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I just bought it today and although Im not very far I must say Im quite impressed, my immediate impression was that its the best looking game Ive ever seen by far. The water looks almost real and the effects are spot on. Its got some great mechanics going for it and Im only a little ways in but the telekenises is very usefull and works nicely, and the Big Daddies are a freekin blast to fight. Thus far, I think out of twenty reviews it averages a 98%, I dont think its in the greatest games of all time list, but I do thnk that its definately a very good and hi qualoty game, waht do you guys think of it?
 
I've only played the demo, but I love the atmosphere and setting. The opening was stunning, and seeing the Big Daddy for the first time was particularly brutal.

I'm probably not going to get this game for a long while, but I'll definitely enjoy it.
 
I'd buy it but I'm skint. So I'm going to buy it when I get paid on Friday.

Played the demo last week. me and two mates, sitting in my room, playing a demo going 'oooh, aaaah, oooh pretty'.

Can't wait.
 
After playing through some more I have to say its not quite as good as the reviews would have you beleive, they all make this game out to be some kind of revolutionary stomp or something but its only slightly innovative, the powers are cool but plenty of games have those, the weopons are nothing to special and the upgrades are just an RPG element tacked on, the graphics and setting are astounding, the game is very easy on the eyes, and its a very hi quality game but its just lacking something extraordinary rite now. Dont get me wrong, this game thus far is definately a nine out of ten, but its just not making me go nuts like the reviews say it should, o well.
 
Well the demo worked fine for me, unitl the end of the laoding screen that coems after your biosphere docks, where it crashed to desktop and everyone was stuck in 800x600 resolution and 4bit graphics. When I installed it it did ask me to upgrade my drivers to the latest nvidia ones, which I did.

EDIT: Rumour has it the copyprotection installs a rootkit. BUT IT'S LIKELY THIS RUMOUR IS FALSE.

http://games.slashdot.org/games/07/08/24/213256.shtml

EDIT: It crashed at the same place but did not change display settings.
 
PrinceScamp said:
Well the demo worked fine for me, unitl the end of the laoding screen that coems after your biosphere docks, where it crashed to desktop and everyone was stuck in 800x600 resolution and 4bit graphics. When I installed it it did ask me to upgrade my drivers to the latest nvidia ones, which I did.

EDIT: Rumour has it the copyprotection installs a rootkit. BUT IT'S LIKELY THIS RUMOUR IS FALSE.

http://games.slashdot.org/games/07/08/24/213256.shtml

EDIT: It crashed at the same place but did not change display settings.
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Do you have Nvidia card?
 
You know, after playing EVEN more this game is freaking awesome, challenging youself by trying to take down the big daddies on your first try is a blast.
 
Mirc said:
I've never heard about it before.

Where can I find some screenshots so I can see for myself how this great atmosphere is like? :)
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Google websearch, but honestly, even the reviews unanimously agree that this game is absolutely incredible. Valve(the company that made half-life and half-life two) even had to ban tere employees from playing it at there offices becuase they were playing that to much instead of playing Bioshock...its that good. Its an FPS, and it desnt quite follow FPS standard affair thoguh, you wontbe shooting the whole game. But there are eight different weopons, and each except for the camera and wrench have at least three different types of ammunition. You also have these powers that you get throughout the game called "plasmids" which give you abilaties ranging from shooting fire to unleashing a swarm of killer bees. A lt of the games fun comes from expieramenting with the combinations you can make.

For instance, I froze a guy, while frozen I sicked killer bees on him, also while still frozen I put a ind trap in front of hime. The wind trap is placed on the ground, when stepped on, the unlucky feller is flung into the roof really hard. So immediatly upon thawing he tried to run at me, sending him into the roof. While in the air I lit him on fire and on the way down I hist him with a heat seeking RPG. I then used his body(using telenisis) as a meat shield to avoid being shot by turrets.

Granted, thats the most elaborate combination ive come up with but you get the point.
 
The game keeps making my computer crash ever 10 minutes. :( I bet it's my processor is too old.
 
I have a reservation on this game at my local store, as its not out yet in Europe.
For sure it looks awesome and there is a very strong atmosphere. Makes me think of F.E.A.R for the atmosphere mixed with Farcry for the eye-candy (remember when it went out, had to upgrade for this one).

Anyway, I can hardly wait, but I fear my laptop won't be able to handle it properly, although its pretty powerful (6 months old).
Is the demo downloadable from somewhere ? sorry, I'm too lazy to search.:blush:
 
Best single player shooter in ages.
 
The endings are both, sad to say, absolute bunk........
 
I heard the plot described as exactly the same more or less as the two System Shock gmaes (of which bioshock is sort of the third in spirit if not in name). Although I've never played System Shock.
 
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