BioShock: Infinite, anyone?

[RedMenace]

Anyone watched any of the trailers or gameplay demos for BS:I yet?

Looks pretty darned good if you ask me. Huge fan of the first two, and despite my worries that they were going full cartoony for this one, looks like it'll carry much of the same spirit and the feeling of incredible dread that the original games had, along with its early 20th-century American exceptionalism history re-writing twist.





Here's a 15 minute gameplay demo, really shows off what the game's got.



Here's the much more recent and much shorter Beast of America trailer



Any thoughts? Any fans of the original game here?

[Red October1984]

What are the Bioshock games about?

[RedMenace]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

What are the Bioshock games about?

Basically, the plot of the first game starts in 1960, and you are a passenger flying over the Atlantic in a commercial airliner that somehow crashes into the sea. You survive the crash and swim to the safety of a giant lighthouse/tower that stands mysteriously in the middle of the ocean. The lighthouse turns out to be the entrance to a giant underwater city known as Rapture. You quickly find out that Rapture was built in secrecy during the 1940's by the greatest business minds in the world, hoping to develop a utopia society under the sea, a society that embraces free will, limited government, and a completely laissez-faire economy, free from the clutches of governments or religion.



Unfortunately, by the time you've stumbled upon Rapture, it's all gone to hell.

Without giving away too much, due to the economic and scientific freedom, the underwater city has technology vastly superior to anything found on the surface, from robotics, to computers, to most importantly, genetic research. Wandering throughout the city are these giant lumbering monsters known as Big Daddies, men who have been genetically experimented on, mentally reconditioned, and who have had their organs grafted onto the inside of giant metal diving suits.





I won't reveal what purpose they served or how they relate to the story because I feel like everyone should give the game at least a single playthrough and find out for themselves.

BioShock 2 was a continuation of the story from the first one.

BioShock: Infinite, the third game in the series, is supposed to be set in an different universe from the first two games, and is instead set in America at the turn of the 19th century in a floating society known as Columbia, modeled in the style of the 1893 Worlds Fair. Not much more is really known about the plot yet.

[Red October1984]

Sounds interesting. I may check it out.

I've seen the first one pretty cheap at GameStop. Might go pick it up.

[RedMenace]

Originally Posted by Red October1984

Sounds interesting. I may check it out.

I've seen the first one pretty cheap at GameStop. Might go pick it up.

I'd definitely recommend it. You don't have to take my word for it, but I think it's the best FPS to come out since Half-Life 2.

[Platapus]

I am assuming that the new bioshock will require a steam account?

[RedMenace]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I am assuming that the new bioshock will require a steam account?

Mmmm I haven't heard anything about that, but I think I saw it pre-orderable on Uplay as well recently, so I assume the game is going to have a regular distribution system. Ie: physical retail AND the various online distribution retailers.

What don't you like about Steam, though? I don't buy PC games anymore UNLESS they're on Steam.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by RedMenace

I'd definitely recommend it. You don't have to take my word for it, but I think it's the best FPS to come out since Half-Life 2.

Do you know how strong of an accusation that is?

But i'll try bioshock sometime soon and find out.

[Takeda Shingen]

It's gone all......steampunky.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by RedMenace

What don't you like about Steam, though? I don't buy PC games anymore UNLESS they're on Steam.

1. In principle, I don't like the idea of a single player game, where I have all the disks and the codes, and I have to log into a system just to play the game. I could understand an initial one time online registration, but repeated.

2. Due to a mistake on Steam's part, I am unable to play a game that I paid for; have the disks; have the secret code, but because I need to log in to steam, I can't play the game, because steam messed up my account. Nor can I just make another account as the game is registered to an account that does not allow me to play the game

Steam's excellent customer service is to repeatably tell me that what happened could not have happened and that I simply need to reinstall the game. Which I did.... repeatably. Steam Customer Service still won't acknowledge that the problem is on their sever.

So I don't like the idea of steam like companies for games purchased with physical copies and I specifically have a problem with steam.

One of my favourite games, I can't play. I do not purchase any game that requires a steam account. Unfortunately, this will limit my game choice. But then I already have a backlog of really good games where the software company treats me like a customer and does not assume that I am a thief.

I don't appreciate any company not only assuming that I am a thief, but continues to treat me as if I were a thief.

Glad Steam is working out for you though.