Re: Bioshock series

by Archangel Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:57 am

I'm in the hall of heroes right now, and I am expecting to fight a motorized patriot around every turn.

by RYCloud92 Mon May 20, 2013 5:39 am

I got infinite under the advice of a friend and my it hasn't disappointed. The characters and plot are amazing, Elizabeth might just be my favourite female character in any game to date. The environments are beautiful and though it's a tried and tired phrase it really is nice to see a game (especially a FPS) that takes advantage of the most colour palettes rather then just brown.

I'm now actually hoping to hunt down the first one (annoyingly when I wasn't interested it was everywhere in game shops over here for £4, now that I want it I can't even track it down)

by Archangel Wed May 22, 2013 7:21 pm

I love the entire series thus far, the storytelling and gameplay has yet to disappoint.

by The Cap'n Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:22 pm

@Cap, Bioshock 2 was actually a very good game, nobody gave it a chance, just because it has some different ppl working on it. I enjoyed the mp for bio 2 and the gameplay was better than the original

Okay, to continue what you had said Zack, I disagree completely. Bioshock 2 was a hollowed shell of what the first game was. Yeah, you can use plasmids and weapons at the same time. You know why they didn't want you doing that in the first game? Because it was a Horror Survival game! Bioshock 2 became more shooter than horror and don't get me started on the story. Infinite was more shooter than anything because it was a completely different game and setting than Rapture. Rapture, you're supposed to be scared. They brought that element back in Infinite with the Boys of Silence area but that's it. Rapture is a story of survival, Columbia is a story of redemption.

Back to the gameplay, it was way too easy. I played on the hardest difficulty and dominated the game. You know why? You're a fucking Big Daddy! It was scary in the first game that you were just some guy thrown into this fucked up city with crazy genetic freaks that want to kill you. Second game, a Big Daddy. Who will fuck with a Big Daddy? That's established in the first sequence of the first game of the Splicer getting raped by a Big Daddy. All you have to level up in 2 is the Drill and Ice powers. You freeze someone, hit them with the drill. Rinse, lather, repeat. It was boring, not scary anymore and took away the heart that was the first game. That's why I love Infinite because it doesn't try to be the first game, it succeeds in being itself.

The point of the first game ending to where Jack either leaves Rapture with all the little sisters or going above the surface for world domination was to end the story of Rapture. There's nothing else to tell. Fucking everyone of importance is dead. Both Andrew Ryan and Frank Fontain are dead now so there's no longer a power struggle. The city is destroyed. And there are no more little sisters. You killed or saved them all. How can Rapture be interesting when you know everything about it before 2 starts?

How can you still be involved with Rapture when the main story has ended and the city is STILL destroyed? There's nothing else to tell. That's why I think it's a bad game. 2K tried to make a sequel without the main writer and creator of the series and tried to continue the story and failed.

by Archangel Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:56 am

While I agree that the story for the original was better, I personally never considered Bioshock to be a survival horror game, but that's just me. I considered it a shooter. While Bio 2 may have been easier, the combat was more fluid, if I am playing a game to get raped in difficulty, I will play Dark Souls. The story of Lamb rising up to reclaim that power role is the story behind the second game, and while it isn't an epic story, it does have it's twists with the Big Sisters program, and some of the background information. The addition of the multiplayer aspect was nice as well. While Bioshock is an amazing game, sometimes I think it gets too much credit. Jack wasn't a great character, and that is something that the original lacked. Great environment, Great plot, Great villains, mediocre to poor protagonist. When you think of Bioshock, you think of the Big Daddy (a random enemy) not Jack.

by Darkness Phoenix Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:04 pm

I don't remember BS 2 being that easy Infinite on the other hand felt kinda easy I only died once in the entire game.

by Archangel Tue Jun 25, 2013 11:42 am

same here. I played on normal mind you, but I didn't really strategize my attack all that much

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