[ SECRET POST #3039 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3039 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Starsky and Hutch]


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(legend of Zelda)


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[Ernest Hemingway (and his cat)]













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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
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Comments

Re: Bioshock Infinite

[dethtoll]

I don't disagree that Columbia was pretty and had potential but totally empty. Even though Rapture was basically one big abandoned mall right out of a 70s/80s dystopian sci-fi (complete with roving gangs of freaks) it had something of a stronger sense of place. Columbia just felt like a setpiece... not unlike the first Mafia in that regard (still don't understand that game's popularity.)

Burial At Sea fixed just about everything wrong with BSI, including how poorly explained the vigors were as well as regressing the gameplay back to the classic open-ended exploration game that's been a staple since System Shock 1. The only thing it didn't do was adequately explain how the city could float beyond some handwaving about quantum particles or some such nonsense. At least Rapture basically boiled down to "good old human ingenuity and advanced science" -- though there's an audiolog in Burial At Sea that claims most of the structures were built with aluminum, which is complete nonsense. Water pressure, what's that? (I liked the novel's explanation better, in which most of the materials -- glass included -- were a custom alloy by Ryan's scientists.)

I will say that I did enjoy some of the weapons, but there were too many of them and the strict two-gun limit was frustrating.

Re: Bioshock Infinite

[(Anonymous)]

Definitely like a set piece. Rapture made me want to wander around and see everything. I spent hours just trying to get all of the audiobooks. With Columbia, I felt there was nothing to be seen and nothing new to be explored. Yeah. They're racist. They're SUPER racist. I get it, with the racism. There was so much potential that was just wasted, which seems worse than just an outright bad "Dress Up Barbie" game.

I must admit I haven't played BSI. I took a little offense to this retconning of the Bioshock world, because I didn't want it to be like Elizabeth really had a hand in everything and was the true God or whatever. I feel like when they don't try really hard to explain something, it works a lot better. Their lame attempt at explaining Columbia's existence with that whole part of the level seemed too hamfisted. I didn't question its existence until they did that.

I liked the hand cannon, I think. I also liked using that sky hook thing to kill people. I loved the drill in Bioshock 2 but I think I was alone in liking that game.

Re: Bioshock Infinite

[dethtoll]

Oh god you are NOT alone in liking Bioshock 2. I like the first game okay but the 2nd is easily in my top 10 favorite games of all time. And not just because Ken Levine had nothing to do with it.

I love everything about that game, holy fuck.

Re: Bioshock Infinite

[(Anonymous)]

Haha, yes, finally someone who likes it! All I've met are people who hated it or never played it. I LOVED the Big Sisters - they were a bit of a pain to fight, but so cool in general. I thought the story was great and I really liked escorting the Little Sisters.

Re: Bioshock Infinite

[dethtoll]

The Big Sisters are legitimately the best fights in the entire series, they really force you to be aware of the area around you as well as smart use of the powers and equipment you have on hand.

I love how the game just takes this massive melancholy shift in tone, too. And the colors! Colors everywhere! The bioluminescence is a really neat play off the neon signs that were all over BS1.