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One little thing that will always stay with me from Bioshock is an audio diary found in the garden. A mother describes a trip to the gardens with her daughter.The daughter was born in Rapture and thinks the trees are monsters. The mom is horrified by this and question whether bringing her daughter to Rapture was the right idea. Which is darkly ironic, because much earlier in the game, you find a diary where the mother describes finding her missing daughter. Who has been turned into a little sister. Bioshock was absolutely phenomenal in how it built the horrific reality of Rapture through environmental storytelling, character design, and side stories told through the audio diaries.
the quest arrow is great in my opinion, since it shows where you have to go to progress, which results in me knowing where not to go, and explore the rest of the level
This is an issue that needs to get addressed more often in linear games. The Evil Within comes to mind as one of the worst offenders I've ever seen; just countless points of no return that feel pointless and especially annoying. There's always a major disconnect between player and intention when you have to make guesses on which path will throw you into a whole new section vs. nab you another collectible. One of few series to execute it well is Dead Space, in which your path is clear, but it's not forced onscreen at all times, and has a diagetic implementation.
@@fraundakelmbrilpondaprost90 funny enough, I never noticed that issue in The Evil Within, Singularity and Condemned Criminal Origins on the other hand :D
@@agbrenv lol, you and I must be opposites! Can't remember that frustration in Singularity (it's been ~7 years so I might have forgotten) but that crap was allllllll *over* the place in TEW for me.
bioshock's one of my favorite games of all time. i appreciate your review on it. you're not shilling it but giving it an honest look from a somewhat detached lens. i don't usually sit through long videos but i really like the flow and transitions between each section. it's hard to stop. subbed and looking forward to more, boulder :)
I always liked that harvesting doesn't actually further you in the game that much. I think it does something interesting to the moral decision that someone could reach the end of the game after choosing to do all that horrible shit realizing they arent that much better off if at all from someone that chose compassion
The worst part about this game was that Ken Levine was adamant that it was an attack on objectivism. I don't think he knows what objectiveism even is. He needs to go back and do his research. Objectivism does not allow for dictatorships to take root. If you've never read it, you need to.
25:00 Yes and no. The city only falls when Ryan gives up on his philosophy, but the point that if you create a system where everyone can succeed those that want to destroy you can succeed too was well expressed. An actual flaw with Objectivism which was pretty clearly shown by accident. Levine has repeatedly proven he doesn't actually understand Rand.
What is to review...this is one of the greatest games of all time...the campaign is great...but the game is too linear and the replay value is almost zero..but your time aboard the rapture in 1 and 2 is worth it....infinite just didn't cut it for me...
I replay these games once a year, there's something about Rapture and the atmosphere. And that intro never gets old. Wouldn't be lying if I was saying these games has most hours on my steam list.
Oh I'm excited for this! I loved Bioshock. So many unique concepts and that twist! Sadly, I knew the big twist before I played it but that didn't ruin it too much for me. In a way, it added a dynamic to it that you would normally only get on a second playthrough. Now, would you kindly remain awesome and keep these amazing videos coming!
I actually liked the quest arrow, primarily because I get turned around so damn easily that by the time I’ve explored all the avenues in an environment I’ve forgotten where I’m supposed to be going in the first place. Then again most things critics bash for being hand-holdy are things that I need to play games in general, so maybe I’m biased?
Maybe you're biased, but you're still valid if you like and/or need things like quest arrows to navigate a game. Critics and gamers do often make fun of "hand-holdy" game design elements, but I think that's probably because they feel like they're being belittled by the devs. Thing is, this can be an issue if these elements are there for accessibility reasons, like if you need or want colour-blind or increased contrast filters to see things properly, or subtitles to understand characters, or a quest arrow to help you navigate the level. It's fine to not want your intelligence insulted by devs, it's not fine to belittle others if they need these features to enjoy the game. If you need or want a quest arrow, in-game tutorial, subtitles, or any other feature, all power to you. I myself love subtitles, and am always confused why they aren't on by default in every game. I also need things like high FOV and no motion blur so I don't get headaches. Personally, my only issue with the quest arrow is that it's constantly there, obviously out of place at the top of the screen, and on by default. I think it would be better if it were like the quest arrow from Call of Juarex: Gunslinger, which is an arrow that snakes along the floor for a few seconds when you press a button. They could also have a little prompt when you start a new game asking if you want the arrow and/or subs, like they do with the brightness
@@chancecomic1595The reason people hate them is because well designed games don't need them. They are typically a sign of poor level design or mechanics that make naturally exploring the world or completing tasks impossible. In all honesty a player should be able to complete most linear games without a HUD at all. The world and art design should clearly communicate where you can and should maybe try to go and what things can be interacted with. It's usually not that people feel belittled but overbearing UI markers and especially things like companion "hints" (which currently plague AAA western 3rd person action games) end up essentially playing the game for you. Paying 60 bucks for a game that then solves what little challenge the devs had the courage to put in there just sounds like a really expensive movie ticket except I can sometimes control the little guy on the screen. Some players may have ended up liking their experience more had they not blindly followed a giant arrow. Maybe they got a bit lost and then ambushed by splicers only to narrowly escape and find their way back and now they have a better understanding of the level. An experience they would've missed out on had they simply followed the god arrow. I mean exploration has been a core challenge in videogames from the very start so I too find it a bit sad that a QA guy said this game, which is completely linear, takes place totally indoors, and has small maps to begin with requested a giant golden quest marker lol So no, it's not due to people being anti hand holding necessarily, but more the question of why would a player need to have their hand held by the UI in your game and levels? That being said, the extent some studios went to attract the largest possible audiences meant their games got drastically easier and more casual which would often times make zero sense in the world they're trying to depict their game in. Simply put, I'll never feel like I'm truly on an adventure if I know there's zero challenge or risk. Thankfully, due to Dark Souls impact on the industry we're seeing more devs embrace the more hands off approach and instead rely on competent world design. Puppet shows are always better when you don't see the puppeteer's hand or hear him cough, no? As for accessibility...idk, I think people need to reevaluate how they think about it. There is no way to make every game accessible to every person with a physical or mental condition. Nothing works like that in the world. If I didn't have legs I wouldn't think to myself that it'd be great to play soccer and the field should accommodate my condition. I do find it odd too that I've literally never even seen or heard a person with an actual debilitating condition (not colorblindness) ask for more "accessibility" options. It's actually been the exact opposite where those people who have lived with whatever condition their entire lives know what they're capable of and how to alter their approach to playing that game if it's something they want. It's how most have had to approach literally any activity yet video games are the one thing people seem to all of a sudden be really passionate about on behalf of all those folks who can't stick up for themselves 🙄 The people crying about "accessibility" are typically people who pretend to be sticking up for folks with conditions yet they almost always have their own motives...like I remember this being a hot topic a couple years ago, "Sekiro is too hard how could blind people play this?? Your company is clearly neglecting all the blind people who want to play this game because they voted me in as their leader and I know!" While what they really mean is Sekiro is too hard for them and they don't want to learn the game or meet it on its terms so they want to cry loud enough and disguise it as actually being a really humble selfless act to help all those people who just so happen to want to play the same game they're playing lol Things like colorblind options, control scheme options for using a one handed controller, subtitles, etc are all great things to add to a game but when people start expecting devs to somehow add in UI and gameplay modifications that can magically accommodate any level of mental or physical disability without also fundamentally affecting the original vision of the game they just spent 5 years making. Then that is just kinda stupid. No other product does that so idk why people feel so entitled to demand it from game devs especially when I've seen plenty of people with limitations figure out a way to play the same game that a bunch of healthy people are crying about not having enough "accessibility" options for.
