Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN FEBRUARY 2025?

On 02/03/2025 16:47, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:46:14 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
 

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Bioshock Remastered
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I've drug out Bioshock. I still fumble around with weapon switching (it's
a bit obtuse), but I am much better at the game than when I first played
it. Closing in on the first boss now. "Remastered" doesn't seem to do
much other than make the install bigger, or maybe my memories are wrong.

 Mostly, the Remastered version was an attempt to bring the console
versions up to the level of the original PC visuals, and the PC
version --which already looked great-- didn't really get much
improvement. The differences really are minute, and in the actual game
it's /really/ hard to notice them. (here's a video showcasing a few of
the changes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzMlk8Fpwvk). In some
instances, the old version looks better; in others, the Remastered is
better, but overall it's a wash.
 The Remastered is probably the better version to play but if you
already own the original it's not worth paying to upgrade.
 

Bioshock is a game that I was hugely disappointed in although part of that is my own fault as I bought into the hype surrounding it so much that I even pre-ordered it.
It started off well but to me it became apparent that although the setting was interesting it really was just another shooter. The much touted gameplay videos of setting up elaborate traps, well that's fine but why go to all that effort when you can just shoot them in the face.