Bioshock

[SymbolicFrank]

When it was announced, I immediately bought two collectors editions. Successor to System Shock 2!!!

When I finally got them, I couldn't play it. The copy protection crashed the game when I tried to crawl into Rapture at the very start.

When I tried to get help on the official forum, everyone told me I was an asshole, because that only happened to pirates, and how did I dare posting here? I broke and trashed one of the CEs because of the sheer frustration.

I got an email from a Russian, who helped me so I could play the game after more than two weeks.

And it was mostly "meh". Yes, interesting and nice to look at, but no SS3. I finished and forgot about it.

So, today I decided to reinstall it. And it complained that the application isn't compatible with the installed operating system. Which is bollucks: what they mean is that their copy protection is incompatible.


Bah! Fuck them! Again!

 

[Jacob]

I tried having sex with prostitute once. And it was mostly meh. Nice to look at, but not my ex. I finished and forgot about it.

Bah! Would not fuck them! Again!

 

[Master]

So, is there any mod that makes this game into an RPG?

 

[Master]

If anyone out there is interested theres this mod
https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=1128.0

Its supposed to make the game harder and whatnot and theoretically force you to specialize. I tried it but it seemed like the same old shit to me. In the end it just made me want to play Doom 3 again. And to make it worse i was in such a rush to uninstall it that i deleted Blade of Darkness by mistake. Fuck this game.

 

[tormund]

Making the game simply harder can actually just accent its shortcoming and thus make it worse, like Infinite with "oldskul" 1999 mode that was constantly hyped before its release. Increasing the enemy HP, decreasing weapon damage and making the resources more scarce isn't a way to fix Bioshock. It needs complete overhaul of its mechanics, and that will never happen.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

I played Bioshock 1 then when I got to 2 the performance was just so fucking shit I gave up. I well exceded recommended settings for the game but it was unplayable. I got the remastered 2 for free on Steam because of owning 2 there, can anyone tell me if it actually runs any better?

 

[Freddie]

I played Bioshock 1 then when I got to 2 the performance was just so fucking shit I gave up. I well exceded recommended settings for the game but it was unplayable. I got the remastered 2 for free on Steam because of owning 2 there, can anyone tell me if it actually runs any better?

I just finished Bioshock 2 Remastered run. Impressions in What games you are wasting time on, see here and here.

 

[Ash]

And it was mostly "meh". Yes, interesting and nice to look at, but no SS3. I finished and forgot about it.

So, today I decided to reinstall it.

Why would you do that? Oh right, SymbolicFrank.

 

[Roderick]

Don't even bother playing it. But it could be the basis for a decent movie