tymaster50 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnceAgainYoungFitzpatrick Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 10/10. This and Bioshock Infinite are the best games ever made. Cannot be argued. Also, BioShock 1 has the best soundtrack known to man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mista J Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Can't be argued, really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnceAgainYoungFitzpatrick Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Can't be argued, really? I was just exaggerating, but what would you rate BioShock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mista J Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Can't be argued, really? I was just exaggerating, but what would you rate BioShock?Only played BioShock Infinite, and I'd give it a solid 9, one of my favorite games this gen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iiConTr0v3rSYx Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Can't be argued, really? I was just exaggerating, but what would you rate BioShock?Only played BioShock Infinite, and I'd give it a solid 9, one of my favorite games this gen.Then you must play Bioshock. 9.5/10 for me. I followed the game from day 1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiffster Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 It feels like there are more Bioshock topics on these forums than any other games... I personally think the first Bioshock is the best out of the 3, followed by 2 then Infinite. I just loved the atmosphere and underwater utopia of Rapture, Big Daddies and Little Sisters were awesome, the story was great (etc) and the first two games are just overall so much better than Infinite in almost every possible way in my opinion. Infinite, even though it was still good, just didn't pull me in as much as its predecessors, and was just average by comparison. I'll rate Bioshock 9/10 Bioshock 2 8 Infinite 7 at most Osho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tymaster50 Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 BioShock 1 is ok, maybe if I played it first i could look at it with rose tinted goggles lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W3BB13 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I'd give the original BioShock a 9/10. The only reason I can't give it a perfect score is because I didn't think the ending was very well done. Aside from that the game was nearly perfect IMO, and it's easily one of my favorite games of all time. Normally I don't play FPS games at all, but BioShock is an exception. I wasn't a fan of BioShock 2. It felt like they were just trying to milk as much as they could out of the original. A lot of the reason that the original BioShock was so intriguing to me was just exploring Rapture for the first time. In BS2 it was kind of like a "been there, done that" sort of thing for me. I do think it had a better ending than BS1 though. BioShock Infinite gets a perfect 10/10 from me. I've never experienced an ending in any video game, movie or book that impacted me the way Infinite's ending did. I was just hooked from beginning to end. I don't think I'll ever experience another story that I'll enjoy nearly as much as the story in Infinite. ShadowDog94 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 8.5/10 Definitely the best one in the series in terms of environment/atmosphere and gameplay. Years from now I hope it's still recognized as a very popular FPS game. Bioshock 2 and Infinite have nothing on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. House Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Is this really a thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W3BB13 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Is this really a thread? I ask myself the same question every time I see one of your threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. House Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Is this really a thread? I ask myself the same question every time I see one of your threads. That stings man. I put a lot of effort into my work, there's no need to be mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cylan Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 7/10, maybe 7.5 just because Andrew Ryan/Sander Cohen are so good. Before you ask "why so low?" know that I don't use Gamespot's 7 to 10 scale. Critiquing Ayn Rand's philosophy and ideals is incredibly easy given how she was kind of bonkers. I remember reading previews talking about how plasmids would be very reactive to the environment and every player would craft their own approach to dynamic situations brought about by the ecosystem of Rapture. How this translated into gameplay is...there's occasionally some water on the ground or a trail of oil. It's not bad but it's a lot more static than the previews made it out to be. I know the story was meant to mostly be told over the radio but I disliked how when you saw Tennenbaum and Fontaine in person they were just reskinned splicers. Story itself had a genuinely good twist and that's what puts it at good(7) as opposed to above average(6). The ending was alright. Either Jack grows old with the little sisters and dies or takes over a nuclear submarine. Considering how there wasn't supposed to be a Bioshock 2, I can't complain. For what it's worth, I think Infinite is a 8 despite Songbird being meh and the twist not being as good. The gameplay itself was fun, Booker and Elizabeth were fun characters, and at the risk of sounding like a horndog, Elizabeth had rockin' tits. I mean they were 10/10 and I'm an ass man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esmittystud101 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Bioshock 10/10 Bioshock 2 8.0/10 Bioshock Infinate 8.5/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godforgivesthelostdont Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 3 out of 5 stars. It does create a living breathing world with an excellent story and lore to it. It has great visual design and plasmids were an excellent idea. But the problem is that the game doesn't give you any meaningful way to interact with the world other than just doing fetch quests. Story-wise, Jack has no real ties to the world he voluntarily enters yet spends the whole time trying to escape. That, and with the combat, there's never fear of death. Just having to search for more ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnceAgainYoungFitzpatrick Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) 3 out of 5 stars. It does create a living breathing world with an excellent story and lore to it. It has great visual design and plasmids were an excellent idea. But the problem is that the game doesn't give you any meaningful way to interact with the world other than just doing fetch quests. Story-wise, Jack has no real ties to the world he voluntarily