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Postby Dataprime » Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:56 pm

We talk about everything Bioshock here.
My favorite is Infinite what yours?

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Postby Dataprime » Fri Nov 08, 2013 11:43 am

Also for anyone doesn't know yet.. The Burial At Sea DLC comes out Tuesday.

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Postby Tankred » Fri Nov 08, 2013 3:30 pm

View Original PostDataprime wrote:Also for anyone doesn't know yet.. The Burial At Sea DLC comes out Tuesday.


I'll probably get it, just to see Rapture again.

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Postby Dataprime » Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:51 pm

Some reviews are up for Burial at Sea (Episode 1) if anyone cares:

IGN - 7.0
GT - 7.3
Gamespot - 5.0

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Postby Tankred » Tue Nov 12, 2013 1:05 pm



He does, but it's not that much in depth as I'd have liked it, but then again, maybe that would be revealing too much.

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Postby Oxopoha » Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:16 pm

Just finished Burial at sea, mind=whut.
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Postby Dataprime » Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:24 pm

I'm still truckin' along with BAS taking my sweet time. enjoying seeing Rapture again.

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Postby nervshatter » Wed Nov 13, 2013 8:10 pm

Beat Burial at Sea yesterday.

If you really like the scenery and story from the first 2 games, then this DLC might please you, if you do not then don't bother because the short length will disappoint you.
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Postby Dataprime » Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:29 am

Beat BAS this weekend as well. It was fun. Hopefully part 2 will be even better
Super short I might add. The surprise "twist" at the had me smiling all the way until the end.
overall while not the greatest thing in the Bioshock universe it's still a little fun sidequest to keep
us entertained until the next game in the series gets released

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Postby Sailor Star Dust » Thu Nov 28, 2013 10:51 pm

This is an awesome deal if anybody hasn't played the series yet, or just want it on PC if they only have it on PSN or what have you: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DOD0TZG
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Postby LegionWrex » Thu Nov 28, 2013 10:58 pm

Bioshock pretty friggin awesome.

Like you, my favourite is Infinite. Best story, best gameplay, best voice acting, best everything. Just perfect.
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Postby Monk Ed » Thu Nov 28, 2013 11:30 pm

Fifteen dol--?! That almost makes Infinite worth playing!
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Postby Dataprime » Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:30 am

Here it is:

BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Episode Two - Trailer # 1

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[url]http://youtu.be/2qoiYfV9hA4[/url]

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Postby Chainsaw Owl » Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:40 pm

The original Bioshock is my favorite, but Infinite is the only one I've actually beaten. I preferred the first by virtue of being in a vastly creepier environment, but I've always gravitated toward an irrational fear of deep water.

I played Infinite in the company of a friend who prefers to watch *ahem* and at one point he expressed a stern criticism over why I insisted on executing absolutely every "innocent civilian" I saw. In response, I left the next nonviolent person I found alone. But as soon as I walked past, the noncombatant switched gears and started shooting me in the back.

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Postby Dataprime » Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:45 am

UPDATE:
Burial At Sea - Episode Two will be available March 25th!

[url]https://twitter.com/IrrationalGames/status/431049596606087169[/url]

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Postby Ray » Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:34 pm

Bioshock is to videogames what Eva is to Anime.

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Postby Tankred » Wed Feb 19, 2014 3:18 pm

View Original PostRay wrote:Bioshock is to videogames what Eva is to Anime.


You cannot be serious.

Also RIP Irrational Games, not really though, you sod, Levine.

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Postby Ray » Mon Feb 24, 2014 2:41 pm

Both use a heavy amount of Judeo Christian Aesthetics Symbolism, and names. both have very flawed complex tortured main characters, both deal with heavy topics like fate vs free will, family, alienation and guilt, both have epic OSTs. . . and that's just the tip of the iceberg!

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Postby Shinoyami65 » Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:41 am

^True, although the Bioshock protagonists don't react half as much to their plight as the characters of Eva. Perhaps this is more true of the first two games than Infinite, but I still didn't feel the characters of Bioshock were as complex as the Eva cast (possibly because the majority of the Bioshock cast are only encountered through audio logs and the protagonists of the first two games were mute).

System Shock and System Shock 2, which were made by the same team as Bioshock back when they were Looking Glass Studios, had a fair bit of religious and psychological imagery

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Mainly through SHODAN and her obvious god complex but also heavily emphasised in the second game by the Many. There's even a fairly reputed scene with an inverted cross, if you can find it.


As well as tortured protagonists

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Because in the first game you were duped into letting SHODAN become sentient and now have to fight your way through her nightmarish, harder-than-hell cyberpunk realm to shut her down.

And in the second game you're basically a puppet for SHODAN because she can control you through your cybernetic implants; this bizarre master-slave relationship is emphasised at several points in the game, most notably when you meet her but also at a few points later in the story as well.


And variety of other themes as well. They really are pretty extraordinary games, especially when you consider how old they are (the first System Shock within a few years of Eva's initial release).

Infinite kind of plays down the Eva connection though IMO

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It instead tends towards the space opera and attempts to juggle a variety of themes including religious zealotry and racism with varying success. The final chapter could be considered EoE-esque, if it weren't for the bizarre implications of the infinite lighthouses competing with the truth of Booker being Elizabeth's father.

Interestingly, I can't remember seeing an actual cross in the Infinite, despite all the religious themes going around.
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