's Kiss along with possessing turrets of course. Now I'm trying to find ancillary uses and combinations that work well. A huge salt meter and the blood is salt gear opens up some interesting possibilities. I don't know if including more vigors would have been better, but a Dishonored-esque blink or slow time would have been interesting. An upgraded charge sort of let's you zoom around the map in a hilarious way sometimes, but it's not the same.
The volley gun stuns them, keep one handy.
So this is probably dumb, but I just started my 1999 Mode playthrough and was wondering if there's a good guide for it or what the best advice is?
Beyond "put all your Infusions in salts and shields" I'm not sure how best to go about it.
I am positive it's been mentioned before, so even just a link to a different post is fine.
Beyond "put all your Infusions in salts and shields" I'm not sure how best to go about it.
I am positive it's been mentioned before, so even just a link to a different post is fine.
Blood Diamonds
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I rented this off RedBox and um...
I have no idea what's happening, I think i'll just play Tomb Raider now :V
I have no idea what's happening, I think i'll just play Tomb Raider now :V
huh same here. rented this from red box after I beat tomb raider. so far so good but the story doesnt grab me yet
Thanks, this helped.
I completed 1999 mode a couple of hours ago. I really didn't have much trouble with most of the battles. The
three siren battles
one in the end of Finkton
Still, I loved it and I'm 1000/1000 now
Going to put the game back for a long while (until DLC hits). Been playing it too much.The Librarian
Banned
I had a hilarious moment the other day. I rounded a corner and there was a fireman waiting for me. I used Bucking Bronco, then I realized he ws close to an edge, so I used Undertow to push him over. I was giggling so much. I think it was his falling scream that did it.
Just finished up my second time through the game for 1000/1000. Only the third time I've bothered to do that(Dark Souls, Civ Rev) so you I enjoyed the game quite a bit.
The key to 1999 mode for me was charge, it had been mentioned in this thread but I didn't try it until I got to the first siren fight, it is amazing stuff. I wish I had used it in the Finkton Handyman encounter. Fully upgraded charge, burning halo, blood to salts, overkill and brittle skin(didn't have this for the siren battle though). With maxed out shield and salts I went through everything like butter. I tanked the final Handyman encounter and could even handle the final confrontation taking down two Patriots at point blank range at the same time, so much fun.
Great game really enjoyed it. I didn't care for Bioshock 2 but this really got me back to the level of fun I had during Bioshock 1. Good stuff.
The key to 1999 mode for me was charge, it had been mentioned in this thread but I didn't try it until I got to the first siren fight, it is amazing stuff. I wish I had used it in the Finkton Handyman encounter. Fully upgraded charge, burning halo, blood to salts, overkill and brittle skin(didn't have this for the siren battle though). With maxed out shield and salts I went through everything like butter. I tanked the final Handyman encounter and could even handle the final confrontation taking down two Patriots at point blank range at the same time, so much fun.
Great game really enjoyed it. I didn't care for Bioshock 2 but this really got me back to the level of fun I had during Bioshock 1. Good stuff.
the creedence clearwater revival song 'fortunate son' pops up throughout the game as a thematic element. it deals with class differences and political strife. the tears themselves are cross references to albert fink, brother to jeremiah fink, who has been peering into the future and alternate realities through similar tears and stealing songs and musical ideas to use in columbia. i wish there was much more to this sidestory, but there is no more interaction than simply listening.
The Librarian
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Eavesdropper achievement get!
ElectricBlue187
Member
The economy in this game is really weird. I can't tell if its random or just badly designed. In the beginning lock picks and silver eagles are appropriately scarce but about halfway through I found endless amounts of lock picks, almost never dropped below 30 and nary a single chest to unlock and I have so much money scavenging is pretty much worthless except for ammo
Poimandres
Member
Just finished the game... wow... fantastic ending, very satisfying.
Overall I was really pleased with the game, and my expectations were sky high. I'm so damn happy this game turned out well!
Overall I was really pleased with the game, and my expectations were sky high. I'm so damn happy this game turned out well!
