Bioshock Infinite

Either I got significantly more terrible at gaming since Infinite's release, or the beginning of this DLC is fucking hard on 1999 mode.

Jait_sl said:

I played it through on 1999.

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You start off with shit for ammo. I think 3 shots? So I just lured them around to the red barrels and used a bullet on those to take out all 3 splicers. Then possessed someone in the next group before finally reaching a machine to fill up on ammo. Then it became a lot easier. Still need to utilize the "trap" button and and barrels quite a bit. And air attacks ftw.

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I haven't finished it so I didn't want to read the spoiler. Any non-spoilery pro tips?

Edit: I couldn't help myself and I read the spoiler. It's not a spoiler. =p Thanks for the tips.

It's been so long since I played the original that it didn't occur to me that the keybinding had changed.

Just beat the DLC. I can see why the dude in that interview linked several posts back was bashful about the DLC's length. I almost felt cheated that I had put that much effort in exploring and finding stuff given that it's pretty likely your items won't persist into episode 2.


In any case, as mentioned above, this would be a very, very tough sell at $15 for the ~2 hours of Rapture. Don't get me wrong, it's pretty sweet to revisit Rapture again, and there are a few standout moments in my mind (enemies hidden in plain site next to obvious pickups). I think the moment-to-moment gameplay is top notch, but it feels like they took one DLC and split it into two. Hopefully episode 2 helps to explain why we needed to see this story instead of more Columbia.

Edit: For anyone paying attention, I was having a hard time getting the ball rolling on 1999 difficulty, but that's because I was a tard and not using possession. Possesion makes almost every encounter trivial. I only died once after I started using it (though I got very close quite a few times).

Also, am I going crazy, or did the vanilla Infinite only allow you to carry two weapons at a time? I was so confused when I couldn't swap out my weapons with no ammo left to new weapons. Then I saw a tip that said "Hold E to swap weapons" and there's a radial menu like the plasmids allowing you to select any weapon you previously acquired.

Finally getting around to playing this (vanilla) after getting it on a steam sale.

Hugely disappointed. I had figured this would be solid given what I understood of the creator (Ken Levine?), but nope, it got AAA'd to all hell. Linear bullshit with zero meaningful choice, and the two-weapon limit can kiss my ass. Also, what the fuck is with moving to the Mass Effect (could originate elsewhere, dunno) style of "encounter-based" fighting? Even though there weren't dick-high walls to hide behind, it still felt like ME where you walk along for awhile in complete safety, and then OH GOD ENCOUNTER TIME!!! and there are 5-10 enemies to fight, music dies down, and you go back to your complete safety scavenging. Fucking Christ, I hate this planet so much.

I read a bit of this thread when it came out, and the general consensus on here seemed to be that it was a good, or even great game. But I completely disagree, and if you guys are starting to buy into this shit, when we on this board are supposed to be the last vestiges of true nerdy passionate gamers, then I'm probably just fucked from here on out, other than the occasional indie gem.

Ugh.

Seananigans_sl said:

Finally getting around to playing this (vanilla) after getting it on a steam sale.

Hugely disappointed. I had figured this would be solid given what I understood of the creator (Ken Levine?), but nope, it got AAA'd to all hell. Linear bullshit with zero meaningful choice, and the two-weapon limit can kiss my ass. Also, what the fuck is with moving to the Mass Effect (could originate elsewhere, dunno) style of "encounter-based" fighting? Even though there weren't dick-high walls to hide behind, it still felt like ME where you walk along for awhile in complete safety, and then OH GOD ENCOUNTER TIME!!! and there are 5-10 enemies to fight, music dies down, and you go back to your complete safety scavenging. Fucking Christ, I hate this planet so much.

I read a bit of this thread when it came out, and the general consensus on here seemed to be that it was a good, or even great game. But I completely disagree, and if you guys are starting to buy into this shit, when we on this board are supposed to be the last vestiges of true nerdy passionate gamers, then I'm probably just fucked from here on out, other than the occasional indie gem.

Ugh.

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You should check out burial at sea. It more-or-less addresses your encounter complaint. I actually felt penalized for scavenging because it spawns completely new, unavoidable encounters.

I may. But likely not, because patronizing these fucks further for another 2 hours of content is fairly counter-intuitive.

I guess the comments weren't properly worded then, because I came away with the impression that it was still a good/solid game. There's no excuse for these modern day interactive stories or whatever you want to call this shit the industry is churning out these days. I want to play games, not be hand-held through some jackass's idea of a "compelling" story. If I wanted that, I'd watch a fucking movie. Story in games is there to enhance the game experience, andwasoften done quite well back in the day, but when there's no GAME to be had, then what's the fucking point?

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