MP3 vs Bioshock: reviews

[PlagueOfLocust]

opcode said:

PlagueOfLocust said:

Soriku said:
Bioshock = 15 hrs

But I say Bio'll get a better score overall.

 It may only take you 15 hours to beat, but the replay value is unprecedented. You can play the game over and over and experience a different 15hrs every time, so it's more like 15hrs*x, where x is an integer between 1 and infinity. For the record, my total play-time will probably have x closer to infinity than 1 in the equation.

Sorry but you can play absolutely any game infinity times if you are inclined to do so. I can play Tetris over and over and experience a different 5 minuntes every time, so...

 I'm sorry, but you're absolutely wrong. Yes, you can play any game you want infinity times if you're inclined to do so, but that does not mean it's a new experience every time. Tetris is an example of a game that would be nothing without high-replay value. But pointing out Tetris as your example for this argument is like saying "I saw a black cat; I conclude that all cats are black." Tetris has very high replay value, but I can name a rediculous number of games that have little to no replay value, which would not be a new experience every time. Tetris IS a new experience every time, due to the random block generator and the effect of player choice when it comes to positioning pieces. Bioshock is the same, due to randomly-placed enemies, situational variances with each game, and player choice when it comes to choosing how to customize your abilities and how to utilize them in a given situation.

I didn't say I wouldn't play linear or "the-same-game-each-time-you-play" games more than once, but I would be getting the same experience (which is okay, but you'd have to really have liked the game the first time to play it again, since there's nothing new to be had). Playing a game again because there are new approaches/content available is different from playing a game again because there's something about that single experience which you loved. And either way, you're guaranteed to get far more replay value out of the former type of game than the latter.