I just got it yesterday as well. The first time I finished I had about 9 missing, which I found really confusing considering how much time I spent poking around. Well, it just so happened that about 6 of those were in two spots I hadn't visited. The bookstore in Emporia and around the Graveyard Shift in Shantytown on the way back. Apparently, I also only have 1 telescope/kinetescope left, but I'm not going to go digging through the game to find it.
Lord_Byron28
Member
Another poster pointed out but crows are also really effective against handymen. I'm not entirely sure why they are as the crows are usually pretty ineffective against all other special enemies but I spammed crows and shotgun and he was dead without too much of an actual fight.Thanks, this helped.
I completed 1999 mode a couple of hours ago. I really didn't have much trouble with most of the battles. The, the handyman fights (except for thethree siren battles) and the last battle were quite easy. I really thought it would be much harder.one in the end of Finkton
Still, I loved it and I'm 1000/1000 now
GiantEnemyGoomba
Member
Seeing my friend jump out of his seat because of the
made my week.
I can feel the end getting closer; the tension is ramping up.
Boy of Silence jumpscare
I can feel the end getting closer; the tension is ramping up.
killertofu
Member
I just
How close am I?
had a fight with Comstock's Wife's Ghost
How close am I?
2/3rds maybe?
HueyFreeman
Banned
This is actually a super useful vigor combo that I used all the time on 1999. Hilarious indeed, but also crazy awesome.
You're missing out big time.
I didn't finish it because I had to reformat my PC and lost a part of my save, my brother played up to where I was and I continued it, finished it the same day.
The story is just insane, I have no words how to explain how good it is. The best story in a game I've played for a VERY long time.
Team Filler
Member
I finally finished Infinite, and I guess I'm an outlier because I felt this was the weakest in the series, with Bioshock 2 being the best (particularly the story). Infinite has the other two beat in graphics and combat design, but overall I have no desire to play Infinite again. I feel like that other thread awhile back was on the money with the point that being a shooter really limits these particular games.
HueyFreeman
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And in this game 40% is almost always the requirement is fulfilled. At least with the Melee-Burns-Enemies gear.
get used to it. all you get are autosaves.
So how is this shit really? I still haven't made the decision to buy the game yet. I need an opinion from someone like Derrick01 or DocSeuss or somebody.
I keep hearing that it's actually MORE linear than Bioshock 1 and 2 but that it still handles world-building really well. How does it do that compared to all the previous Shock games? Or are people just praising it as a good first person shooter? I've seen like, none of the previews or footage of this game at all, and there aren't many sites whose reviews I trust anymore.
Damn. That sounds even more in the direction I don't like for this IP.
I keep hearing that it's actually MORE linear than Bioshock 1 and 2 but that it still handles world-building really well. How does it do that compared to all the previous Shock games? Or are people just praising it as a good first person shooter? I've seen like, none of the previews or footage of this game at all, and there aren't many sites whose reviews I trust anymore.
Damn. That sounds even more in the direction I don't like for this IP.
The Librarian
Banned
I have all the achievements aside from the 1999 mode and the 1999 mode sans dollar bill machine. Will try to do that in one go!
Poimandres
Member
- It is more streamlined than the original Bioshock/Bio 2, but for more money it actually executes what is there better (it's not trying to be an RPG, basically)
- Shooting feels better in this game compared to Bio/System Shock
- Sky-rails are hella fun, and so is messing around with your powers
- Combat is mostly enjoyable, but can get a bit samey by the end (not much enemy variety)
- There's an unfortunate lack of gun variety
- There's plenty of exploration to be done (hub type areas) but you are driven by wanting to know more about the world itself, and not so much going on a collectathon
- Overall progression is more linear (no returning to areas) but it doesn't feel rushed like most scripted FPS games
- Voice acting, music, art design, world design... absolutely some of the best around!
- It has more of the big moments like Bioshock, and they are more evenly spread throughout the game
- It feels much more alive because of the NPCs and constant voice acting
- Setting isn't really utilized as well as Rapture, and it doesn't have any characters as compelling as Andrew Ryan
- I think the story is more compelling than the orginal Bioshock