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TimENT
United States1425 Posts
On March 25 2013 22:11 TritaN wrote: You're right... that is the best review I've ever seen for a game. Absolutely going to buy it now. I've watched the review twice because Sessler puts so much emotion into the review. I've never been so captivated from a review | ||
Firebolt145
Lalalaland34486 Posts
+ Polished game + Design of the floating city is beautiful and enriching; make sure you take your time to explore and discover rather than rush from start to finish, no matter how much the temptation is to find out where the story is heading. Walk around, eavesdrop on conversations, etc + Storyline is shrouded in mystery, capturing your attention and making you play on + Elizabeth is a great likable character. Lots of mystery surrounding her but you grow attached to her, wanting to find out more. None of the typical 'sidekick' drawbacks, IE no escort missions, no getting stuck in environment, etc + Combat is fun, particularly with usage of the skylines making it very fast paced and enjoyable - Ending is controversial, reviewers claim that it will split the audience; some will find it amazing and have their minds blown, others may find it a little too convenient and deus ex machina. May be unable to live up to soaring expectations - Plot a little too focused on Elizabeth, sacrificing the depth that the story of the city could hold - Slight loss in immersion in the way that civilians 'conveniently' disappear whenever fights start to happen - Elizabeth is a bit too much of an answer to everything (need ammo? here, catch! need energy? here you go!), and death seems to be meaningless; however there is a '1994' difficulty option which seems to remove a lot of these hand-holders (I am unclear whether this option is available from the beginning or if you need play through the game first to unlock it) Overall, most agree it's easily a game worth getting. | ||
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
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Dontkillme
Korea (South)806 Posts
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Conti
Germany2516 Posts
On March 25 2013 21:46 TimENT wrote: I'll just leave this here: ^Probably the best review I've ever seen for a video game from whom I believe to be the best and most intelligent reviewer out there, Adam Sessler. I'm always a tad bit suspicious of reviews that do not have a single negative thing to say about what they're reviewing. Then again, the current lowest metacritic score for this game is 80, and the median is 100(!). Then again again, that's what the SimCity 5 reviews looked like right before the game came out, too. Hm. From the review, the game looks a bit like an interactive story with a bit of combat added to it (which, despite what the review said, doesn't look all too special or interesting to me). Given that the game looks stunningly beautiful, I wouldn't even mind that. | ||
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nanaoei
3358 Posts
Well done though, and i'll definitely check out the game when it releases tomorrow. | ||
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Yacobs
United States846 Posts
On March 25 2013 22:28 sekalf wrote: Well.. after that review its kind of hard not to buy the game  The marketing machine claims another victim. | ||
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ReignSupreme.
Australia4123 Posts
Literally looked up to see it have 'Play' instead of 'Pre-Loaded', and then a female i'm very interested in messages me on FB. What to do! | ||
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Firebolt145
Lalalaland34486 Posts
On March 25 2013 23:12 ReignSupreme. wrote: Aaaand it's just come up as ready to play on my steam. Literally looked up to see it have 'Play' instead of 'Pre-Loaded', and then a female i'm very interested in messages me on FB. What to do! Still says pre-load on mine. Are you sure? edit: Oh, Australia. T_____________T | ||
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ReignSupreme.
Australia4123 Posts
On March 25 2013 23:17 Firebolt145 wrote: Still says pre-load on mine. Are you sure? edit: Oh, Australia. T_____________T 'Straya haha. Sadly i've come up with "missing executable" so i'm verifying game cache to see if that helps at the moment Edit: Apparently restarting Steam did the trick for me. Sitting at menu now, already happy with the game just because it has a FOV slider | ||
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TimENT
United States1425 Posts
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sekalf
Sweden522 Posts
If you watched that review its pretty clear that he was genuine about what he thought, and not just rambling stuff from a script. | ||
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heishe
Germany2284 Posts
edit: I used www.vpntraffic.com, it's $2 for 3 days. Off to Bioshock Infinite! | ||
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TimENT
United States1425 Posts
On March 25 2013 23:57 heishe wrote: Does anybody know any cheap australian VPN providers? Just one day for $2 or something would be good. https://www.vpnsecure.me/ For the 2$ Trail Walktrough: Choose under "Membership type" Trail from $2. Then under "Membership Rates" OpenVPN(2USD Payable every 2 Days) After you got your emails, download & install https://www.vpnsecure.me/files/VPNS_0.9.4.1.exe[10] . Close Steam completely.(and logoff from steam.com, close you smartphone app...) Open VPNSecure.me and login with your Login Credentials. Choose 1 of the 3 Austrialien Servers and connect. Open Steam again, Login, double click on your Bioshock Infinite preload. Voila. | ||
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
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nihlon
Sweden5581 Posts
You have to trust someone in the end unless you pirate the game and play it yourself before purchasing (not recommending it). Not all reviewers are "out to get us." "Hard-hitting" forum posters have hardly any more credibility. | ||
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Loxley
Netherlands2480 Posts
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Yacobs
United States846 Posts
On March 26 2013 00:41 nihlon wrote: You have to trust someone in the end unless you pirate the game and play it yourself before purchasing (not recommending it). Not all reviewers are "out to get us." "Hard-hitting" forum posters have hardly any more credibility. Sessler isn't out to get anyone. That doesn't mean he's not part of the machine. It's called selection bias -- it's not possible for a reviewer with certain tastes to succeed in this industry because publishers don't like them and casual gamers have, shall we say, "broader" tastes and therefore don't connect with that reviewer. Sessler has the basic necessities for a talking-head reviewer AND he seems to genuinely like many (most?) AAA games so therefore he is successful. The failing I'm pointing out is to assume that just because Sessler genuinely likes the game it therefore must be good. Furthermore, many forum posters are actually more credible than reviewers because forum posters sometimes bother to actually support their feelings about the game with evidence and information. Reviewers almost never provide evidence or information. Most professional reviews boil down to "The graphics were pretty good, the story was great, the combat was OK but overall it was awesome! 9.5/10." | ||
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Dracolich70
Denmark3820 Posts
The failing I'm pointing out is to assume that just because Sessler genuinely likes the game it therefore must be good. And him gonna purchase it, doesn't mean that he will like it just as much as Sessler. He liked what he saw, he liked what he heard, and therefore wanna try it out.All reviewers are part of a machine, so are consumers posting their opinions. Some are better at selling their opinion. | ||
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m4inbrain
1505 Posts
I'm so going to buy it, i just hope i can run it decently. Wasn't there a website where you could check your PC if a certain game runs decent? Anyone knows? :/ | ||
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