Bioshock Review Score Discussion

[Tynstar]

You guys should post a review on the gamepage if you haven't already.

[phoenix1967]

I beat Steinman and 2 big daddies. I just made it to Neptune's Bounty.

[phoenix1967]

You guys should post a review on the gamepage if you haven't already.

When we're done.

[Tynstar]

You guys should post a review on the gamepage if you haven't already.

When we're done.

OK good.

[James]

I'm having so much fun with this game. I've been in a mood where I have to push myself to play games for any decent amount of time. But Bioshock (Like a couple of other Xbox 360 games I mentioned before) has drawn me in. I've been really happy with the Xbox 360.

I can't play for over an hour at a time, something just clicks and I stop, but it's been fun right through. When I get a bit stuck I just explore the area looking for extra ammo or Eve hypos. The great thing is wherever you go there are more splicers to attack, so you aren't left backtracking for miles not doing anything. That's not to say there's no backtracking. Sometimes you get to a dead end where your goal is then have to go back through a few rooms and corridors - attacking splicers on the way. I've been taking pictures of the splicers for "research", something that has to be done to get into a safe room with someone. Researching splicers, big daddies and little sisters changes the ease of killing them or the benefit of harvesting or rescuing the little sisters.

The game can be saved at any point but it has checkpoints. When you die you're regenerated at a Vita Chamber which usually has some vending machines nearby. Vending machines can be used to buy extra ammo, first aid kits and so on. All machines can be hacked using a flow-pipe mini game. There are variations on the game around the internet. The aim is to connect the pipes from one point to another by uncovering them and moving them around before the fluid reaches the end. There are different ratings of difficulty for hacking with special pipes in the harder ones. If you don't finish the hack you get a shock and lose some health.

I'm a bit annoyed because I found out there's an achievement for completing the game without harvesting any little sisters, rescuing them instead. I've rescued all but the one I harvested before I found out about the achievement.

[phoenix1967]

I'm rescuing them, too. Since I'm playing on medium difficulty, my thought is I could probably "get by" on half the Adam amounts so I'll be the good guy at this difficulty.

But when I play it on Hard, I'll probably be Harvesting all of them.

@James, glad you're liking the game. I'm still just at the beginning of Neptune's Bounty, though. 

[James]

I didn't play it on Monday or Tuesday because I couldn't be bothered, after having other things to do. I'm up to Arcadia now.

I killed a Rosie (Not particularly easy) expecting to get another Little Sister but there wasn't one around. Then after it loaded Arcadia I saw at the bottom of the map screen it said "Little Sisters on this level" with two Big Daddy symbols, so there must be more Big Daddies than Little Sisters.

[phoenix1967]

^I think I'm near the end of Neptune's Bounty. But I think you're right, sometimes there's more big daddies than little sisters. I've defeated 3 bd's on Nep's Bty (and rescued the little sisters), and I still hear 1 or 2 bd's stomping around.

[Tynstar]

I got Bioshock the same day I got Two Worlds but I haven't played it yet.

[phoenix1967]

I got Bioshock the same day I got Two Worlds but I haven't played it yet.

YOU FOOL!

Do I get to revoke YOUR gamer card now?

[Tynstar]

No I have played many NES games. Bioshock isn't a classic yet no matter what you think.

[phoenix1967]

I remember playing the following NES games:

Play Action Football
Wall Street Kid
Strider
Crystalis (excellent 8-bit RPG!)
Blades of Steel
Double Dribble
Baseball All-Stars
Astyanax

...and...uh...other stuff...

[Tynstar]

I remember playing the following NES games:

Play Action Football
Wall Street Kid
Strider
Crystalis (excellent 8-bit RPG!)
Blades of Steel
Double Dribble
Baseball All-Stars
Astyanax

...and...uh...other stuff...

Thats a sad sad list. Please give Den your gamer card. We will also have Den set up a NES and then you most play an approved NES game list. You will have to play each game for 1 hour. Once that is done you may get your gamer card back.

Thank you and have a good day.     

[phoenix1967]

New content coming out this week for Bioshock...FREE!

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/838/838862p1.html

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

I thought this thread was about how Bioshock reveals how fake and retarded the popular game reviewers are.