BioShock Preview (PC)

this game looks outstanding! i'm sorry, but if this doesn't look good u mite wanna question ur manhood!

Preview

It sure looks great

I have allways been a fan of irrational games

but unfortunatly my system is very old (AMD 850 mhz) so I cannot play most modern games but luckily I can still play system shock 2

that certainly looks like a lot of fun. They want to "redefine what it means to be be a first person shooter." The way this game is designed definitely makes it much different than the usual deathmeatch type games out there.

thanks for sharing the link

Nice in-game footage, looks like it could be a good game. The system requirements for that game are going to be obscene.

Cheers for the link, enjoyed that.

Any ideas on release date for this - that video got me pretty excited.

Sweet I have my 360 to back me up :D

Did anyone see the water effects, holy shit it looks real. The end where he's trapped w/ those things on the ceiling, man oh man looks intense can't wait.

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Indeed a sweet game.

Wow, looks great. But I must say, I hate games where I'm starving for ammo.

"Marine, we need you to head to the depths of the compound to rescue a scientist that is being held hostage by Satan and his manyfold minions. Here's your pistol and eight rounds of ammunition. Good luck."

What law says I have to start out the game with none of the fun shit promised on the box art? In FPS games built entirely on the anticipation of using gigantic, bad-ass weapons, why not start me out with a damned machine gun and 200 rounds of ammo and go up from there? :frusty:

Oh well, any release date set?

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Wow, looks great. But I must say, I hate games where I'm starving for ammo.

"Marine, we need you to head to the depths of the compound to rescue a scientist that is being held hostage by Satan and his manyfold minions. Here's your pistol and eight rounds of ammunition. Good luck."

What law says I have to start out the game with none of the fun shit promised on the box art? In FPS games built entirely on the anticipation of using gigantic, bad-ass weapons, why not start me out with a damned machine gun and 200 rounds of ammo and go up from there? :frusty:

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Cos that would be typical, ya think?

Looking at that game, it is anything but typical.

Most of the time the lack of ammo at the start of the game is explained by the storyline. Far Cry, Half Life 1 & 2, Doom all explain the lack of ammo at the beginning.

Bioshock does as well it seems: "The game starts with the player underwater following a plane crash in the ocean, surrounded by debris."

Ammo starving can make for a better game imo, more tense. Imagine how unscary Resident Evil and its sequels would have been if there was ammo lying about all over the place and you started with the BFG. Bioshock looks like you have to make lots of choices about what to do with regards to ammo and the like, do you wade through your enemies wasting precious ammo and equipment or use a more sneaky conserving approach.

Though, on a slightly related noted, I hate games that have battery operated torches that only stay lit for a few minutes before needing to be recharged. I have a torch and it stays lit for fucking hours. These marines need to get themselves some better batteries...

And crates. I fucking hate crates.

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Cos that would be typical, ya think?

Looking at that game, it is anything but typical.

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The host in the beginning even states that the hero will be ammo deprived.

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Most of the time the lack of ammo at the start of the game is explained by the storyline. Far Cry, Half Life 1 & 2, Doom all explain the lack of ammo at the beginning.

Bioshock does as well it seems: "The game starts with the player underwater following a plane crash in the ocean, surrounded by debris."

Ammo starving can make for a better game imo, more tense. Imagine how unscary Resident Evil and its sequels would have been if there was ammo lying about all over the place and you started with the BFG. Bioshock looks like you have to make lots of choices about what to do with regards to ammo and the like, do you wade through your enemies wasting precious ammo and equipment or use a more sneaky conserving approach.

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I understand that and all, I just don't like it. :lookaroun

Speaking of Resident Evil, that was the worst part about the game imo, was the lack of ammo. I can't name how many times I died in the same spot because I had no ammo. Trying to punch like 3 zombies coming right at me. That's why I never even bothered to play it again after part 2. Silent Hill was guilty of this crime as well and again, I never played any of the sequels.

I will however give Bioshock a try, it looks far too tempting.

