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

candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:24 this Tuesday (GMT):

On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 08:53:35 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> 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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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.

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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.

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Yeah, the pre-release hype was outrageous for this game. There were a
lot of comparisons to "System Shock", and everybody expected a sandbox
as deep as that classic game. But it was such a shallow experience
(despite being set miles underwater) that it couldn't help but be
disappointing.

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Good one! I think SS and Deus Ex are like THE games that sandboxes are
compared to, and it doesn't usually live up to it :P

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I couldn't get into the original Deus Ex game (demo).

"Bioshock" wasn't a bad game in any way. But it wasn't the second
coming that it was promised to be.
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The twist in the middle of the game was neat, though.

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No spoilers!

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Shhh. Now, maybe I do want to play it. Hahah. Was this game short?