Bioshock 2 is still my favorite in the series. I'm actually getting a Bioshock 2 tattoo in the coming year. It's of my favorite quote but the colors of the letters will be inspired by the colors of not just Delta but also Sigma. The quote is: We all make choices (Delta's color) but in the end our choices make us (Sigma's color)
@@Herogamergaming59 I don't just have 1. I'm going to have 4 after I get the bioshock one xd. However I'm not only focusing on video games but movies as well. Specifically horror movies
Might be because of the big spoiler hanging to it. It's a good thing it didn't become that big seeing as it would have ruined the game for so many people before they even heard of the game
But isn't it? I swear I heard it everywhere a while back on any game tangentially related to bioshock. I also constantly ask people that way. It's living rent free in my head.
I agree Bioshock 2 is the better game and the multi-player though wholly unnecessary was surprisingly fun. The DLC was one of the best DLC's I've ever seen for a game.
I recently replayed all 3 bioshock games twice and I have to say bioshock 2 was the one that really stood out in my mind. The good ending always makes me tear up
"Pearl, I… No. No, this isn't right. It isn't… her. Thinker, stop the test." line breaks my heart every time because Milton is talking to a machine that he programmed to think & speak like his late wife
Eh, I disaagree, in terms of gameplay sure 2 takes it, but they both have some really clunky controls, I mainly like 2 for it's depiction of a more dilapidated rapture, don't really care for the story tho, not to say I didn't like delta but if you have been with the games you know 2 could've been better, idk guess that whole protector dynamic to me wasn't that great more of a nuisance. Bioshock 1 is consistently great even if it's combat is more limited, don't get me wrong tho I love both, but 2 had some shortfalls, especially with the story
I just want to say that I find it incredibly interesting that Bioshock 2 ended up being so good that some people (myself included) consider it a better overall game than the original, but at the time people (myself included) were calling it a needless cash-in sequel before it was released, because it was such a common thing back in the 2010's Bioshock Infinite can go sit in the corner though, now THAT was a let-down
I disagree immensely as Infinite had pretty epic concepts and I really don’t understand why folks treat it as the black sheep of the games….just because it’s not underwater?
@@marbl3d45 No, because it's so stale gameplaywise. It basically only consists of "arenas" which are floded by enemies, you can carry only two weapons at a time, there are no different types of ammo, no passive upgrades, way less environmental possibilities to work with, no hacking to gain a tactical advantage etc. And from a subjective view: I found the whole concept of a collapsing/collasped city underwater with horror vibes and insane splicers way more enganging than the bright city above the clouds with less intimidating generic policemen and a sidekick.
@@marbl3d45 Aside from the story not actually making much sense if you understand even a basic level of metaphysics and the repercussions of time travel, the game itself felt worse than the previous titles. There were less plasmids, and the powers that were in the game had less functionality than 2 and were also very badly balanced, some are useless while others are completely overpowered. The 2 weapon limit was frustrating because it constrained what you could use to be whatever you could find in the level, and it also didn't mesh well with the upgrade system, because you could upgrade a gun you like and then never find an enemy using it for another 3 levels. And this was only made worse by the addition of the alternate universe variants, which needed upgrading separately from the base universe weapons, but if you did then you wasted the upgrade because those weapons rarely show up outside of 1 sequence in the middle. On top of this ammo types were removed, yet again limiting gameplay. Where 2 tried to improve hacking by simplifying it but keeping the skill element, Infinite chose to remove any element of skill altogether by removing hacking and just implementing it into the possession plasmid, which feels less engaging and rewarding. All of that and I haven't even gotten into the NUMEROUS bits of cut content that we actually saw in gameplay videos that was then completely cut from the game, and seems worse off for it, or the fact that there is no satisfying combat encounter with the songbird, or the awkward clothing system feeling more confusing and random than the tonics they replaced. I just feel that it's inferior in every way compared to the previous titles, and this is especially embarrassing because Irrational didn't even make Bioshock 2 and it just makes me wish in retrospect that Bioshock had been given to 2K Marin to make a 3rd game
@@thesyndrome43 bro you didn’t need to write an essay but I understand your frustrations with Infinite but it doesn’t change my opinion on Infinite as I found all 3 games to be amazing experiences
With Bioshock's Harvest-Rescue morality, here's the issues I think it has: • I think having the Little Sister Gifts is actually a good idea on paper. This allows it to also be a game of delayed gratification, a mediocre reward now vs an awesome reward later. I think they needed to go a bit further with that, though, make you really miss that ADAM you're missing out on in the short term. Alternatively, make it so you get a lot less ADAM by rescuing little sisters, but you get those special plasmids. • Aesthetically, it's horrible as you point out, which means the player needs strong incentives to do it. • Killing Little Sisters is not something the game really forgives, which makes sense given how terrible the act is. However, what this means is that there's little chance to "dabble" in evil, there's no "Well, I can be evil just this once", which in turn means that there's no reason to reconsider your initial decision to rescue or harvest little sisters.
One interesting thing that came up in playtesting was that playtesters assumed that Big Daddies acted like other enemies and would attack the player on sight. This caused them to just shoot Big Daddies as soon as they saw them, which isn't a good way to play the game. Their response was to ensure the player was informed of the nonhostile nature of Big Daddies.
I'm so happy you covered how the ideas go beyond "capitalism bad" since I've seen so many analyses fall for that narrative, which I consider too cheap for Bioshock's genius.
The Silver's Mod is completely worth playing, which is what I assume you're mentioning around 12:45. It rebalances the game to feel much more like System Shock in difficulty and access to materials. It may not technically be finished, but everything from beginning until end is rebalanced. Thought I'd get this out as I love this mod. Great retrospective/review of Bioshock.
While I adored bioshock 1, I found it to be a bit too long for my taste. After the "would you kindly" reveal, the game kinda dragged for me. Truth be told, I was +-16 years old when I played this game at launch, and my taste back then was way different. I also found Bioshock 2 to be much more fun with its dual wield mechanic. Anyway, I was thinking about them recently and I should revisit these games ^^ Nice review btw!
