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: In the mean time, someone wrote something that exactly describes how I feel
: about storytelling in games, although probably better and in a less
: inflammatory way than I ever could.
: http://criminalcrackdown.blogspot.com/2011/03/trouble-with-being-batman.html
: I leave it for folks to read, reflect on, and apply to Bioshock Infinite.
Meh. It's just a game.
Sure, it's a game with a very well developed story, and decent combat, but it's not some universe changing artistry that should be shifting anybody's views on video games themselves. I think it's getting all this attention not because it tells a good, internally consistent story, but because so few big name games do. Look at Halo 4 and it's story telling failures, for instance.
That said, I really did like it. Combat and respawning were a lot nicer to me than I remember BioShock 1 & 2 being. (In the previous games I seem to recall dieing meant I lost all the precious good ammo I used up before death, and all the enemies and scripted traps reset… Maybe I'm just misremembering as that sound brutal!) The addition of a recharging energy shield (nice mechanic, I wonder who popularized that? :p) gave me the freedom to try more things and made it feel less like I was being slowly ground down to death by low level enemies. The skyhooks and the options they give you during combat are fun once you get used to them. It also felt expansive, gameplay wise, for a UE3 game limited by what our current old consoles can do.
Bioshock Infinite *OT* | Cody Miller | 3/25/13 1:42 pm |
I'm buying it. | Kermit | 3/25/13 1:46 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Kermit | 3/25/13 1:48 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Cody Miller | 3/25/13 1:55 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Kermit | 3/25/13 2:04 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Chewbaccawakka | 3/25/13 3:14 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Revenant1988 | 3/25/13 3:44 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Kermit | 3/25/13 4:23 pm |
I respect Cody's horribly wrong opinion. :V | munky-058 | 3/25/13 8:51 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 3/26/13 7:34 am |
Bioshock 1 is the highest rated shooter this gen. | bryan newman | 3/25/13 2:13 pm |
Re: Bioshock 1 is the highest rated shooter this g | Kermit | 3/25/13 2:41 pm |
Re: Bioshock 1 is the highest rated shooter this g | Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) | 3/25/13 4:02 pm |
Re: Bioshock 1 is the highest rated shooter this g | scarab | 3/25/13 5:14 pm |
KERMIT DON"T READ ABOVE. SPOILER. *NM* | Chewbaccawakka | 3/25/13 5:42 pm |
Re: KERMIT DON"T READ ABOVE. SPOILER. | Kermit | 3/25/13 5:55 pm |
Re: KERMIT DON"T READ ABOVE. SPOILER. | Chewbaccawakka | 3/25/13 5:58 pm |
KERMIT GO BEAT THE GAME ALREADY | Avateur | 3/25/13 8:49 pm |
Re: KERMIT GO BEAT THE GAME ALREADY | Cody Miller | 4/5/13 1:29 pm |
Re: KERMIT GO BEAT THE GAME ALREADY | Avateur | 4/5/13 8:38 pm |
Re: KERMIT GO BEAT THE GAME ALREADY | ZackDark | 4/5/13 9:44 pm |
Re: KERMIT GO BEAT THE GAME ALREADY | Cody Miller | 4/6/13 5:39 pm |
Re: KERMIT GO BEAT THE GAME ALREADY | Avateur | 4/6/13 11:42 pm |
Re: Bioshock 1 is the highest rated shooter this g | Avateur | 3/25/13 8:47 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Revenant1988 | 3/25/13 2:40 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Cody Miller | 3/25/13 3:04 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Revenant1988 | 3/25/13 3:36 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Cody Miller | 3/25/13 3:45 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Revenant1988 | 3/25/13 4:01 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Flynn J Taggart | 3/25/13 8:29 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | General Vagueness | 3/25/13 8:59 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Avateur | 3/25/13 9:02 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | General Vagueness | 3/25/13 8:30 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Kermit | 3/25/13 4:48 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | General Vagueness | 3/25/13 8:26 pm |
Re: I'm buying it. | Gravemind | 3/25/13 4:14 pm |
I can't wait! | bryan newman | 3/25/13 1:55 pm |
Let Me Know How Them Skyhooks Work Out. XD *NM* | Morpheus | 3/25/13 2:19 pm |
Re: Let Me Know How Them Skyhooks Work Out *IMG* | Chewbaccawakka | 3/25/13 3:22 pm |
+1 *NM* | ZackDark | 3/25/13 4:09 pm |
Re: Bioshock Infinite *OT* | SonGoharotto | 3/25/13 4:29 pm |
Re: Bioshock Infinite *OT* | Asian Inferno | 3/25/13 5:53 pm |
Re: Bioshock Infinite *OT* | stabbim | 3/25/13 6:44 pm |
Re: Bioshock Infinite *OT* | scarab | 3/25/13 8:45 pm |
Re: Bioshock Infinite *OT* | ZackDark | 3/25/13 11:02 pm |
Re: Bioshock Infinite *OT* | Cody Miller | 3/26/13 8:32 pm |
Re: Bioshock Infinite *OT* | Cody Miller | 3/27/13 9:38 pm |
Thanks for the good read | ZackDark | 3/27/13 11:52 pm |
Re: Bioshock Infinite *Slight SPOILERS* | Revenant1988 | 3/30/13 1:44 am |
Re: Bioshock Infinite *Slight SPOILERS* | DHalo | 3/30/13 4:02 pm |
Re: Bioshock Infinite *Slight SPOILERS* | Seraph xxvii | 3/30/13 4:31 pm |
Also need to agree. *NM* | UnrealCh13f | 3/31/13 1:06 am |
Re: Bioshock Infinite *Slight SPOILERS* | stabbim | 4/7/13 8:29 pm |
Re: Bioshock Infinite *OT* | Ragashingo | 4/8/13 1:47 am |
Remember Vanquish? | SonofMacPhisto | 3/28/13 6:25 pm |
Verdict | Cody Miller | 4/10/13 5:37 am |
Mistrial (SP*) | Seraph xxvii | 4/10/13 6:56 am |
Re: Mistrial (SP*) | Revenant1988 | 4/10/13 8:28 am |
Re: Mistrial (SP*) | bryan newman | 4/10/13 2:01 pm |
Re: Mistrial (SP*) | Seraph XXVII | 4/13/13 2:57 pm |
Re: Mistrial (SP*) | Cody Miller | 4/24/13 4:55 pm |
Constants and Variables | Ragashingo | 4/10/13 2:13 pm |
Re: Constants and Variables | Cody Miller | 4/13/13 1:31 pm |
Re: Verdict | hunt3r | 4/24/13 11:31 pm |