5 dollars says Bioshock 3 is from a splicers Point Of View.
And yeah, good review, hur hur, funny.
And yeah, good review, hur hur, funny.
Zero Punctuation: BioShock 2
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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"Stop crying you little ***** i'm trying to eat these cakes"
Hahaha epic.
Funny how games about people with weird metabolisms keep popping up these days eh?
Hahaha epic.
Funny how games about people with weird metabolisms keep popping up these days eh?
This, except I'm torn on the hacking. I don't really miss Pipe Dream, it's just that it's way too easy now. Then again, Bioshock has always been way too easy, so I guess it's more consistent now.Phoenixlight said:Yay, I've been looking forward to a new episode of zero punctuation all day
I found Bioshock 2 better than the 1st in terms of hacking, the ending and gameplay in general, however I found the 1st game to have a better plot.
But yeah, Bioshock 2 wins out in gameplay and the ending not being the gaming equivalent to blue balls, but Bioshock has a much better plot and better characters (I still love Sinclair though)
oRebellionXXI said:
[small/]I knew that[/small]
*walks away in embaressment
Yes I too have had some glitches
I still think that the rocket spears were a hilarious addition to Bioshock 2. Hell, I had fun with Bioshock 2 with the new Plasmid upgrades and guns and whatnot, but I do agree that the story was severely lacking.
I much rather would have gotten to know about the main Big Daddy's origins rather than just plow through an army of splicers and be done with it. About how they turn people into Big Daddys, etc. Hell, he takes his helmet off in the prologue, but it's all in first person, so we don't even know what he looks like. If they wanted to make the Big Daddy the main character, then they should have at least characterized him outside of his grunts and roars.
As it was, you played as the most powerful individual in Rapture from minute one without even knowing his name, and the old jump scare tricks didn't work in the slightest. Despite the lack of a riveting story, I had some fun with it. Especially near the end when you get your Little Sister back and all sorts of (unexplained) crazy shit happens. Grah, ranting a bit tonight.
I much rather would have gotten to know about the main Big Daddy's origins rather than just plow through an army of splicers and be done with it. About how they turn people into Big Daddys, etc. Hell, he takes his helmet off in the prologue, but it's all in first person, so we don't even know what he looks like. If they wanted to make the Big Daddy the main character, then they should have at least characterized him outside of his grunts and roars.
As it was, you played as the most powerful individual in Rapture from minute one without even knowing his name, and the old jump scare tricks didn't work in the slightest. Despite the lack of a riveting story, I had some fun with it. Especially near the end when you get your Little Sister back and all sorts of (unexplained) crazy shit happens. Grah, ranting a bit tonight.
You wanker for reminding me that game exists...now I have to dig out my PS2 to play it yet again...Ninjamedic said:
I disagree. The issue with most moral choice systems is not their absolutes, after all, how exactly does one half harvest a little sister? The very concept is absurd. Instead, the issue is how no matter what you do, it all comes out very much the same. This was true in Bioshock one, where the effort to save or kill a little sister was equal, and by the end of the game the Adam reward was roughly the same. Bioshock 2, on the other hand, requires much more effort to be good than be bad, for roughly the same reward. If a player saves a little sister, it is no longer an off hand decision. It must be because that player feels some intangible benefit from saving a little sister. And that's cool.Grimwind said:
I have to completely agree with his review nothing he said was false and is planted in the firm ground of fact.
I loved bioshock 1 but I hate bioshock 2 the first game was great and 2k wanting to make money decided to invent a sequel for no reason at all but to make money.
I loved bioshock 1 but I hate bioshock 2 the first game was great and 2k wanting to make money decided to invent a sequel for no reason at all but to make money.
I think the best game to do moral choice was Fallout 1. It was all part of the end movie, and it went through each area you visted and bought ruin to/helped out and told you what happened to them.
That way the moral choices you made in every area were covered not just a single score for the entire game. That way you could be 60% good, 40% evil depending on your mood on the day that you visited each town/area/faction. Cause same days ya just wanna DEATH everything in the room for no good reason.
That way the moral choices you made in every area were covered not just a single score for the entire game. That way you could be 60% good, 40% evil depending on your mood on the day that you visited each town/area/faction. Cause same days ya just wanna DEATH everything in the room for no good reason.
I completely agree and at this point I think they have reached the misinformation stage. Not only does Yahtzee ignore parts of games, he actually gives false information to his viewers about game mechanics. Maybe his bosses should give him so time to actually play games; otherwise, he should stick to with purely subjective interpretations of what he can read on the back of the game box.solidstatemind said:
hmm, didn't like this review very much. sure i liked the first game better, but i think many improvements have been made in the second, and even yahtzee was a bit harsh.
Also the 'plot holes' he mentioned are filled if you bother listening to the audio diaries. Without listening to the audio diaries in either game you can only grasp a fraction of the story's depth. It seems he only played through the game for the sake of finishing it as quickly as possible, each to their own i suppose, but if he just runs through the game as fast as possible without exploring, utilizing and playing with plasmids or dealing with the sisters (which is practically half the game), then he isn't making any effort to enjoy it. Almost as if he doesn't think a sequel deserves his fullest attention.
The video gives me the feeling he made the dante's inferno review last wednesday, slept till tuesday, then woke up and said 'crap! bioshock review's supposed to be done tomorrow!" so he hurriedly played through the game on tuesday, made the review wednesday then released it late, on thursday.
Also the 'plot holes' he mentioned are filled if you bother listening to the audio diaries. Without listening to the audio diaries in either game you can only grasp a fraction of the story's depth. It seems he only played through the game for the sake of finishing it as quickly as possible, each to their own i suppose, but if he just runs through the game as fast as possible without exploring, utilizing and playing with plasmids or dealing with the sisters (which is practically half the game), then he isn't making any effort to enjoy it. Almost as if he doesn't think a sequel deserves his fullest attention.
The video gives me the feeling he made the dante's inferno review last wednesday, slept till tuesday, then woke up and said 'crap! bioshock review's supposed to be done tomorrow!" so he hurriedly played through the game on tuesday, made the review wednesday then released it late, on thursday.
Liked the Terry Prachet reference they always make me obscenely for reasons I don't fully comprehend