Yeah, after having played it myself, I agree that the game sort of peters out after the big reveal. So what do you after you realize you were just taking orders from someone and were their lapdog this whole time? You take orders and complete tasks for someone else, only this time, they're actually on your side.
I actually like the goal arrow. To this day I have always had issues with how they did the Bioshock map. I’m sure nobody else has issues, but it has always been tricky for me with all the stairs and levels they show
BioShock is a masterpiece. One of my favorite games ever. Good story, haunting atmosphere, amazing soundtrack, etc Still the best work from Ken Levine for me. 3:42 Well Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America, Black Panther, etc have his own epic themes composed by amazing people like Christophe Beck, Michael Giacchino, Tyler Bates and Henry Jackman. Even this year we have tunes like Agatha All Along from WandaVision, Louisiana Hero from Falcon & Winter Soldier, TVA Theme from Loki and the recent musical song Save The City from Hawkeye 😄
Even with the useful arrow, I still got lost and turned around more than most games. Imagine if they didn't have it, what a pain in the dick it woulda been.
Broo u been working crazy hard. Endless reviews !! You’re building up a library of content here so don’t worry if it takes some time for the work to pay off
I'll never forget 11 year old me when my brother had me play the demo. It took me a solid 5 minutes to build up the courage to enter the lighthouse. The atmosphere and the water just creeped the hell out of me. You walk in, the door closes, silence and darkness, and then the 50s Americana boots right up. I felt like such an idiot, but had no clue what to expect. My brother will never let me live that moment down hahaha.
All the Bioshock games are great, interesting to see reviews for the the other games and dlc (if you do). Also I don’t think the lack of Levine is a criticism of 2.
>subtitles show too much Yes, thank you! Big fucking cinematic reveal the entire game was building up towards, and it gives you the whole thing in a single paragraph of text, 30 seconds before the line actually gets said.
40:21 Wooh, strongly disagree there. Objectivism wouldn't have you harvesting Little Sisters. The core premise is 'not to live for the sake of others or have others live for the sake of you'. Little Sisters are still human and contridict the latter of this premise. The Little Sisters were Fontaine's legacy (with the help of Tenenbaum), he had no quarms with harvesting children for power and profit. Ryan, who has already been steadily betraying his principles, continues the trend by nationalising Fontaine Futuristics and furthering the Little Sister program. He ceased being an Objectivist long ago by this point. Choosing to save the Little Sisters from their servitude to Fontaine's conditioning is Objectively the correct choice.
Here from the future to fable the failure of bioshock 4, there could NEVER be an online bioshock game that could work, short of something like bioshock 2' multiplayer and that's fuckinnnn deaaaad
Ludonarrative dissonance is useless college boy words vus they dont want to say "story you make up in your head" Makes you sound smart but every stupid person says it so now its the annoying word
This game prompted me to read the source material; Atlas Shrugged. Excellent story all round. Over the years my opinion has changed from, Raptures downfall was due to Objectivism, to this is what happens when a man like Andrew Ryan betrays their principles or perhaps not betray but a constraint of being human. Certainly something fresh.
Ayn Rand is largely discredited and mostly admired by corporate psycopaths and narcissists. I'm glad you enjoyed the story but be very careful assuming the principles contained therein are some kind of societal panacea. If everyone thought like Ayn Rand we'd likely be in Fallout in a decade or two never mind Rapture
First time I tried this, just couldn't get into it..... When I actually gave the game some real time it soon became one of my favourite games of all time. The atmosphere, the story, the world building, all absolutely amazing.
One thing that drives me mad about Bioshock: the audio design. Its absolutely horrendous. In this decaying and dead underwater city, it sounds like bloody midtown manhattan on a busy day. There is always splicer chatter/security bot buzzing/vending machine chatter/loudspeaker announcements/big daddies moaning and sometimes literally off these will be overlapping at the same time. There's almost never a moment of peace and quiet and its absolutely infuriating at times. Its so bad it turns me off ever wanting to replay it.
I think the fact that neither 1 or 2 overstay their welcome is a big key to them being so replayable. You can do everything, explore every nook & cranny, & still be done within 12-18 hours.
@@bbbbbbb51 very true! It sometimes really annoys me how games nowadays always try to do 30h+ and become so repetitive after a while, you're happy you're finally done with the game at the end.
I have played it so much i have become bored with it. i am playing burial at sea 2 now. Infinite and BAS1 was good and thought provoking but this is only the second time. have played it so it’s fresh
I personally like that there is a quest arrow because i always get lost in games and get even more confused with maps 😅 i remember at the Fort Frolic level when the quest arrow wasn't there, i circled around the same places at least 3 times.
I remember that I would constantly play Bioshock 1 when I was a kid and I just got to say that this game was really fun and different from the rest. The thing that got me hooked was how the Ai acted and the sorta powers you'd get throughout the game. Honestly it was such a fun game, I've also heard that there's also a new Bioshock game in the works right now so I'm pretty hyped on what type of powers they can come up with.
i feel like the quest arrow should have been an opt-in, after you complete the very first bit of the game it would ask you if you want it or not. people who’d like it can activate it and those who don’t simply click no. everyone who’d get pissed at a single pop-up early in the game is probably just looking for something to get pissed off about
I absolutely love Bioshock It is one of my all time favorite games and I play it through at least once a year Nothing beats the crossbow glitch so you can fire it a lot faster by swapping to a plasmid then switching back to the crossbow, it made killing enemies and big daddys way easier
I’m so glad I discovered you man. I’ve never supported anyone on patreon, you’re about to be my first. Your content is superb and can’t wait to see more. Already binging all your content.
43:12 wo long's launch was awful and i immediately refunded. Might pick it up when it's like $0, but to ask full price for a poorly optimized game is insane and frustrating to me.
Small suggestion for possible future playthroughs: The wrench is fun but that Waltz section is elevated much further if you solely use the chemical flamethrower to take down the splicers. So satisfying with the music
17:56 Actually, part of me suspects they're outright looking for people who...well, aren't very game-literate. This is because you need to assume your game is going to be somebody's first game.
Are there spoilers here? Because I still haven’t played this and have the Bioshock Collection ready for a rainy day, so I don’t want them/it spoiled. Edit: Well I watched the opening fifteen minutes, and thanks for the warning. I’ll come back after I’ve played.
First 2 bioshock titles are easily one of my favourite games of All Times. Such a great experience in rapture and a wonderfull World. An outstanding videogame. Unfortunately the 3. Game wasnt that great anymore. The plot Was To confusing, you could only carry 2 weapons at the same time (why allways These incredible stupid "realistic" Features in a si-fy inspired concept? Please developers, let us a have a weaopen wheel in a si-fy game. It is ok in a more realystic scenario like a 2. World war game. But why anywhere Else? This is stupid). However, the 3. Game had his highlights too.
