BioShock Demo is up on Marketplace

[Angrist]

Great to see awesome games like these from time to time. It actually makes me want to play it...

[Vampyr]

Finally got it finished downloading last night, and I've been playing the demo this morning.

Wow. Amazing game thus far, and I don't think that's going to change. The lighting in the game is fantastic, and serves its purpose to scare the crap out of me most of the time. I loved walking into the bottom part of the first area, and all the tile walls were like, glistening from moisture under the water. Really amazing terrain design.

Something else that I loved was when the whale swam under the capsule that you ride in at the beginning. The game has a way of surprising you with random little details, and you have no idea when those random little details are going to attack you. I half expected the whale to charge me. Happy it didn't, though.

Also, when the capsule finally starts you see the first spliccer kill that guy, then jump up on top of your ride and start cutting in, I love how you could still control the camera. You look at the sparks and see it trying to get in and think "What the hell am I going to do?"

The plasmics are very cool, and I can't wait to pick up and try different types of it.

One thing I didn't like was that you had to look -right at- something in order to pick it up, instead of being able to run over top of it. But I guess that is much more realistic, and I eventually realized that it added to franticness of combat when you're racing around trying to find something to fight with.

I've not finished the demo yet, but when I do I may have more impressions to post.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

One thing I didn't like was that you had to look -right at- something in order to pick it up, instead of being able to run over top of it. But I guess that is much more realistic, and I eventually realized that it added to franticness of combat when you're racing around trying to find something to fight with.

I've not finished the demo yet, but when I do I may have more impressions to post.

for this type of game tho i think thats much better, instead of walking around and all of a sudden the screen says you picked up health! and your like wtf, how did that happen?

this has you checking garbage cans, checking dead bodies and things like that. if its a fast paced online or multiplayer shooter, then its better when you just walk over things.

[GameMaster]

Early reviewers are saying this game tops Ocarina of Time.

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Null

for this type of game tho i think thats much better, instead of walking around and all of a sudden the screen says you picked up health! and your like wtf, how did that happen?

this has you checking garbage cans, checking dead bodies and things like that. if its a fast paced online or multiplayer shooter, then its better when you just walk over things.

I completely agree, I'm just saying I didn't like it at first.

How can they compare it to OoT, though? It's a completely different game. They might be able to say "the enjoyment derived from playing this game is great than that of OoT", but that's not going to be true most of the time, it just depends on what kind of game the player likes.

[Null]

many reviewers have said many games are better. and i'd agree with some, ocarina is a great great game, i wouldnt say its the best game ever tho.

Ocarina just has the best average review of all the reviewers. so far this game is 99% on gamerankings, with 9 reviews.... Ocarina is 97.7% with like 32 reviews.

[Bond]

I haven't read any reviews comparing the game to Ocarina of Time. That would be sort of an odd and unnecessary comparison.

[Bond]

If anyone is looking to pick up BioShock on the 21st the Xbox 360 will be $49.99 at Circuit City, which is a $10 savings.