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Bioshock, as played by a non-gamer
tom90deg | 9:53 AM on 09.29.2007 8 comments


While I realize that this blog may be a bit behind the times, I figured it may be interesting reading any who. I'm currently abroad for school, and as such haven't had a chance to play Bioshock, Halo 3, and several other games that'll be coming out in the next few months. I did order Bioshock, Collectors edition because I'm a magpie, and collectors editions call out to me.

Anywho, I'm not going to get a chance to play it for a good 2 months, so a few weeks ago I told my dad to fire up the 360 and give Bioshock a go. I normally play games with my dad, mainly Halo or other FPS or Co-op games. I figured while he may not be the best at Halo, he can hold his own in the single player campaign, so it may be fun to play, if it can overcome his ADD.

He finaly did start playing it, and apparently really enjoyed it. He said that he had been staying up until 2 AM playing, and was really freaked out by the game. He even asked me the link for a game hint site so he could get past a hard part. He stopped playing it recently, saying it was just too hard for him, which I could see, if you play game like my dad, e.g. fire at everything that moves, and aim as an afterthought, a game like Bioshock which requires you to conserve ammo would rapidly become very difficult. One other thing that struck me was that he kept referring to the Splicers as "Corpses" which I assume meant that he thought they were zombies of some kind.

To wrap things up, he said it was a very pretty game, fun to play, and very scary, but he had difficulty when he played it like he played Halo.



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Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2007 10:05
Neonie
I can see that. Ya technily splicers are kind of like zombies. (Kind of)
tom90deg's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2007 11:48
tom90deg
Heh, true, I suppose :) They do look like zombies, what with their moaning and lurching about.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2007 12:03
GuitarAtomik
I had a friend who likes video games, but hasn't played them for a long time since he's been living out of the U.S.. So I let him play Bioshock for a bit and he kept dying over and over (at least 5 times within the span of the demo space). In comparison, my casual gameplaying girlfriend only died maybe twice during the same space of time, and she can barely use two analog sticks at the same time.

I quickly realized he was dying so much because he was trying to play it like Doom or Quake. He would just sprint as fast as he could through the level, just blasting away at anything that moved. It was hard to watch him play without saying anything because he would just blow by all the secrets and story elements.
ajaxender's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2007 12:21
ajaxender
Yeah, some people really struggle to change fps styles. Today we had a lan and played some Cod 2. I struggled to not play it like FEAR, died a few times by not staying in cover when i should have :P. Meanwhile one of the other players who admittedly is not the fastest of learners, and really had to practice a lot to get good at FEAR, couldnt adapt at all and just died miserably :(.

Still, i think its a good thing that all these different styles of game exist, makes them all worth playing.
HawtPawkitHero's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2007 12:45
HawtPawkitHero
Slow FPSs are self-contradictory. FPSs, in my opinion, were originally designed to be fast-paced and action packed. I absolutely hate bioshock, as I'm sure you've all seen me say across DToid.
WastelandTraveler's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2007 14:11
WastelandTraveler
the splicers he was probably talking about tom were the ones that lay on the ground and pretend to be dead untill you either A) are right in front of them, or B) you pass them.

BioShock for prez! thank you :D
DethMerchant's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2007 18:51
DethMerchant
I don't know what you're smoking HawtPawkitHero, but you must be a retard if you think Bioshock is a "slow fps." I know you said that fps's were designed to be fast paced and action packed, but honestly, YOU DIDN'T DESIGN THEM, DUMBASS, and calling Bioshock SLOW makes me think you've never even played the fucking game! Oh, and the splicers look nothing like zombies! They're fucking drug addicts! Oh, and who really gives a shit about this dude's dad playing the game?
HawtPawkitHero's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/30/2007 11:23
HawtPawkitHero
Leave DToid you fucking 14 year old. This place isn't for you.
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