You may be a boulder punching asshole, but man, I love your video essays. Your work on Bioshock and Resident Evil is among the best on UA-cam. When I want to watch compelling, in-depth reviews of my favorite games, I look to you and Noah Caldwell-Gervais. That’s it. Big Ups!
I actually never looked at quest arrow after my first playthrough, since English isn’t my first language and I didn’t know it at the time. I never turned it off though, just always forgot it even was there
I wouldn’t mind a remake. Change it to limited inventory. Also make the decision of saving the little sisters actually have a negative effect on the player. Improve the final boss fight. Add a few new big daddy types. Make the weapons upgraded more frequent.
I liked the quest arrow, I don’t have time to truly learn every space In all the games I play, I do enough exploring myself to scratch that itch, honestly I’d not have bothered beating bioshock if it didn’t have that arrow to lean on. Just my opinion, I’m of the same mind with the compass in the new quake 2 remaster. When everything looks the same it quickly gets me frustrated.
I know am way behind on the curve but I just started playing the bioshock series for the frist time about a week ago, (I have tried it in the past a couple of times and they just haven't clicked) I knew they were amazing I just couldn't get into it, well after like the 4th time of asking I am finally hooked hahaha, finished bioshock 1 5 days ago, bioshock 2 2 days ago and am now currently going through bioshock infinite and wow, I have to say I missed out before 😅🤣🤣, these games are absolutely fantastic although I do find my self looking for loot way too often 😅🤣🤣
One of the most mediocre video game series ever made in my opinion. Setting is interesting and pretty unique, but the gameplay was awful. Shooting felt really bad and I could never finish any game in the series.
I'm personally thankful for the quest arrow. Yes its very ugly, and yes I technically could have done without it, but now that I have kids, I realise I simply don't have the patience for having my time wasted, even a little. It's fun to call play testers fucking morons 15 years after the fact, now that we know Rapture like the back of our hands, and have several mainstream AAA game worlds in the same vein, but at the time it was very different, and with few RPG elements, there was no benefit whatsoever to getting lost. All you have to do is miss a door or vent, and you could end up heading all the way back to the start of the level in vain. They also tell you where you can go if you *_don't_* want to progress in the story. If there's two doors, you take one, and it moves the story forward, then you missed whatever was behind the other one. Play tests are important, and when they tell you it's going to be a “disaster”, you better listen.
My view has always been: Bioshock 1 play it for the great story and atmosphere , Bioshock 2 play it for the gameplay, voice acting and as a good example of a great sequel that doesn't just do what the first game did again, bioshock infinite... eh play it for the good art.. nothing else really , you will call the plot within the first half hour, gameplay is ok i guess, really does nothing better then the others and some things worse and is too easy. Oh and burial at sea is pretty enjoyable if only to wash the bad taste of infinite out of your mouth. One thing tho i never really liked about B1 is the lack of infighting, they should have made atleast one zone where you had two different factions of splicers fighting actively
Thank God for last generation games cuz back then we didn't have no clip to hold our tongues I love the fight that you could be a psychopathic murderer and kill those children and get away with it and get points for it in BioShock and then you could be the Humane person but seriously everybody has to respect the balls that people had back then unlike these days❤
I'd really like to hear more about your thoughts on the golden age of gaming as you said. I think the 2000s were a great time for gaming. 1999 till 2009 were great for me.
I don’t see peoples intrigue on Bioshock 2 being the better title. Can someone explain it to me. I’m gettin tired of putting my reason of why it’s a shit title and I feel wrong and need to wash my hands after playing such filth. So that’s someone’s goal explain why 2 is better than 1, and I swear to god if someone says it’s the 2 handed combat, bafoons.
It’s worth mentioning the “would you kindly” on the note in the opening scene is much more hidden in the OG version of the game vs the remaster. That bit bothered me in the remaster
O suck at FPS when you have no idea where to go and I get lost, so for me I need the arrow to tell me where to go (or in Dead Space I love being able to highlight the path you need to go
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The bit about the playtesters Is really Intresting. Thanks for sharing that Info.
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One little thing that will always stay with me from Bioshock is an audio diary found in the garden.
A mother describes a trip to the gardens with her daughter.The daughter was born in Rapture and thinks the trees are monsters. The mom is horrified by this and question whether bringing her daughter to Rapture was the right idea.
Which is darkly ironic, because much earlier in the game, you find a diary where the mother describes finding her missing daughter. Who has been turned into a little sister.
Bioshock was absolutely phenomenal in how it built the horrific reality of Rapture through environmental storytelling, character design, and side stories told through the audio diaries.
the quest arrow is great in my opinion, since it shows where you have to go to progress, which results in me knowing where not to go, and explore the rest of the level
This is an issue that needs to get addressed more often in linear games. The Evil Within comes to mind as one of the worst offenders I've ever seen; just countless points of no return that feel pointless and especially annoying. There's always a major disconnect between player and intention when you have to make guesses on which path will throw you into a whole new section vs. nab you another collectible. One of few series to execute it well is Dead Space, in which your path is clear, but it's not forced onscreen at all times, and has a diagetic implementation.
@@fraundakelmbrilpondaprost90 not to mention it was also something that looked fitting in it’s own world.
@@shcdemolisher Yup, it's just seamless like the rest of the UI. That's what I meant by a diagetic inclusion, though that probably isn't as clear. :)
@@fraundakelmbrilpondaprost90 funny enough, I never noticed that issue in The Evil Within, Singularity and Condemned Criminal Origins on the other hand :D
@@agbrenv lol, you and I must be opposites! Can't remember that frustration in Singularity (it's been ~7 years so I might have forgotten) but that crap was allllllll *over* the place in TEW for me.
For me, Bioshock 1 and 2 are in the same God tier level as Doom, Quake and Unreal Tournament games.
Hang on... if the dual-wield was removed at the last second can the game be moved to put it back in?
bioshock's one of my favorite games of all time. i appreciate your review on it. you're not shilling it but giving it an honest look from a somewhat detached lens. i don't usually sit through long videos but i really like the flow and transitions between each section. it's hard to stop. subbed and looking forward to more, boulder :)
My master's thesis was about BioShock and its relation to Objectivism.
Congrats on wasting your time and effort with that rubbish ideology LOL
Thx B. Punch i had such a great time playing this game when it launched. I was blown away by the graphics at the time.
I always liked that harvesting doesn't actually further you in the game that much. I think it does something interesting to the moral decision that someone could reach the end of the game after choosing to do all that horrible shit realizing they arent that much better off if at all from someone that chose compassion
vita chambers off
compass off
enemy health bars off
welcome to a whole new game.
