It’s almost here peoples! Bioshock’s next installment, and Irrational Game’s new distopian world adventure.
Here’s IGN’s exclusive early review:
Bioshock showed, once again, that you can tell one hell of a story with an FPS, and that that FPS can retain those tight mechanics without compromising the coupling of gameplay and storytelling and atmosphere.
The game also featured a twist that is right up there with some of the best in the history of gaming.
I have a feeling Bioshock: Infinite will not disapoint.
You guys looking forward to this?
BTB some really good deals from Amazon, GMG and Steam:
GMG is offering three free games + cash back for a pre-order.
Amazon is offering $30 in 2K credit and Xcom for free.
Steam is offering some TF2 items, Free day 1 DLC, and XCom.
I believe this is a steamworks game, so wherever you buy it from, you are getting a Steam CD key.
That greenmangaming link sounds awesome. I’m considering Spec Ops: The Line for my bonus game. Solid choice? I already have Civ 5 and Bioshock 2, and Mafia 2 doesn’t sound like my cup of tea, so it’s between Spec Ops and Darkness 2.
Spec ops was an ok GAME. But it was also an excellence commentary on the state of military shooters and violence in today’s games, and it included some chilling scenes that I’ll probably remember for a long time.
If you think you will enjoy an introspective into the genre, and forgive some of it’s gameplay mechanics, I’d say it’s worth the (specially essentially free) ride. If you’re looking for a tight, cinematic, “MMS” experience, this ain’t it.
I actually liked Mafia 2 a lot more than I thought I would. The large open world city is so much cardboard stage props but I liked the story and characters, and it added a nice little backdrop to tie the various action-packed events together.
How GTAish is it? I played GTA 4 but very, very quickly got tired of the missions. I did enough to unlock most of the islands, and then the entirety of my gameplay was racing through the world with unlimited guns and ammo until I died a miserable death from SWAT vans and explosions, only to do it again upon exiting the hospital.
That’s fun and all, but the reviews I was reading make Mafia 2 sound even more “on-rails” than GTA is, I didn’t necessary like the actual story and missions of it anyway.
GamersGate also has about the same promotion as the rest. Free Bioshock, Free game to choose (same options as the rest), free XCOM:EU and 30% back in “blue coins” which is essentially store credit.
I bought the game via the AMD “Never Settle” promo off eBay. If you search for “tomb Raider Bioshock” or “Crysis 3 Bioshock” you’ll see a lot of people selling their promo keys from buying a video card. I bought Tomb Raider & Bioshock: Infinite for $48 which comes out to around 55% off their sticker price.
It is Steamworks so any PC version requires activation on Steam.
My wife and I saw a TV commercial for it last night. She was like “What in the world…?” and I briefly explained that it was a video game set in a turn-of-the-century Americana steampunk-esque setting. She’d never play the game but she seemed to think the concept sounded kind of cool. For her and video games, I’d consider that a big marketing win
I had preoordered the disk version but the goodies for the download version were much better and it is available several days sooner. Canceled and switched in the nick of time. Thanks for the head’s up.
Lol, so reading through the reviews they all bring up Elizabeth’s ability to…
Not really a spoiler at all, everyone mentions this, and the previews show this, but just in case people want to go in to the game knowing nothing at all, I’ll spoiler this.
open tears (as in the fabric of space I suppose), except I kept reading it as tears (as in of the eye). And I didn’t get it. Elizabeth cries a lot I guess? And her tears have special powers? I guess you sometimes have to make her cry to make things happen? I thought maybe it was a similar mechanic to the little girls in the original Bioshock. Like I’d have to slap her or call her fat in order to progress. I’m glad, I was simply misreading
This reminds me, I have to install and play Bioshock 2. Loved the first one, bought the second but never opened it. Damn it. Just when I finished Starcraft 2 and think I have a bit of time for my other neglected games…
Well, I guess I’m convinced. One online retailer ran a special today on preorders for €30, so I pretty much had to order at that price. 1-2 days for delivery, and then there’s a five-day weekend coming up, so that should be pretty nice.
If you’ve pre-ordered and gotten access to the Industrial Revolution mini-game, here are the puzzle solutions if you just want to power through it.
The in-game rewards are some various stat enhancing items and some cash. All the in-game rewards are opened by after Puzzle #12 so there’s no reason to continue to Puzzle #59 unless you want a Facebook/Twitter avatar. And from what I can tell, there’s no difference in the in-game rewards – the talk of your faction choices determining your reward are just which Facebook tchotchkes you get, the Columbia police law-and-order guys or the rebellion union guys.
The puzzles (at least up to #12) are pretty simple so you can do it without cheating easily enough if so inclined.
I don’t know the story that well but this appears to be a new story set in the same world. Bioshocks 1 and 2 were set at the bottom of the sea and this is set in a city in the clouds so I think this would be a fine jump in point.
You should, though, at least play Bioshock at some point just because it is a great game with a great story.
Do you like Deus Ex, System Shock, Vampire: The Masquerade, the atmosphere of Portal? Then odds are you will. You don’t need to have played the others as this is in a completely different setting and story.
I see that Eurogamer gave it 10/10 which is quite exceptional. They’re not generous graders.
Here’s the gameplay demo/trailer from a while back. Should give an idea of how the game… well, plays.
The setting for Bioshock: Infinite pre-dates the setting for the original Bioshock so not playing the earlier games shouldn’t make much difference towards “getting it”. The tie-in is the FPS shooter with psychic/magic style powers.
Really though, I think the linked video will either hook you or not.
