Bioshock
#6884 posted by
ijed on 2013/10/13 16:21:49
Is great, but the games get progressively worse with each new version. The best critique I heard of infinite was from penny arcade's extra credits, a video called in service to the brand.
In The Category Weird Shit
#6886 posted by
Spiney on 2013/10/13 18:33:02
Ugh, This One Is Strangely Addicting
#6888 posted by
Spiney on 2013/10/13 19:06:50
Bioshock
#6889 posted by
Rick on 2013/10/13 20:09:59
Is great, but the games get progressively worse with each new version.
Then it's probably good that I only bought 1&2 for $4.99 each and avoided Infinite for the $15 or whatever it was on sale for.
I haven't played much of anything but Quake, Fallout 3 and New Vegas for the last several years, so I'm a bit behind on games and I don't like to pay more than $10 for older stuff.
I did buy Far Cry 3 for $20 a couple of months ago. What a rip off. That game kind of sucked. I quit about halfway through.
Infinite
#6891 posted by
ijed on 2013/10/13 23:01:07
Is still good I suppose, but I wouldn't play it twice.
The best bit for me was the story... And I still think that the first game had a better story / presentation of it.
Would you kindly play through to the end and post your opinion?
#6892 posted by
[Kona] on 2013/10/14 02:53:41
Tried to play Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising today. What a load of crap that is. Quit after 1.5 levels. I don't like tactical shooters, but even then would have put up with it if it had a quicksave and the zoom worked. Can't play without zoom though since enemies kill you with a single bullet from a kilometer away.
I liked Bioshock's design, but the gameplay wasn't that great. Not being able to die ruined it.
Bioshock
#6893 posted by gb on 2013/10/14 03:22:09
Yes, excellent game, but I found the combat subsystem a little messy. Id software still does better combat, no matter what you think about Rage etc.
It just isn't very tight, there is a lot of setting people on fire and other pseudo magic crap that just distracts from the shooting, which in itself is unsatisfying. The guns don't really have enough oomph to them.
The game also gets a little linear towards the end. I'm not a fan of the ending.
There could have been a greater variety of Splicers for my taste, I've seen their old GDD where they had stuff like lobster mutants. I would have liked to see those.
Cool plot augmentations like the Saturnine could have been much more interesting. Sadly stuff like that (as well as the smugglers) remained footnotes in favour of an endless stream of the same Splicers, just with more health.
If your game has things like Incinerate 2 and Incinerate 3, just to deal with progressively higher hitpoint versions of the same enemies, then I'd say that is broken design. It is much better to introduce new, more dangerous types of enemies later in the game such as Vores, Hellknights and Tarbabies in Quake or Hellknights and Mancubi in Doom 3.
Bioshock got a bit samey after the first couple levels. Awesome setting though.
#6894 posted by Spiney on 2013/10/14 16:22:54
Everything in Bioshock looks like it's made out of 'foam doll' material.
That puts me off so hard :/ could never get around how garish the art looks. It might sound strange but that really kills the experience for me.
#6895 posted by
Spirit on 2013/10/14 16:57:47
http://orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker/ has to be one of the dumbest yet addicting "games" I know. What an idiotic concept. It's really just about making a number go faster. Interesting.
I've Been On That For A Day And A Half
#6896 posted by
RickyT33 on 2013/10/14 17:21:00
It gets a bit Lovecraft towards the end :)
Hah
#6897 posted by
ijed on 2013/10/14 18:45:14
I did something like that once. It's fun to experiment with frustration on purpose in a games design.
BioShock
#6898 posted by
Rick on 2013/10/14 19:58:40
I agree that the end isn't all that great. I really don't like end bosses that much anyway. The last part before Fontaine is pretty annoying actually. Having to wear the big daddy suit, which highly restricts your vision, followed by the little sister escort part had me just about ready to quit at that point. I still haven't finished off Fontaine, but I do have a save game at that point.
I Have The Cookie Thing Permanently Running In It's Own Tab
#6899 posted by
Spiney on 2013/10/14 20:30:46
Probably tells you something about human nature... :/
#6900 posted by
[Kona] on 2013/10/15 00:30:36
hehe do you guys have the antimatter condenser yet? not sure what the point is once you've got everything though....
#6903 posted by
[Kona] on 2013/10/15 07:26:21
I got up to 5, but then decided the game really doesn't have any point or reason to continue.
Same
I got up to 45, but then decided the game really doesn't have any point or reason to continue.
Playin Against Zuckerberg
#6905 posted by
mfx on 2013/10/15 13:00:56
LOL.
#6907 posted by
Shambler on 2013/10/15 13:45:13
Wait a minute, that is actually factual yes??
Broforce
#6908 posted by
ijed on 2013/10/21 18:53:17
Is awesome.
http://www.freelives.net/
The alpha demo is free and playable in the web browser. I used a game pad.