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- Andrew Ryan
The worst part about this game was that Ken Levine was adamant that it was an attack on objectivism. I don't think he knows what objectiveism even is. He needs to go back and do his research. Objectivism does not allow for dictatorships to take root. If you've never read it, you need to.
25:00 Yes and no. The city only falls when Ryan gives up on his philosophy, but the point that if you create a system where everyone can succeed those that want to destroy you can succeed too was well expressed. An actual flaw with Objectivism which was pretty clearly shown by accident. Levine has repeatedly proven he doesn't actually understand Rand.
What is to review...this is one of the greatest games of all time...the campaign is great...but the game is too linear and the replay value is almost zero..but your time aboard the rapture in 1 and 2 is worth it....infinite just didn't cut it for me...
Ok i stoped the video After 44 secodns. Bioshock 2 is worse in every aspects, there is nothing that he does better than the original.
The last third of this game is so poorly designed and filled with horrible padding to extend the runtime. Also the final boss battle is dumb af
I replay these games once a year, there's something about Rapture and the atmosphere. And that intro never gets old. Wouldn't be lying if I was saying these games has most hours on my steam list.
I love BioShock and BioShock 2.
Me too i wish there were more sequels
Oh I'm excited for this! I loved Bioshock. So many unique concepts and that twist! Sadly, I knew the big twist before I played it but that didn't ruin it too much for me. In a way, it added a dynamic to it that you would normally only get on a second playthrough. Now, would you kindly remain awesome and keep these amazing videos coming!
Same here. Also, I saw what you did there...
I actually liked the quest arrow, primarily because I get turned around so damn easily that by the time I’ve explored all the avenues in an environment I’ve forgotten where I’m supposed to be going in the first place. Then again most things critics bash for being hand-holdy are things that I need to play games in general, so maybe I’m biased?
Maybe you're biased, but you're still valid if you like and/or need things like quest arrows to navigate a game. Critics and gamers do often make fun of "hand-holdy" game design elements, but I think that's probably because they feel like they're being belittled by the devs. Thing is, this can be an issue if these elements are there for accessibility reasons, like if you need or want colour-blind or increased contrast filters to see things properly, or subtitles to understand characters, or a quest arrow to help you navigate the level. It's fine to not want your intelligence insulted by devs, it's not fine to belittle others if they need these features to enjoy the game.
If you need or want a quest arrow, in-game tutorial, subtitles, or any other feature, all power to you. I myself love subtitles, and am always confused why they aren't on by default in every game. I also need things like high FOV and no motion blur so I don't get headaches. Personally, my only issue with the quest arrow is that it's constantly there, obviously out of place at the top of the screen, and on by default. I think it would be better if it were like the quest arrow from Call of Juarex: Gunslinger, which is an arrow that snakes along the floor for a few seconds when you press a button. They could also have a little prompt when you start a new game asking if you want the arrow and/or subs, like they do with the brightness
@@chancecomic1595The reason people hate them is because well designed games don't need them. They are typically a sign of poor level design or mechanics that make naturally exploring the world or completing tasks impossible. In all honesty a player should be able to complete most linear games without a HUD at all. The world and art design should clearly communicate where you can and should maybe try to go and what things can be interacted with.
It's usually not that people feel belittled but overbearing UI markers and especially things like companion "hints" (which currently plague AAA western 3rd person action games) end up essentially playing the game for you. Paying 60 bucks for a game that then solves what little challenge the devs had the courage to put in there just sounds like a really expensive movie ticket except I can sometimes control the little guy on the screen.
Some players may have ended up liking their experience more had they not blindly followed a giant arrow. Maybe they got a bit lost and then ambushed by splicers only to narrowly escape and find their way back and now they have a better understanding of the level. An experience they would've missed out on had they simply followed the god arrow. I mean exploration has been a core challenge in videogames from the very start so I too find it a bit sad that a QA guy said this game, which is completely linear, takes place totally indoors, and has small maps to begin with requested a giant golden quest marker lol
So no, it's not due to people being anti hand holding necessarily, but more the question of why would a player need to have their hand held by the UI in your game and levels? That being said, the extent some studios went to attract the largest possible audiences meant their games got drastically easier and more casual which would often times make zero sense in the world they're trying to depict their game in. Simply put, I'll never feel like I'm truly on an adventure if I know there's zero challenge or risk. Thankfully, due to Dark Souls impact on the industry we're seeing more devs embrace the more hands off approach and instead rely on competent world design. Puppet shows are always better when you don't see the puppeteer's hand or hear him cough, no?
As for accessibility...idk, I think people need to reevaluate how they think about it. There is no way to make every game accessible to every person with a physical or mental condition. Nothing works like that in the world. If I didn't have legs I wouldn't think to myself that it'd be great to play soccer and the field should accommodate my condition. I do find it odd too that I've literally never even seen or heard a person with an actual debilitating condition (not colorblindness) ask for more "accessibility" options. It's actually been the exact opposite where those people who have lived with whatever condition their entire lives know what they're capable of and how to alter their approach to playing that game if it's something they want. It's how most have had to approach literally any activity yet video games are the one thing people seem to all of a sudden be really passionate about on behalf of all those folks who can't stick up for themselves 🙄 The people crying about "accessibility" are typically people who pretend to be sticking up for folks with conditions yet they almost always have their own motives...like I remember this being a hot topic a couple years ago, "Sekiro is too hard how could blind people play this?? Your company is clearly neglecting all the blind people who want to play this game because they voted me in as their leader and I know!" While what they really mean is Sekiro is too hard for them and they don't want to learn the game or meet it on its terms so they want to cry loud enough and disguise it as actually being a really humble selfless act to help all those people who just so happen to want to play the same game they're playing lol
Things like colorblind options, control scheme options for using a one handed controller, subtitles, etc are all great things to add to a game but when people start expecting devs to somehow add in UI and gameplay modifications that can magically accommodate any level of mental or physical disability without also fundamentally affecting the original vision of the game they just spent 5 years making. Then that is just kinda stupid. No other product does that so idk why people feel so entitled to demand it from game devs especially when I've seen plenty of people with limitations figure out a way to play the same game that a bunch of healthy people are crying about not having enough "accessibility" options for.
@@chancecomic1595 iirc you can turn it off in settings
Bioshock 2 is still my favorite in the series. I'm actually getting a Bioshock 2 tattoo in the coming year. It's of my favorite quote but the colors of the letters will be inspired by the colors of not just Delta but also Sigma. The quote is: We all make choices (Delta's color) but in the end our choices make us (Sigma's color)
Please tell me you didn't get a tattoo of a video game
@@Herogamergaming59 I don't just have 1. I'm going to have 4 after I get the bioshock one xd.
