This will be the last of my money that site sees. Still no code for Xcom or Infinite. I must remember Steam, and always Steam.
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Bioshock Infinite |OT| No Gods, Kings, or Irrational Games
- Thread starter Cystm
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Thats exactly where I am right now. Crossing the under area of the large bridge. My favorite part out of the whole damn experience.
CambriaRising
Member
I am so fucking paranoid right now.
Annieone23
Banned
NO spoilers, but I beat the game this morning at 6AM.
Amazing! Can't wait to talk to people about it once the world has played it haha.
Everything we expected and more. It's certainly a different game from Bioshock 1. The first one was, understandably, more claustrophobic and scary, while this one is more action oriented, bright, and open.
Those are just differences. I personally like scary games more, but the action in this is very tight and fun. Also the hyper-nationalism, and oblivous 1984-esque whitewashing, is arguably a nightmare far worse than dark corriders and spooky abandoned places.
The narrative seems too preachy at times, while Bio 1 was maybe more subdued, you really had to piece together the implications of their society. At first I didn't like the heavy handed approach, but as a narrative foil to Bioshock 1, its beautiful. It works well and you can tell Ken really has a message (messages) to be said here. (A message which we will all have to discuss later haha!)
Great game! A must play and buy!
Amazing! Can't wait to talk to people about it once the world has played it haha.
Everything we expected and more. It's certainly a different game from Bioshock 1. The first one was, understandably, more claustrophobic and scary, while this one is more action oriented, bright, and open.
Those are just differences. I personally like scary games more, but the action in this is very tight and fun. Also the hyper-nationalism, and oblivous 1984-esque whitewashing, is arguably a nightmare far worse than dark corriders and spooky abandoned places.
The narrative seems too preachy at times, while Bio 1 was maybe more subdued, you really had to piece together the implications of their society. At first I didn't like the heavy handed approach, but as a narrative foil to Bioshock 1, its beautiful. It works well and you can tell Ken really has a message (messages) to be said here. (A message which we will all have to discuss later haha!)
Great game! A must play and buy!
Burgess_101
Member
When did you order? As always with GMG pre orders get theirs later.
Pagusas
Elden Member
But but! Why didn't I get mine yetYeah its pre loading as we speakGot my XCOM as well but I gave that to my brother.
What is it with Bioshock that is making everyone want spoil it. I swear it's worse then other game releases.
How long was it?
I haven't gotten mine yet either, but they will come soon enough. Don't worry.
Bunch of people spoiling stuff on NeoGaf's facebook page and steam chat.
Just dont visit the GAF Facebook page. That is all. Voice of Reason accidentally fucked himself.
Fried Food
Banned
I preordered the game today. At gamestop. We so close family.
Now comes the real test. I can feel the force croaching in now.
"why not just take a little peak at that gameplay footage, just bit, you won't remember it."
Now comes the real test. I can feel the force croaching in now.
"why not just take a little peak at that gameplay footage, just bit, you won't remember it."
I guess it was about a month ago.
Toonami 99
Member
Quick question about GMG pre-order. I says it comes with xcom, but when I add it to the basket I don't see it listed. Xcom is automatically included once you pre-order right?
CornBurrito
Member
Ok I can't find it in the OP, what did the game get?
10/10?
10/10?
Burgess_101
Member
Yis.
ChimpBottle
Member
That's a useless study. People can tell how they feel about things without a study. Why would we believe a study that tells us that spoilers actually enhance a story experience when we can actually feel negative emotions that contradict the research. I know when somebody spoils something for me, I feel annoyed and less enthused about the story.
Raitosaito
Member
7.5/10
Fried Food
Banned
Bail out of here. Just a matter of time for an account suicide.
wait I just emailed them yesterday about the key and they wont give it to me?
I want it to pre load too damit
CornBurrito
Member
Oh wow, those are unacceptably low scores.
I kid.
Did it have an "oscar-worthy" script?
Well that would be something else entirely and quite an accomplishment.
Muffdraul
Member
No, that was 7533 or 7355... I don't remember. I think it's always the first door code in the game.
I was kidding.
So, maybe you really are a... well, y'know.
CornBurrito
Member
Hmm... I'm a bit worried about being able to run this game on my laptop. According to Can You Run It I pass the minimum settings... but barely. :/
Eh maybe I'll buy it in 2 years when I have a gaming computer.
