Bioshock buzz begins

mewso

PC Gamer in the shops today and they have the first review of this game. They are raving about it which is a relief. Now I can't wait.

I spend my career, and my gaming life, waiting for a moment when a game just astonishes me, when I can't believe what I'm seeing, what I'm doing. Bioshock has five.

Maximilian

Thank God. Its been a long time since SS2.

johnny_ultimate

I haven't looked foward to a game so much in years. Three weeks for tomorrow. The weekend of the 24th of August is going to be a good one (and Blue Dragon too).

That review seems absurdly positive. It only knocks my excitement up another notch.

evad_lhorg

collectors edition for me please
http://www.2kgames.com/cultofrapture/features/bigdaddy/bigdaddy.jpg

http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2007/04/bioshock_le.jpg

oxm gave it

10/10

Spunge

SS2 was and still is an amazing game. Bioshock looks great, i wonder if my 7600gs can handle it. if not im gonna have to upgrade.

tman

Looks like the bee's knees, the "hunting the big daddy" trailer on XBL really whet my appetite...
I'm fairly torn between getting it for my new pc or my 360 now

Ciaran500

Won't be touching a bit of media for this until release, already seen enough to wet my appetite

You must have a pretty hefty PC if you are considering it for the PC tman.

Zapp Brannigan

It comes out on my Birthday. Have the day off work, but I'll be in to buy the Collectors edition. Prolly won't play it much on the day but still, can't wait!!

tman

Ciaran500 wrote:

You must have a pretty hefty PC if you are considering it for the PC tman.

It should be capable enough when all of the new bits I ordered finally arrive
8800GTS, Core 2 Duo E6750, 2GB of ram and an EPENIS XL++:cool:

mcgovern

Can't wait for this game, everything about it so far looks amazing.

The Freeman

just read on wikipedia that p.c. gamer gave it 95% lads, this game is gonna rock


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioshock#Reception


and then we have stranglehold, crysis, halo 3, moh airborne, gta 4 over the coming months

0ubliette

Im gonna pick it up on 360, my pc could probably run it on minimum settings, but id rather play it in my bedroom, lights off, headphones on, on my HDTV, then sittin on my swivel chair in front of the PC

koneko

Have the Collector's Edition pre-ordered, and I'll probably take the day off. I can't wait. Will be playing it on PC but I'll probably want to play it on 360 at some point too.

Freeman, GTA IV is delayed.

0ubliette

Just realised i wont even be in the country when its released..haha, ah well, might just pre order it, so it should arrive and be waiting for me by the time i get home

koneko

Rumour has it Game Informer are giving it 10/10

The Freeman

koneko wrote:

Freeman, GTA IV is delayed.

crap on a stick

LookingFor

Can you preorder the PC Collector's Edition at Game?

Kiith

Ah sweet. I was worried that this wouldnt live up to expectations, but its looking like this will take SS2's place as my favourite horror/fps. Anyone have any idea how long its supposed to be?

I might get this for the 360, as it seems like a slower pace fps, and the joystick shouldnt effect it that much. But we'll see.

MOH

Only one review so far on metacritic, for the 360 version.

Official Xbox magazine UK gave it .... 100 (presume that's a 5/5 or something converted)

hurleyd

Definitely PC version of this for me. Keyboard and mouse. Got a E6600 (overclocked to 3.2), 8800 GTS and 2gb of RAM waiting to play this game. I'm wondering what the directx 10 will be like on it, will I actually use Vista for something soon?

Maximilian

Apparently, the Reviewer in PC Gamer loved one particular level in Bioshock and said to himself that finally, someone had created a level in a game to rival The Cradle (my own favourite level of all time) in Thief 3. When he spoke to the Developer they told him that it was made by Jordan Thomas, the same guy responsible for The Cradle.

I can't wait for this game.

cashman

I have a pretty good spec PC but I think I will buy the 360 version should look great on my 42'' plasma

Lafortezza

Any links to online reviews?

Ciaran500

lafortezza wrote:

Any links to online reviews?

None yet, its still 20 days till release.

cashman

lafortezza wrote:

Any links to online reviews?

No links but the UK edition of PC Gamer gave Bioshock 95%

Kiith

I read the review last night, and i'm soooo looking forward to this. It really sounds brilliant (especially that level thats like the Cradle in Thief). The Big Daddies sound bloody cool though.

Also, its supposed to be quite long, which is a good thing.

Azza

Interestingly PC Gamer UK said this game ran well on 1600x1200 max settings with an AMD Athlon X2 5200 and a 8800gts 320mb card so its not that tough on system requirements.

It was also noted not only to have a great atmosphere and story line but superb graphics and sound and voice acting. Plus they also noted it to be quite bug free.

If you guys haven't seen the HD clips and trailers yet of Bioshock head over to www.gametrailers.com and search for Bioshock some really good videos of the game there.

Kiith

Azza wrote:

Interestingly PC Gamer UK said this game ran well on 1600x1200 max settings with an AMD Athlon X2 5200 and a 8800gts 320mb card so its not that tough on system requirements.

Ya, they apparently spent alot of time optimising the game to run really well on systems that wouldnt even be considered on top of the line systems. I'm looking forward to playing it on max, and thats probably why i'll stick with the pc version.

Azza wrote:

It was also noted not only to have a great atmosphere and story line but superb graphics and sound and voice acting. Plus they also noted it to be quite bug free

Ya, i noticed that as well. Bad voice acting can ruin a game, and its good to know that they havent gone the easy way.

Zombrex

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/23297.html

Is that an Irish accent (or an attempt at one) that I hear ... ?

Azza

Yeah accent sounds irish or perhaps Irish/American.

orangerooster

Been looking forward to this for some time. The timing of my new HD tv arriving couldnt really have been better.