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Spoilers**





Im free of the mind control now, so I guess im on my way to fight fontaine?


no end spoilers plz :P


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*spoilers/end spoilers*




Just beat the game, the boss fight was overly easy. However the whole game was so great that the final fight seemed like a plateu, not a decline. I got the good ending, since i didnt harvest any of the little sisters, and i must say that though it was a minute long it seemed appropriate and I thought it was good ( especially that part when you're in the hospital bed and the hands reach out for yours. All in all it was a wild ride and a great one at that. I'd like to hear some thoughts from you guys if you've beat/played it at all. Bond?

*spoiler end*

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I can't really remember much of anything right now, but the game was great. I didn't have any personal issues with the ending, I thought it was fitting. I'm going to replay it for the bad ending sometime.

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Ya, so BioShock... boring! Yep, I said it.

After multiple attempts to progress through BioShock, I realized something, this game is not fun to play. It bores me to death. Graphics are great, give my props to the artists. The musical score is annoying and quite possibly the worst music I've ever heard, but it fits the game well. But playing the game? I'll pass.

See, BioShock's slow story has yet to become apparent, and believe it or not, has yet to capture my attention. Some people call it art, I call it poor storytelling. This game reminds me of the Final Fantasy series, everyone says "Oh, well you need to get at least 10 hours in and you'll understand everything. The story is great." Well let me tell you something in return, I'm not about to give 8 or so hours of my life to find out if I indeed like a game. If it can't hook me from the beginning, it's not getting my money.

BioShock seems to be stuck trying to figure out whether it's a first-person shooter, or an adventure game. I spend more time running around searching than I do fighting, but unlike great adventure games like Banjo-Kazooie, I'm not having fun doing in. I do enjoy beating people down with my wrench, it reminds me of Condemned, only that game was enjoyable. But aside from that, there is nothing above average about the combat system. The action isn't enough to keep me entertained by any means. Besides, I rarely die from fighting the enemies. It's those stupid bots that come out and make the game more annoying than it already is.

Between the bots and the turrets, I never want to play this game again. I'm sick of hacking things, it's way overused, and I still don't have any idea why I'm running around Repture acting like an idiot, so I decided to solve that problem, and stop running around Rapture.

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We found a witch! May we burn her?

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I'm prolly about 40% thru I am guessing. The game is great, graphics are clean and visuals are great (on X360 I have it)

I guess there is a balance issue, I find I am able to use my wrench everywhere and save all this ammo/eve and kill everyone with my wrench, die, respawn and continue. It's a love/hate thing but ye very interesting. And I am playing it on hard

I am saving the little sista's, I can't kill em. I was thinking to myself "is saving them really being nice as you're bringing em back into a world of crap". But I decided too.

I love the sound, very creepy, the speech is spot on (some of those voices really freak me out) and them some, the atmosphere it creates is unlike anything I've ever played. I feel like I'm really in Rapture and I just wanna get outta there asap. When you get a new plasmid? it's great how they show the 60's cartoon strip.

Hacking is a bit tedious, but for some reason I enjoy doing it.

Overall great game, great ideas, slightly overrated but the story and atmosphere it draws you into is what stands out from anything else.

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I must be the only loser who hasn't bought this game.

:(

(I'm losing a lot lately.)

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When I get back from Bermuda my first mission will be to buy a 360 and Bioshock, plus I'll need to be able to play Halo3 and the zombie game (forget the name)

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Im thinking about renting this since my roomate has a 360. Maybe I'll head to Blockbuster after class.

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I'm with you. :) But soon you might be the only one who doesn't have Metroid Prime 3. :D

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Oh my God. Bermuda is the best place ever.

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I hope so, I'm going on the cruise there for my honeymoon. I leave from Philly on the 13th of October.

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You're getting married without asking us???

Congrats mate. :)

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Well, I can't speak about that cruise specifically, but the other cruises I've been on have been great.

Bermuda is a perfect place though, perfect temperature all year round.

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Bond: Watch this review:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/u...es/102789.html

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It didn't link to a specific movie for me?

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Weird. I just watched it, and now closed the window and it's gone.

Use this one: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/arti...ation-BioShock

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heheh a lot of it is true, especially the dying part of the game. Like i said i can run around weilding my wrench with no fear of dying (due to the low cost of dying)! So it does make the game a lot less scary.

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Wielding the wrench is just about the only fun I had. My roommate laughed at me because he's always out of ammo and I have maxed out on almost everything because I use my wrench exclusively.

During the demo I learned the AI patterns of the attacks of the enemies, so it's fairly easy to dodge and attack. I once took on a room of 5 or 6 at once without dying, or using health. The AI is not too complex in their fighting. Wrench-wielding in Condemned was much more challenging.

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Gekko, would you kindly keep playing the game.......

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No, I returned it to GameFly. I don't play games I don't enjoy, it defeats the purpose to playing for entertainment purposes. I returned it so I could get Skate, which I'll keep for a week or so, before returning for Halo 3, which I'll keep for a week or so, before returning for PGR4, rinse, and repeat.

Only game I'm forking money over for in the near future is GH3. The rest I don't have much time to play, so I'll rent, get a little feel the couple times I'll play them, and return. If I care when I get more time, they'll be cheaper to buy.

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Well, you've left me no choice.................... Code Yellow

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So, I rented this and I'll admit im not THAT far in, maybe 2 hours or so, but so far I have to agree with Gekko. Its just not all that exciting or even fun. The graphics are amazing yes, but thats all its got going for it...

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Say cheese!

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BEST COSTUME EVAR!!

And I just got a 360 and Bioshock, and YES, it is everything its cracked up to be. Anyone who participates in a debate of whether or not videogames are an artform NEEDS to use Bioshock as an example. I've never seen such a complete and successful combination of game and art as Bioshock.

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I forgot, its the wife's family who pays for the wedding and honeymoon.

Because there's no way in hell a freshly married man on a teacher's salary could lay down the cash for a 360 and game. Unless, you summoned a credit card from the depths of hell.

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Actually, we paid for most of the wedding and the entire honeymoon. I work as a corporate trainer, so I get paid a little better than a scholastic teacher, but my wife is a Project Manager for a Pharmaceutical Company... CHA CHING!!!

Plus, you get a lot of money when you get married.

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"O darling what about a beautiful house near the coast?"

"I was thinking, it was about time I got me a 360 and Bioshock. Hell, we don't need a new place to live.
Bioshock!"

To keep in line with this debate, Bioshock will probably go down as one of the few games I've ever purchased, never played and gave away.

I'm sure the game is awesome and maybe a little overrated review wise. But I got it and was just feeling FPS burnout, and after the demo I realized it doesn't appeal to me which sucks but eh.

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You have a point. Part of my enjoyment, dare I say "glee", in playing Bioshock could be the fact that I've been entrenched in PC strategy games for the better part of two years. Its been a good two years for strategy games...

In fact, Bioshock is the first console game I've played in over two years... wow... two years... jeez...