The Gaming News Thread

**Monk** · 03-30-2013, 06:28

Originally Posted by easytarget

Yeah, so over the top the bio reviews are just the latest example of how absurd the mainstream game press is when reviewing AAA games.

Bioshock Infinite should be a case study in "How not to do Time Travel/Multiverse Plots." What a mess.

**Hooahguy** · 03-30-2013, 07:07

Originally Posted by Monk

Bioshock Infinite should be a case study in "How not to do Time Travel/Multiverse Plots." What a mess.

Mind explaining? I cant seem to find any articles on BI being a mess, all I see are rave reviews.

**Fragony** · 03-30-2013, 07:25

Originally Posted by Monk

Bioshock Infinite should be a case study in "How not to do Time Travel/Multiverse Plots." What a mess.

I'll see it when I do. Buying it for the setting alone, I didn't like the gameplay of Bioshock but Rapture as a setting was great. Expecting the same from Infinite

**Monk** · 03-30-2013, 07:55

Originally Posted by Fragony

I'll see it when I do. Buying it for the setting alone, I didn't like the gameplay of Bioshock but Rapture as a setting was great. Expecting the same from Infinite

The art style and setting are definitely the best parts of the game by far. I'm not sure if I like it more than Rapture though, but that's gonna be personal preference. Underwater settings are almost second to none for me.

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

Mind explaining? I cant seem to find any articles on BI being a mess, all I see are rave reviews.

I really don't see how to be honest. It's an above average game certainly and the visuals can be quite stunning at times, but the perfect scores it's been pulling down are pretty laughable. When i said "What a mess" I was really referring to the plot. I'm not sure how much I can tell you without spoiling something, other than it made less sense than Highlander 2.

**Fragony** · 03-30-2013, 09:25

Problem with all games they make, I'll add Lookinglass with it as they are really the same company, flaws in gameplay ruin the immmersion. They craft incredible gameworlds but forget the game. It really pulls you out if something stupid happens. In the first Bioshock it's most obvious, is the guy you are playing a heroin addict, he crashes from a plane, finds an entire city below sea, finds a needle, and puts it in is arm. That is just stupid.

**Greyblades** · 03-30-2013, 15:02

Originally Posted by Monk

I really don't see how to be honest. It's an above average game certainly and the visuals can be quite stunning at times, but the perfect scores it's been pulling down are pretty laughable. When i said "What a mess" I was really referring to the plot. I'm not sure how much I can tell you without spoiling something, other than it made less sense than Highlander 2.

If you say so, I thought it was awesome. As I see it time travel/multiverse stories are impossible to write and make complete and utter sense almost by definition and I think they did a good stab at it.

**Monk** · 03-30-2013, 20:59

Originally Posted by Greyblades

If you say so, I thought it was awesome. As I see it time travel/multiverse stories are impossible to write and make complete and utter sense almost by definition and I think they did a good stab at it.

It's one of those instances where they had me engaged and really hooked and then they completely lost me.

Originally Posted by Tincow

Overall, I'd say I liked the setting and story of Bioshock 1 better, but I like the gameplay of Infinite better.

Agreed.

**Greyblades** · 03-30-2013, 22:17

Originally Posted by Monk

It's one of those instances where they had me engaged and really hooked and then they completely lost me.

Yeah it did it to me too, It was not explained well by the game but when I looked online and got an explanation it made sense. It's nowhere near mass effect 3 bad, it's just confusing.

**Fragony** · 04-16-2013, 11:44

New Killer is Dead trailer, STYLISH! I loved all Suda51 games especially Killer7, they are all deliciously weird. Also kudo's for Shadow of the Damned for making penis-jokes wherever they can. Not a very well known game but gloriously twisted and fun http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VsEGJHBYCuU

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8KIg7ayGz38 trailer

Pure awesome

**TinCow** · 03-30-2013, 18:01

Originally Posted by Monk

I really don't see how to be honest. It's an above average game certainly and the visuals can be quite stunning at times, but the perfect scores it's been pulling down are pretty laughable. When i said "What a mess" I was really referring to the plot. I'm not sure how much I can tell you without spoiling something, other than it made less sense than Highlander 2.

I'm with you, to an extent. I also have some issues with the plot, which basically means with the ending. That said, it's not a bad ending, it just feels like a cheap and lazy ending. At the same time, I think the game as a whole is superb and I highly recommend it. It's a ton of fun and one of the most entertaining FPS games I've played in years. It's not flawless, but nothing ever is. Overall, I'd say I liked the setting and story of Bioshock 1 better, but I like the gameplay of Infinite better.