Your Thoughts on "Rapture" (BioShock)

I honestly think that it's one of the best video game areas ever.

Great atmosphere. Both depressing and beautiful at the same time.

Your thoughts?

They did a good job on Rapture, but they could have done better. The level design was too linear to constitute feeling like a "city." And that detracted from the gameplay. They did a better job with the enviornment in SS2 (and everything else for that matter).

Moral of the story, if you think Bioshock is great, play SS2. Then you'll think Bioshock is just good.

It's okay but as far as being a city where people actually live....it fails. Imagine if it actually looked lived-in... that would be awesome, and make so much more sense.

No wonder why everyone went crazy, you have to go through bathrooms just to get to the theater! How annoying!

I honestly think that it's one of the best video game areas ever.

Great atmosphere. Both depressing and beautiful at the same time.

Your thoughts?

NAPK1NS

Good yes. But one of the best? No way.

To be honest the city reeked of generic, lost underwater city.

i take it this thread was made because of mine?Zero5000X

ur thread disapointed people coz they thought it was about bioshock, so this thread had to be made to make them happy :D

[QUOTE="Zero5000X"]i take it this thread was made because of mine?mingo123

ur thread disapointed people coz they thought it was about bioshock, so this thread had to be made to make them happy :D

i don't really know what the fuss is about Bioshock. I played the demo and didn't think it was the great.

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[QUOTE="Zero5000X"]i take it this thread was made because of mine?Zero5000X

ur thread disapointed people coz they thought it was about bioshock, so this thread had to be made to make them happy :D

i don't really know what the fuss is about Bioshock. I played the demo and didn't think it was the great.

me too, I bought the game but havent played it for more then 15 minutes, hopefully I will play it soon

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[QUOTE="Zero5000X"]i take it this thread was made because of mine?mingo123

ur thread disapointed people coz they thought it was about bioshock, so this thread had to be made to make them happy :D

i don't really know what the fuss is about Bioshock. I played the demo and didn't think it was the great.

me too, I bought the game but havent played it for more then 15 minutes, hopefully I will play it soon

15 minutes...

Sure your able to call Rapture boring?

15 minutes...

Sure your able to call Rapture boring?

NAPK1NS

yeh 15 minutes and im already bored, I wonder what would happen if I played for like 2 hours

rapture has to be one of the most brilliantly-done settings ever. the diarys are so amazing to listen to... like as you go through the medical pavillion you hear the gradual maddening of dr steinmann through his diaries... and the most epic twist ever when you meet ryan. and also the immense FEELING it gives to you in the first 15 minutes of playing.

EDIT: errr i just read your message mingo123. funny we both said the exact opposite about the first 15 minutes...

[QUOTE="NAPK1NS"]15 minutes...

Sure your able to call Rapture boring?

mingo123

yeh 15 minutes and im already bored, I wonder what would happen if I played for like 2 hours

2 hours? You'd probably get into it if you played it for 2 hours. Or maybe you don't have the patience to play it for 2 hours.

i loved exploring Rapture .. the design and atmosphere were top notch

with these rumours of Bioshock 2 being a prequel, it'll be interesting to see Rapture in its glory

i get the feeling that there's loads more to the city we've yet to see .. otherwise it's not much of a city really

[QUOTE="mingo123"][QUOTE="NAPK1NS"]15 minutes...

Sure your able to call Rapture boring?

organic_machine

yeh 15 minutes and im already bored, I wonder what would happen if I played for like 2 hours

2 hours? You'd probably get into it if you played it for 2 hours. Or maybe you don't have the patience to play it for 2 hours.

He'd probably need about 5 hours so he could get into Fort Frolic.

I honestly think that it's one of the best video game areas ever.

Great atmosphere. Both depressing and beautiful at the same time.

Your thoughts?

NAPK1NS

i think it would be the perfect setting for a WRPG

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I honestly think that it's one of the best video game areas ever.

Great atmosphere. Both depressing and beautiful at the same time.

Your thoughts?

TheAlienHobo

Good yes. But one of the best? No way.

To be honest the city reeked of generic, lost underwater city.

I didn't know Atlantis was steampunk :?

[QUOTE="NAPK1NS"]15 minutes...

Sure your able to call Rapture boring?

mingo123

yeh 15 minutes and im already bored, I wonder what would happen if I played for like 2 hours

You have a short attention span.

I think the story transcends the medium. It, along with the gameplay, can be discussed on a literary level.VoodooHak

The story was System Shock 2 wrapped in Steampunk, ditto gameplay but wrapped in diapers.

[QUOTE="VoodooHak"]I think the story transcends the medium. It, along with the gameplay, can be discussed on a literary level.thrones

The story was System Shock 2 wrapped in Steampunk, ditto gameplay but wrapped in diapers.

The gameplay was great and the majority backs up that claim. Sorry, you didn't enjoy it. Maybe you should've looked at it as a spiritual successor, which it was, and not as a sequel, which it wasn't.

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[QUOTE="VoodooHak"]I think the story transcends the medium. It, along with the gameplay, can be discussed on a literary level.BioShockOwnz

The story was System Shock 2 wrapped in Steampunk, ditto gameplay but wrapped in diapers.

THe gameplay was great and the majority backs up that claim. Sorry, you didn't enjoy it. Maybe you should've looked at it as a spiritual successor, which it was, and not as a sequel, which it wasn't.

Where did I say it was bad? I said it was simplified.

I would use consolised. But I won...

It was consolised.

[QUOTE="VoodooHak"]I think the story transcends the medium. It, along with the gameplay, can be discussed on a literary level.thrones

The story was System Shock 2 wrapped in Steampunk, ditto gameplay but wrapped in diapers.

So wait, because the gameplay wasn't what you assumed it would be (despite Levine and co. saying "This game is an FPS" 1000 times pre-release), it was wrapped in diapers?

That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me...

They did a good job on Rapture, but they could have done better. The level design was too linear to constitute feeling like a "city." And that detracted from the gameplay. They did a better job with the enviornment in SS2 (and everything else for that matter).

Moral of the story, if you think Bioshock is great, play SS2. Then you'll think Bioshock is just good.

organic_machine

System Shock 2 IMO is probably the best shooter i have ever played. That game was absolute magic.

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[QUOTE="VoodooHak"]I think the story transcends the medium. It, along with the gameplay, can be discussed on a literary level.jethrovegas

The story was System Shock 2 wrapped in Steampunk, ditto gameplay but wrapped in diapers.

So wait, because the gameplay wasn't what you assumed it would be (despite Levine and co. saying "This game is an FPS" 1000 times), it was wrapped in diapers?

That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me...

He said it was "consolised", yet it was never supposed to be based off of something before it. It wasn't the sequel to anything, it was a new IP, so I don't get how it could've been "consolised" from nothing. It's not a System Shock 2 sequel and never was supposed to be. I wish the complainers would've read about it before buying it, because they obviously expected it to be something it wasn't. It's a great experience on its own, and it needs to stop being compared to something it was never trying to be, period.

It was one of the few things that I liked in BioShock but I couldn't get immersed in it cause I thought the gameplay was weak.

Van Braun is a better place though. Much more frightening too.