Current Events > Bioshock Infinite fucking blows

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From both a narrative and gameplay standpoint it's just not good
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K
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looks pretty, though
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Yeah I definitely didn't enjoy it too much. It was just...ok.

Still better than Dragon Age Inquisition though.

one of the most disappointing games ive ever played
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Most try-hard ending of all time
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What don't you like about it?
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ApherosyLove posted...

What don't you like about it?

Gameplay is barebones and unrewarding with shooting mechanics that feel like an early 2000s title, level design is incredibly linear and formulaic, and completely lacking in the attention to detail that makes linear game design truly shine. A borderline genocidal ethno-state is also an EXTREMELY poor setting for the "both sides are just as bad!" narrative, and the entire plot is a hamfisted slapped together mess.
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I remember when the game first came out people were talking about how amazing it was. I thought it was crap right from the start and kept waiting for it to get better
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I enjoyed it
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I really liked it, except the ending which was dumb. Up until that I thought the story and characters were cool, and the world was really great.
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FrisbeeDude posted...

I enjoyed it

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The only thing I didnt like was that I fell in love with my daughter
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butthole666 posted...

A borderline genocidal ethno-state is also an EXTREMELY poor setting for the "both sides are just as bad!" narrative,

I agree with you there, and I did think a huge chunk of the middle of the game was super boring.
But other than that I loved it!
When I got Infinite, I thought playing the first Bioshock that came with it would be something I'd do for maybe 10 minutes before moving on to Infinite. But I ended up being absolutely blown away by the first and it made my experience of Infinite feel a lot better, because I played it immediately after.
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armandro posted...

The only thing I didnt like was that I fell in love with my daughter

Also.
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butthole666 posted...

ApherosyLove posted...

What don't you like about it?

Gameplay is barebones and unrewarding with shooting mechanics that feel like an early 2000s title, level design is incredibly linear and formulaic, and completely lacking in the attention to detail that makes linear game design truly shine. A borderline genocidal ethno-state is also an EXTREMELY poor setting for the "both sides are just as bad!" narrative, and the entire plot is a hamfisted slapped together mess.

I liked it. I highly recommend playing on hard difficulty. Forces you to actually use your powers to get an edge while normal just feels like straight up Call of Duty because you can run forward and catch bullets with your face and still achieve victory. As for the plot? The setting was based on US history and race was a huge thing around the turn of the century (19th to 20th) in America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadir_of_American_race_relations

As for "same thing both sides" ....... the early 20th century was absurdly brutal. The revolution you see in infinite reminded me of the Russian Revolution. Millions died. The royal family, men women and children, along with countless other were murdered and the government that replaced the old Russian Empire was as bad or worse than the reds that won the war.

I enjoyed Infinite more than the other Bioshocks.
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Shotgunnova posted...

I enjoyed Infinite more than the other Bioshocks.

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theone1331 posted...

Yeah I definitely didn't enjoy it too much. It was just...ok.

Still better than Dragon Age Inquisition though.

Big nope. Post trespasser, inquisition is excellent. Infinite is just ho hum
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Shotgunnova posted...

I enjoyed Infinite more than the other Bioshocks.

2 is my favorite, so what do I know.
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theone1331 posted...

Yeah I definitely didn't enjoy it too much. It was just...ok.

Still better than Dragon Age Inquisition though.

Dragon Age is a garbage series through and through.
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MrBobGray posted...

theone1331 posted...

Yeah I definitely didn't enjoy it too much. It was just...ok.

Still better than Dragon Age Inquisition though.

Dragon Age is a garbage series through and through.

You drunk homie? Origins is the last truly Stellar game bioware made, and inquisition post trespasser is pretty excellent. 2 sucks though.
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What drove me nuts was the marketing blitz behind the game when it came out. There were more than a couple news and politics podcasts/radio shows that did a feature on it and acted as if it was the first videogame with a narrative; like the future of interactive storytelling had changed. It was obvious that a lot of people who don't know shit about gaming were paid to promote this thing to the moon. And of course the game itself is nothing special.
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the combat and level design are what really pissed me off. considerably linear and narrow minded in everything over 1 and 2. 2 weapon limit can suck my nuts, horribly underused sky lines, shallow upgrades to everything, semi-infinite resource provider elizabeth, poor level design that consists of a few side room and a hallway (baring that one end-ish level). the story comes off as interesting, but once you sit back and take it in it falls apart hard. its an interesting experience because of that, but a pretty mediocre game.

2 is still the best in the series.
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Burial at sea was excellent though
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pres_madagascar posted...

Burial at sea was excellent though

Burial at sea makes an already fan-fiction tier hallway shooter even worse.
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GiftedACIII posted...

pres_madagascar posted...

Burial at sea was excellent though

Burial at sea makes an already fan-fiction tier hallway shooter even worse.

By becoming more stealth oriented?
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pres_madagascar posted...

GiftedACIII posted...

pres_madagascar posted...

Burial at sea was excellent though

Burial at sea makes an already fan-fiction tier hallway shooter even worse.

By becoming more stealth oriented?

How can Columbia influence Rapture when the whole point of infinite's ending is to stop Columbia from ever being made? How can God Elizabeth who can manipulate time and space lose to a single big daddy? Why does going into a universe make her lose her omnipotence when the luteces routinely do so? How does her sacrificing herself to save the little sisters prevent the countless other universes where the little sisters would die anyway? Why does Elizabeth even exist in the first place when all Elizabeths should've been prevented from existing? It's an absolute mess
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theone1331 posted...

