Bioshock Infinite - the $200 million 6 hour literally on rails interactive movie with guns thread

[Bony]

http://uk.ign.com/wikis/bioshock-infinite/Vigors



There is an actual gameplay footage and wtf


- elizabeth is constantly throwing you potions, what the fuck

- rollercoaster combat, what the fuck

- there are so much explosions that i don't know if i'm just too old or the game is aimed at 8 year olds but it is 18+ ? what the fuck


The graphics are very similar to dishonored also hmmmmmm.

 

[Metro]

I wish Ken Levine would get hit by a bus.

 

[dnf]

I don't understand. Neither Shodan nor Big Daddy are AI companions(unless he is telling the big daddu is a companion for lil sisters). And let's face it, if there is a evolution of AI companions, it was not made by this hack or his games.

 

[Bony]

Is Bioshock Infinite an RPG? Because it has gear

As explained by creative director Ken Levine, "You have to, at that moment, choose one of those. There's a thing in 'Heroes of Might and Magic,' if you ever played that game. That's where I was inspired/stole the idea from. You basically get to choose one of those powers, but you have to choose right then. Then that power goes in your character sheet. And you're making a lot of those choices throughout the game. That’s the direction we're trying to go. Give you a lot of choices that you don’t have to have that same kind of cumbersome management system because you're making the choice as it happens. As you find it.

You make a choice which gear to equip and the consequence is in combat. BS:Infinite, Codex GOTY RPG of 2013

 

[Infinitron]

Gear doesn't make an RPG.

Besides, those aren't functionally much different from Bioshock's tonics.

 

[Bony]

Gear doesn't make an RPG.

So what makes an RPG? Have you seen an RPG without a inventory?

 

[Infinitron]

Nice try.

 

[Angthoron]

Gear doesn't make an RPG.

So what makes an RPG? Have you seen an RPG without a inventory?

You play a role in an RPG, and that role is not that of a loot container. Like Halo 4, you play role of Master Chef and you don't carry more than two weapons at a time. Some website called in an RPG so there you go.

 

[Morgoth]

Someone explain to me again why BSI looks like a flashy Disney product? Did Ken ever explain why they chose to go with a comic look?

 

[Angthoron]

Someone explain to me again why BSI looks like a flashy Disney product? Did Ken ever explain why they chose to go with a comic look?

I recall he was in some obnoxious podcast with Warren Spector and that Pitchford dude a few times, where the trio circlejerked, it's probably from that.

 

[Bony]

Someone explain to me again why BSI looks like a flashy Disney product? Did Ken ever explain why they chose to go with a comic look?

Because if they didn't go this way their game would look like Bioshock or worse on a 8 year old consoles. This way there is atleast an illusion the game looks better than it is in reality.

 

[Morgoth]

I trust Ken because he's no tool who talks tool shit. I mean he still talks shit from time to time, but that's because he's a selfish dick, not because he takes orders from above like a good corporate sheep. He doesn't try to be a marketing drone, he's just himself, and I respect that.

Ergo:

 

[MaskedMan]

And you were doing so well...

 

[Morgoth]

This is how a lion disguised in sheep clothes looks like:

And this is how a sheep disguised as a lion looks like:

 

[Bony]

And you were doing so well...

This needs to be official img on the dex




also Ken selling out :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL4HshArMa0

 

[Diablo169]

If nothing else I have faith that the atmosphere and basic plot will be worth playing through.

 

[evdk]

I don't understand. Neither Shodan nor Big Daddy are AI companions(unless he is telling the big daddu is a companion for lil sisters). And let's face it, if there is a evolution of AI companions, it was not made by this hack or his games.

Shodan is an AI that is your companion in the game, duh.

 

[Infinitron]

I think by "companions" he was referring more broadly to the notion of "highly iconic characters who you encounter throughout the game".

 

[DalekFlay]

Glad to see that the BioShock protagonists are still stupid enough to inject/drink any random dangerous-looking chemicals on a whim.

I have a feeling the would you kindly thing was supposed to explain that, though they somehow didn't use the term right before you use it.

 

[Bony]

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[Morgoth]

Murrica FUCK YEAH!

:patriot:

 

[Angthoron]

Glad to see that the BioShock protagonists are still stupid enough to inject/drink any random dangerous-looking chemicals on a whim.

I have a feeling the would you kindly thing was supposed to explain that, though they somehow didn't use the term right before you use it.

Ah, fun times of drinking unidentified randomly mixed potions in M&M games.

 

[Jaesun]

I forget. Is this the game that will supposedly feature the "Hardcore 1999 FPS like" difficulty?

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Yeah.

 

[sea]

BioShock Infinite: bringing new meaning to the term "skyboxes."



Speaking of Ken, he didn't get into the games industry as a designer, but a writer. I think his transition to lead designer was a bad move. He's a smart guy and as a writer he has some original and creative ideas. However, his design sense is very much lacking and it was very obvious in BioShock he didn't really know what he was doing (bad shooting mechanics, silly theme park level design, poor narrative/gameplay integration). He's the kind of guy that shouldn't be helming projects himself, but giving suggestions and working out details, in my opinion.

While Infinite might not be badly designed, it's obvious the game has very little in common with his past titles and is going to be an action-packed thrill-ride instead of a slower-paced horror-shooter. All the stuff BioShock is actually notable for, like art and sound design, is not his purview. The rest of the ideas? Tiny island platforms connected by rails, and an AI helper character? Already done by other games years ago... only thing that makes this game "innovative" is once again art and sound, and the fact that it's just slightly different enough from other modern shooters out there to carve out a niche in the competitive market.

But then, that's also exactly what publishers want - which makes me think that Ken is a very smooth talker, and that's the only reason Irrational can get away with such huge delays.