Bioshock not as appealing ?

I rented Bioshock cause I usually never buy single-player games except Lost Odyssey.

I beat the game but the story was medicore for me, nothing as big as people voted or the critics said . The gameplay was alright, I liked the fact I kept getting creeped out of my mind.

The story- alright

Gameplay- good not great

Graphics/Presentation - Amazing

Lasting Appeal - umm just a rental NEVER a buy..I beat it in 2 days

This game was good but NOTHING compared to Mass Effect, Lost Odyssey, Assasins Creed, Oblivion and Gears of War in single-player mode.

I was expecting more because of all the threads I kept reading in the forums........not more just better I guess

I rented Bioshock cause I usually never buy single-player games except Lost Odyssey.

I beat the game but the story was medicore for me, nothing as big as people voted or the critics said . The gameplay was alright, I liked the fact I kept getting creeped out of my mind.

The story- alright

Gameplay- good not great

Graphics/Presentation - Amazing

Lasting Appeal - umm just a rental NEVER a buy..I beat it in 2 days

This game was good but NOTHING compared to Mass Effect, Lost Odyssey, Assasins Creed, Oblivion and Gears of War in single-player mode.

I was expecting more because of all the threads I kept reading in the forums........not more just better I guess

zaidpass

I think Mass Effect is garbage but that doesn't mean the game actually sucks, it's just not my cup of tea. To decide whether or not a game is good or bad you really have to play it for yourself because every person's opinion is different, but odds are if a thousand people say a game is excellent and three say it's terrible the game is probably worth checking out. a_user

Funny you bring this game up, I just traded it in today at gamestop....I think BioShock is way overrated. Its not a terrible game, I mean I played it until I beat the game so it couldnt be bad....One of the reasons I bought the game was I loved the idea of being in a underwater city, WHen I played it I liked the plasmids (cant remember what it called) being able to freeze people and set people on fire to go along with shooting people...Anyways about middle of the game it got to a point where I just wanted it to be over already...It was the same thing every level, kill splicers, jack them for there money and bullets, look around for 3 Big Daddys to blow up with a Grenede Launcher, and get the ADAM from the little girl...That was it all game long..not to mention, if you werent getting annoyed all the time by the annoying Vending Machines then I give you props...I never listened to the secret diaries, I couldnt understand what they were saying half the time...For me it got to a point where I was forcing myself to beat the game, and I knew I woudlnt ever play this game again, so I traded it in....BioShock isnt a terrible game, its just in no way as good as Call Of Duty 4, or Gears of War....How anyone would think BioShock is a better game then COD4 is beyond me...Its not even close...

So many games, so littles time. Cant hear an entire song on the radio w/ out changing the transmital. Sing to the death rattle. I bought geow/bio on cl for $15 and a unopened blk/wireless contr. I,ve yet to complete either. Gears is comparable w/ a rale of meeth and bioshock is remenescent of hannable rising. there you have it. thnkx. Late. Taking the time to NOT hurry up and wait/hate. Late

^^ WTF is this guy talking about? speak ENGLISH and maybe others on the forum can understand you. i COMPLETED the game, saving EVERY little sister, and the story is just not very great or gripping honestly. they tried to add in too many twists and ended up making it (for me, anyways) not very memorable and not very powerful. i dont get why EVERY game website/magazine praises it SOO much, and then a game like Lost Odyssey comes along and EVERY game website/magazine gives it a completely average rating, when the game made me feel more emotion and connection to characters than ANY game ive ever played, and ive been playing since NES.saiyanlarry

Ok we get it youve been playing games since the nes youve already said, that dosent make you any more right than anyone on this forum, i have bought pretty much every console since the atari 2600, but even if my opinion is that bioshock is great that dosent make me correct.

I also love Lost Odyssey and agree that it deserved a better rating. I am ok with it if you just don't like the game. But if you play it like a shooter that just makes me cringe at the gamers who expect it to be. Thats like playing Mass Effect like a shooter (Which I actually know people who tried that and hate it.) If you don't like RPG's don't buy Mass Effect, and if you don't like story driven games, don't buy BioshockxCHILDExROLANDx

I also love Lost Odyssey and agree that it deserved a better rating. I am ok with it if you just don't like the game. But if you play it like a shooter that just makes me cringe at the gamers who expect it to be. Thats like playing Mass Effect like a shooter (Which I actually know people who tried that and hate it.) If you don't like RPG's don't buy Effect, and if you don't like story driven games, don't buy BioshockxCHILDExROLANDx

I think Mass Effect is garbage but that doesn't mean the game actually sucks, it's just not my cup of tea. To decide whether or not a game is good or bad you really have to play it for yourself because every person's opinion is different, but odds are if a thousand people say a game is excellent and three say it's terrible the game is probably worth checking out. a_user

Omg how can you even begin to think that, the fact that you get that freedom to decide wather your good or bad is the best idea ever without freedom in a game the playability quickly wears off, however i do agree with your second sentiment if the majority think it's good it most likely will be.

i just woke up and everyone says bioshcoks story was MEH when they played it like a halo or CoD4 and just tried to kill everything that moved. THE STYORY IS THE MAIN POINT OF THE GAME ,your telling me thw "Would you kindly" and the whole andrew ryan scene meant nothing.

Did you attempt to find audio diaries to actually explain what is going on and what happened. You have to play this game in depth to find the marvelous story.

I rented Bioshock cause I usually never buy single-player games except Lost Odyssey.

I beat the game but the story was medicore for me, nothing as big as people voted or the critics said . The gameplay was alright, I liked the fact I kept getting creeped out of my mind.

The story- alright

Gameplay- good not great

Graphics/Presentation - Amazing

Lasting Appeal - umm just a rental NEVER a buy..I beat it in 2 days

This game was good but NOTHING compared to Mass Effect, Lost Odyssey, Assasins Creed, Oblivion and Gears of War in single-player mode.

I was expecting more because of all the threads I kept reading in the forums........not more just better I guess

zaidpass

Nothin Compared to Assasins Creed. Acreed was a great game but I'll never play it again, untill the 2nd one comes out. Theres no replay value to that. Oblivion was a great game I havent replayed it yet but ive almost cleaned EVERYTHING in that game out. Oblivion rocks. I think your wrong about bioshock its an awsome game

I agree with the TC more or less. I definetly gave this game a fair shake; I saved every little sister & listened to most of the audio diaries, but it just wasn't as great as people make it out to be. The atmosphere & storyline, while supposedly the game's strongest points, feel completely contrived.

The story had a lot going for it, but it gets compromised during silly moments like "drinking a bioengineered potion that let's you shoot bees out of your arm, which swarm around a potion junky, who for god knows what reason has taken a fancy to scuttling around the ceiling and fighting with imposing looking hooks instead of the abundance of firearms laying around." Also, the little exchange with Ryan toward the end of the game was absolutely absurd. There entire game is littered with nonsense events and things that were done to make the game seem "cooler", but they ultimately only take away from the experience. Even with a goofy story, the gameplay is great; or atleast it could have been had it not been for the vita-chambers, which totally eliminate any suspense or need of skill.

Even though I've given this game a real hard time, it's only because I was let down after the insane amount of hype that followed it. It is what is though, and that's a pretty fun/good looking game. I'll definetly buy the sequel if/when it comes out. The whole thing, though, is a pretty predictable trend. Anytime a shooter comes out with a bit more polish than usual, people tend to go bananas.