Bioshock Infinite
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Just started this as I got it for Christmas on the PC. Seems good fun so far, although 1 thing that really annoys me about console ports is the fact decals disappear before your very eyes. The fact that if there are more than 3 dead bodies on screen at once they will just vanish. Wonder if there is a .ini file I can tweak.
Daston said:
Just started this as I got it for Christmas on the PC. Seems good fun so far, although 1 thing that really annoys me about console ports is the fact decals disappear before your very eyes. The fact that if there are more than 3 dead bodies on screen at once they will just vanish. Wonder if there is a .ini file I can tweak.
Have a look on here - http://steamcommunity.com/app/8870/discussions/0/8...FourWheelDrift said:
Have a look on here - http://steamcommunity.com/app/8870/discussions/0/8...
Awesome thanks chap will give that a go 
Finally got around to playing this. Loved the original Bioshock, thoroughly enjoyed the story of the second but found it a little more tedious. Infinite leaves me.... confused. Not because of the ending which was fine, but I just didn't get as gripped as I would have liked - Elizabeth was great, though it felt odd that she was never really in danger as she couldn't be harmed. I did enjoy the story, but it never somehow felt as perilous as Rapture so I just didn't gel with the setting. Graphically it wasn't overly special either, but then things like FarCry 3 / Crysis 3 have appeared since and are all a bit sharper. The whole soft-focus thing got annoying after a while.
All in all excellent, but not brilliant. Shame the team has been disbanded and 4 will be made by someone else
All in all excellent, but not brilliant. Shame the team has been disbanded and 4 will be made by someone else
JonRB said:
snuffy said:
I agree. The full game is £19.99 but Steam seem to think I'm going to pay £11.99 for a 2 hour DLC. I'd like to play it, but I'm not paying that on principle.
Yes, I completely agree; way too expensive. I can wait until it is in a sale as it will doubtless be eventually. I've bunged it in my Wish List. As to the last installment. I found it way too confusing - the time between Bioshock and the last episode is way too long for such a convulted and complex plot. Had to resort to googling to figure out what happened, which meant a lot of the impact was lost on me.
Hilts said:
If you're new to the series is it best to start with Bioshock then two then Infinite?
It's hard to say. But, personally, I would say that for maximum enjoyment it is. Mainly because each one back-references the previous. Bioshock Infinite is fairly standalone though, although the ending will make (even) less sense without (at least one of) the first two games. Burial at Sea is ultimately disappointing. First episode is too short, and dies off just as it gets going. Second one is awkward as you have to relearn combat as Elizabeth, i.e. stealth and SO weak compared to Booker. The storyline is utter nonsense too.
I still enjoyed the three main games though. Think the first is my overall favourite, replayed it many times.
I still enjoyed the three main games though. Think the first is my overall favourite, replayed it many times.
JonRB said:
Hilts said:
If you're new to the series is it best to start with Bioshock then two then Infinite?
It's hard to say. But, personally, I would say that for maximum enjoyment it is. Mainly because each one back-references the previous. Bioshock Infinite is fairly standalone though, although the ending will make (even) less sense without (at least one of) the first two games. JonRB said:
Hilts said:
If you're new to the series is it best to start with Bioshock then two then Infinite?
It's hard to say. But, personally, I would say that for maximum enjoyment it is. Mainly because each one back-references the previous. Bioshock Infinite is fairly standalone though, although the ending will make (even) less sense without (at least one of) the first two games. Heads up, just picked up the Bioshock Triple pack (Bioshock 1, 2, infinite) for £9.99 (75% discount) on steam! Used this topic to research the game before buying so pretty excited.
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/36223/
Also Dragon Age Origins - Ultimate Edition was bought for only £4.99:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/47810/
Steam sales are dangerous.
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/36223/
Also Dragon Age Origins - Ultimate Edition was bought for only £4.99:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/47810/
Steam sales are dangerous.
Gameplay wise, Infinite is the weakest of the three for me. Having played all three through recently, it's the only one where I found myself stopping because I was bored after a while, even if the story itself did have a nice twist.
Dragon Age Origins was a cracking game, if rough as hell around the edges.
Dragon Age Origins was a cracking game, if rough as hell around the edges.
I finished this a while ago and agree with most of the reviews here. Good but not as good as The first game.
Elizabeth wasn't as good a companion as in Last of Us or even Alex in HL2. Bit of hinderance most of the time especially offering me ammo when in the middle of fighting a patriot.
