The Most Depressing game

..is BioShock.

I mean the graphics are outstanding, and the game engine works fantastically and there really is alot of innovation in the game, especially for a first person shooter.

However I just cant get over how disturbingly depressive this game is lol. Everytime I picture the BioShock demo its always a depressing and rather disturbing thought of decayed children, messed up little girls, and savage people being brutally murdered by each other or the terrifying big daddies. The whole thing just seems very...miserable :P.

I understand this may insult some of you who absolutely worship this game to days end. But to be honest this is more a point than me trying to bash the game.

Anyone else feel the same ::? ?

p.s In no way is this a BioShock flame, the game looks fantastic and it really do believe it will succeed.

Im going insane over this game, I cant wait to get it. RamboSymbiot

Out of interest what excites you most about the game? Is it it's presentation or its gloomy dark gameplay?

..is BioShock.

I mean the graphics are outstanding, and the game engine works fantastically and there really is alot of innovation in the game, especially for a first person shooter.

However I just cant get over how disturbingly depressive this game is lol. Everytime I picture the BioShock demo its always a depressing and rather disturbing thought of decayed children, messed up little girls, and savage people being brutally murdered by each other or the terrifying big daddies. The whole thing just seems very...miserable :P.

I understand this may insult some of you who absolutely worship this game to days end. But to be honest this is more a point than me trying to bash the game.

Anyone else feel the same ::? ?

p.s In no way is this a BioShock flame, the game looks fantastic and it really do believe it will succeed.

hama666

I agree with you, and it does make you feel a bit uneasy. i guess thats why it may be such a great game, if it brings out those kind of emossions out of you.

Condemned is depressing as hell at times :PV4LENT1NE

Well to be honest Condemned was more different since it involed alot more cheap scares and really the only time you feel uneasy is during gameplay.

However just thinking about bioshock makes me feel uneasy, yet alone playing it. I guess 2k games have created quite something..

F.E.A.R. can be depressing. Everyone that tries to help you dies the end and your all alone. Its stroyline as well. I know that ALma(the main charcter of them) is evil and all but you in some you do feel sad for her. Scientist did something to her that killed her and now she is like a Spectre. Even some of its music is kinda depressing. And The Darkness. I mean you would upset to if a police officer killd your girlfrined. And when your in like World War 1, all the soliders are like have striches some are evil talking when their dead. But I will have to agree that Bioshock looks depressing too.TheShadowLord07

FEAR: Again with FEAR It was mostly cheep scares, yes there was a creepy atmosphere but unfortunately when I think FEAR, I think "The Ring", and for some reason I found that movie humorous so I found it difficult taking FEAR seriously :P

As for the darkness, well practically everything evil and brutal in the game is you. So really the fact that it is YOU who is so terrifying and brutal just takes away the scare factor.

[QUOTE="RamboSymbiot"]Im going insane over this game, I cant wait to get it. hama666

Out of interest what excites you most about the game? Is it it's presentation or its gloomy dark gameplay?

Both really, the graphics look amazing plus the storyline seems interesting so far. I like the weapons plus the powers you get to use aswell. I wasnt really hyped for this game untill I tried the demo. Im gonna try to pick it up as soon as possible

Then I guess they did their job with setting the mood. I don't think an abandoned underground city now run over with genetically mutated denizens is supposed to be disneyland. dgbiker1

lol I wasnt expecting Rapture to be a place of happiness with butterflies flying around and people picking flowers and dancing under the rainbow. I just didnt expect the game to have such a powerful emotional effect on the player.

I found Prey pretty depressing. Rather bleak. Bleakest of all would be Manhunt.Jam_FDUK

Manhunt was pretty bleak, but in a strange way despite the protagonist's desperation, it was more of a satisfying desperation. There was almost an art to how you would kill in the game, abit like the Hitman series.

