Poll: Will you get Bioshock Infinite?

[Yopaz]

I don't see any reason not to. I'm glad it's tonally different. As much as I enjoyed the two previous excursions to Rapture (three, counting the masterful Minerva's Den), I think having a third game set there would only serve to take away from the previous games' stories.

Yeah, it's refreshing to see a company actually trying to make something new out of the series rather than giving us what they have already showed is twice before.

OT: I will not buy it. the first one just didn't click with me, I don't know why, I like the story, the setting, the gameplay mechanics, the concept, the physics, it just didn't do anything for me. Infinite looks really beautiful and I love the graphics, but I don't think the series is for me.

 

[skywolfblue]

Probably. It's not set in stone that I'll buy it, but I do like what I've seen so far.

 

[Swyftstar]

Bioshock 2 suffered greatly because it tried to follow up Bioshock directly, despite the fact that the first game neither needed, nor really left any opening for a sequel. This, in my opinion, would have been the case even if it had been Irrational that had worked on it.

This is what I thought. I thought it so fervently that I didn't even buy part 2. Part 1 was a neat, tidy story that ended as it should and I saw no reason to return to rapture. Doing so, in my eyes, would have cheapened the experience I already had there.
Now this new place looks exciting. It looks like they are trying get the same sort of tension with a entirely different locale and pace. From what I've seen so sar I think they can pull it off. I'm excited to see what the final product will be.

 

[Poetic Nova]

Don't know for sure yett. But if I buy it it will be the first Bioshock that I do enjoy then.

 

[aguspal]

OBVIOUSLY.


Bioshock 1 and 2 where pretty damn good games. Especially 2 (Yeah, I actually liked 2 more than 1, sue me).

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I'm going in with a mindset that this isn't a true Bioshock game. It's a game I want so much -- Steampunk FPS with a good art design, good characters and not in a completely realistic set, plus some elements of RPG, but it's not a Bioshock game. Maybe they'll fix some things I didn't like in Bioshock, maybe they'll add new things I don't like, but I'm going with it.

 

[TheMann]

Short answer, yes. Long answer, HELL YES! This was one of only three games I wanted in 2012, and two of those three got pushed back to 2013, so Borderlands 2 was the only on-release game I bought this year. Bioshock was great. I got Bioshock 2 on a Steam sale and it earned a solid "meh" from me. But this game just looks so damn imaginative compared to what would be a third and completely unnecessary tired slog through Rapture. The story actually looks very complicated. In Bioshock you get there after the major war in Rapture. In this game you get there right in the middle of it. Then there's the part about multiple realities,the enemies have great variety, and it all just looks so fucking cool.

Oh, and there's a new trailer:
Granted this highlights the gameplay not the story, but holy shit just take my money already.

 

[TheSteeleStrap]

I'm looking forward to it. I really like the first one and I even sorta like the second one, so this is going to happen.

 

[Caedus]

A thousand time yes! I want it! Now! Gimme!

Seriously though, I'm getting the Collector's Edition next month (hoping some will still be available by then) as soon as I get money.

 

[BNguyen]

has everyone forgotten that there aren't just the handymen and regular humans in Columbia but also the Boys of Silence, the Sirens, and the Motorized Patriots?
Bioshock has always been about offering the player different means of fighting and with the creators adding more than just humans, big daddies and security turrets it looks to be a fun ride, and ever since the first 10 minute demo trailer appeared I've wanted to play it.

I mean, the first Bioshocks were fun for me with the art and the story; however, when compared to Infinite, Bioshock was simply moving from fight to fight in closed off rooms with no real feel for being underwater. But Infinite, it takes you into the sky and you actually have to use that in order to fight, no longer are you stuck in a room until the enemies are gone.

 

[Mikejames]

I think Columbia has the potential to be more interesting than Rapture.

As much as I enjoyed the first game's setting, the fact that it was underwater had more to do with aesthetics than how it actually affected what was happening and what you needed to do. With Columbia you're actually moving through the skies.

 

[Zeraki]

I definitely want to, but I need to upgrade my PC before then. My hardware is a bit outdated for a lot of modern games.

 

[Paranoah]

Well since i havent played any of the bioshock games(i know but i am broke) so i guess ill be waiting until im done with 1 and 2

 

[JVFTW]

Maybe it's just me, but with developers jumping ship, the game being the last one released on xbox 360, and the 6 month delay, I'm starting to lose interest...

 

[everythingbeeps]

Yep, day one. I'm not bouncing off the walls with anticipation though.

 

[MDSnowman]

Bioshock 2 took one good idea (one hand for your weapon, the other for your plasmid), and tried to build a game off of that... and the extremely weak third act of the original Bioshock.

The fact that Bioshock Infinite is starting with a whole new setting is nothing but a good sign to me.

I'm totally ready to buy this.

 

[ResonanceGames]

I said "yes definitely." Not because I'm sure it's going to be a great game -- I'm far, far from sure of that -- but because I know it'll at least be an interesting failure at worst.

I've had some issues with the direction they've taken the 'Shock series post-System Shock 2 (yes, I know they're different IPs, but the lineage is crystal clear) and all the media I've seen from this points to Irrational continuing to make a game that's really a glorified FPS. An FPS with an interesting setting and story, but still. I miss the "play how you want" adventure/RPG hybrid of the earlier games.

 

[Yureina]

I'm gonna pass. Even if I had enough money to buy any game, Bioshock Infinite would not be my choice. I wasn't that thrilled about the first game, and the second kinda sucked. So... Infinite is far from a high priority for me. >_>

 

[Rose and Thorn]

Most likely. I will probably get Dishonored first though.

Bioshock is my favorite game of all time. Which means out of love, I might not get Infinite. I will really have to believe that I can get the similar feelings out of the game that I got from the original, or else I'll just be wasting my credits.

 

[Murmillos]

It looks like a great game, I'm sure it will be a great game, but it just doesn't have anything that just seems to draw my attention.

Perhaps maybe its because there are so many other games I've already line up to get, plus a growing back log, one less game to fall in love with is something I need to do.