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Insane BioShock 'review commercial' makes me weak in the knees photo

BioShock is the type of game that I wish I could forget I ever played so I could go back and experience it for the first time all over again. This fantastic ad kind of gave me the same feeling -- even though it's basically a commercial showcasing the game's excellent reviews, the level of detail and atmosphere in it makes it well worth the watch.

I know a game has nailed atmosphere to perfection when I actually find myself thinking about going there as if it was a real place. Silent Hill used to take the cake for me, but I think of Rapture I wish I could spend a day there, despite splicers falling out of the ceiling and Big Daddies stomping about. If this kind of atmospheric immersion is the future of gaming, it could be the best era in gaming we've seen yet.

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twesterm's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 12:01
twesterm
Really?

I'm actually not a huge fan of that commercial. It only really shows off the reviews (which is never a bad thing) but doesn't do that great of job of telling about the atmosphere the original commercial did for me.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 12:07
king3vbo
Thats a very pretty commercial
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 12:18
Holyetheline
i played bioshock lastnight, i love it a lot
HawtPawkitHero's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 12:18
HawtPawkitHero
I didn't like bioshock.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 12:20
BluDesign
I can't wait to get my copy back in Feb so I can try out the new plasmids and make a run at that 100pt insane achievement.
Surf314's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 12:20
Surf314
The cake is a lie, Bioshock takes the pi!
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 12:28
MechaMonkey
@Surf314

I see what you did there.
wardrox's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 12:36
wardrox
If you don't like Bioshock, you just don't understand Bioshock.

:-P
ShadowXOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 12:37
ShadowXOR
Bioshock was great but the atmosphere of System Shock 2 pulled me in a lot deeper, and I usually hate sci-fi. Bioshock was a great game but it felt more like a spiritual successor to Half-Life 2 (gameplay wise) than System Shock 2. It got dumbed down too much. At least it was a good game, unlike Deus Ex: Invisible War.
HawtPawkitHero's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 13:16
HawtPawkitHero
/yawn
It was pretty.
The storyline was pretty much MEH.
I don't see why it was perfect though...
ShadowXOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 13:23
ShadowXOR
I think it was relatively perfect for what it was, but I was looking for something deeper. The storyline in System Shock 2 was done better as well in my opinion. Even though the same guy wrote the logs you find, they didn't seem nearly as interesting in this game.
OWLICKS's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 13:40
OWLICKS
HawtPawkitHero is such a badass wildcard that he don't give a shit about your game of the year.

He played WoW.
Angel Thanatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 13:53
Angel Thanatos
The Story line itself starts off slow, but after a couple hours it does become GotY material. You just have to give it a chance :P....

At the rate of advancement in technology do you think rapture invented the internet before Al Gore did?
BFeld13's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 13:57
BFeld13
So win
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 14:29
Eschatos
Very nice, the game and the ad.
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 14:31
AgentMOO
In before 11 out of 10
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 16:57
Im OK
HOW DARE ANYONE SAY BIOSHOCK IS ANYTHING MORE THAN MERELY GOOD?!!!1~1212~12 YOU ARE WRONG!!!!@`!2`1@ I'M SO TIRED OF THIS!!!@#!@!@4341~4`!!! HHHHUUUURRRRRGGGGG!!!`12~!2~!@`344~`23!!

Insert close sarcasm tag here, obviously, because I personally thought Bioshock was as awesome as everyone has said it was, considering that I only recently finished it for the first time. Up there with HL2. Sadly, I haven't played System Shock 2 past the tutorial level because it kept crashing on me, but if it really is better than Bioshock as some are saying, then damn... just damn. I need to find a way to make it work.
MissHinasaki's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 17:32
MissHinasaki
Gaaaaah! I was finally over the fact that I cannot play Bioshock! Now the pain is all coming back to me...
ScottyG's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 18:48
ScottyG
Cool commercial, but Quicktime for the lose. :p
Aertyr's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/13/2007 21:46
Aertyr
10 out of 10 isn't enough for it's majesty.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2007 00:08
Fading Star
Not a bad commercial.
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/14/2007 01:25
Necros
So...I suppose I should play my copy soon.
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