The endless battles got tedious as well but that seems a feature of many games at the moment. Yes, I'm looking at you Tomb Raider/Uncharted/MoH/CoD and the later bits of Last of Us.
Elizabeth wasn't as good a companion as in Last of Us or even Alex in HL2. Bit of hinderance most of the time especially offering me ammo when in the middle of fighting a patriot.
The endless battles got tedious as well but that seems a feature of many games at the moment. Yes, I'm looking at you Tomb Raider/Uncharted/MoH/CoD and the later bits of Last of Us.
Heads up!
All DLCs are 50% right now on Steam's "Midweek Madness" sale for the next 46 hours (ends 31 Oct 5:00pm GMT)
Episodes 1 and 2 of "Burial at Sea" are £5.99 each, or the DLC 'Season Pass' is £7.99
If you don't have the game itself, then the Bioshock Infinite + Season Pass Bundle is currently 70% off and costs £10.79
All DLCs are 50% right now on Steam's "Midweek Madness" sale for the next 46 hours (ends 31 Oct 5:00pm GMT)
Episodes 1 and 2 of "Burial at Sea" are £5.99 each, or the DLC 'Season Pass' is £7.99
If you don't have the game itself, then the Bioshock Infinite + Season Pass Bundle is currently 70% off and costs £10.79
Well, I played both episodes of Burial at Sea over the weekend.
Episode 1 was ok. I particularly enjoyed the beginning where you explore part of pre-fall Rapture. Once that was over and you were into the combat environment, then I felt it was a little humdrum. The ending came rather abruptly and was an interesting twist.
Episode 2 was much better from a story point of view. I felt that towards the end it fell into the same trap as Star Wars Episode 3 - inasmuch as it felt like it was cramming a whole load of continuity / back story / set up into a short space of time. For example, the death of Suchong would mean that they only figured out how to Imprint a Big Daddy with a Little Sister just before Atlas' coup whereas in the original game it felt more like it was an established thing, especially as you visit a Big Daddy production facility in the original Bioshock.
I thought the ending was a little sad, although I guess there was a certain inevitability about it. "Constants and variables", and all that. I did wonder if perhaps Elizabeth might have ended up as the first Big Sister. But the actual ending they chose was a reasonable one too.
Another thing that occurred to me was that when you meet the prototype Songbird, there is a blueprint on the wall that is split vertically with Songbird on the left and a man on the right. I did at that point wonder if Songbird was a cyborg with the brain of a Booker DeWitt from another dimension, and that's how they did the imprinting but they didn't pursue that idea.
Anyway, overall it was worth the £7.99 I paid, I felt. It certainly filled a rainy Sunday anyway.
Edit: Oh, and one final thing that blew my mind. I found out this weekend that the Voice Actor who voices Booker DeWitt is the same guy who voiced Joel in The Last of Us.
Edit2: Although apparently I'm the only person who didn't know this.
Episode 1 was ok. I particularly enjoyed the beginning where you explore part of pre-fall Rapture. Once that was over and you were into the combat environment, then I felt it was a little humdrum. The ending came rather abruptly and was an interesting twist.
Episode 2 was much better from a story point of view. I felt that towards the end it fell into the same trap as Star Wars Episode 3 - inasmuch as it felt like it was cramming a whole load of continuity / back story / set up into a short space of time. For example, the death of Suchong would mean that they only figured out how to Imprint a Big Daddy with a Little Sister just before Atlas' coup whereas in the original game it felt more like it was an established thing, especially as you visit a Big Daddy production facility in the original Bioshock.
I thought the ending was a little sad, although I guess there was a certain inevitability about it. "Constants and variables", and all that. I did wonder if perhaps Elizabeth might have ended up as the first Big Sister. But the actual ending they chose was a reasonable one too.
Another thing that occurred to me was that when you meet the prototype Songbird, there is a blueprint on the wall that is split vertically with Songbird on the left and a man on the right. I did at that point wonder if Songbird was a cyborg with the brain of a Booker DeWitt from another dimension, and that's how they did the imprinting but they didn't pursue that idea.
Anyway, overall it was worth the £7.99 I paid, I felt. It certainly filled a rainy Sunday anyway.
Edit: Oh, and one final thing that blew my mind. I found out this weekend that the Voice Actor who voices Booker DeWitt is the same guy who voiced Joel in The Last of Us.
Edit2: Although apparently I'm the only person who didn't know this.
Edited by JonRB on Monday 3rd November 17:17
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