Eh maybe I'll buy it in 2 years when I have a gaming computer.
bodyofanamerican
Member
No 360 or PStree?
I think it really all depends. I'm not a person who ever enjoys knowing story details before going in, particularly major ones, but I've also been able to greatly enjoy stories even while going in knowing some of the surprises.
It's probably a bit shaky to say that knowing critical story elements makes it more enjoyable, but there are probably cases where your enjoyment wouldn't differ much from having gone in blind.
The Librarian
Banned
Muffdraul
Member
Yeah, I would never argue that knowing spoilers actually improves enjoyment. But it was a pretty big epiphany for me when I realized that in the long run being spoiled didn't really seem to inhibit my how much I enjoyed/valued a story once I had experienced the whole thing.
I always make sure to never think of myself as any smarter than "dumb."
Wise words! And very ironic. =)
Annieone23
Banned
Hard to say because of the questionable inability to save your own file. You just reload from the last autosave or checkpoint depending on the situation. There may be a way to map a quicksave button but I don't know how and it never bothered me too much.
I would estimate that it took around 8-9 hours, pretty average for a first play though I would imagine. I did every side mission and got pretty dang close to 100% on my first play. Including making sure to hear just about every dialogue option possible from NPCS. Arguably you can shave off almost two hours from my run by just running past non essential NPCS and points of interest. I missed a few hidden logs etc since I had no references online to create a checklist, no idea where they could be considering how linear the game is when you boil it all down and how through I was.
Items/some missions are definitely missable, but Liz will usually give you a VERY obvious dialogue cue if your leaving the area will prevent you from coming back.
All in all, I think I beat this quicker than Bioshock 1. The pastoral, and lived in, golden-age setting just isn't scary and so you don't creep around like in the first game.
The Librarian
Banned
Ironic how? To be honest, I wasn't sure if you've been joking around (my sarcasm meter is broken today, apparently).
I did? For what? That's rare heat. I've never blocked a single person on Twitter.
PepperJack
Banned
Pre ordered this today.
Now playing Bioshock 1 with SweetFX. The game holds up surprisingly well.
For anyone who ordered from GMG:
At the top of the page when you are logged in, go to "Your Account"
Then go to "keys"
And they should all be there. I pre-ordered today around 2pm ET, and I got all my keys.
Hope that helps.
Also sad to hear people are being
and spoiling the game for everyone on reddit/fb/wikipedia. Seriously, why? They won't even get the satisfaction of seeing your disappointment/rage...gah.
Now playing Bioshock 1 with SweetFX. The game holds up surprisingly well.
For anyone who ordered from GMG:
At the top of the page when you are logged in, go to "Your Account"
Then go to "keys"
And they should all be there. I pre-ordered today around 2pm ET, and I got all my keys.
Hope that helps.
Also sad to hear people are being
frothing vaginas
Muffdraul
Member
Ironic vis a vis wise/dumb. I've been joking, but looking back at my posts they do read pretty deadpan and Asbergers-ish. Which I don't have. (At least, I don't think so...
All stories are in their telling. Imagine if someone could ruin Anna Karenina simply by saying, "Anna throws herself under a train." Not that this is Tolstoy, but still.
The Librarian
Banned
ThaiGrocer
Member
Challenge accepted.
Can anyone who has ordered from GMG help me out please. I got an email with my various codes but there is a code between my X com code and my infinite code which has no title and does not work when I enter it in steam, is it my industrial revolution code? Does that only work in-game, so it can't be entered into steam?
XCOM: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX- mystery code
INFINITE: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Thanks.
XCOM: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX- mystery code
INFINITE: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Thanks.
PepperJack
Banned
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
The issue with generalizing this study to this situation is that in the study nobody actually gave a shit about the stories ahead of time.
I've been waiting for Infinite for, what, over 3 years? If someone spoils something for me, I will have negative emotions in response to someone taking the surprising elements away from my experience. I will continue to experience those negative emotions during the game (as the game itself is a continuous reminder that someone selfishly hurt my experience) up through the spoiled plot point. Then after that point, I'll be mad that I didn't get to experience it as it was intended.
There's a lot of negatively valenced metacognition involved when you are anticipating something and it's ruined. The study doesn't capture that.
Muffdraul
Member
DUDE! Tag that shit! =(
Dude what the fuck man.