BioShock Remastered Editions On PC “As Lazy As PC Porting Gets”

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I can’t really comment because all I’ve done so far is walk around the concept art museum in the first game, but have you encountered any awful bugs in the BioShock re-releases? At least it was free for those of us who owned the originals.

…Steam reviewers have already warned others to heed caution before returning to the Rapture. Several issues plague the remastered editions, according to user comments. Some of these are carried over from the original PC releases, like mouse acceleration and sensitivity problems, and others have to do with texturing options or lack thereof. "The game looks like [BioShock] in pretty much most regards, only a better lighting and a VERY slightly sharper texture pack was implemented," begins one negative review of BioShock Remastered by user Hotshot. "The game looks good with 1080p, when it wants to run well, it does so brilliantly. Problem is ... it has stutters, [and] apparently people have crashes (I only played 30 mins but those were fine) as well."
 
I have only played a few minutes of the first one, and haven't noticed any issues.

I never played the original, so I really have nothing to compare the remastered one to yet.
 
cyclone3d said:
I have only played a few minutes of the first one, and haven't noticed any issues.

I never played the original, so I really have nothing to compare the remastered one to yet.
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If you were playing the original, you wouldn't even notice a difference. It's very minor, the re-releases are mostly because the console versions had significantly reduced textures and effects.
 
I was running Bioshock 1 remastered in 3560x2160 as that is what the game set my resolution to with VSR enabled and it was running absolutely brilliantly. So not sure what they are talking about when they say un-optimized. My R9 380x is a old card now by today's standards and is definitely not speedy in any way.
 
I couldn't find a single difference, not to mention improvement, when I tried watching those 15 minutes of gameplay they showed. Except there's AA this time? WOW TAKE MY MONEY. NO ahhaha fuck this "game"
 
Aww man I really hoped for some updated textures (on PC)

I remember how low resolution and console looking quite some where in the original Bioshock
 
I personally like the look of the Bioshock games.

I think it would look funny/not proper if they changed the look too much.

Maybe I'll change my mind once I get further in.
 
I wasn't even aware they were doing this. I already have all three games so I got it free, so what the hell, I'll check it out.

Personally, I would never pay for a "remaster" because I'm spoiled from living in a time when fans of games could do this themselves (like with Quake).

P.S. I just noticed that the size of the download is over twice that of the original, yet people are saying the improvement is barely noticeable. What's taking up all that space? ha...
 
It looked up to date to me, the Bioshock 1 game looked much improved over the original. Just finished the first game again, the remastered version. Didn't encounter a bug.
 
Try upping the game resolution up as high as you can and enable AA, maybe because I'm playing at such a high res and I remember playing it when it first came out, think I was playing it in 1024x768 or some low res like that, can't remember. I just know the game looks different to me, smoother textures and the game just looks better.
 
To me it just looked like they replaced the textures to be higher resolution by default and tweaked the color palette slightly. Played at 1080 before and I have to say this time, the difference is subtle. But minimal. It looks _cleaner_, but that's as far as I would go.
 
Had one issue with the Bioshock 2 Remaster, no sound in Windows 10. I had to ditch my motherboard provided sound drivers and go directly to Realtek's website and download their 2.79 drivers for my onboard audio card. I had to enable Stereo Mix in Recording options in the audio properties and now I have sound. I had forgotten you are a Big Daddy in Bioshock 2, never liked that aspect of the game, that you just start out that way, loved how it was in the first game. Not looking forward to playing Infinite again either, good thing the remastered 1/2 were completely free to PC owners, definitely would not have paid full price for the remaster. It really is not that different than the originals to warrant re-buying the games, at least not on the PC.
 
PC version is missing the DX10 effects it seems , the water looks worse then the original pc edition.
There's no longer a surround sound option in the options menu
Mouse acceleration
original bugs still in the game
etc.
 
Original game is 5.56 GB updated is 20.3 GB, they must have done something.

I'll give it a go in a couple days or so, I'm already happy I got my Gfw version moved to steam
 
Stiler said:
PC version is missing the DX10 effects it seems , the water looks worse then the original pc edition.
There's no longer a surround sound option in the options menu
Mouse acceleration
original bugs still in the game
etc.
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Ugh. Yeah. I thought I could play the prettier version... but the mouse acceleration sure brought that motion sickness on quick. It's like they decided to just update the 256x256 textures with 1024x1024 versions, add some new (flat as hell) objects and effects and call it a day.
 
https://1drv.ms/f/s!ApiOaQYqU7-G7acVTZMRekGdn1DeyQ

In Bioshock 2 there is a 5.1 Audio option which works. In Bioshock 1, the audio was in full surround on my setup in Windows 10. It is odd though, I swear Bioshock 1 remaster looks better than Bioshock 2 Remaster. The link is to my one drive folder w/ Bioshock 2 Remaster screenshots.
 
