You know what? FUCK Bioshock.
 

I downloaded it off of steam, and it absolutely refuses to work. I've spent 2 days trying to make this fucking trash load, and it won't. I get the same "Bioshock.exe has stopped working" message before I see so much as a game screen. I spent hours on forums downloading patches and updating direct x and every other goddamn solution they had, and nothing worked. I just emailed steam demanding a refund. Fuck that shit. I was really looking forward to it too.

Considered buying it? :rolleyes:

Steam is a digital distribution program... he bought it.




Using DX10 Posh?

I did. You buy games off Steam. It's a legit program... Not a scam. I've been running HL2 off it for years with no problems, so this is just bullshit.

Oh... sorry...


Buy it




That being said i agree with the title ot this thread.

Sure it's original. It takes place under water. The music score is damn great and really sets the atmosphere. But other than that.... Its repetitive as hell, the horror elements in it is very, very minor. And where the hell are all the bosses? It's pretty much the same happening from start to finnish.

I'm not saying it's a bad game at all, i'm just baffled about all the hype about it.

I'm more pissed off about all the wasted hours this weekend. I tried really hard to make it work. I downloaded it 3 times. That's 21 hours of downloading and uninstalling just to make this fucking game play like it's supposed to. Deeply disappointed.

Sounds like MY problems with Cubase these last 2 weeks. Irritating as hell yes.

Each room can play out differently based on how you approach it. Also, you have a VERY narrow sense of what is and isn't horror and I'm not at all surprised you wouldn't include genetic manipulation and science gone awry as horror. The limitations of the game are definitely increased if you don't approach the game in interesting ways. I had a hell of a time trying to get Bioshock running on any machine without Direct X 10, I just decided to get it on the 360.

True. When it comes to horror i'm not very open minded.

My philosohy is this:

If you have to analyze something to find the horror in it, it's not horror.

Look at the surface, you can kill little girls with glowing eyes to gain power that allows you to fuck monsters up. I don't think that requires much analyzing.