However I'm not only focusing on video games but movies as well. Specifically horror movies
@@claratalbot7613 well I hope they look good
@@Herogamergaming59 Yep. They cost me a good amount of money so I made sure I have a trusted artist who knows what she's doing xd
@@claratalbot7613 that's good
I don't know why "would you kindly?" didn't become a meme like the cake is a lie. It was a much better twist.
Might be because of the big spoiler hanging to it. It's a good thing it didn't become that big seeing as it would have ruined the game for so many people before they even heard of the game
Would you kindly make it a meme
But isn't it?
I swear I heard it everywhere a while back on any game tangentially related to bioshock.
I also constantly ask people that way. It's living rent free in my head.
Because "cake funny lol".
I still use that term to this day
I agree Bioshock 2 is the better game and the multi-player though wholly unnecessary was surprisingly fun. The DLC was one of the best DLC's I've ever seen for a game.
I recently replayed all 3 bioshock games twice and I have to say bioshock 2 was the one that really stood out in my mind. The good ending always makes me tear up
Seriously it's rare that DLC be on par with a New Vegas DLC.
"Pearl, I… No. No, this isn't right. It isn't… her. Thinker, stop the test." line breaks my heart every time because Milton is talking to a machine that he programmed to think & speak like his late wife
"DONT YOU LOVE ME ANYMORE MILTON? WHATS WRONG?!"
Eh, I disaagree, in terms of gameplay sure 2 takes it, but they both have some really clunky controls, I mainly like 2 for it's depiction of a more dilapidated rapture, don't really care for the story tho, not to say I didn't like delta but if you have been with the games you know 2 could've been better, idk guess that whole protector dynamic to me wasn't that great more of a nuisance. Bioshock 1 is consistently great even if it's combat is more limited, don't get me wrong tho I love both, but 2 had some shortfalls, especially with the story
The dog's in a wheelchair are either horrifyingly monstrous or hilariously ridiculous and I don't know which they are.
The big daddy’s and little sister always creeped me out so much when I first played this. Wonderful video!
i always prefer quest markers and arrows; they tell me definitively which way not to go if i want to explore and put off the main objective
I just want to say that I find it incredibly interesting that Bioshock 2 ended up being so good that some people (myself included) consider it a better overall game than the original, but at the time people (myself included) were calling it a needless cash-in sequel before it was released, because it was such a common thing back in the 2010's
Bioshock Infinite can go sit in the corner though, now THAT was a let-down
I disagree immensely as Infinite had pretty epic concepts and I really don’t understand why folks treat it as the black sheep of the games….just because it’s not underwater?
@@marbl3d45 No, because it's so stale gameplaywise. It basically only consists of "arenas" which are floded by enemies, you can carry only two weapons at a time, there are no different types of ammo, no passive upgrades, way less environmental possibilities to work with, no hacking to gain a tactical advantage etc. And from a subjective view: I found the whole concept of a collapsing/collasped city underwater with horror vibes and insane splicers way more enganging than the bright city above the clouds with less intimidating generic policemen and a sidekick.
@@marbl3d45 Aside from the story not actually making much sense if you understand even a basic level of metaphysics and the repercussions of time travel, the game itself felt worse than the previous titles.
There were less plasmids, and the powers that were in the game had less functionality than 2 and were also very badly balanced, some are useless while others are completely overpowered.
The 2 weapon limit was frustrating because it constrained what you could use to be whatever you could find in the level, and it also didn't mesh well with the upgrade system, because you could upgrade a gun you like and then never find an enemy using it for another 3 levels. And this was only made worse by the addition of the alternate universe variants, which needed upgrading separately from the base universe weapons, but if you did then you wasted the upgrade because those weapons rarely show up outside of 1 sequence in the middle. On top of this ammo types were removed, yet again limiting gameplay.
Where 2 tried to improve hacking by simplifying it but keeping the skill element, Infinite chose to remove any element of skill altogether by removing hacking and just implementing it into the possession plasmid, which feels less engaging and rewarding.
All of that and I haven't even gotten into the NUMEROUS bits of cut content that we actually saw in gameplay videos that was then completely cut from the game, and seems worse off for it, or the fact that there is no satisfying combat encounter with the songbird, or the awkward clothing system feeling more confusing and random than the tonics they replaced.
I just feel that it's inferior in every way compared to the previous titles, and this is especially embarrassing because Irrational didn't even make Bioshock 2 and it just makes me wish in retrospect that Bioshock had been given to 2K Marin to make a 3rd game
@@FenrirAmon I like both environments so…..okay?
@@thesyndrome43 bro you didn’t need to write an essay but I understand your frustrations with Infinite but it doesn’t change my opinion on Infinite as I found all 3 games to be amazing experiences
With Bioshock's Harvest-Rescue morality, here's the issues I think it has:
• I think having the Little Sister Gifts is actually a good idea on paper. This allows it to also be a game of delayed gratification, a mediocre reward now vs an awesome reward later. I think they needed to go a bit further with that, though, make you really miss that ADAM you're missing out on in the short term. Alternatively, make it so you get a lot less ADAM by rescuing little sisters, but you get those special plasmids.
• Aesthetically, it's horrible as you point out, which means the player needs strong incentives to do it.
• Killing Little Sisters is not something the game really forgives, which makes sense given how terrible the act is. However, what this means is that there's little chance to "dabble" in evil, there's no "Well, I can be evil just this once", which in turn means that there's no reason to reconsider your initial decision to rescue or harvest little sisters.
Jack can have a little evil as a treat
If you only harvest one sister, you can still get the good ending.
One interesting thing that came up in playtesting was that playtesters assumed that Big Daddies acted like other enemies and would attack the player on sight. This caused them to just shoot Big Daddies as soon as they saw them, which isn't a good way to play the game. Their response was to ensure the player was informed of the nonhostile nature of Big Daddies.
I’ve beaten the game and I just leaned watching this video that they weren’t aggressive
45 minutes review, the way I like it
I'm so happy you covered how the ideas go beyond "capitalism bad" since I've seen so many analyses fall for that narrative, which I consider too cheap for Bioshock's genius.
The Silver's Mod is completely worth playing, which is what I assume you're mentioning around 12:45. It rebalances the game to feel much more like System Shock in difficulty and access to materials. It may not technically be finished, but everything from beginning until end is rebalanced. Thought I'd get this out as I love this mod. Great retrospective/review of Bioshock.
While I adored bioshock 1, I found it to be a bit too long for my taste. After the "would you kindly" reveal, the game kinda dragged for me. Truth be told, I was +-16 years old when I played this game at launch, and my taste back then was way different. I also found Bioshock 2 to be much more fun with its dual wield mechanic. Anyway, I was thinking about them recently and I should revisit these games ^^
Nice review btw!
