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sinha on 04 July 2007

"...that sums up the idealized version of 1960 that the game relishes in."

These game review sites need to consider hiring a few people with decent educations, even if their primary audience is 14 year old boys.

1960s?

Jules Verne wrote from the mid-1800s until the early 1900s, social darwinism was big around the turn of the century, Ayn Rand's objectivist novels are essentially 1930s-1940s, Fritz Lang's Metropolis was released in 1927, art deco was popular in the 1920s-1940 (Chrysler and Empire State buildings were both built in the early 1930s).



We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that they [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so the question is what do you do for the rest of the nine and half years? It's a learning process. - SCEI president Kaz Hirai

It's a virus where you buy it and you play it with your friends and they're like, "Oh my God that's so cool, I'm gonna go buy it." So you stop playing it after two months, but they buy it and they stop playing it after two months but they've showed it to someone else who then go out and buy it and so on. Everyone I know bought one and nobody turns it on. - Epic Games president Mike Capps

We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games. - Activision CEO Bobby Kotick

 

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ckmlb on 04 July 2007
sinha said:
"...that sums up the idealized version of 1960 that the game relishes in."

These game review sites need to consider hiring a few people with decent educations, even if their primary audience is 14 year old boys.

1960s?

Jules Verne wrote from the mid-1800s until the early 1900s, social darwinism was big around the turn of the century, Ayn Rand's objectivist novels are essentially 1930s-1940s, Fritz Lang's Metropolis was released in 1927, art deco was popular in the 1920s-1940 (Chrysler and Empire State buildings were both built in the early 1930s).
In the story you're in an alternate version of the 1960s under the ocean.

 



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SleepWaking on 04 July 2007

I still haven't decided wether to buy this for the 360 or the PC. The pc version should look nicer then the 360 version (and i want to try out directx10) and mouse control. But the 360 version got achievements and that means i will put more time in the game.



naznatips on 04 July 2007

I'm getting the PC version because I don't own a 360 yet but I have a very capable gaming PC, and I'm way too impatient to wait till I get a 360. The game looks so amazing.



mrstickball on 04 July 2007

Condemned:

Rocketpig, you have a 360 and haven't played Condemned? Basically, Condemned is like a lesser, older version of Bioshock. Graphically, it was the best launch game, and still is pretty good even by today's standards. The audio quality (expecially with surround sound) is excellent, as the game is incredibly dark, moody, and just awesome. The story is crazy (very confusing, but in a good, ask alot of questions, sort of way).

The first 3 levels are very monotnious, as is the combat system (think a dumbed down Oblivion), but very very violent. However, after the first 3 levels, you get to the Abandoned Mall, which is about the scariest and best moment of gaming history (think Umbrella Manor for RE1....That's if you played it when it came out).

I can't spoil the scary parts....But it's just the scariest level in gaming history. Yes, it's linear, and the combat is basic, but it's oh so fun. Since it was a launch game, copies of this game are cheap and easy. Any person interested in Bioshock needs to atleast rend and play through the game.

Condemned's storyline and ending are just fantastic. The flame effects are some of the best for any game out there right now, and play a huge part in the game, expecially later.

Yes, again, the combat is basic (I assume Bioshock's is going to be far better), but there's nothing like bashing a junkies face in :)



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ckmlb on 04 July 2007
mrstickball said:
Condemned:

Rocketpig, you have a 360 and haven't played Condemned? Basically, Condemned is like a lesser, older version of Bioshock. Graphically, it was the best launch game, and still is pretty good even by today's standards. The audio quality (expecially with surround sound) is excellent, as the game is incredibly dark, moody, and just awesome. The story is crazy (very confusing, but in a good, ask alot of questions, sort of way).

The first 3 levels are very monotnious, as is the combat system (think a dumbed down Oblivion), but very very violent. However, after the first 3 levels, you get to the Abandoned Mall, which is about the scariest and best moment of gaming history (think Umbrella Manor for RE1....That's if you played it when it came out).

I can't spoil the scary parts....But it's just the scariest level in gaming history. Yes, it's linear, and the combat is basic, but it's oh so fun. Since it was a launch game, copies of this game are cheap and easy. Any person interested in Bioshock needs to atleast rend and play through the game.

Condemned's storyline and ending are just fantastic. The flame effects are some of the best for any game out there right now, and play a huge part in the game, expecially later.

Yes, again, the combat is basic (I assume Bioshock's is going to be far better), but there's nothing like bashing a junkies face in :)

 The stuff Bioshock is doing is beyond any previous FPS on the 360. The AI, story and amount of attention to detail are unprecedented.



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mrstickball on 04 July 2007

....And the AI in Condemned was equally as good (later on, junkies start grouping together for attacks against you), and the detail was such a huge step up...Atleast for 05.

Either way, if Bioshock does better, I'll certainly be impressed.



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