That's some terrible clashing between the red cover and the green box.
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Bioshock Infinite |OT| No Gods, Kings, or Irrational Games
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It kinda is, I have a load of old DVDs I'll never watch again so I might swap in a black box. I also have Elektra on DVD (don't ask) and that has a red box so that might look okay too.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Oh good, I suspect they will be flooding the market with them as I was in contact with one friendly user who was selling his for around 35. People should probably snooping the B/S/T thread.
Nope, pretty miffed that people who buy it now can get those keys instantly while those who pre-purchased earlier have not even received it yet.
thequickandthedead
Member
Noticed that the thread title had changed. Is there an inside joke i'm missing?
I wouldn't care enough to do that heh. Typically, I remove the game from the box barely looking at it. The fuss over the box art a month or so ago was baffling to me.
toastyToast
Member
To the chaps who've already started playing the game, how does the feel of the guns compare to the original?
GlamFM
Banned
Thanks for the insult. You seem like a fun guy to hang out with.
Ever considered that I simply liked my first 30 minutes a lot and don't care if I got the game early?
This has happened before with GMG; I believe just that happened with Deus Ex: HR, for example, and probably other games. They're an otherwise solid service but they can get bogged down by traffic and account activity during popular releases and get backed up.
ComputerMKII
Banned
I've finished the game and I'm not impressed. I didn't like it. It was convoluted and way too long.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Far from it. It is what it is though and this isn't the first time I've read excited replies on playing it for 30 minutes and being floored. And yes, the very same hyperbole turned out to be false. What I mean is that this isn't the first go around of seeing posts speak highly of a game partly because there is a rush from those who have it early. It's not something many will admit but it's something more subtle and psychological.
Nothing personal against you. Far from an insult.
show me your skeleton
Member
i thought shopto were the go-to guys for early delivery, damn you!
saying that, i went with a courier as brighton's post service is dire & i didn't want to risk missing out on release day. perhaps if i had gone with royal mail it'd be delivered today. ah well!
First you have to proof that you own a legit copy, then we can talk.
Edit: and i'm not surprised by your quote since you were always a Bioshock hater since day 1.
How long is too long?
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
While it's possibly true that on average getting a game early increases one's excitement and makes for more positive impressions, you cannot use that general claim to confidently draw conclusions about any given individual's experience.
I'm all for some actual criticism instead of the normal universal praise from people who get games early. Could you give more in-depth spoiler-free impressions? I've already paid for the game, I'd just like some real impressions that aren't afraid to be critical.
ThisWreckage
Banned
I don't get the Anna Karenina reference.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I'm pessimistic about any OMG type posts on forums because they have absolutely backfired in the past.
It's also true that people do get a rush from having the game and being able to talk about it before it comes out because people do want to know about it.
But again, it wasn't a personal attack but if he chose to take it that way then so be it. I'm always on Steam so I can verbally explain it since I don't mince words.
Obviously not that long if you've finished it already!
Though I do envisage a backlash coming - Bioshock wasn't a perfect game either, and the hype has ramped up a bit too high this time round.
Part 2 of Sessler and Levine's interview
A Companion You Care About: Bioshock Infinite's Elizabeth with Ken Levine and Adam Sessler
A Companion You Care About: Bioshock Infinite's Elizabeth with Ken Levine and Adam Sessler
I know, but at this point I see no point in pre-purchasing early.
AHA-Lambda
Member
That wasn't me in the Hitman Absolution OT. I had the game early and people were arguing with me that it would still be good.
ComputerMKII
Banned
- I didn't find the story interesting. It was more fantastic than realistic, too much crazy shit happened all the time so I had a time caring for the characters or the events at all.
- Half of the game is running after MacGuffins. You must meet X at point Z but first you must meet Mr. Y who will give you the object A which will unlock the door to B which will give you the weapon C to defeat enemy D which will clear the path to point Z, but by the time you've reached Z, X is no longer there and you must blahblahblah...
- Too many shooting parts. In fact I wish they were cut entirely but I suppose you have to have shooting if you want to sell your game.
- The story is complicated for the sake of being complicated. Nothing is properly introduced when you need an introduction, instead the game leaves you hoping for an explanation to come later. It's as if the writer thought 'Look how great I am/how I can confuse you!'.
- Some subplots were superfluous, in my opinion.
