[pc] Bioshock

[Rishwin]

Surprised to see a lack of any Bioshock threads since it was released... anyone got it? bought it? how do you like it?

I actually bought it, decided that i would actually buy Bioshock and Crysis (wen it comes out). Only played about an hour of Bioshock but the graphics are awesome, especially the water effects which are amazing. Getting a 320mb 8800gts in less than a month so i'll be able to see how it looks with the dx10 textures enabled and with AA on.

Although i bought it, i'm using an activation-skipping crack that i got online cos 2k's security feature only lets you use the same serial like 5 times... they said they will be removing it in the near future but before then i want to keep my serial so its in working condition.

Any thoughts on the game?

[MentaL]

[ImaMoFoThief]

bioshock is soo last week HALO 3 is this week and probly for the next three months till super smash bros and i thought id see more metroid prime 3 corruption on the site and all i see is someones sig

[Rishwin]

bioshock is soo last week HALO 3 is this week and probly for the next three months till super smash bros and i thought id see more metroid prime 3 corruption on the site and all i see is someones sig

Of all the games you named, only 1 fits the PC tag which this thread has.
Get a clue then return.

[ImaMoFoThief]

im just saying that i expected to see more mp3c and bioshock is dwarved by halo 3 maybe in 4 months people will talk about bioshock but me personally i would really like to try this game

[Dandune]

It's "different" and has a original feeling about it. I hated all the hype it got but it wasn't a bad game. IMO the story helped the game a lot though & the twists/plot development was just right. The scenery was really quite well done and it made a positive difference than walking through an office complex or some space station.

Other than that it's definitely worth getting and playing through to the end.

ImaMoFoThief, would you kindly stop posting non-topic related things?

[GohanSSJ]

Yes it was hyped, but it deserved it, for example everyone's screaming Halo 3, i got it pre-ordered, i definetly want the game, but let's not pretend it's the most amazing game ever, because it's not.

Bioshock ain't that either imo, however it's definetly 1 of the best games i ever played, the only things that would have made this game better if it was longer, and if there was a multiplayer, and while those are 2 major things, the fact is that the gameplay, physics and the amazing graphics make up for it bigtime.

Anyway i obviously own the game, i ordered the collectors edition but the fucking shop promised me i would get one multiple times, but in the end didn't have 1 for me... jackasses... bought the tin box version later.

[NoPeace]

Played the demo and it was fun. Probably get the X360 version next month when my wifes gets back over here. As she wants to the game first.

NoPeace - out

[Apollovin]

Hey i got bioshock! and updated to vista just to get dx10... i saw no difference at all lol so went back to good old xp. (got sick of the damn ALLOW and DENY)

But its a great game! I advise everyone to buy it and crysis when it comes out )

[NoPeace]

Hey i got bioshock! and updated to vista just to get dx10... i saw no difference at all lol so went back to good old xp. (got sick of the damn ALLOW and DENY)

But its a great game! I advise everyone to buy it and crysis when it comes out )

There isn't much difference because they took the approach of making it perform better with DX10.

Though there are some major things that are different between the DX9 and DX10 version.

1) The shadow detail is greater
2) Water ripples are more realistic
3) Soft particle smoke (which makes it look real and no lines in it)

NoPeace - out

[HyDroKD]

I might get it because the games looks amazing, I'm not sure thought i am also waiting for portal!

[Konrow]

Lack of Bioshock threads? Pretty sure theres been two. One by me. Anyway I beat the game for my 360 and gonna go again this time trying to get all the achievements. I would've gotten it for my PC as it'd go nicely with System Shock 2 and 1 right next to it, but alas my graphics card would explode. Sucks about the limited serial code usage thing tho. Hope they change that for you PC guys soon.

[Apollovin]

There isn't much difference because they took the approach of making it perform better with DX10.

Though there are some major things that are different between the DX9 and DX10 version.

1) The shadow detail is greater
2) Water ripples are more realistic
3) Soft particle smoke (which makes it look real and no lines in it)

NoPeace - out

Perform better with DX10?
It performes better with DX9. more frames

[Daevius]

I rent it from a friend. Great game :D. I have Geforce 8600GTS and I have everything on max :D (dx9). I like the research camera thing :).

What do you guys? Rescue or Harvest the Little Sisters? (I rescue :P)

[Zmiffy]

I got it for my 360, great game except that it lacks multiplayer.

[Konrow]

I got it for my 360, great game except that it lacks multiplayer.

If you were near me right now i'd punch you. Anyone else complains about multi player and they get punched too. its not a necessity

[linklink88]

I'd say multiplayer is ALWAYS necessary unless you havn't got any friends.

(prepares for a punch)

[Daevius]

False. Lot of multiplayer games are addicted and have a complete different play style. Some game developers want their games to have a certain playstyle. I mean, you want it to be one of those thousends online shooters out there? Zapping eachother with plasmids? That would kinda ruin the gameplay.

