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 On 02/15/2019 at 12:09 AM by KnightDriver See More From This User » |
I’m about half way through the game for the second time. It’s enjoyable and uncomfortable at the same time. That's Bioshock for you.
Just like the original Bioshock, you are stuck in a hellish authoritarian society where the people show the worst side of humanity. Despite that, the world created is incredibly interesting and historic, taking place in 1912. Kinetoscopes were especially fun to watch.
It’s a joy to search for collectibles in this game because you come across all sorts of interesting detail. I saw many gramophones, bicycles with the big front wheel, animatronic robots, strange electrically driven devices, propaganda posters, puppet show arcade machines, toys and much more. There’s just a huge amount of creative content in this game.
Combat is great. The one-two-three punch of vigors, projectile weapons and that weird melee/grappling tool make every battle interesting and varied. My favorite Vigor to use was the possession one. I love possessing enemies and watching them fight for me, and then seeing them turn the weapon on themselves. An enemy with a club will bonk himself on the head four or five times. It was hilarious and gruesome, and perhaps disturbing too. You can also use that vigor to possess machines. Vending machines cough up money. I did that on every one I came across.
I spent a lot of time listening to NPC dialog. I basically stood next to anyone I saw and waited a few seconds to see if they would say anything. Usually they did, and I’d get a funny or disturbing conversation. Most NPCs will turn to face you for a second, acknowledging your presence even if they don’t actually talk to you. It’s a nice touch.
So, that’s the week for me, console wise. I guess I’ll be putting Bioshock Infinite down now because Crackdown 3 is out tomorrow. I’ll get to it next week.
I need to finish this game haha. It didn't hook me as quickly as Bioshock did. Even Bioshock 2 is left unfinished I think.
I wonder how Crackdown 3 really is. I checkd some of the review scores, and it doesn't seem like the reviewers were that satisfied with it.
The podcasters I've listened to were kind of so so on it too. They said it's basically a return to Crackdown 1 with some modern frills. It's not breaking any new ground, but to me, if it's like Crackdown 1, I will love it.
I still have yet to get through Bioshock 1.
Oh my. Must do that. It's great.
I loved playing through BioShock Infinite when it first came out and it sounds like the gameplay still holds up. I've heard so much negative talk in the intervening years about how the story and setting are handled that I wonder if I'd feel differently about it today. The ending really blew me away in 2013. I wouldn't be opposed to playing it again but I'd replay the original BioShock first and I still haven't played BioShock 2.
The story tackles some tough issues of race and religion. It almost felt to me like a Wolfenstein game this time because you are fighting a similar authoritarian force.
I missed the real ending that was a part of the last piece of DLC. I heard a lot about how great it was on podcasts at the time. I hope I can get to it before the month is out and I move on to other stuff.
I played like a couple hours of Bioshock 2. I still want to play the Minerva's Den DLC which I've heard is so good.
I played through Infinite relatively recently. I think I enjoyd it more this second time. Having several years between playthroughs and having a proper set of expectations. I liked it my first run, but it was a disappointment.
I remember losing interest after the main game and never getting to the DLC even though I had bought the Season Pass. I think the game leaned a little too much on the action. The first Bioshock had a good balance of combat and non combat stuff. Maybe that was it.
You should love the DLC then. If I remember it correctly, they went back to some of what made the original game great... plus they went back to Rapture.
Yea, I've heard all about it, and spoiled it for myself, but I still want to experience it. Hopefully Crackdown 3 won't keep me away from it the rest of the month. Otherwise it'll fall into the backlog again.
The Bioshock stories and settings are interesting, it's just the gameplay isn't my cup of tea.
He tackles some difficult themes, especially in this third game in the series.
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