I decided to start replaying BioShock again after getting bored of Burnout Paradise. It’s still amazing! My wife overheard “Rapture” on the TV and asked, “Didn’t you already play this?” Wow. Considering the last time I played it was a couple years ago, I’m actually pretty impressed that she remembers Rapture. I don’t think she remembers any video games I’ve played but perhaps that’s just a testament to how memorable the game was.
The good thing about playing the game two years later is that while I do recall the general plot and twists, I’ve forgotten about most of the actual gameplay itself so I’m liking my jump back into it. In a way, maybe I’ll do this again with all the games in my collection: break them out a couple years later to see if they’ve aged like wine or do not stand the test of time.
As expected, BioShock still rocks. Not only is it a great refresher in time for the sequel, but it’s still an amazing game everyone should pick up if you want a well crafted story, depth and adventure to your traditional run and gun FPS game. After playing so many recent games that are five or six hours in length, BioShock’s 20+ hour length comes as a pleasant change of pace.
I’m actually slightly worried that BioShock 2 won’t be as good as its predecessor. Not only is it not being developed by the same studio, but four studios are involved this time. Plus, there’s multiplayer. Why do we need multiplayer this time around? Everyone will be playing Modern Warfare 2 anyway. What also sucks is that Take 2 is worried and has decided to push BioShock 2 back to first half of 2010 - most likely to avoid competing with Halo 3 ODST and Modern Warfare 2.
I have tried numerous times to get into this game but I just can’t. I cant even tell you why…something about it just doesn’t work for me.
I feel like I’m missing out on a great game
i still have yet to get through bioshock. it seems interesting enough, but not enough for me to get motivated to play it. the funny thing is i ran all over the city trying to find a copy when it first came out.
i think i just need to sit down and play it tho. i felt the same way about zelda:windwaker, and that turned out to be such an awesome game.
too busy playing sf4 tho, and will probably get caught up with starcraft 2 after/during.
don’t feel bad dude – it’s that way for everyone with certain games. maybe there’s some mechanics or the theme just doesn’t fly for you. for some reason i could never really get into gears of war or halo, at least not compared to the majority of the 360 fanbase. and i love mirror’s edge and bladestorm, but again, those are games that didn’t get the greatest of reviews.
the good thing about gaming today is even if you can’t get into this game, there’s so many other good ones out there that you can move onto that you’ll be happily gaming away with something!
i hear ya. seems like you’re on playing sf4 a lot these days! i was already preparing to start playing other games in my backlog but now i’m actually being hit with several games at once that i want to play instead. it’s kind of a crazy occurance that i had 20 hours free recently to go back and beat it. btw i heard that starcraft 2 is being pushed back to next year though, so we may still have a few months to go…
even though i beat wind waker, it was probably my least favorite zelda of them all. too much time spent out at sea and playing the ocarina or whatever just to change the direction of the wind was not my idea of a good time haha