For games like CoD or BF it should really have MP. But Simcity (lol) or Bioshock is just designed for SP.

Dont get me wrong, MP has great fun, but SP sometimes too ;)

[Zmiffy]

If you were near me right now i'd punch you. Anyone else complains about multi player and they get punched too. its not a necessity

I disagree, you get more for your money with the multiplayer feature. Singleplayer games you just complete and then they just collect dust.

[NoPeace]

Perform better with DX10?
It performes better with DX9. more frames

I'm talking about under Vista only.

Test the game on both DX9 and DX10 in vista and you'll see on average the same FPS. At times the DX10 version will be a head by a single FPS. So you do get a slight performance increase in DX10 which also comes with better shadows, particle effects and other shader based changes.

Of course from XP to Vista you'll get a lot of performance drop but that's due to lower driver quality.

I rent it from a friend. Great game :D. I have Geforce 8600GTS and I have everything on max :D (dx9). I like the research camera thing :).

What do you guys? Rescue or Harvest the Little Sisters? (I rescue :P)

Now then... What resolution you have it at? What is your AA settings? And what is your AF settings?

Don't say you have it on max unless you are running it at native resolution with 4xAA and at least 8xAF (16x preferably).

Now that'll be max settings in a way. Though still not max as your card can do 8xAA and 16xAF. Then and only then you can truely say you have max settings but normally it's just a min of 4xAA and 8xAF.

I'd say multiplayer is ALWAYS necessary unless you havn't got any friends.

(prepares for a punch)

I beg to differ.

Ever played Metal Gear Solid, Grand Theft Auto, Final Fantasy, and Mario?

All of them are rated the best gaming franchises and non of them have true multiplayer.

Not just that but "god games" don't have it either. Look at the Sims based games. They are not online. Don't even know how you'd play SimCity online. O.O

NoPeace - out

[linklink88]

I beg to differ.

Ever played Metal Gear Solid, Grand Theft Auto, Final Fantasy, and Mario?

All of them are rated the best gaming franchises and non of them have true multiplayer.

Not just that but "god games" don't have it either. Look at the Sims based games. They are not online. Don't even know how you'd play SimCity online. O.O

NoPeace - out

Okey my mistake. I meant basicly fps games and games you "shoot" your way through :P But you're right. Alot of good games havn't got multiplayer support because they are made to be played single. Zelda is my favorite btw.

[NoPeace]

Okey my mistake. I meant basicly fps games and games you "shoot" your way through :P But you're right. Alot of good games havn't got multiplayer support because they are made to be played single. Zelda is my favorite btw.

I can name quite a lot of games that you shoot your way though that doesn't have multiplayer.

Oh wait I named too. :1:

There are tons of games out there that are story focused. And a lot of them do have mutliplayer. Though for the most part the multiplayer sucks. Remember Doom 3 anyone? An amazing 4 player online experience! /sarcasm

NoPeace - out

[Kyle12345]

alas. I downloaded the demo but noo...my ATI Radeon 9550 256MB AGP8x only has Shadow 2.0 or somethin like that.

Anyways it looked...like floating fire and water ripples yeah...Made no sense so I gave up. lol.

[Genryu]

alas. I downloaded the demo but noo...my ATI Radeon 9550 256MB AGP8x only has Shadow 2.0 or somethin like that.

Anyways it looked...like floating fire and water ripples yeah...Made no sense so I gave up. lol.

:punch: Same.

[Daevius]

Now then... What resolution you have it at? What is your AA settings? And what is your AF settings?

Don't say you have it on max unless you are running it at native resolution with 4xAA and at least 8xAF (16x preferably).

Now that'll be max settings in a way. Though still not max as your card can do 8xAA and 16xAF. Then and only then you can truely say you have max settings but normally it's just a min of 4xAA and 8xAF.

I run it at 1280x1024, and in the graphics menu I have everything at max. My NVidia control panel says that AA and AF are application controlled, so I guess everything is at max. Anyways 4x AA is really nice, 8x has only a tiny bit of change and 16x is just a waste of time for the GPU.

[GohanSSJ]

alas. I downloaded the demo but noo...my ATI Radeon 9550 256MB AGP8x only has Shadow 2.0 or somethin like that.

Anyways it looked...like floating fire and water ripples yeah...Made no sense so I gave up. lol.

Shadermodel 2, you need Shadermodel 3 which you get from the Geforce 6600's (i believe it starts there anyway, could be a little lower aswell) and up, and the ATI X1600 (or was it 1300?) and higher.

There is a mod that allows you to run it on Shadermodel 2 cards, but even then your card will be to poor to run it, the mod is only useful for those with ATI X800 cards or near that.