Poll: Bioshock Infinite: good or bad?

[FactualSquirrel]

On the G4 site it was said that the fighting would be like the others. Guns in left hand powers in right hand. They won't be plasmids though. I wonder how they are going to do it.
This has pretty much all the info there is so far.
http://g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/64411/bioshock-infinite/articles/71765/BioShock-Infinite-First-Look-Preview/

Ahh, okay, and thanks for the link.

I'll probably still get it, or at least try it out, but I've lost some of my interest now.

 

[Unlucki]

On the G4 site it was said that the fighting would be like the others. Guns in left hand powers in right hand. They won't be plasmids though. I wonder how they are going to do it.
This has pretty much all the info there is so far.
http://g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/64411/bioshock-infinite/articles/71765/BioShock-Infinite-First-Look-Preview/

Ahh, okay, and thanks for the link.

I'll probably still get it, or at least try it out, but I've lost some of my interest now.

Oops. I meant to say guns in right hand, powers in left.

 

[Phoenix09215]

It could either turn out great or be terrible... It depends how they link it to 1 and 2 :S But atleast they're trying something new! If it kept being set in Rapture then it wouldn't be as special!!!

 

[DarkhoIlow]

I saw the debut trailer and was very impressed with it.

Although after finishing the first two games it seems that it has nothing to do with the previous ones plot wise so I'm looking forward to see where all of this is going,looks promising to say the least.

 

[Patton662]

They should have changed the theme after the first game, the second one should have RetCon as it's subtitle.
Flying city of the beginning of the 20th century sure looks like it could be interesting.

 

[Mr.Napier]

Oh boy another installment in the epic stem punk adventure, but this time were in the sky. Hurray for innovation!

 

[AlternatePFG]

They should just call this one 2 and act like game never existed. Okay it wasn't *that* bad but it didn't add nothing to the first.

Anyway, I think this game has potential to be interesting, but I hope to god they don't put any platforming segments in it.

 

[Nouw]

2 Sucked (if you hate it) because it didn't have the "never played it before" feel and the "OMG RAPTURE IS SO COOL!!!!" feel.

This one? It's an entirely new setting and I'm betting it's going to be awesome.

 

[warprincenataku]

It's nice to see the series going in a new direction. I didn't think Bioshock 2 was necessary, but it was good nonetheless. This new reimagining of the IP should do well.

 

[viranimus]

Well its got a lot to overcome. First off trying to explain a city in the sky and getting past "its bioshock.. in the air"

The harder part however is to create a story that is more compelling than the first one. (second was ok, but not quite as good story wise IMHO)

It will also need to realize in my estimation that the powers that are adam/eve driven hypothetically would be weaker in infinite if present at all, as it is a precursor time to BS1...as hypothetically the technology required to extract adam likely would not be as prevalent thus it would yield inferior results compared to what is present in BS1 or 2.

I think it will be better than average, but I really dont expect it to be a revelation. However I think this because I would rather be pessimistic and pleasantly surprised than optimistic and dissapointed.

 

[viranimus]

Pardon my lag resulting in double post.

 

[Ildecia]

seems like i'm going with the crowd here.
i think it has potential for 3 reasons, and 2 (barely) logical thoughts
[sup] lets see what kind of feedback if any i get from this[/sup]
reason 1. once you've gone underwater, and realized that after a sequal its not as good; you go up. then some more up. so sky>ocean city

Reason 2. if we get to play as the big hulking mechanical arm that eats people; cool. i we get to play as that guy (granted we get plasmids etc.) alrighty then. If we get to play as elenor from bioshock 2; epic. Big Sister=win

reason 3. the sky city and the concept for such a city is just too cool; and i am getting sick of watching fish move faster than i am.

(Barely) logical thought 1: we escaped rapture in bioshock 2 right? i mean... if you ripped too many little girls spines out; ok. if you saved little girls; good. but we escaped nonetheless.
(Barely) logical thought 2: sequals have to move somewhere else right? rapture--->rapture didn't feel like much of a change so... hopes for the better!!!

