Bioshock Ending ( Is that it?? ) : Spoilers inside maybe

Gashman said:
i agree, for me the game is more important than the ending, the journey is far more important than the way its ends IMO
Click to expand...

That's why I like MMO's ;)

<revalation>omgz.. imagine a Bioshock universe MMO!</revalation>
 
HighlandeR said:
Wasnt that impressed with the game frankly..... the usual find potion/key to get pass door or hole in wall etc etc

And ending was poor, theres plenty rumours about suggest a prequel to the game but dunno how thats gonna work out frankly.... if anything the film rumour sounds good but the amount of money to create the bioshock universe will cause most to run ;)
Click to expand...

Yea have to agree really. I didn't play the game untill it had been out a good while and won game of the year on some sites. I was expecting something really epic.

I really kept getting bored when playing it, i wanted to finish it so forced myself to play it. It had good moments but when i had it finished, i couldn't help thinking what the fuss was all about.
 
It's a good game but nothing special. I thought the length was about right. It probably seems longer to some people because it looks the same pretty much all the way through, there's no sense of progression like you get on half-life 2. It's got no replay value at all, I actually started it again recently and played a total of about 20min before un-installing it.
 
melbourne720 said:
Zero punctuation summed it up well (Google his review if you haven't seen it, it's brilliant). It's not a bad game, just shallower that we expected/hoped. Made all simple so there are no negative consequnces for dying, no inventory, no thinking, no RPG element to it at all really. Was a little too 'xbox' for my liking.

On the upside it was some of the best graphics I've seen, rivals Crysis
imho.
Click to expand...

Agreed this broke it for me really (there are no negative consequnces for dying) felt like god mode and i was expecting something more in-line with SS2
(depth wise)i was told the patch help but had finished by then.
 
HAz said:
wasn't a great game was it really.
Click to expand...

What?! I think its one of the best games ever made, and I cant wait for this prequal thats been rumoured. If you actually play the game in-depth and listen to all the audio diaries - you dont need a spectacular ending which is what all these other games have
 
Bump on this, I'm a bit late to the party.

Firstly, I'm a huge System Shock2/Deux Ex fan - I still regard DE as probably the best game I've ever made. I expected Bioshock to be something great, as it had the same basic DNA of those two, only newer.

Its based on a superb story, if your really interested, you can read up on Ayn Rand, whos books were the basis of the Bioshock story. Its premise is that of "Objectionism" philosophy, and its actually quite in depth.

http://kotaku.com/354717/no-gods-or-kings-objectivism-in-bioshock
and
http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/file/931329/50027


The problem is that is combines what is, in some respects, a complex, deep, thought provoking storyline, yet they've dumbed down the gameply into what is nothing more than a basic FPS to appease the console masses.

Reading the gamefaq's link above shows what massive thought has gone into the storyline and the overlapping NPC's. The announcements, the flashbacks, the audio tapes. Yet I bet 80% of the people who played it just thought "LOLZ at the fire. Bunrnz tehm!" *mashes buttons*

It deserved a proper, RPG implementation, ala SS2 and Deux Ex. The simplified gameplay doesn't match the story. IMO.

Don't get me wrong, the sound, graphics, atmosphere and design are second to none; I just felt it got repetative, there seemed to be about 2 different splicers in the game, and it never really moved on from the "go here, get that, return there" jobs. I wanted to complete it just to get to the end...

Shame really. Yet I feel I'm missing something, as all reviewers seem to rave over it? Maybe I'm just of a generation that remembers better implementations of the story driven FPS/RPG ;)
 
There are 3 endings all 3 can be viewed @:

2K Games\BioShock\Content\BinkMovies

''killedgatherers.bink''
''harvestedgatherers.bink''
and
''savedgatherers.bink''

offcourse you need the bink video player to watch em.
 
Yep I watched the movies manually after completing it too, as I couldn't be bothered playing through it again differently. Nothing special at all.

Reading the gamefaq's link above shows what massive thought has gone into the storyline and the overlapping NPC's. The announcements, the flashbacks, the audio tapes. Yet I bet 80% of the people who played it just thought "LOLZ at the fire. Bunrnz tehm!" *mashes buttons*
Click to expand...

I tried to follow the storyline (I'm a slow gamer who tends to explore everything and read all diaries etc) but the problem is that you often don't get a chance to listen to the audio tapes... you start playing one and then some splicer/robot/whatever is trying to kill you so amongst all the sound and fighting you end up missing out on half of it.

FWIW I thought it was a better game than System Shock 2 however. I found that quite hard to get into, the presentation isn't anywhere near as slick.
 
I thought that when I watched them, but the filesize was different IIRC, so there must be something slightly different. I suspect they originally intended to have 3 endings but then due to time constraints only made 2.
 
I'm trying to play it at the moment and I can't say it's impressed me one little bit. I installed it about two months ago and I just can't get in to it. Once I've finished a level I don't feel like I want to play another straight away so I leave it for a week or more.

System Shock on the other hand kept me gripped from start to finish.
 
i completed it twice, first time harvesting the girls on normal and the second time i saved them on hard when the patch came out. was a good challenge but it did feel like a bit of a grind fest the second time round which is a bitter shame.
 
I ended up doing a reformat a few days ago and although I mostly use my main PC for work ( web design etc ) I like to have at least one game installed on there for "chill out" breaks when working. :cool:

I stumbled over my old Armed Assault disc and reinstalled that and I can honestly say I'm enjoying playing back through that much more than I enjoyed playing through Bio Shock.

And then there's Mass Effect downstairs on the 360.........Hmmmm.......;)
 
HangTime said:
I tried to follow the storyline (I'm a slow gamer who tends to explore everything and read all diaries etc) but the problem is that you often don't get a chance to listen to the audio tapes... you start playing one and then some splicer/robot/whatever is trying to kill you so amongst all the sound and fighting you end up missing out on half of it.
Click to expand...

I had the same issue, but I turned up the voice volume so I could hear, and occasionally just went back to my logs and replayed one if I missed it.
 
BTW is there any benefit from saving the little sisters? I remember when you first get the option, that woman calls down from the balcony saying something about how she'll help you out later on or something.

Harvesting = Get Adam
Saving = ???
 
harvesting = short term get adam, are a possible murderer
saving = long term get adam plus prezzies (ammo, plasmids and stuff) and general feeling of warmth :D
 
There are 3 endings the only diffrance between 2 endings is the tone of the voice. Both evil endings are same only her voice sounds diffrent. Says the same things. There also seems to be a 4th movie thats x5 longer then the endings that isnt in game. Got a bunch of Big dadys fighting a splicer. Good movie but why isnt it in game?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom