Author Topic: Bioshock: New Screenies. Looks disturbing, yet awesome. (Read 5020 times)

Pugnate · « **on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 11:13:54 AM »

http://media.pc.ign.com/media/707/707640/imgs_1.html

Quemaqua · « **Reply #1 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 11:17:27 AM »

I couldn't wait for this game, but now I can. I just don't have any freaking time to play it! So much else to finish... but I want it...

MysterD · « **Reply #2 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 11:26:15 AM »

For shooters:
Bioshock, STALKER, Crysis all in the same year....

*drool*

Xessive · « **Reply #3 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 11:34:59 AM »

The more I see of BioShock the more worried I get about it possibly being bulky and made-for-consoles. Kinda like how Deus Ex IW turned out, where it was obviously optimized for the Xbox rather than PC.

Pugnate · « **Reply #4 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 11:52:09 AM »

Your concerns have been voiced by many fans and they keep saying they've learned from the mistakes of the past and it won't happen. But I am worried, especially after the direct ports of Vegas and Double Agent.

iPPi · « **Reply #5 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 11:57:19 AM »

Yea I'm kinda worried too, but it still looks awesome.

sirean_syan · « **Reply #6 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 12:54:53 PM »

After Supreme Commander I'm pretty sure I won't be able to enjoy the game as it should be.

Guess that means I'm out. Sucks, but them's the breaks right now.

Pugnate · « **Reply #7 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 01:12:09 PM »

Could always go the way of the 360?

sirean_syan · « **Reply #8 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 01:24:05 PM »

If I was willing to spend money on that too.

MysterD · « **Reply #9 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 01:32:27 PM »

If Bioshock PC doesn't turn out so hot, you know what I'll do....

When it's bargain bin material ($20 rack and below), I'll buy it!

That's what I am doing w/ Gothic 3, right now -- waiting until that buggy game hits $20. I'm not paying full price for Beta-in-a-box.

Xessive · « **Reply #10 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 01:38:19 PM »

Quote from: MysterD on Sunday, February 11, 2007, 01:32:27 PM

If Bioshock PC doesn't turn out so hot, you know what I'll do....

When it's bargain bin material ($20 rack and below), I'll buy it!

That's what I am doing w/ Gothic 3, right now -- waiting until that buggy game hits $20. I'm not paying full price for Beta-in-a-box.

HAha seriously that should be standard procedure for game purchases! Right now the only purchases I make are from developers I support or a game series I love. Other than that I usually check out games at my cousin's place.

Oooh my cousin just gave me the Dawn of War Anthology as a present

So I'm pretty happy! I had Dawn of War, but not the expansions and now I've finally got Winter Assault and Dark Crusade!

MysterD · « **Reply #11 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 01:50:02 PM »

Quote from: Xessive on Sunday, February 11, 2007, 01:38:19 PM

HAha seriously that should be standard procedure for game purchases! Right now the only purchases I make are from developers I support or a game series I love.

Same here -- especially if I expect their games to be not-so-buggy upon release.

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Other than that I usually check out games at my cousin's place.

Sweet.

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Oooh my cousin just gave me the Dawn of War Anthology as a present So I'm pretty happy! I had Dawn of War, but not the expansions and now I've finally got Winter Assault and Dark Crusade!

Hey -- do they sell that all in one box???

Xessive · « **Reply #12 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 01:54:59 PM »

Yep!

one box, three DVD's. It looks like a triple-movie pack in a nice compact box set.

Here is the same set at Amazon.co.uk.

EDIT:
That's one thing I love about games here (as oppose to Canada) we import from Europe, so all our games and other software are in DVD cases just like movies (except with the manual strapped on the inside of the case)

Ghandi · « **Reply #13 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 02:28:27 PM »

Quote from: Xessive on Sunday, February 11, 2007, 01:38:19 PM

Oooh my cousin just gave me the Dawn of War Anthology as a present So I'm pretty happy! I had Dawn of War, but not the expansions and now I've finally got Winter Assault and Dark Crusade!

Looks like we will have to fire up some games of Dark Crusade sometime soon.

