Good job, great vid Loved the part where you broke the bit of trying to tie each Bioshock game to Fitzgerald books and the reasoning was "I wanna get into the headspace of a guy who thinks he's smarter than he is"
Impressively constructed and well reasoned throughout. I really enjoyed your thoughts on the games and the background going into them. Infinite being the Avatar of gaming is an excellent comparison. The game would have lasted longer in memory if it had something to say. Can't wait for your Metal Gear Revegence video
1:01:20 Charge! fully upgraded is how you dismantle the Siren. Charge it up and hit her. The upgrades give you temp immunity and you deal explosive damage on impact to her and any enemies around her. Rinse and repeat. Is that fun? Not particularly, but it's a pretty quick way of dealing with her, which is a huge improvement.
800 views for a masterpiece of a video huh? I was watching this with my buddy and I said near the beginning "Man I love Bioshock 1's story" and to immedietly have that opinion of mine challenged had me hooked. Great long hitpiece/retrospective.
infinite is a not-great game but with elements that i enjoy and even love. the part where the statue collapses and you ride the rail is still a great setpiece, despite having no gameplay, but the visuals and music and direction carry the whole thing. i don't disagree with most of what you said about infinite, but as a rollercoaster ride it's got some great moments. i guess this is how zack snyder fans feel about some of his movies? and levine does kinda look like zack snyder..... tho i'll take levine's work ANY day of the week. cool video, i haven't played 2 yet but want to, tho the technical issues are somewhat infamous at this point. maybe PS3 emulation could actually be the solution, RPCS3 is fucking amazing nowadays
I’m sorry mate. I’m going to have to complete disagree with your opinion of Infinite. I think it is a masterpiece because it shows what the solution for humanity’s problems isn’t found in worshiping one man as a god. It’s found somewhere else. And that is the question it wants to audience to investigate for themselves. Bioshock 1 was a masterpiece because it was saying that the solution for humanity’s problem isn’t found in a Godless society and Bioshock infinite is saying that it isn’t found in worshiping men as gods.
I was shithead neoreactionary (angry teen) when Infinite came out. I was from a UAW family so pro Union and was a staunch anti-imperialist (again angry, clearly confused and on the wrong side) and I remember being shocked at the crassness, juvenile, fence sitting and pathetic staunch portrayal of Race in Infinite. I was fucking shocked when the Workers and Oppressed underclass uprising was made into some sick pogrom. Some tepid "both sides" SLOP. I'm a Marxist now and in revisiting Infinite it didn't much offended me anymore than it did at release- it was always that fucking ugly. And it gives such "vote blue no matter who!" slop that shitlibs peddle while the dems just use or used (pre 11/7) to use coddled language for their genocidal aims. Ken's "enlighten centrist" shtick was tired then and contemptible now. Thank you for tackling this frankly soul sick game.
im half way through the video and i gotta say: getting through hearing ken levine attempt public speaking is almost as annoying and long winded as fighting lady comstock's ghost
It's all about the Mets
Good job, great vid
Loved the part where you broke the bit of trying to tie each Bioshock game to Fitzgerald books and the reasoning was "I wanna get into the headspace of a guy who thinks he's smarter than he is"
the umineko ost in a bioshock review really caught me off guard i gotta say
It seems I've reached my target audience
Definitively subscribed after this voyage
Excellent work man! Thank you for making great videos!
Impressively constructed and well reasoned throughout. I really enjoyed your thoughts on the games and the background going into them.
Infinite being the Avatar of gaming is an excellent comparison. The game would have lasted longer in memory if it had something to say.
Can't wait for your Metal Gear Revegence video
Only thing worth waiting 9 months for
1:01:20 Charge! fully upgraded is how you dismantle the Siren. Charge it up and hit her. The upgrades give you temp immunity and you deal explosive damage on impact to her and any enemies around her. Rinse and repeat. Is that fun? Not particularly, but it's a pretty quick way of dealing with her, which is a huge improvement.
Love that all the part names are ygo cards. The rest of the video was a good watch as well
Even extra foolish burial??
Oh my god, it fucking is...
This is a masterpiece
I really liked the video, I'm considering play bioshock 1 & 2 now
"...Or the drums on St. Anger..." I DIED.
Really enjoyed the video :)
Found this through a Cvit video for some reason...
I'm not complaining.
The worst part of Bioshock Infinite is that there's not a single solitary second of gameplay that doesn't have some achievement notification pop up.
found this video from Meti retweeting it, really funny and very informative
watching this again, fucking excellent video, youve really found your voice with this one
800 views for a masterpiece of a video huh? I was watching this with my buddy and I said near the beginning "Man I love Bioshock 1's story" and to immedietly have that opinion of mine challenged had me hooked. Great long hitpiece/retrospective.
that was a super good video, such a shame it didnt get more traction :/
Ayy it's the best part of the best bioshock game. Let's fucking go
infinite is a not-great game but with elements that i enjoy and even love. the part where the statue collapses and you ride the rail is still a great setpiece, despite having no gameplay, but the visuals and music and direction carry the whole thing. i don't disagree with most of what you said about infinite, but as a rollercoaster ride it's got some great moments. i guess this is how zack snyder fans feel about some of his movies? and levine does kinda look like zack snyder..... tho i'll take levine's work ANY day of the week. cool video, i haven't played 2 yet but want to, tho the technical issues are somewhat infamous at this point. maybe PS3 emulation could actually be the solution, RPCS3 is fucking amazing nowadays
I've never had issues with 2
Yo but where was songbird???
What makes a game an immersive sim?
LOVE DA METS BABY LETS GO METS
I’m sorry mate. I’m going to have to complete disagree with your opinion of Infinite. I think it is a masterpiece because it shows what the solution for humanity’s problems isn’t found in worshiping one man as a god. It’s found somewhere else. And that is the question it wants to audience to investigate for themselves. Bioshock 1 was a masterpiece because it was saying that the solution for humanity’s problem isn’t found in a Godless society and Bioshock infinite is saying that it isn’t found in worshiping men as gods.
Yea ok Ken nice try, you won't get me this time
(But honestly if that's what you get out of it I'm in no position to tell you you're wrong)
The Phillies are overrated
I was shithead neoreactionary (angry teen) when Infinite came out. I was from a UAW family so pro Union and was a staunch anti-imperialist (again angry, clearly confused and on the wrong side) and I remember being shocked at the crassness, juvenile, fence sitting and pathetic staunch portrayal of Race in Infinite. I was fucking shocked when the Workers and Oppressed underclass uprising was made into some sick pogrom. Some tepid "both sides" SLOP.
I'm a Marxist now and in revisiting Infinite it didn't much offended me anymore than it did at release- it was always that fucking ugly.
And it gives such "vote blue no matter who!" slop that shitlibs peddle while the dems just use or used (pre 11/7) to use coddled language for their genocidal aims. Ken's "enlighten centrist" shtick was tired then and contemptible now. Thank you for tackling this frankly soul sick game.
im half way through the video and i gotta say: getting through hearing ken levine attempt public speaking is almost as annoying and long winded as fighting lady comstock's ghost
man what a well deserved dislike