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Topic: Bioshock: Infinite (Read 92568 times)
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Evildrider
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I really liked Infinite. I think my only problem with it was it was way too linear for my tastes. Then again I had just got done playing Far Cry 3 before transitioning to this.
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Ingmar
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... I don't get it. John Constantine in Colombia?
I wrote over 4000 words on my blog that basically says how disappointing Bioshock: Infinite is and how bewildered I am that out of over 100 professional reviews on Metacritic there is only one review that gives this game less than 80% (and that's Tom Chick's review). As a title it is pretty and soulless, with an ending that doesn't hold up to an iota of thought.
My problem with that is that Tom Chick was the reviewer who was so unbelievably ridiculously over the top in his praise of Bioshock 2 that anything he says regarding these types of game should really be ignored. Either he was bought and paid for, or his frame of reference is massively outside normal gaming - say whatever else you like about Bioshock 2, I don't think anyone would describe it as the amazing storytelling experience Chick was pushing it as. Personally, I absolutely loved Infinite. Enjoyed the fights,loved the storyline, and really enjoyed the ending. Absolutely worth every penny and definitely one of the best games I've played in a a long time. He's always the outlier, he does it on purpose, and you can pretty much ignore anything he says about any game safely. (Tom Chick that is, not UnSub.) |
The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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UnSub
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I've got no problem with Tom Chick being a contrarian, provided you know he's a contrarian.
I saw the other day that B:I has 3 DLC packs on the way, all allegedly single player content. So to get the 'full' B:I story, you're going to have to shell out more money.
Well played, Mr Levine. Well played.
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Bunk
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I'm just wondering how the DLC is going to fit in, will I have to start another game, or are they somehow going to make the DLC make sense on its own outside the original story?
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Fabricated
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You're asking how they can shoehorn SP DLC in when it's a game about multiple universes?
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"The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist." - George Bernard Shaw
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Venkman
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 I hope it continues the story rather than doing what ME did (filler). This is not a linear enough I felt any reason to go back and replay, because the "twist" was entirely at the end.
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Maledict
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The DLC is apparently single player stuff that explains the settings and world in more depth, but isn't a continuation of the single player story. The first one apparently has a new AI companion for example.
That's fine by me - I don't object to DLC that allows me to go back to the universe and explore it more from a different angle. It's when the content is stuff that clearly should have been in the main game (Leviathon for example in ME3) or was purely cut to make DLC (Assassins creed).
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luckton
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"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
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Furiously
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It would be great if my order wasn't in the "Order Verification" state for the past 5 hours. |
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Trippy
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Should've paid the $2  |
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Furiously
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Just got the code....
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Furiously
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And just finished.....
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Just finished.
I had fun, but most of the systems/story felt...disjointed?
Was really hoping:
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UnSub
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And just finished.....
Just finished.
I had fun, but most of the systems/story felt...disjointed?
It did to me. Like there were a number of pieces that were put together to make the game / narrative that were cut from pieces of a much larger cloth. It might fit together, but you can see the stitches if you look. |
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Bunk
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The new DLC just went on to Steam today. I love Steam Remote install btw - waiting for me to play when I get home from work.
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UnSub
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Reputedly Buried at Sea Part 1 might only last 90 minutes if you ignore the sightseeing parts, and 3 hours if you take your time.
I'm curious, but not $15 curious.
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luckton
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Reputedly Buried at Sea Part 1 might only last 90 minutes if you ignore the sightseeing parts, and 3 hours if you take your time.
I'm curious, but not $15 curious.
Get the season pass then. It's like, what, $5 more and you get more stuffs? |
"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
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calapine
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Reputedly Buried at Sea Part 1 might only last 90 minutes if you ignore the sightseeing parts, and 3 hours if you take your time.
I'm curious, but not $15 curious.
I watched a Youtube LetsPlay which lasted about two and half hours. The guy didn't seem to skip any content and watched all the little video-booth propaganda videos, as well as audio logs he found - so yes 90 mins to 3 hours, depending on player, seems spot on. |
Restoration is a perfectly valid school of magic!
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