enters yet spends the whole time trying to escape. That, and with the combat, there's never fear of death. Just having to search for more ammo. (rolls eyes) You obviously don't understand the story if you think Jack "voluntarily" enters Rapture... Edited February 27, 2014 by OnceAgainYoungFitzpatrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tymaster50 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Story-wise, Jack has no real ties to the world he voluntarily enters yet spends the whole time trying to escape. Did you pay attention at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godforgivesthelostdont Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) I should've used the word "voluntarily" in scare quotes. Sorry. lol Yes, I know that Jack was a mind-slave controlled by Atlas. We all know this. The game's "big secret" is that you are a slave that never had free will, like 10 hours in. Yet, I never felt empowered or in control to begin with. It wasn't a good plot twist. "Suprise!!! You are a slave and always have been!!!". "Uhhh.... yea.... I surmised that like 9 hours ago...." But I think Bioshock is a good metaphor to the 7th generation of gaming (basically graphics getting better and games getting more movie-like, but the gameplay not evolving). At a high-level, Bioshock is about complex ideas. On a low-level, the gameplay is servicable shooting. There's clearly a gap. And Ken Levin decided it was easier to make the character to a slave, to accomodate the dull gameplay than to elevate the gameplay to the level of the story. Well, yeah, being a fetch-quest slave is the point of the story, but it's just too convenient to lazy gameplay design. Edited February 27, 2014 by godforgivesthelostdont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnceAgainYoungFitzpatrick Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I should've used the word "voluntarily" in scare quotes. Sorry. lol Yes, I know that Jack was a mind-slave controlled by Atlas. We all know this. The game's "big secret" is that you are a slave that never had free will, like 10 hours in. Yet, I never felt empowered or in control to begin with. It wasn't a good plot twist. "Suprise!!! You are a slave and always have been!!!". "Uhhh.... yea.... I surmised that like 9 hours ago...." But I think Bioshock is a good metaphor to the 7th generation of gaming (basically graphics getting better and games getting more movie-like, but the gameplay not evolving). At a high-level, Bioshock is about complex ideas. On a low-level, the gameplay is servicable shooting. There's clearly a gap. And Ken Levin decided it was easier to make the character to a slave, to accomodate the dull gameplay than to elevate the gameplay to the level of the story. Well, yeah, being a fetch-quest slave is the point of the story, but it's just too convenient to lazy gameplay design. Whatever. You're missing out on a masterpiece. You don't know what you're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtamann123 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I own Bioshock one but have yet to play it. I will give my rating when I get around to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godforgivesthelostdont Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Whatever. You're missing out on a masterpiece. You don't know what you're talking about. Basically, I'm ignorant because I don't share the same opinion as you. I put up a pretty credible argument on the game's disconnect between gameplay and story. And you basically deflected it with a cheap boilerplate, so that's pretty much that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W3BB13 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 That, and with the combat, there's never fear of death. You must be good. I used to get my ass whooped regularly on the hardest difficulty. Then again, BioShock is the only FPS game I've ever really played other than Goldeneye 007 on N64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iiConTr0v3rSYx Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Infinite is a bitch on 1999 mode. 1 and 2 were quite easy to beat on hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodore93 Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) 7.5 / 10 - Fantastic looking game with one of the best settings ever and decent story but was let down by rather lacklustre gameplay. I'd say Infinite was a much game and easily a 9 / 10. Edited February 27, 2014 by Waldie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tymaster50 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 3 out of 5 stars. It does create a living breathing world with an excellent story and lore to it. It has great visual design and plasmids were an excellent idea. But the problem is that the game doesn't give you any meaningful way to interact with the world other than just doing fetch quests. Story-wise, Jack has no real ties to the world he voluntarily enters yet spends the whole time trying to escape. That, and with the combat, there's never fear of death. Just having to search for more ammo. well you do know with the latest patch you can disable all the vita-chambers. So go do that, and play on the hardest difficulty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Input Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 10/10 Gameplay isn't really anything special. But the art style, the atmosphere, the environment, the whole underwater thing was just awesome. It's like something that was on the tip of my tongue, but the game skipped the word and wrote the definition, visually stunning for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnceAgainYoungFitzpatrick Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 That, and with the combat, there's never fear of death. You must be good. I used to get my ass whooped regularly on the hardest difficulty. Then again, BioShock is the only FPS game I've ever really played other than Goldeneye 007 on N64. Exactly. Play the game on "Survivor" mode and disable Vita-Chambers... then come and tell me there is "never fear of death". What an ignorant statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mista J Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 That level on Infinite where you take down the gunships with Songbird. The horror, oh the horror! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Süden Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Bioshock 1: Never played. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't like it because of the setting. Bioshock 2: Never finished it. I didn't like the underwater setting aka. Rapture. Too dark imo. Bioshock Infinite: 9/10. Great game. That level on Infinite where you take down the gunships with Songbird. The horror, oh the horror! Worst mission imo. Everything was fun in the game, but not this imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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