The depressing atmosphere is what makes the game awesome. The moral choices you have to make during the game will really make people create a great emotional attachment to the game, and that's why it's going to be the best game this year. Silent Hill 2 was definitely depressing also, and I found Final Fantasy X to be depressing too. Great stories in all the games for sure.jimboboklashaur

lol the only thing I found depressing about FFX was how annoying and how much of an awful character Tidus was. But I do agree with Silent Hill: I believe Silent Hill has passed on the torch to BioShock for the new generation of dark and depressing gameplay.

silent hill 2 was depressingssgohan2099

For real.

My votes for most depressing game go to

first of all Condemned because that was a depressing game. With you running around battling psychotic drug addicts, What has the world come too.

People say F.E.A.R has cheap scares, but i disagree, they are not cheap but very effective.
I did not think about bioshock that way until i read this forum. Wow, decaying children that is crazy, but true.

Still want bioshock though, seems to be a very intricate and interesting shooter game. A first in a pretty long time.

It took me a long time to think of a game that made me sad. Most games only have sad ending(FFX) or sad parts(mgs when you shoot the sniper girl). But their was one game that made me sad from start to finish, it was Shadow of the Colossus. I found myself watching these colossi with aw they were so beautiful and amazing that I didnt want to kill them, plus you have no idea why you are killing them and you the player is the one after them to kill them. They are harmless if undisterbed. It also didn't help that when you did kill a colossus the music was very sad and they would die with almost a look of honor in them. fez33

bioshock really looks depressing but ididnt played it yet for me SILENT HILL 4 is most depressin

I second the opinion on Shadow of the Colossus. That game made me feel off the whole time. When I finished that game I didn't feel the same happiness that I usually feel when I beat a game. It felt like I did something that had to be done and there was no joy in that accomplishment.

I like the run-down, days of former glory atmosphere of this game a lot. Also, I love that it doesn't have MP. It's so nice to have a highly polished single-player experience for once on the 360. MP is great and all, but I feel like so much emphasis has been placed on it lately, that single player becomes just an extra bonus, whereas it used to be the other way around.

Also, I'm amazed at how civil this discussion is. This is first time in a long time I have seen continuous posting by people here without hurling insults and other stupid random crap. This topic's discussion islike the way it used to be on this site a long time ago. I hope that this trend spreads.

Wow initially I disliked BioShock and its concept, now im hooked!

Cant wait for the 24th :)

That dark depressing and "evil" atmosphere is what appeals to me. That's one of the things that sets this game apart. I remember when Condemned came out and people were saying the same thing "too disturbing" - "too depressing" - "too dark"...

Any gamewith that many "too's"associated with itmeans it's on the fringe and is extreme - THAT"S WHAT I LIVE FOR!!!

:)

[QUOTE="hama666"]

..is BioShock.

I mean the graphics are outstanding, and the game engine works fantastically and there really is alot of innovation in the game, especially for a first person shooter.

However I just cant get over how disturbingly depressive this game is lol. Everytime I picture the BioShock demo its always a depressing and rather disturbing thought of decayed children, messed up little girls, and savage people being brutally murdered by each other or the terrifying big daddies. The whole thing just seems very...miserable :P.

I understand this may insult some of you who absolutely worship this game to days end. But to be honest this is more a point than me trying to bash the game.

Anyone else feel the same ::? ?

p.s In no way is this a BioShock flame, the game looks fantastic and it really do believe it will succeed.

ocdodger

I agree with you, and it does make you feel a bit uneasy. i guess thats why it may be such a great game, if it brings out those kind of emossions out of you.

I'd have to say Ecco The Dolphin depressed the hell out of me. That poor, cute little dolphin...looking for his family:cry:kdt55

LMAO - yeah that game was so depressing I couldn't even bring myself to play it. ;)

I must say that for someone with the number 666 in their name (original poster) I am quite surprised at how disturbing you find this game. That's a little ironic if you ask me. :)DataDream

lol I created this account 3 years ago when my taste in metal music was at its prime. ;)

[QUOTE="DataDream"]I must say that for someone with the number 666 in their name (original poster) I am quite surprised at how disturbing you find this game. That's a little ironic if you ask me. :)hama666

lol I created this account 3 years ago when my taste in metal music was at its prime. ;)

:) That's cool - LONG LIVE METAL!!!