Yeah, after having played it myself, I agree that the game sort of peters out after the big reveal. So what do you after you realize you were just taking orders from someone and were their lapdog this whole time? You take orders and complete tasks for someone else, only this time, they're actually on your side.
I actually like the goal arrow. To this day I have always had issues with how they did the Bioshock map. I’m sure nobody else has issues, but it has always been tricky for me with all the stairs and levels they show
Same
And the arrows pointing to stairs... It just didn't make sense to me visually.
Minerva's Den is the best Bioshock game by far, on that I agree with you
BioShock is a masterpiece. One of my favorite games ever. Good story, haunting atmosphere, amazing soundtrack, etc Still the best work from Ken Levine for me.
3:42 Well Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America, Black Panther, etc have his own epic themes composed by amazing people like Christophe Beck, Michael Giacchino, Tyler Bates and Henry Jackman. Even this year we have tunes like Agatha All Along from WandaVision, Louisiana Hero from Falcon & Winter Soldier, TVA Theme from Loki and the recent musical song Save The City from Hawkeye 😄
0:04 the cutest bioshock intro I have ever seen.
Im always amazed how Bio and Bio 2 both still hold up to today standards while on the other hand Infinite is a chore to play
Even with the useful arrow, I still got lost and turned around more than most games. Imagine if they didn't have it, what a pain in the dick it woulda been.
Broo u been working crazy hard. Endless reviews !! You’re building up a library of content here so don’t worry if it takes some time for the work to pay off
I'll never forget 11 year old me when my brother had me play the demo. It took me a solid 5 minutes to build up the courage to enter the lighthouse. The atmosphere and the water just creeped the hell out of me. You walk in, the door closes, silence and darkness, and then the 50s Americana boots right up. I felt like such an idiot, but had no clue what to expect. My brother will never let me live that moment down hahaha.
All the Bioshock games are great, interesting to see reviews for the the other games and dlc (if you do).
Also I don’t think the lack of Levine is a criticism of 2.
One of my favorite video games on my list. Glad that you're making a video on one of the greatest video games of the modern era.
>subtitles show too much
Yes, thank you! Big fucking cinematic reveal the entire game was building up towards, and it gives you the whole thing in a single paragraph of text, 30 seconds before the line actually gets said.
The first two Bioshocks are among the best games I've ever played (together with the "Stalker" trilogy).
Jesus loves me this I know... For the- OOF
40:21 Wooh, strongly disagree there. Objectivism wouldn't have you harvesting Little Sisters. The core premise is 'not to live for the sake of others or have others live for the sake of you'. Little Sisters are still human and contridict the latter of this premise. The Little Sisters were Fontaine's legacy (with the help of Tenenbaum), he had no quarms with harvesting children for power and profit. Ryan, who has already been steadily betraying his principles, continues the trend by nationalising Fontaine Futuristics and furthering the Little Sister program. He ceased being an Objectivist long ago by this point. Choosing to save the Little Sisters from their servitude to Fontaine's conditioning is Objectively the correct choice.
Here from the future to fable the failure of bioshock 4, there could NEVER be an online bioshock game that could work, short of something like bioshock 2' multiplayer and that's fuckinnnn deaaaad
Ludonarrative dissonance is useless college boy words vus they dont want to say "story you make up in your head"
Makes you sound smart but every stupid person says it so now its the annoying word
This game prompted me to read the source material; Atlas Shrugged. Excellent story all round. Over the years my opinion has changed from, Raptures downfall was due to Objectivism, to this is what happens when a man like Andrew Ryan betrays their principles or perhaps not betray but a constraint of being human. Certainly something fresh.
Ayn Rand is largely discredited and mostly admired by corporate psycopaths and narcissists. I'm glad you enjoyed the story but be very careful assuming the principles contained therein are some kind of societal panacea. If everyone thought like Ayn Rand we'd likely be in Fallout in a decade or two never mind Rapture
I've played this game many times over and I never, until now at 14:11 noticed the Little Sister poking her lit-up bug eyes out at you from her vent!
First time I tried this, just couldn't get into it..... When I actually gave the game some real time it soon became one of my favourite games of all time. The atmosphere, the story, the world building, all absolutely amazing.
One thing that drives me mad about Bioshock: the audio design. Its absolutely horrendous. In this decaying and dead underwater city, it sounds like bloody midtown manhattan on a busy day. There is always splicer chatter/security bot buzzing/vending machine chatter/loudspeaker announcements/big daddies moaning and sometimes literally off these will be overlapping at the same time. There's almost never a moment of peace and quiet and its absolutely infuriating at times. Its so bad it turns me off ever wanting to replay it.
Soon bioshock 3 or 4(if we count the infinite one)
On this new year!
I had no idea Armin Shimerman voiced Andrew Ryan. 😅 - I’m just completely floored by that. I’ll turn in my Trekkie card first thing in the morning…🖖🗽
I just platinumed bioshock 1 again this year. This game is just too damn good. I can play it every year lmao.
I think the fact that neither 1 or 2 overstay their welcome is a big key to them being so replayable. You can do everything, explore every nook & cranny, & still be done within 12-18 hours.
@@bbbbbbb51 very true! It sometimes really annoys me how games nowadays always try to do 30h+ and become so repetitive after a while, you're happy you're finally done with the game at the end.
I have played it so much i have become bored with it. i am playing burial at sea 2 now. Infinite and BAS1 was good and thought provoking but this is only the second time. have played it so it’s fresh
One of the most scariest, inmersive and atmospheric games i played.
Amazing review.
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Excited to see that you finally got around to make a video about Bioshock 1 as well after your videos about Bioshock 2 and Minverva's Den
I personally like that there is a quest arrow because i always get lost in games and get even more confused with maps 😅 i remember at the Fort Frolic level when the quest arrow wasn't there, i circled around the same places at least 3 times.
But it’s too hand holding
A goddamn masterpiece
I remember that I would constantly play Bioshock 1 when I was a kid and I just got to say that this game was really fun and different from the rest. The thing that got me hooked was how the Ai acted and the sorta powers you'd get throughout the game. Honestly it was such a fun game, I've also heard that there's also a new Bioshock game in the works right now so I'm pretty hyped on what type of powers they can come up with.
i feel like the quest arrow should have been an opt-in, after you complete the very first bit of the game it would ask you if you want it or not. people who’d like it can activate it and those who don’t simply click no. everyone who’d get pissed at a single pop-up early in the game is probably just looking for something to get pissed off about
I absolutely love Bioshock
It is one of my all time favorite games and I play it through at least once a year
Nothing beats the crossbow glitch so you can fire it a lot faster by swapping to a plasmid then switching back to the crossbow, it made killing enemies and big daddys way easier
Bioshock do be one of the best games of all time tho
I’m so glad I discovered you man. I’ve never supported anyone on patreon, you’re about to be my first. Your content is superb and can’t wait to see more. Already binging all your content.
