**The one and only Official BioShock Thread**- now with added **SPOILERS**
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I havent read this whole thread but Im having some kind of problem with my copy of the game, havent reinstalled as of yet but im going to if I cant fix it. The problem is that all text from any menu screen has dissapeared upon starting up a game, I can guesstimate where the menu links are and through that I can load into the game and play as normal, only without any menu text / subs or anything.
My rig is
8800gtx with bioshock drivers and 162.52 (think) the bug is the same on diff drivers anyway
core2/ 2 gb ram , all system is fine,
Anyone else having this issue?!!
My rig is
8800gtx with bioshock drivers and 162.52 (think) the bug is the same on diff drivers anyway
core2/ 2 gb ram , all system is fine,
Anyone else having this issue?!!
Finished it yesterday. Good game but did get a bit samey and dragged slightly at the end. You could see the Deus Ex heritage with the hacking parts, but because it was so linear I don't think it was nearly as good a game as DE.
Thought the 'good' ending was excellent.
Once you have proximity mines & trap bolts, Big Daddies are a piece of cake to kill.
Thought the 'good' ending was excellent.
Once you have proximity mines & trap bolts, Big Daddies are a piece of cake to kill.
Man of Honour
I could never get into DE (really wanted to, though). How did the hacking work in it again? I thought the hacking in BS reminded me of System Shock 2... Could've sworn the hacking in DE was more a "press the hack key to hack" kind of system.
No decent mod sites as yet afaik, but someone on the ttlg forums was playing around with some of the config files to increase enemy hit points/random stuff. Might make the game a tiny bit more challenging.
Soldato
I've just encountered my first big-daddy fight, and lost, any hints for taking it dowm, it had just 5 health left when I died 
, and why the **** are they so fast lol?
Got fire and telekinesis; shotgun, revolver, tommy with all kidns of bullets, whats best?
It keeps hitting me, I lost 5 health kits before I died by the big daddy: normall dificulty.
, and why the **** are they so fast lol?Got fire and telekinesis; shotgun, revolver, tommy with all kidns of bullets, whats best?
It keeps hitting me, I lost 5 health kits before I died by the big daddy: normall dificulty.
Yeah it was also the 2006 announcement trailer IIRC.
Man of Honour
Diff drivers as in the latest BETA ones off nvidia site ?
Man of Honour
I've just encountered my first big-daddy fight, and lost, any hints for taking it dowm, it had just 5 health left when I died
Got fire and telekinesis; shotgun, revolver, tommy with all kidns of bullets, whats best?
It keeps hitting me, I lost 5 health kits before I died by the big daddy: normall dificulty.
I had hacked the turrets nearby, which helped.
Shock is quite good if you want to stun it briefly..or if you attack it and get it to chase you into a water-filled section, you can do rasonable damage with it. Incinerate is very useful - just throw on at it and then try and give it the run around for a bit
Basically, using the walls for cover is your main thing. Blast away with shotgun at point blank (and at the head) and try to keep the walls between you and it as much as possible to minimise damage. Make sure you've also stocked up on medkits/know where the health stations nearby are in case you run out.
If you have any electric buck for your shotgun I'd also try that out. Works a charm on them.
You can discover more about their weaknesses later in the game but if you want any spoilers, just ask away and I'll provide them
The lame lame lame way to do it is to let yourself get killed a lot and just respawn at the vita chambers. The Big Daddies don't regen. I really recommend against this though - it can really spoil the tension of the game (I'd avoid VCs all the way through if I were you)
Soldato
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Is the demo a decent representation of what performance is like in the final game?
Soldato
i would say no tbh
but its a pretty good show of what the games about, but be ready to watch 30% worth of the demo as its all videos mostly lol
ags
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So is performance better in the retail version?
Soldato
Man of Honour
It was pretty similar performance for me.
Associate
Would just like to clarify, graphics are supposed to be better with force global lighting OFF yes?
Soldato
yup
Associate
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Can someone post comparison shots of Global Lighting On and Off, I just had a quick look and things don't seem to look much different between them. Maybe I just checked in a poor area.
Soldato
I've just encountered my first big-daddy fight, and lost, any hints for taking it dowm, it had just 5 health left when I died
Got fire and telekinesis; shotgun, revolver, tommy with all kidns of bullets, whats best?
It keeps hitting me, I lost 5 health kits before I died by the big daddy: normall dificulty.
The crossbow with Steel bolts and the Ice plasmid (Winter Shock or chill iirc) works great on Big Daddies. In fact you become pretty much invincible when you have loads of eve, Winter Chill 2 and a stack of crossbow bolts/mods. I finsihed off an elite bouncer BD with 5 crossbow bolts to the head (modified damage upgrade) after first freezing him
The best thing about big daddies is they don't attack you until you attack them, so make sure you have reloaded all yoru weapons and eve before you start, then when one weapon needs reloading switch to another and get blasting !
Man of Honour
The crossbow with Steel bolts and the Ice plasmid (Winter Shock or chill iirc) works great on Big Daddies. In fact you become pretty much invincible when you have loads of eve, Winter Chill 2 and a stack of crossbow bolts/mods. I finsihed off an elite bouncer BD with 5 crossbow bolts to the head (modified damage upgrade) after first freezing him
The best thing about big daddies is they don't attack you until you attack them, so make sure you have reloaded all yoru weapons and eve before you start, then when one weapon needs reloading switch to another and get blasting !
Crossbow with steel bolts tactic probably won't be too applicable in his *first* Big Daddy fight
Electro-Buck for the shotgun is your friend here. If you save it all for the BD fight and hunt around for it, you can have about ~12 shots, which can really weaken him (on hard, haven't played it on anything less than that).