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Old 08-20-2007, 06:59 PM   #1
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Alright, the title is a tad misleading, BioShock officially comes out tomorrow.

Who is planning on picking it up?

Make sure to post all your impressions here.

EDIT: Remember, BioShock is $49.99 for 360 and $39.99 for PC at Circuit City.

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Old 08-20-2007, 07:22 PM   #2
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Damn it, I wish I weren't in debt.

Tell me, what would you do, if you had the choice of either spending your next paycheck to spend about $2000 on a brand new PC to play BioShock, or using that paycheck to continue paying off school debts that won't be paid off until a year from now?

Answering just buy a 360 doesn't count. I don't want a 360.
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Old 08-20-2007, 07:31 PM   #3
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I am hoping to pick it up for the Xbox 360, I need to play through the demo first though to make sure I enjoy it. I'm sure I will though.

Downloading the demo now.
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Old 08-20-2007, 07:31 PM   #4
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Damn it, I wish I weren't in debt.

Tell me, what would you do, if you had the choice of either spending your next paycheck to spend about $2000 on a brand new PC to play BioShock, or using that paycheck to continue paying off school debts that won't be paid off until a year from now?

Answering just buy a 360 doesn't count. I don't want a 360.
I would buy a 3... well, ok then.

In all seriousness, I'd pay off your debt. Debt is the root of all evil.

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I am hoping to pick it up for the Xbox 360, I need to play through the demo first though to make sure I enjoy it. I'm sure I will though.

Downloading the demo now.
Demo will be well worth your download.

Be sure to share your impressions after you've played it.
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Old 08-20-2007, 07:44 PM   #5
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if i can run it on my PC...i will go pick it up for 39.99...if not, then who knows

i'm going to see what happens i'm downloading the PC demo right now
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Old 08-20-2007, 07:51 PM   #6
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I would buy a 3... well, ok then.

In all seriousness, I'd pay off your debt. Debt is the root of all evil.
Yeah I think I will be prudent and continue paying off the debt. I never know when I may lose my job, so I want to pay it off as soon as I can. Right now everything I make minus some food/drink/girlfriend spending needs goes towards paying it off.
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Old 08-20-2007, 09:20 PM   #7
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I will be purchasing my copy for the PC first thing tomorrow. I'm downloading the demo right now. Not really sure why since I will be buying it anyway...

I'll post some impressions when I get a chance.
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Old 08-20-2007, 09:27 PM   #8
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I cant wait till I encounter my first Big Daddy.........
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Old 08-21-2007, 09:04 AM   #9
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It's BioShock Tuesday!!!
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Old 08-21-2007, 10:13 AM   #10
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Hm, I didnt know the PC demo was out. I doubt I can run it though...
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Old 08-21-2007, 11:00 AM   #11
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Well, I played the demo last night on my PC and it ran smoothly (35-45 fps) on my system. I was playing it at 1680x1050 with everything maxed out, which makes me very happy in the pants.

My specs at a glance so you can guesstimate your performance:
nVidia 8800gts 640mb
Core 2 Duo e6600
2gb of Corsair eXtreme RAM
Win Xp


One note, my CPU is set to overclock itself up to about 2.9ghz under heavy stress. However, I didn't overclock my video card at all.

Also, when I was installing the demo, it said that the game was optimized for a dual core system and that if you had single core you'd want in excess of a 2.6 ghz chip.

Otherwise, I liked the game very much. It has a great atmosphere to it. At many times I found myself just walking around looking at all the different random shit they put in there. The graphics are extremely beautiful.
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Old 08-21-2007, 01:09 PM   #12
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Well, I played the demo last night on my PC and it ran smoothly (35-45 fps) on my system. I was playing it at 1680x1050 with everything maxed out, which makes me very happy in the pants.

My specs at a glance so you can guesstimate your performance:
nVidia 8800gts 640mb
Core 2 Duo e6600
2gb of Corsair eXtreme RAM
Win Xp

One note, my CPU is set to overclock itself up to about 2.9ghz under heavy stress. However, I didn't overclock my video card at all.

Do you have water cooling, or are fans enough? That automatic overclocking bit, is that a feature of your motherboard, or something with software, or what? Which mobo do you have?
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Old 08-21-2007, 02:49 PM   #13
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This game is awesome.

I have yet to encounter my first big daddy, haven't been playing for too long though.
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Old 08-21-2007, 03:28 PM   #14
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Bioshock has a HUGE widescreen display bug on both Xbox and PC!
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Old 08-21-2007, 03:39 PM   #15
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I bought it at lunch and FUCK does it look fantastic. Everyone here in my office agrees. We couldn't tell when the gameplay started.

I also got an "I PWN" hat because I bought it from future shop. Yeah, bitches!
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