I still can't get into BioShock. The gameplay and characters just feel weird to me. I guess Prey is my BioShock.
Another amazing quality video!
43:12 wo long's launch was awful and i immediately refunded. Might pick it up when it's like $0, but to ask full price for a poorly optimized game is insane and frustrating to me.
Small suggestion for possible future playthroughs: The wrench is fun but that Waltz section is elevated much further if you solely use the chemical flamethrower to take down the splicers. So satisfying with the music
17:56 Actually, part of me suspects they're outright looking for people who...well, aren't very game-literate. This is because you need to assume your game is going to be somebody's first game.
Are there spoilers here? Because I still haven’t played this and have the Bioshock Collection ready for a rainy day, so I don’t want them/it spoiled.
Edit: Well I watched the opening fifteen minutes, and thanks for the warning. I’ll come back after I’ve played.
First 2 bioshock titles are easily one of my favourite games of All Times. Such a great experience in rapture and a wonderfull World. An outstanding videogame. Unfortunately the 3. Game wasnt that great anymore. The plot Was To confusing, you could only carry 2 weapons at the same time (why allways These incredible stupid "realistic" Features in a si-fy inspired concept? Please developers, let us a have a weaopen wheel in a si-fy game. It is ok in a more realystic scenario like a 2. World war game. But why anywhere Else? This is stupid). However, the 3. Game had his highlights too.
You may be a boulder punching asshole, but man, I love your video essays. Your work on Bioshock and Resident Evil is among the best on UA-cam. When I want to watch compelling, in-depth reviews of my favorite games, I look to you and Noah Caldwell-Gervais. That’s it. Big Ups!
I actually never looked at quest arrow after my first playthrough, since English isn’t my first language and I didn’t know it at the time. I never turned it off though, just always forgot it even was there
I wouldn’t mind a remake. Change it to limited inventory. Also make the decision of saving the little sisters actually have a negative effect on the player. Improve the final boss fight. Add a few new big daddy types. Make the weapons upgraded more frequent.
I liked the quest arrow, I don’t have time to truly learn every space In all the games I play, I do enough exploring myself to scratch that itch, honestly I’d not have bothered beating bioshock if it didn’t have that arrow to lean on. Just my opinion, I’m of the same mind with the compass in the new quake 2 remaster. When everything looks the same it quickly gets me frustrated.
I know am way behind on the curve but I just started playing the bioshock series for the frist time about a week ago, (I have tried it in the past a couple of times and they just haven't clicked) I knew they were amazing I just couldn't get into it, well after like the 4th time of asking I am finally hooked hahaha, finished bioshock 1 5 days ago, bioshock 2 2 days ago and am now currently going through bioshock infinite and wow, I have to say I missed out before 😅🤣🤣, these games are absolutely fantastic although I do find my self looking for loot way too often 😅🤣🤣
One of the most mediocre video game series ever made in my opinion.
Setting is interesting and pretty unique, but the gameplay was awful. Shooting felt really bad and I could never finish any game in the series.
I'm personally thankful for the quest arrow.
Yes its very ugly, and yes I technically could have done without it,
but now that I have kids, I realise I simply don't have the patience for having my time wasted, even a little.
It's fun to call play testers fucking morons 15 years after the fact,
now that we know Rapture like the back of our hands, and have several mainstream AAA game worlds in the same vein,
but at the time it was very different, and with few RPG elements, there was no benefit whatsoever to getting lost.
All you have to do is miss a door or vent, and you could end up heading all the way back to the start of the level in vain.
They also tell you where you can go if you *_don't_* want to progress in the story.
If there's two doors, you take one, and it moves the story forward, then you missed whatever was behind the other one.
Play tests are important, and when they tell you it's going to be a “disaster”, you better listen.
My view has always been: Bioshock 1 play it for the great story and atmosphere , Bioshock 2 play it for the gameplay, voice acting and as a good example of a great sequel that doesn't just do what the first game did again, bioshock infinite... eh play it for the good art.. nothing else really , you will call the plot within the first half hour, gameplay is ok i guess, really does nothing better then the others and some things worse and is too easy. Oh and burial at sea is pretty enjoyable if only to wash the bad taste of infinite out of your mouth. One thing tho i never really liked about B1 is the lack of infighting, they should have made atleast one zone where you had two different factions of splicers fighting actively
Thank God for last generation games cuz back then we didn't have no clip to hold our tongues I love the fight that you could be a psychopathic murderer and kill those children and get away with it and get points for it in BioShock and then you could be the Humane person but seriously everybody has to respect the balls that people had back then unlike these days❤
I'd really like to hear more about your thoughts on the golden age of gaming as you said. I think the 2000s were a great time for gaming. 1999 till 2009 were great for me.
I don’t see peoples intrigue on Bioshock 2 being the better title. Can someone explain it to me. I’m gettin tired of putting my reason of why it’s a shit title and I feel wrong and need to wash my hands after playing such filth. So that’s someone’s goal explain why 2 is better than 1, and I swear to god if someone says it’s the 2 handed combat, bafoons.
Wonder whether Ryan's last word was intentionally half-illegible and sounding more like "oobey". I believe he was Russian
I like the cultural difference between trustworthy accents, as an Englishman I'd be far more likely to trust a southern drawl over an Irish accent.
Where can we play system shock and system shock 2? I've never been able go find them and want to play them as bioshock franchise is my favorite
Just found your channel and am definitely coming back. Any chance you could touch on Singularity for PS3?
I feel so dumb. I thought Tenenbaum was Hispanic. It wasn't until this video that I figured out she was german
No gods or kings only man, actually is a double meaning, well it’s an unintended double meaning, because what god would allow Rapture to happen?
“Closing days of the golden age of gaming” well said… it was around that time unfortunately..
34:36 Marxist losers tend to be. After all, both of the great killers of the 20th century had iconic mustaches.
It’s worth mentioning the “would you kindly” on the note in the opening scene is much more hidden in the OG version of the game vs the remaster. That bit bothered me in the remaster
I just realized that everytime I play I only use the same weapons and the same 3 plasmids
Great video. Will you make a Bioshock infinite video soon?
O suck at FPS when you have no idea where to go and I get lost, so for me I need the arrow to tell me where to go (or in Dead Space I love being able to highlight the path you need to go
When the submarine blows up the corpses are all adult women, a detail I've never seen mentioned lmao
The quest arrow makes u rush through the game and u end up missing all the amazing details of the city 💯😐
Bioshock was the first game that showed me what video games can do- I'm glad to see how well it's held up
Favourite game experience to date, truly. The whole thing just pulls me in. 2 was pretty good too. Lamb was superb.
I have never harvested a Little Sister in a decade of playing Bioshock. I can't do it.