The_Rev Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 So, one of my most anticipated games of the past few years is out today. Picked it up on PC (360 & PS3 versions also available) and I have to say that it leaves an extremely strong first impression. Looking forwards to this a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I've played about an hour so far, and it's great. Columbia is a wonderful setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 (edited) That first hour is magnificent. The original BioShock opened strongly, but this tops it. I can just about run it at ultra on my PC (though I'm playing with a 360 pad on my big TV) and it's absolutely beautiful. I love that you can turn on World of Warcraft style floating combat text too. I'm always a total sucker for that. Edited March 26, 2013 by The_Rev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Do you need to have played the others to understand what's going on? I've played the 1st, but never touched the 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 I've not played the second either, but then BioShock 2 was made by completely different people to the original BioShock. Infinite is made by the people who made the first game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 26, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 26, 2013 Looking forward to playing it later. I always admired Bioshock but didn't necessarily love it, I'm hoping Infinite kicks up into loving the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 26, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 26, 2013 I had Bioshock in my possession (a mate left it at my house). Played for about an hour and thought it was alright and nothing more, then never touched it again despite me having it for another couple of months. I take it I should have given it a second chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 (edited) Yes. BioShock builds to one of the greatest moments in a game this generation, possibly ever. It's a game about games. It's easy to spoil and will sound shit if somebody spoils it for you but it's as cool as **** if you play through it. Edited March 26, 2013 by The_Rev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Picked it up this morning also, about 5 hours in now, its stunning. The beginning is sublime, tge atmosphere is fantastic and I've loved everything about it so far. Looks and plays great on 360 by the way. Got my own theories about what's going on in Columbia so I'm interested to see where the story is heading. Elizabeth is amazing. So far its 10/10 for me. Truly excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 (edited) Someone posted posted huge massive game ending spoilers in the thread on TSR about 10 minutes after it had been started today. If I was really looking forward to this and/or had played the other Bioshock's I imagine I would be really pissed. As it turns out I'm satisfied with my new found knowledge of what the big reveal is. Regardless, the game looks fantastic Edited March 26, 2013 by hogso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 loved bioshock, thought bioshock 2 was a bit poor, didnt think much of dishonoured not sure what to make of this yet, will probably pick it up when it gets to around £20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted March 26, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 26, 2013 Someone posted posted huge massive game ending spoilers in the thread on TSR about 10 minutes after it had been started today. If I was really looking forward to this and/or had played the other Bioshock's I imagine I would be really pissed. As it turns out I'm satisfied with my new found knowledge of what the big reveal is. Regardless, the game looks fantastic TSR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 26, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 26, 2013 Had a quick go this evening... Can't really draw any conclusions yet, theres been a couple of nice... moments. World building really. It's awe inspiring as Bioshock was on first firing it up. Doesn't help that it's, so far, not got that political philosophy gone mad running under it, which I loved with Rapture and it's Objectivist world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Played it for just under two hours and I've been looking around a lot of the time. The scenery is pretty amazing and I stood and watched a few of the people on stage etc. Great start to the game and I can't wait for this upcoming four day weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) I've probably played three hours of the game so far. I've completed the first big quest, so to speak, and I am bowled over by just how good the game is. The sense of place is incredible and I love some of the choices they have made for the music. http://youtu.be/AOMyS78o5YI Edited March 27, 2013 by The_Rev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 27, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted March 27, 2013 I might get into the original. In true Stevo fashion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) Someone posted* huge massive game ending spoilers in the thread on TSR about 10 minutes after it had been started today. If I was really looking forward to this and/or had played the other Bioshock's I imagine I would be really pissed. As it turns out I'm satisfied with my new found knowledge of what the big reveal is. Regardless, the game looks fantastic TSR? The Student Room - a big forum. As the name suggests, it's supposed to be for students, but eh. It's great fun. They have a section for sexual health & relationship problems, where people can post as anon. If you ever read the letters pages in teen girl trash mags, it's just like that. Hilarious stuff. There was one the other week about a girl who had dumped her boyfriend so he, uh, dumped in her jewelery box (|¬: She cleaned it all with disinfectant, but couldn't bring herself to wear it as it was tainted with his poo. I laughed so much. Just thinking about the thought process the guy mustve gone through just cracks me up. 'Got to get back at her somehow...what does she like?...yeh....yeaaah, all that stupid jewelery in that box! Ima shit in it!' ANYWAY that is nothing at all to do with Bioshock Infinite. But thinking about it really made me laugh, so that's good at least. Edited March 27, 2013 by hogso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frobisher Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 About an hour or so in and my need to get every collectible has seen me screwed over big time. I googled the location of the first side quest key and followed the link to gamefaqs forum. In the topic someone had posted a question about the key only for a helpful little clearing in the woods posted a game-ruining spoiler in response, the equivalent of that moment in Bioshock. **** hell. I suppose I will play through anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laivasse Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 (edited) It's a completely separate story from BS1&2 for anyone wondering, although it's unclear whether it's set in the same universe. I was fairly sceptical about it in relation to the hype, but having watched some footage it does look really fantastic from world-building perspective, at the very least. I was initially worried that Columbia wasn't as impressive a creation as Rapture, but from the looks of it I was mistaken. I won't buy it until the price comes down in a few months though, because the combat does look a little fatiguing like it was in the original. NPCs look a bit cardboard too. Edited March 27, 2013 by Laivasse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Thoughts so far (all about gameplay, nothing about the story at all) I love it. It's gorgeous. The lighting is pre baked and it does leap out at you, but I think that is only because it looks so good. I've been capturing screenshots periodically with FRAPS and I will dump them on here. My PC is just about handling it at 1080p on ultra settings (i'm getting 50-25 fps) but I'd be interested to see what it looks like on console. I tried going into GAME earlier, but they had Skylanders, a Wii U and something else I've already forgotten about on their display screens. The sound is something else. I've been playing through Dishonoured as well and that looks fine but the city feels like a film set where you know only three streets actually exist. It's the same kind of deal in Infinite but the ambient sound really sells the sense of place. It has the buzz of a living, breathing place. That walk through the fair at the start of the game has to be one of my favourite things I've seen in a game ever. I must have spent more than an hour just enjoying the scenery and I think the ambient noise was a huge part of that. Shooting is decent. I'm playing with a controller because I decided to play on the big TV so aiming isn't as quick as I'd like but I've got no real complaints. I feel the game is happy for you to hang back or to get stuck in at point blank range. I still haven't decided which way to go yet, but I'm not sure this is a game which requires you to min/max your character. I'm a tad concerned that the powers vigors might all do the same thing but with different graphics. There is the odd example where enemy type A is immune to vigor type A but vulnerable to vigor type B but they all seem pretty much the same. Maybe the upgrades will differentiate them a bit more. I've been using the Murder of Crows one the most and the upgraded version of that is hugely powerful almost to the point where you can lock down an entire area with it with next to no effort or thought (you lay a trap, and any enemy killed by the trap becomes a trap themselves, so you can have huge chain reactions in crowded areas while you hang back and pick off the stragglers. Elizabeth is just a joy to play with. The tears are a fantastic idea because they really allow you to **** around with tactics, and they allow the developers to throw you a bone from time to time. I am a bit worried that I am starting to see tears (well, prompts for tears) before I see enemies and that means I know some shit is about to go down, but it's a minor concern. I have no idea how far through I am, somewhere in act 2 if we are using the three act scale of progression and even if it goes to shit at the end there has been enough so far to put it up there with the best games I have played in the last three or four years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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