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Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:07 am
by Wang Mandu
Probably not too different but it's made by the original Bioshock team and that's enough to sell me on the game. The AI work they've done for your partner seems really impressive so I'm hoping the story holds up and the interactions between you and Elizabeth keep the game interesting. The world looks amazing, too.

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:09 am
by DR. THRAXX
So was Bioshock 1 a lot better than 2?

I might have to try the first one then.

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 11:51 am
by Comrade Slinky
Bioshock 2 felt more like an expansion to 1. First game is a lot better.

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 12:11 pm
by a world of no
Wang Mandu wrote:Any Steam dudes want XCOM: Enemy Unknown (a ridiculously awesome game)? I also still have a copy of Bioshock if anyone's interested.
FUCK! Don't let that console only twink take this shit. I need XCOM.

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:39 pm
by The Bill
Wang Mandu wrote:What's your Steam id?
Godrazor

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:41 pm
by Kurt Russell's Beard
Pisscubes wrote:
DR. THRAXX wrote:So was Bioshock 1 a lot better than 2?

I might have to try the first one then.
2 just felt like a dumber version of one. One was a lot of fun, looked great, had a cool story and then had a really awesome twist that I would put up as one of the greatest "game moments" in last few console generations. Something, in my mind, on par with Psycho Mantis in terms of breaking the 4th wall. 2 had the same mechanics, but was just a pale imitation story-wise and just felt like more of the same.

Anyhow, I have very high hopes for the new one. I think you're right, though-- it looks a lot more face-paced. Those sky-rail things have me a little concerned :-|
Infinite is good. What I've tested, anyway. The story and music = awe. I'll be shutting myself in to play in marathon fashion when it officially releases.

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:42 pm
by The Bill
a world of no wrote:
Wang Mandu wrote:Any Steam dudes want XCOM: Enemy Unknown (a ridiculously awesome game)? I also still have a copy of Bioshock if anyone's interested.
FUCK! Don't let that console only twink take this shit. I need XCOM.
I'm far from console only. No doubt I'll be back to PC only one day when I can create a better set-up. Probably going to need a bigger house for that.

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:44 pm
by a world of no
in that case you should take bioshock and let me have xcom, since your system most likely cannot handle newer games yes? :(

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:47 pm
by Friendly Goatus
Bill, use this to see if your system can handle the games. It'd be a shame to be gifted a game that you can't run.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:48 pm
by The Bill
a world of no wrote:in that case you should take bioshock and let me have xcom, since your system most likely cannot handle newer games yes? :(
Well, I was being greedy as I have Bioshock on disk, but not Steam. Okay, you take X-Com, I'll take Bioshock. I think I have an extra copy of a Steam game as well. Half-Life 2 perhaps.

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 1:50 pm
by a world of no
The Bill wrote:
a world of no wrote:in that case you should take bioshock and let me have xcom, since your system most likely cannot handle newer games yes? :(
Well, I was being greedy as I have Bioshock on disk, but not Steam. Okay, you take X-Com, I'll take Bioshock. I think I have an extra copy of a Steam game as well. Half-Life 2 perhaps.
i was only being half serious, but i honestly wouldn't turn down xcom. almost pulled the trigger on it the other day. i'll owe you both one for this. i'll add you on steam.

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:13 pm
by Zap Rowsdower
Kurt Russell's Beard wrote:
Pisscubes wrote:
DR. THRAXX wrote:So was Bioshock 1 a lot better than 2?

I might have to try the first one then.
2 just felt like a dumber version of one. One was a lot of fun, looked great, had a cool story and then had a really awesome twist that I would put up as one of the greatest "game moments" in last few console generations. Something, in my mind, on par with Psycho Mantis in terms of breaking the 4th wall. 2 had the same mechanics, but was just a pale imitation story-wise and just felt like more of the same.

Anyhow, I have very high hopes for the new one. I think you're right, though-- it looks a lot more face-paced. Those sky-rail things have me a little concerned :-|
Infinite is good. What I've tested, anyway. The story and music = awe. I'll be shutting myself in to play in marathon fashion when it officially releases.
What I love about the Bioshock games is they assume I have some intelligence and I don't play video games just to become numb. Granted, this isn't fine art or anything, but it's "Hey, you're an adult. We tried creating an interesting world with a story using theme you might be familiar with from other works."

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:57 pm
by The Bill
43MB update for 360 Tomb Raider. Probably just multiplayer nonsense.

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:33 pm
by ghost boner
i got duke nukem forever for literally 3 dollars at gamestop. even had the whole case and poster w/3d glasses and everything. i started playing it. i think i paid too much...

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:49 pm
by Friendly Goatus
dont watch this if you're planning on playing Walking Dead: Survival Instinct.



So lazy. So terrible.

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:53 pm
by Wang Mandu
The Bill wrote:
Wang Mandu wrote:What's your Steam id?
Godrazor
All I'm finding is godrazorrr but there's two of them. I'm Inarborat. Send me a friend invite and I'll send Bioshock your way.

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:41 am
by The Bill
Wang Mandu wrote:
The Bill wrote:
Wang Mandu wrote:What's your Steam id?
Godrazor
All I'm finding is godrazorrr but there's two of them. I'm Inarborat. Send me a friend invite and I'll send Bioshock your way.
Apparently, I never agreed to Steam's community agreement clause. Well, that's taken care of. Should work fine now.

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:19 am
by Wang Mandu
Cool. Sent.

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:26 pm
by a world of no
you two are the first i hit up next time i have gifts. :tup:

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:09 pm
by The Bill
Thanks again for the gift.

Beat Tomb Raider. Guess I panicked for nothing. I liked it a lot better than all the recent games I've beaten including Far Cry 3, which has soured on me when I look back on it.

Now I have a free game Friday to fuck around at random before Bioshock arrives. Nickle & dime-ing Serious Sam the Second Encounter or BL2? Maybe see if MOH: Warfighter has what it takes to out awful Aliens: Colonial Marines?

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:13 pm
by Kurt Russell's Beard
The Bill wrote:MOH: Warfighter has what it takes to out awful Aliens: Colonial Marines?
It's bad but not that bad.

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:13 pm
by Comrade Slinky
The Bill wrote:MOH: Warfighter
don't no stop

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 7:15 pm
by FVBTVS
:betternotstartanyshit:

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:19 pm
by james
you guys finish games incredibly quickly

doesn't that seem strange? Is there any real average playtime for games these days? Depends too heavily on the genre I guess... would a fair aggregate be 40 hours?

Re: The Bill's Now Playing Video Game Thread (Now with Bames

Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:22 pm
by Spooky Apparition
nah, it's not even close to 40 hours unless you're a completionist, and even then that's probably too high. a ton of games can be finished in well under 10 hours, and obviously less than that for downloadable or mobile games