Bioshock Infinite - Excited or Not

[Qbah]

It supports gamepads Played it for an hour and it's OK so far. Slows down in places though, gets noticeably choppy... I think it's my CPU

 

[Phynaz]

I hope it sells well so they continue the series.

 

[Geosurface]

That aus gamers quote plus my misgivings about not having a physical copy triggered me buying songbird edition

 

[sze5003]

I used a VPN to unlock it a few hours ago. The game is amazing in my estimation. So many cool mechanics and dynamics added. It still surprises/scares you constantly with enemies and the story really draws you in.

I'm generally not that big on single player story driven games, but loved Bioshock 1. This game really is very good :thumbsup: I have no idea how far in I am but I already want to pick up the DLC now because I know what there is will end at some point.

In terms of enemies jumping out how is that? Would you say they just surround you like bioshock 2 ? That's like the only game I had to change difficulty.

 

[Anonemous]

wow, spoilers are out on wikipedia and other places...

 

[Grooveriding]

In terms of enemies jumping out how is that? Would you say they just surround you like bioshock 2 ? That's like the only game I had to change difficulty.

Spoiler

Sometimes just a few rushing at you from behind, other times you get swarmed and need to react fast or you die.

 

[sze5003]

Ah ok well I thought so I guess it's not so different. I'll try on normal then if needed go to easy lol.

 

[CPA]

According to PC Gamer, you should play on Hard mode.

Couple other setting suggestions in this article, as well.

 

[quadomatic]

What time does the game unlock on Steam? 12 PM EST/11 PM CST?

I live in Chicago, so if so, I get early

 

[badb0y]

Wow check this one out from Aus Gamers via Metacritic:
"I don't know how else to tell you that this is the game videogames were made for. It’s the game every other designer wishes they could make. It’s a watershed moment for our industry, and I’d be hard pressed to tell you that anything that came before is better. More so, however, I can’t imagine that anything else, in my lifetime, will top this. All bold statements, I know, but this is it and I’m reviewing it. BioShock Infinite is the sort of game we dream of reviewing. It’s the Ocarina of Time of this generation (only infinitely better), and will be talked about and analysed for years to come."

Wow.....

 

[StinkyPinky]

According to PC Gamer, you should play on Hard mode.

Couple other setting suggestions in this article, as well.

Hopefully it allows you to change difficulties. I don't want to start on hard and then get owned and get frustrated. Then again, I don't want to play on moderate and walk through.

 

[ImpulsE69]

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/03/25/b...el=ref&ns_source=steam&ns_linkname=0&ns_fee=0

LMAO awesome.

 

[Childs]

Hopefully it allows you to change difficulties. I don't want to start on hard and then get owned and get frustrated. Then again, I don't want to play on moderate and walk through.

I'm going to easy from the beginning. I never played any of the games before and looking at the gameplay videos it looks confusing. I really just want to explore the world and check things out.

 

[Geosurface]

steam shows it as available to me now but it won't load

 

[Childs]

steam shows it as available to me now but it won't load

I just entered the key and its loading for me...maybe restart Steam?

 

[quadomatic]

17 minutes to unpack...wtf!!!!

 

[Aikouka]

"Unpacking."

I really should have installed this game to my SSD.

 

[Dankk]

wow, spoilers are out on wikipedia and other places...

There will be spoilers on the Wikipedia article for any game. They always summarize the plot. That's completely standard.

 

[Dankk]

Been playing for the past couple hours. The game's definitely very pretty. I'm not even running it at max.

Also, I got a little disoriented when I first stepped into Columbia and the buildings were slowly hovering around, really threw me off for a moment. lol.

 

[Childs]

I just hope there is no funny business with NV hardware in this one.

 

[Aikouka]

First thing to note:

Unskippable videos at game launch is rather uncool. Gearbox learned that with Borderlands 2 after people "hacked" the game to make them stop playing. :|

 

[Bryf50]

The fov is pretty nasty and I don't see an in game option to fix it. Woops found it. Also the game goes haywire on Alt Tab making my GPU go to 100%.

 

[Dankk]

I just hope there is no funny business with NV hardware in this one.

Why would there be? I don't know of any Gaming Evolved titles that have problems on Nvidia hardware; Bioshock itself is a simple Unreal Engine game that doesn't use any fancy effects that would cause brand-bias. In fact Nvidia just released a new driver today that should provide a nice performance boost in the game.

I know Tomb Raider was an exception, but even then, Nvidia was fairly quick to release updated drivers.

 

[Childs]

Why would there be? I don't know of any Gaming Evolved titles that have problems on Nvidia hardware; Bioshock itself is a simple Unreal Engine game that doesn't use any fancy effects that would cause brand-bias. In fact Nvidia just released a new driver today that should provide a nice performance boost in the game.

I know Tomb Raider was an exception, but even then, Nvidia was fairly quick to release updated drivers.

Maybe its a new tactic. I dunno, I just want to play the game with no BS. Looks like I can play it now, so I'll find out soon enough.

 

[Dankk]

Maybe its a new tactic. I dunno, I just want to play the game with no BS. Looks like I can play it now, so I'll find out soon enough.

It's not a new tactic. Nvidia has already been doing it for years (the most obvious subject being Physx). I also remember Batman not allowing you to use anti-aliasing if it detected an AMD card; you had to spoof the game into believing you had a Nvidia card for you to turn it on. I think they patched that out later though.