I'm mostly excited about the dynamics of this game. I like how the host says the the "Daddies" just roam around randomly with no set path, and that they always do something different from the time before. Games are actually beginning to have some actually AI. Crysis is good about this too. I'm excited about its release as well.

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The host in the beginning even states that the hero will be ammo deprived.

Yeah and?

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Most of the time the lack of ammo at the start of the game is explained by the storyline. Far Cry, Half Life 1 & 2, Doom all explain the lack of ammo at the beginning.

Bioshock does as well it seems: "The game starts with the player underwater following a plane crash in the ocean, surrounded by debris."

Ammo starving can make for a better game imo, more tense. Imagine how unscary Resident Evil and its sequels would have been if there was ammo lying about all over the place and you started with the BFG. Bioshock looks like you have to make lots of choices about what to do with regards to ammo and the like, do you wade through your enemies wasting precious ammo and equipment or use a more sneaky conserving approach.

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I understand that and all, I just don't like it. :lookaroun

Speaking of Resident Evil, that was the worst part about the game imo, was the lack of ammo. I can't name how many times I died in the same spot because I had no ammo. Trying to punch like 3 zombies coming right at me. That's why I never even bothered to play it again after part 2. Silent Hill was guilty of this crime as well and again, I never played any of the sequels.

I will however give Bioshock a try, it looks far too tempting.

I'm mostly excited about the dynamics of this game. I like how the host says the the "Daddies" just roam around randomly with no set path, and that they always do something different from the time before. Games are actually beginning to have some actually AI. Crysis is good about this too. I'm excited about its release as well.

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Some games require a little more skill besides simply mowing down the opposition with limitless firepower.

If you try some other means of getting through levels like evasion and other smarts you might find some games more enjoyable and hell even....beat the game.

I've beaten all the main RE games besides RE 0 (I just never got around to it).
I actually have a habit of overconservation. If I get a powerful weapon, I tend not to use cos I always think I'll need it later and won't get more ammo for it. I did that a whole lot with RE 4. I NEVER used the machine gun.:sad1:

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If I get a powerful weapon, I tend not to use cos I always think I'll need it later and won't get more ammo for it.

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lol, i do the exactly the same thing. i save all the "more powerful" weapons for the end and then i usually miss out on what the weapon had to offer.

Looks shit.

A HL2 wannabie.

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Some games require a little more skill besides simply mowing down the opposition with limitless firepower.

If you try some other means of getting through levels like evasion and other smarts you might find some games more enjoyable and hell even....beat the game.

I've beaten all the main RE games besides RE 0 (I just never got around to it).
I actually have a habit of overconservation. If I get a powerful weapon, I tend not to use cos I always think I'll need it later and won't get more ammo for it. I did that a whole lot with RE 4. I NEVER used the machine gun.:sad1:

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I just said it's not my kind of game, that's all. :ermm:

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:drool:

Indeed a sweet game.

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Looks shit.

A HL2 wannabie.

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Yeah, you're just spamming up the place not even remembering what you have already posted. Twat.

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Originally Posted by Busyman™

Some games require a little more skill besides simply mowing down the opposition with limitless firepower.

If you try some other means of getting through levels like evasion and other smarts you might find some games more enjoyable and hell even....beat the game.

I've beaten all the main RE games besides RE 0 (I just never got around to it).
I actually have a habit of overconservation. If I get a powerful weapon, I tend not to use cos I always think I'll need it later and won't get more ammo for it. I did that a whole lot with RE 4. I NEVER used the machine gun.:sad1:

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I just said it's not my kind of game, that's all. :ermm:

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True. Your type of game is long dead....well there is Doom.

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I just said it's not my kind of game, that's all. :ermm:

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True. Your type of game is long dead....well there is Doom.

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On the contrary. The no ammo games are out, imo.

The most popular style of game right now is war games. All the ammo you can possibly shoot. :01:

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True. Your type of game is long dead....well there is Doom.

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On the contrary. The no ammo games are out, imo.

The most popular style of game right now is war games. All the ammo you can possibly shoot. :01:

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Ahhh...mmmk.

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Looks shit.