MysterD · « **Reply #14 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 02:51:09 PM »

Quote from: Xessive on Sunday, February 11, 2007, 01:54:59 PM

Yep! one box, three DVD's. It looks like a triple-movie pack in a nice compact box set.

Here is the same set at Amazon.co.uk.

EDIT:
That's one thing I love about games here (as oppose to Canada) we import from Europe, so all our games and other software are in DVD cases just like movies (except with the manual strapped on the inside of the case)

Are they gonna release this in the US?

scottws · « **Reply #15 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 06:39:37 PM »

Quote from: sirean_syan on Sunday, February 11, 2007, 12:54:53 PM

After Supreme Commander I'm pretty sure I won't be able to enjoy the game as it should be.

Guess that means I'm out. Sucks, but them's the breaks right now.

What do you mean, that you won't have the money for Bioshock? Sorry, I just don't know what you're referring to. I even check the Supreme Commander thread to see if you said anything in there but didn't see anything notable.

sirean_syan · « **Reply #16 on:** Sunday, February 11, 2007, 08:11:44 PM »

Oh. It's just getting to upgrade time for the old PC if I want to play newer games above low quality.

MysterD · « **Reply #17 on:** Thursday, March 01, 2007, 03:34:22 PM »

Bioshock pushed back a few months; from JUNE 2007 to now Late AUGUST 2007

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NEWS

No BioShock Until August, Kids
June release date was nothing but a dream, it seems.
By Patrick Klepek, 03/01/2007

BioShock was supposed to arrive sometime in early 2007, but, of course, that never happened. Then, June became the light at the end of the tunnel. Prepare for a dash of disappointment, as that's not true, either; this morning 2K Games and Irrational Games jointly announced the finalized release date for the underwater thriller: August 21st.

No reason's been cited for the delay, but given the positive reception the game's received so far, polishing to the nth degree seems suspect.

Quemaqua · « **Reply #18 on:** Thursday, March 01, 2007, 07:59:17 PM »

Fine with me. I'm way too busy, and with Shivering Isles coming out and me working on some ES projects, I don't need extra gaming really. I'm good.

iPPi · « **Reply #19 on:** Thursday, March 01, 2007, 08:01:13 PM »

Damn, oh well, still got a lot of good games to look forward to this year, including Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed.

MysterD · « **Reply #20 on:** Thursday, March 01, 2007, 08:49:41 PM »

All I say is w/ this extra time, it better be to polish that game's final product up.

I get tired of new PC games coming out, in which the game is bringing uber-powerful rigs to their knees.

Oh -- I don't wanna' see a "streamline job" like the one done in Deus Ex: IW in the final product of Bioshock. This extra time better ensure of that, too.

MysterD · « **Reply #21 on:** Monday, April 30, 2007, 07:09:17 PM »

From Bioshock's website, about DX9 and DX10 features for Bioshock

IGN Interview w/ John Chey of Irrational

angrykeebler · « **Reply #22 on:** Monday, May 07, 2007, 10:29:52 AM »

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http://www.threadless.com/product/826/The_Leftover

gpw11 · « **Reply #23 on:** Monday, May 07, 2007, 10:29:10 PM »

Quote from: MysterD on Thursday, March 01, 2007, 08:49:41 PM

All I say is w/ this extra time, it better be to polish that game's final product up.

I get tired of new PC games coming out, in which the game is bringing uber-powerful rigs to their knees.

Oh -- I don't wanna' see a "streamline job" like the one done in Deus Ex: IW in the final product of Bioshock. This extra time better ensure of that, too.

Two problems:

1.)Videos and screenshots sell games
2.) reviewers, in their infinite wisdom, don't take performance into account nearly enough. They only really dock points or even mention it if it's obviously a major problem. Rarely will you read a review criticizing a game for not running as well as it should on a mid-range system. That should be a major aspect of reviews. If your game runs worse than it should on average hardware, you should be penalized for it.

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Author Topic: Bioshock: New Screenies. Looks disturbing, yet awesome. (Read 5020 times)