- The most unoriginal plot twists ever
- As in Bioshock 1, you can't change the FOV and the graphics have too much contrast. Sometimes you can't see anything (but it was worse in Bioshock 1) which is problematic for a game that relies on exploration.
- This being said, I loved the research/history porn, the character design, the set design, the weapon variety and the voice acting (finally, a non-silent protagonist!).
Sounds like Bioshock to me.
That thread was a mess of people trying to tell themselves it was a good game for weeks. I think they just didn't want to give me the satisfaction of telling me I was right
Computer said:
Oh nooo I'm having Darksiders 2 flashbacks.
Sigh... I didn't enjoy Bioshock 1 all that much, everything I had seen for this game looked great and got me excited though, especially the art direction and design. Hopefully I have a more positive reaction to the story than you did, I am not interested in the gunplay either.
I think people are expecting Infinite to be the jewel in the crown. If you're set on playing all three, I'd play them in order (though I prefered the original over #2). Make sure you get minerva's den.
TheKingOfSheep
Member
Look it is very simple. If you like the first one you will like this one as well. I love the first one - consider it one of the best experiences this gen. People will always complain - but then they didn't make the game, and maybe can't appreciate how hard it is to do so. The whole package is triple A quality and deserves all the praise it gets. I mean last month we got Aliens CM, I put that sucker to rest after ten minutes. Wanna complain, go there. This is a game, it's a good game, it is worth the price of admission. I think you can draw a parallel between GTAV , later this year, and GTAIV - people will go apeshit but after IV what can rock* do, but expand on what it did themematically and give more what it did whit IV. You will not get GTA reinvented, just a refined and expanded four: it is the same with this game. And talking that, 'it is only psychological, as in serotonin induced euphoria'; BS. People who say that might suffer from a depression, unable to enjoy what's good and fun - sorry but that's my opinion: haters always gonna hate.
Worst part of the game for me. Dragged it out way too much.
I can probably answer this too. You really don't have that much freedom. For the most part you just are able to circle the current area via a skyline so you can attack guys. Very seldom do you use it to travel to another area. Kind of a letdown.
cyberheater
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So Xbox 360 or PS3 version? Anyone tried both?
I'm getting serious arthur gies vibes here.
Man I knew the skyhook feature would end up like this, it seemed way too ambitious when they were first talking it up.
Well Maddog who has also finished the game confirmed and agreed with one of the criticisms Computer posted about the game, this one specifically "- Half of the game is running after MacGuffins. You must meet X at point Z but first you must meet Mr. Y who will give you the object A which will unlock the door to B which will give you the weapon C to defeat enemy D which will clear the path to point Z, but by the time you've reached Z, X is no longer there and you must blahblahblah...".
Trumpets
Member
The Xbox version looks great, but it can get stuttery now and then. The opening is like a more elaborate version of the one in the original Bioshock, and it's amazing. You know you're in for a treat right from the start.
You can change the default controller config so ironsights use the left trigger rather than R3, and 'fire vigor' is moved to the left bumper, which I much preferred. Vsync can be toggled off but I haven't tried it since the framerate is perfectly acceptable to me.
All very BioShock, really. BioShock 2 would have been a suitable title had it not been already taken, though whether that's good or bad depends on how you feel about the first one.
You can change the default controller config so ironsights use the left trigger rather than R3, and 'fire vigor' is moved to the left bumper, which I much preferred. Vsync can be toggled off but I haven't tried it since the framerate is perfectly acceptable to me.
All very BioShock, really. BioShock 2 would have been a suitable title had it not been already taken, though whether that's good or bad depends on how you feel about the first one.
ComputerMKII
Banned
I agree.
Doh, really? I had the impression that its primary use was traversal, and that combat would be more of a secondary use for it. Was looking forward to using it as a sort of scenic rollercoaster.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Same, that sounds worrying :-/
Yep, such an embarrassing excuse for people to use.
Oh fuck. Seriously? Maybe I should have bought this at retail after all......
Which brings the question. How many of you are interested in the gunplay?
Most of the time I think about this game, I don't even remember it is a shooter (I mean, I know it is, it's just never the focus).
TheKingOfSheep
Member
Yeah, I am not embarrased, but then I don't know who the guy is you are referring to - kind of defeats the purpose then doesn't it? Yeah, thought so.