Bioshock - overrated ?

[fallguy]

Omg. Call them. They will fix this for you. You get 5 installs. You're not gaming in Vista if you like it in XP more or vice versa. You get to then install it on your laptop with the older 2 installs. Me suggesting "go to xbox/ps3" is basically me being tired of the constant whining PC gamers have become. Ya we are talking about Bioshock now, but that's only the game that pushed me over with gamers. We can pick any PC game and see how quiet those that game's lauch was. Doubt It.

I shouldnt have to call them. I should be able to install it on as many PC's as I have. I have a PS3 already, thanks. I dont play FPS on it, because I cant stand to use a gamepad for them. There are many, many people upset with the DRM issues. A simple search would show that to you. There have been many people trying to install and play it on one PC, and not being able to.

Mention it all you want. DRM is not a gameplay feature.

No, its not. Its a part of the game still, and as such, is to be evaluated. Lots of things about games that are not gameplay, are put into the final score.

As to widescreen, You mean like people nothing getting motion sickness in HL2 right? Oh wait no. I've been under the impression it's opposite. But seeing how Chris stated more in widescreen, I can see how they inserted foot in mouth. But then again I can also see where they stated about it being developed for widescreen in mind which they did.

Any FPS game can give some people motion sickness. Any game with a default FOV of 75 rather than 90 (which is by far most common) will give more people motion sickness. And yeah they did put their foot in their mouth. They said WS would give more game, when it didnt.

There would be no such thing as a 10 especially on PC. But Bioshock isn't getting constant perfect 10s either.

No, its not getting perfect 10's. It is getting a lot of them though. This topic was if we thought it was over rated, and I think it is. Compared to the reviews that gave it a 10. Clipping issues, not much gameplay, repetitive gameplay, and the issues I have said in this topic, knock it down to a 8.5 for me. I dont really care if you agree or not. I really, really like the setting, and time, and several other things about it. 8.5 is far from bad.. if not for the issues I posted about in this thread, it would be higher. For the record, I also dont agree that D3 should have gotten anywhere near its high scores. Too often, people are sheep and go with the flow, and hype.

 

[Netrat33]

I shouldnt have to call them. I should be able to install it on as many PC's as I have. I have a PS3 already, thanks. I dont play FPS on it, because I cant stand to use a gamepad for them. There are many, many people upset with the DRM issues. A simple search would show that to you. There have been many people trying to install and play it on one PC, and not being able to.

So over this topic I could care less about the whinning of the modern pc gamer. It's the future and even I've accepted this. Why? because the future is digital distribution if pc gaming is going to have any chances of really growing. Which even I was resistant to digital distrubtion about 3 months ago. And digitally distributed games have had this for years.This isn't that different from the limit's Windows as whole has. And unless something like steam becames the sole method of distributed games, you're not going to see a standard. That obviously isn't going to happen. And even in Steam there are no standards since the same token method of pc limits is in Steam's Bioshock.

Too often, people are sheep and go with the flow, and hype.

I think this comment is insulting to gamers as a whole including you. Because someone likes something or agrees with a critic does not make them a sheep. People like a game, plan and simple. The whole "overrated" is "overplayed" The "too popular to be cool" mentality of a goth kid. It's not a 10 or 9 for you. It is to others. Your favorite game might be the most hated.

Shouldn't bought a PS3. It's overrated and priced

*I kid as I own one too, but it's the same thing*

 

[fallguy]

double post

 

[fallguy]

So over this topic I could care less about the whinning of the modern pc gamer. It's the future and even I've accepted this. Why? because the future is digital distribution if pc gaming is going to have any chances of really growing. Which even I was resistant to digital distrubtion about 3 months ago. And digitally distributed games have had this for years.This isn't that different from the limit's Windows as whole has. And unless something like steam becames the sole method of distributed games, you're not going to see a standard. That obviously isn't going to happen. And even in Steam there are no standards since the same token method of pc limits is in Steam's Bioshock.

Accepting something just because is "the future" is silly. They dont have to limit it to two installs, and they've said. They're going to fix it with a new patch. Which will be fine and dandy for me. Two installs is far too little. And I like steam, which is where I bought it from. I like the digital way of buying games.

I think this comment is insulting to gamers as a whole including you. Because someone likes something or agrees with a critic does not make them a sheep. People like a game, plan and simple. The whole "overrated" is "overplayed" The "too popular to be cool" mentality of a goth kid. It's not a 10 or 9 for you. It is to others. Your favorite game might be the most hated.

Shouldn't bought a PS3. It's overrated and priced

*I kid as I own one too, but it's the same thing*

It wasnt directed towards gamers only, but towards reviewers as well. Sure its a 9 or 10 to others, and thats fine. The fact is, people do get caught up in the hype and act like sheep some times. The topic asked if we thought it was over rated. I said yes it was to me, and explained myself. People are talking about it being the "best game ever", which its not even close to me. Again, people get caught up in the hype, and forget great games over the past.

Its also your opinion I shouldnt have bought a PS3. And again.. I dont care. It serves me well, and is more than I thought it would be. Dont go getting off topic.

Once again, this topic ASKED if we thought it was over rated. I said it was to me, and gave my reasons. Dont like it? Too bad.

 

[Moogle Stiltzkin]

I'm on the Arcadia chapter.

So far i have enjoyed the game and i quite like the old style theme in some futuristic looking Atlantis. You got to admit a tower in the middle of the ocean with an undersea base with a shitload of monsters and no escape is pretty cool and original

For me i luv the game.

I can admit there are some aspects that i don't like ( securom for starters *cough cough ). But if your gonna hate the game and not bother playing it because of a few minor issues, then that is your loss

 

[phide]

Opps! Noticing Sentence wasn't written that clear anyway. People were getting motion sickeness with HL2.

I'm sure this is true. There are many people who simply can't play any first-person shooters at all because it makes them nauseous. I've known some people like this.

If someone feels disoriented while playing HL2, they're going to feel the same way while playing UT, Quake 1/2/3/4, Doom, Doom 3, and so on and so forth, as all of these games have a similar FOV (though there are probably other factors at play). When someone who felt nauseous playing HL2 fires up a game like BioShock, though, well...you'd better have a damn bucket handy.

 

[lopoetve]

finally finished it. 7/10. Playing through agtain on hard, liking it more this time, but they lost a lot of the atmosphere after the first 2 hours.