Yeah I definitely didn't enjoy it too much. It was just...ok.

Still better than Dragon Age Inquisition though.

Fuck no, I've never seen something so wrong in my life.
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It was bad. 1 was the good one.
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dave_is_slick posted...

theone1331 posted...

Yeah I definitely didn't enjoy it too much. It was just...ok.

Still better than Dragon Age Inquisition though.

Fuck no, I've never seen something so wrong in my life.

It makes me physically ill that people think Inquisition was a good game.

wait a minute that card
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I agree with all infinites flaws yet still really enjoy it. I guess i really love what it was going for despite the end product having some glaring flaws both in gameplay and story.
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theone1331 posted...

dave_is_slick posted...

theone1331 posted...

Yeah I definitely didn't enjoy it too much. It was just...ok.

Still better than Dragon Age Inquisition though.

Fuck no, I've never seen something so wrong in my life.

It makes me physically ill that people think Inquisition was a good game.

It had flaws but you're insane if you think it's remotely comparable to the bullshit that was Infinite.
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dave_is_slick posted...

theone1331 posted...

dave_is_slick posted...

theone1331 posted...

Yeah I definitely didn't enjoy it too much. It was just...ok.

Still better than Dragon Age Inquisition though.

Fuck no, I've never seen something so wrong in my life.

It makes me physically ill that people think Inquisition was a good game.

It had flaws but you're insane if you think it's remotely comparable to the bullshit that was Infinite.

At least Bioshock was just a linear game that you could blaze through within a couple hours. The pain was only for a few moments.

Inquisition locked story quests behind walls of doing hours of countless terrible single player MMO quests in a bland glitchy world. A knife twisting into your gut, as you pray to god it comes out soon. You finally pull it out, just to see another knife jamming into your backside 20 minutes later as you prepare for another 2 hours or twisting.

And the story? Bioshock tried to hard and failed, but at least is fucking tried. Inquisition? Evil dude being evil. Wow. Incredible.

You're right, it blows the first 2 out of the water. Best Bioshock by far.
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P4wn4g3 posted...

It was bad. 1 was the good one.

Agreed and honestly it wasnt anything special

I had to drop Infinite because I got so bored

I dont see the high praise for this series
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Romulox28 posted...

one of the most disappointing games ive ever played

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theone1331 posted...

Inquisition locked story quests behind walls of doing hours of countless terrible single player MMO quests in a bland glitchy world. A knife twisting into your gut, as you pray to god it comes out soon. You finally pull it out, just to see another knife jamming into your backside 20 minutes later as you prepare for another 2 hours or twisting.

Never had that problem.

theone1331 posted...

And the story? Bioshock tried to hard and failed, but at least is f***ing tried. Inquisition? Evil dude being evil. Wow. Incredible.

Ah, so throwing out the status quo and making you question the very fabric of Thedas isn't trying. That's new.
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It blows my mind that the game promotes upgrading your weapons and using them in specific scenarios but you can only carry two at a time
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P4wn4g3 posted...

It was bad. 1 was the good one.

2 was honestly better from a gameplay standpoint and only suffered from tryung to retcon in a character that was never even mentioned
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butthole666 posted...

P4wn4g3 posted...

It was bad. 1 was the good one.

2 was honestly better from a gameplay standpoint and only suffered from tryung to retcon in a character that was never even mentioned

Bioshock doesn't have the strongest game play honestly, it stands out more in Infinite than the others but 1 was innovative and new, 2 was a bit of an extension of that. So sure I suppose the game play was better, but it wasn't new and game play isn't the strong point of the series.
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Great story, terrible unsatisfying gameplay. Enjoyed my first playthrough, but I got bored to death whenever I tried to play it again.
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theone1331 posted...

dave_is_slick posted...

theone1331 posted...

dave_is_slick posted...

theone1331 posted...

Yeah I definitely didn't enjoy it too much. It was just...ok.

Still better than Dragon Age Inquisition though.

Fuck no, I've never seen something so wrong in my life.

It makes me physically ill that people think Inquisition was a good game.

It had flaws but you're insane if you think it's remotely comparable to the bullshit that was Infinite.

At least Bioshock was just a linear game that you could blaze through within a couple hours. The pain was only for a few moments.

Inquisition locked story quests behind walls of doing hours of countless terrible single player MMO quests in a bland glitchy world. A knife twisting into your gut, as you pray to god it comes out soon. You finally pull it out, just to see another knife jamming into your backside 20 minutes later as you prepare for another 2 hours or twisting.

And the story? Bioshock tried to hard and failed, but at least is fucking tried. Inquisition? Evil dude being evil. Wow. Incredible.

Lmao no it doesn't. 90% of rhe non story quests can be skipped quite easily.
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butthole666 posted...

P4wn4g3 posted...

It was bad. 1 was the good one.

2 was honestly better from a gameplay standpoint and only suffered from tryung to retcon in a character that was never even mentioned

Yeah 2 is extremely underrated. It also had a very silly story (still better than infinite's) but it has by far the best gameplay and had a really cool protecting little sister mechanic. Also Minerva's den makes up for the poor main story
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The gun limit, Shields and lack of traps made it boring
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Honestly I've never played it but every gameplay vid I've seen makes it look terrifically boring
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Objectively false. Game is fantastic.
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Agreed

Honestly it feels like a massive downgrade from bioshock 1 and 2

Both those games just have a lot more depth and thats sad
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