 

[Calhoun347]

I wouldn't know. I haven't played it yet.

 

[Melon Hunter]

This looks amazing, but it does look like a darker version of Up. Also, I hope they weren't planning on making any more sequels. Bioshock Infinity Plus One? It wouldn't make sense.

 

[Omega V]

bloody hell I type out a massive wall of text to explain my feelings towards this game, and my computer interprets "post" as "delete bloody everything and crash the web browser."

Any way my attitudes towards this game so far are a tentative "BLOODY HELZ THIS LOOKS AWESOME I WANTZ THIS GAME INSIDE ME RIGHT NOW!!!!" ahem, as I was saying this is exactly what a sequel SHOULD be doing, using elements of the originals general plot, themes, and gameplay and using them as a jumping off point to launch the series to new heights. (in this case, literally)
And come on, its a steampunk city in the sky, what more could you possibly want?
My only concern is that they address how the city can fly. Some brief pseudo-tecnobable involving some anti-gravity Tesla coils or Unobtanium alloyed with element zero or some such. I also want to know why the Americans felt the need to fashion their aerial death fortress after a city as opposed to a heavily armored Dreadnought/carrier/gunship/Battlecruiser of ultimate pwnage

 

[ProfessorLayton]

The game looks like it could be good. See, the problem with BioShock 2 was that it tried too hard to be the original and this game looks like it's taking it in a whole new direction. It's got the same feel, but looks totally different and I like that.

Looks terrible to me, i loved Bioshock for how different it was from everyother game. To me it was insanely unique and Rapture was a great setting. I think they shoulda stopped at 2

Really? I thought the most original part of BioShock was Rapture itself. The whole universe is what set it apart while the actual gameplay wasn't very good. The art style and the city and the backstories for all the characters... those were the best parts. It seemed very similar to just any other shooter with RPG elements. And they shouldn't have even made BioShock 2... again, the best part was the story and if they wanted to tell it they should have written it into a book or something...

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

Well if they went with the game being about Rapture again then it would be dry, which is rather ironic considering Rapture is at the bottom of the sea. The game needed a new direction and they found it. I like games that expand on the plot a lot because there are always so many questions unanswered. This game will be no different, but it'll answer some too.

That was the right use of ironic, right?

 

[The Amazing Tea Alligator]

Looks terrible to me, i loved Bioshock for how different it was from everyother game. To me it was insanely unique and Rapture was a great setting. I think they shoulda stopped at 2

Not before 2? A friend lent Bioshock 2 to me. I stopped playing the once I realised that I was no longer some unlucky bastard trapped in an interesting city, but rather an overused maguffin trapped in the same damn city. About 5 minutes in.

OT: Depends on how the overall atmosphere of the game is. Like the opening of Bioshock 1, where everything wants to kill you and it's mildly frightening, but not like later on where you and your trusty god-camera blast away everything in your path. It's called 'Bethesda syndrome' and it's not a good thing for horror games.

 

[The Lost Big Boss]

Considering the game is coming out in 2012 I will reserve judgment for a whole game on one teaser trailer. But one thing that has me excited is that they are making a whole new engine for this game, and ditching the (completely overused and not good looking) Unreal engine*.

*Unreal Engine 2.5...

*Why the hell would they still use 2.5?!

 

[Superior Mind]

Don't know why they kept the same Bioshock moniker. I mean it may be set in the same universe, but you hear "Bioshock" and you think leaking dilapidated submarine cities, not flying steampunk balloon cities.

I reckon it looks cool. Definitely more likely to buy this than Bioshock 2, (which I didn't bother with.)

Basically this is what I want to say, except it doesn't have my flair or charm. Does it have to be called Bioshock? I appreciate it'll draw fans from its older audience, but you could just grow some cojones and launch a new IP couldn't you?

Agreed completely but before we go on I'd like to say that I didn't detect any flair or charm in what you wrote either.