A HL2 wannabie.

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Yeah, you're just spamming up the place not even remembering what you have already posted. Twat.

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First quote was for the graphics, but later when I actually watched the whole trailer I thought the gameplay was trying to copy HL2 and fails miserably.

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Yeah, you're just spamming up the place not even remembering what you have already posted. Twat.

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First quote was for the graphics, but later when I actually watched the whole trailer I thought the gameplay was trying to copy HL2 and fails miserably.

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Ahhh...mmmk.

It's funny that the first link in this thread is showing the game for the Xbox 360.:lol:

Now here's another demo with PC footage.

[youtube]56dHJX29M_Y[/youtube]

HD link

At the end imagine the character is saying, "I got you now ya little bitch".

A buncha new footage.

http://www.gametrailers.com/game/2610.html

I had RE4 as my 2005 Game Of The Year and Bioshock looks to be my 2007 GOTY.

I'm looking forward to this one as well. To my eternal shame I have yet to play System Shock.

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I thought the gameplay was trying to copy HL2 and fails miserably.

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I had to quote this again as it is so fucking stupid . . .

I tested the 360 version and I can tell ya that the game certainly has come a long way (positively speaking).

is it gonna be better on the 360 or PC?

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A buncha new footage.

http://www.gametrailers.com/game/2610.html

I had RE4 as my 2005 Game Of The Year and Bioshock looks to be my 2007 GOTY.

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Yeh RE4 was awesome, completed it like 50 times, deffo my GOTY '05 however RE5 looks to be my '07 one...or Crysis!

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is it gonna be better on the 360 or PC?

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Hard to say, it'll look better on a decent PC as it will use DX10 and it's an FPS game so it'll be easier to play on a PC. Also it will be more customizable with the ability to mod PC games (very important in sandbox-type games like these).

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is it gonna be better on the 360 or PC?

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A buncha new footage.

http://www.gametrailers.com/game/2610.html

I had RE4 as my 2005 Game Of The Year and Bioshock looks to be my 2007 GOTY.

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Yeh RE4 was awesome, completed it like 50 times, deffo my GOTY '05 however RE5 looks to be my '07 one...or Crysis!

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RE5 comes out this year?

How could I forget Crysis?

Ok now I have candidates:

Crysis
RE5
Bioshock

I think Mass Effect will be great but :idunno: about GOTY.

Oh and I think it'll be better on PC.

Can someone tell me if there's a controller like an analog stick on the Wii but made for PC that will will still allow mouse look?

kool good to know, thanx cheese!

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Can someone tell me if there's a controller like an analog stick on the Wii but made for PC that will will still allow mouse look?

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I can't say I've ever seen one.

I use a Z-Board for games:

http://www.hqhardware.net/images/sto...Keyboard-1.jpg

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Can someone tell me if there's a controller like an analog stick on the Wii but made for PC that will will still allow mouse look?

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I can't say I've ever seen one.

I use a Z-Board for games:

http://www.hqhardware.net/images/sto...Keyboard-1.jpg

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Yeah see I hate using buttons for movement.

Here's another Bioshock trailer.

http://gametrailer.com/player/21276.html?type=flv

http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/805/805958p1.html :happy:

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http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/805/805958p1.html :happy:

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Sounds superb. I am sooo looking forward to this. :happy:

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http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/805/805958p1.html :happy:

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Sounds superb. I am sooo looking forward to this. :happy:

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Really? I thought the link was a waste of a read. I had no doubt that Bioshock would not be some weird console port.

I mean I like the customization of the PC and think when console ports go over that they should include that.

However, ehhhh....so what?

I also think moving on a keyboard really, really sucks. Mouse look is great. Keyboard move is horrible.

I think the Wii's control scheme better than any other....so far.

I'd prefer nixing the Wiimote for mouse look and have a mouse.

I like an analog control pad for movement.

Well, for FPS games, I love the keyboard mostly.

I have played the Call of Duty games for ages and love the setup. Tho' it definitely takes some getting used to and I can understand why some don't like it.

Double post.

Triple post.