Bioshock. Excited? Dismayed? Frumpy?

Tydeus · 10-05-2006, 09:15 PM

My opinion on this title?

From everything I've seen, it looks terrible (I'd suspected all along, but this recent video of gameplay posted to 1up really convinced me).

Here's the concept from what I can tell -- A shooter with no ammo, exciting firefights, or large-scale battles. Sounds like fun! I mean, all innovative genre-busters must be fun, right? Oh, wait, the reason it's a genre buster is because it's not a shooter.

So, let me correct myself. I don't like most survival horror -- I get nauseous. And gassy. But, if you do, you'll probably love Bioshock. Why though, is this being advertised as an innovative FPS? It seems like any other first-person survival horror game, with maybe a little more open-ended play than most. Wooo.

People play shooters because they love all those "clich�s" that Bioshock developer Irrational Games thinks are so soul-crushingly terrible. You know, clich�s like not having to worry about ammo (Halo, anybody?), or big, straight-forward battles with lots of bad guys. And, god forbid, that bane of the modern gamer, that horror of horrors, whose evils cannot be sufficiently expressed, linear plotlines! Ahhhhh! Even uttering that cursed phrase strikes fear into my heart, like a cold dagger of unimaginative drivel.

Nevermind that written works from The Iliad to Shakespeare to Kavalier and Clay have been told linearly, along with some of the greatest movies of all time, from the Godfather to Rushmore -- linear plots are evil!

Seems like more of the same-old-bullshit the game industry has been trying to push down our throats for the past 2 or 3 years. Thanks, but I'll take my Halo 3 now, thank you.

What's your take on it?

10-05-2006, 09:15 PM	#1
Tydeus Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: L.A. Sprawl Posts: 589	Bioshock. Excited? Dismayed? Frumpy? My opinion on this title? From everything I've seen, it looks terrible (I'd suspected all along, but this recent video of gameplay posted to 1up really convinced me). Here's the concept from what I can tell -- A shooter with no ammo, exciting firefights, or large-scale battles. Sounds like fun! I mean, all innovative genre-busters must be fun, right? Oh, wait, the reason it's a genre buster is because it's not a shooter. So, let me correct myself. I don't like most survival horror -- I get nauseous. And gassy. But, if you do, you'll probably love Bioshock. Why though, is this being advertised as an innovative FPS? It seems like any other first-person survival horror game, with maybe a little more open-ended play than most. Wooo. People play shooters because they love all those "clich�s" that Bioshock developer Irrational Games thinks are so soul-crushingly terrible. You know, clich�s like not having to worry about ammo (Halo, anybody?), or big, straight-forward battles with lots of bad guys. And, god forbid, that bane of the modern gamer, that horror of horrors, whose evils cannot be sufficiently expressed, linear plotlines! Ahhhhh! Even uttering that cursed phrase strikes fear into my heart, like a cold dagger of unimaginative drivel. Nevermind that written works from The Iliad to Shakespeare to Kavalier and Clay have been told linearly, along with some of the greatest movies of all time, from the Godfather to Rushmore -- linear plots are evil! Seems like more of the same-old-bullshit the game industry has been trying to push down our throats for the past 2 or 3 years. Thanks, but I'll take my Halo 3 now, thank you. What's your take on it?