[ SECRET POST #2972 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2972 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Was it truly bad? Because it's been recced to me a couple of times and I was thinking about trying it out.

[dethtoll]

It basically takes every complaint everyone ever had about Bioshock 1 and makes a game out of it. It's linear to a fault, the primary character interaction is Disney-perfect and Disney-shallow, the plot is a jumbled mess of half-baked ideas that keep interfering with each other but weren't interesting on their own anyway, and the gameplay is "frenetic" as a replacement for deep (a la Call of Duty.)

I love Bioshock 1 and adore Bioshock 2. BSI feels like a bit of a slap in the face. Ken Levine believes his own hype.

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, thanks. I'll try Bioshock 1 instead, then.

[dethtoll]

If you like BS1, give its immediate predecessor System Shock 2 a try. It's not as good and hasn't aged as well, but there's a reason a lot of people were excited when Bioshock was announced as a spiritual sequel.

(I personally prefer SS1, but that one's 21 years old and pretty difficult to play, and you don't necessarily have to have played it to understand the plot)

[(Anonymous)]

Some people love it. Some people, like dethtoll as you can see, hate it.

If you want to give it a try, just borrow it from someone instead of buying it. That's what I did, since I'd heard mixed things.

FWIW I personally liked it, although there are a lot of valid criticisms to be made. I think Bioshock 2 is the best in the series though.

[herpymcderp]

YMMV

I really liked it. It suited a variety of play styles a lot better than BioShock 1 and 2, and I wouldn't call either of those games really non-linear. The plot and characters were more interesting, though the narrative was not quite as affective or intriguing to me. It had problematic elements, but also a way better ending.

Both are interesting games worth playing in their own right. I think the most skippable one is probably BioShock 2.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, it depends. I mean, I loved 1, felt 2 was a huge letdown, and got completely swept up in 3. I don't think the story was as solid as 1, but man, it was a lot more fun to *play* for me.

(I guess it didn't help that I found the voice-in-your-ear character in 1 to be annoying. He'd chime in and I'd be like "Shut up! I don't want another quest! Go away! Just let me explore!)