Bug: When I lowered the mouse speed, the first thing that happened was that I couldn't click on any of the menu options. After restarting the game I could, but the mouse acceleration is messed up - I have to run at a given button at full speed and hope I land on it, otherwise it will move very slow (as in, having to pick the mouse up and move it to the other side of the mouse pad to continue moving). In-game mouse movement doesn't seem to be affected. This is with the first one, I haven't installed Bioshock 2 yet.
 
prime2515102 said:
Bug: When I lowered the mouse speed, the first thing that happened was that I couldn't click on any of the menu options. After restarting the game I could, but the mouse acceleration is messed up - I have to run at a given button at full speed and hope I land on it, otherwise it will move very slow (as in, having to pick the mouse up and move it to the other side of the mouse pad to continue moving). In-game mouse movement doesn't seem to be affected. This is with the first one, I haven't installed Bioshock 2 yet.
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Mine did this too, it ends up turning the gamepad options back on so you have to use the keyboard to change it back. This just continued so I went back to the original.
 
Can't really gripe too much hear because they just appeared in my steam library for free but I didn't notice enough of a difference to make playing them more worthwhile than the originals. Sucks because it would have been fun to see it in 4k glory with improved visuals. Oh well.
 
Well, no problem with the first Bioshock remastered and it looks great at 4k. The second one does not look as good though.
 
The only gripe I have with this game is you have to edit it's .ini to disable mouse acceleration.

It's no surprise that angry teens are flocking to the Steam review system, ranting and whining. They've never had to tweak a PC game in their lives, so instead of opening a file in notepad, they just cry and repeat "lazy devs" ad nauseum.
 
Try changing the launch settings to Bioshock 2 with properties in steam on the game and adding in -dx10 seemed to work for me. Sad to say however, already done with both. Played them so much when they were new that after beating them both again, I deleted them again, good thing the remasters are free. That is all I can say to that.
 
crusty_juggler said:
The only gripe I have with this game is you have to edit it's .ini to disable mouse acceleration.

It's no surprise that angry teens are flocking to the Steam review system, ranting and whining. They've never had to tweak a PC game in their lives, so instead of opening a file in notepad, they just cry and repeat "lazy devs" ad nauseum.
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Why should a remastered game have to be tweaked by the user? The whole point of remastering an old title is to fix all the stuff that was left broken. Look at the Titan Quest Anniversary Edition. That's the sort of treatment a classic franchise like Bioshock should have gotten.

I mean, Bioshock is nearly 10 years old and they still can't figure out how to handle the mouse properly? Come on. That is lazy devs.
 
I haven't played the re-release yet, but I do remember a VERY cheap/dirty re-release from not that long ago...

If you want to see what a cheap "Remaster" looks like, look no further than Sierra's Police/King's/Space Quest bundles. I kid you not, it's the old Dos games with Dosbox pre-configured for each game, and instead of fixing bugs caused by timing issues they supplied save files to bypass those sections.
 
Personally, I do not care about the complaints one way or another. I was very pleased to discover I could add my Bioshock 2 DVD to Steam without issue. (Could not play it because Windows 10 AU no longer supports Securom.) I then emailed 2K and they provided me a Steam Key for Bioshock original. :)
 
The interns who got put in charge of the Remaster apparently got told to stop watching Pokemon Go cosplay porn and patch the stuff they were supposed to patch before the release, so they're going to get right on it after they watch a few YouTubes about what this mouse acceleration thing is:

Since the launch of BioShock and BioShock 2 Remastered, some players have been reporting stability issues, while others have asked for additional feature support. We hear you and we’re happy to report we’re addressing this feedback soon. Whether it’s your first time in Rapture, or you’re revisiting it again, we want your experience with the BioShock remasters to be as enjoyable as possible.

We’re looking to address:
  • General Mouse Fixes, including better Mouse Smoothing, Sensitivity and Acceleration Options in BioShock;
  • Additional Speaker Mode Options in Audio Settings in BioShock;
  • Improved FoV Slider Options in BioShock, BioShock 2 and Minerva’s Den;
  • Support for 21:9 display ratios in BioShock, BioShock 2 and Minerva’s Den;
  • General stability improvement to reduce instances of game crashes.

We’ll let you know here as soon as we have another update. In the meantime, if you’re experiencing issues with your BioShock remasters, please let 2K Support[support.2k.com] know.
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crusty_juggler said:
The only gripe I have with this game is you have to edit it's .ini to disable mouse acceleration.

It's no surprise that angry teens are flocking to the Steam review system, ranting and whining. They've never had to tweak a PC game in their lives, so instead of opening a file in notepad, they just cry and repeat "lazy devs" ad nauseum.
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I remember changing multiple lines in 3 different .ini files back then. There was an improvement but it wasn't right.

At least I didn't have to suffer all that long. What a boring piece of dog shit. These guys should be making movies, not games
 
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