BioShock

[Hippy]

I'll save you the 'pleasure' of clicking a link.

Originally posted by Gamesradar.com@Apr 27 2006, 01:59 PM
Rapture, a fallen underwater utopia, is the fading remnant of civilisation's peak. Created by Soviet Andrew Ryan in 1946, it was once the perfect playground for society's elite. Just how did the discovery of a new species of sea slug send it into chaos?

The creature was found to secrete a substance known by Rapture's residents as 'Adam', possessing powerful healing abilities and physical and mental benefits. But it worked too well, and their society split into two factions in the struggle for control over Adam. War followed. In the year 1960, this is the shattered world you find.

Many games are touted as offering "truly non-linear experiences" or freeform worlds, but eventually deliver a standard on-rails shooter with godforsaken 'RPG elements'. We're almost numb to the claim. But when the people making such promises are the ones who gave us System Shock 2 and Thief, we sit up and take notice. In the case of BioShock, we're bolt upright.
 
A sadness permeates Rapture, and it's one the developer, Irrational, hopes will impact our involvement with the game. Survival is key, but how you accomplish this will be more a matter of ethics than grit.

All who remain in Rapture are dependent upon Adam, the two factions still opposed and fighting to possess the little that remains. In one of very many striking images, Adam is retrieved from dead bodies via the Gatherers - or as we might recognise them, small children. Kill them, and you have a great deal of the valuable substance. But you've just killed a child.

The Gatherers aren't completely defenceless. Each is accompanied by a Protector - a vast, hulking armoured being that exists solely to keep its companion alive. It's with both fear and remorse that you'll greet the sight of the hulking Protector gently holding hands with the tiny, innocent Gatherer.

Your time in Rapture will be spent learning the truth of what happened, in the manner you see most fit. Irrational intends to recognise our intelligence as gamers - an unusual act in itself for a developer. It'll provide us with a powerful sense of place, a motive, and an array of possibilities. The rest is going to be up to us.

We haven't had quite the odd, excited feeling that BioShock gives us since we first heard about Deus Ex. This is the developer most capable of a project on this scale, with the emotional maturity to deliver it honestly and powerfully. Try as we might, we can't keep our hopes down.

[DuVeL]

Oooohhh, sounds nice, I wonder about the enviroment it will be played in and such and AI of the bots. Nice find, if you've got more info about it, keep us posted.

[Hippy]

For those people who are thinking "who the TANGO are Irrational?" (like i was)

They are the people behind SWAT4 and they were recently overtaken by Take2.

[BrotherTobious]

The pesudo sequeal to System Shock2 one of the best games of all time IMO.  I am looking forward to it

And Theif is also a great serries hopefully they wont mess it up

[Hippy]

lol, maybe i was too busy thinking "who the TANGO are 'irrational'?" to read the bit that says that they did Thief and System shock.  :blush:  

[Gorion]

sounds nice.. nothing beats Dx tho..

[Maus]

Originally posted by Gorion@Apr 30 2006, 05:51 PM
sounds nice.. nothing beats Dx tho..

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(apart from System Shock 2, Thief, and Thief 2 )

[GhostMjr]

Well pc zone gave this game 96%. I look forward to playing through it .

[KKND]

28th it will come in the shops...

[Benny]

Do you guys trawl the forums trying to find an old post to resurrect?

[T-Bag]

Do you guys trawl the forums trying to find an old post to resurrect?

To be fair the game is coming up to release, so it's better than opening up a new one. Also the game should be awesome. (Gotta put vista on just to get DX10 though)

[GhostMjr]

To be fair the game is coming up to release, so it's better than opening up a new one. Also the game should be awesome. (Gotta put vista on just to get DX10 though)

:withstupid:

[Gandalf]

This game is def a buyer. I got the demo off XBL a few days ago and it's awesome

PC demo should be out in a few weeks so I understand.

[KKND]

This game is def a buyer. I got the demo off XBL a few days ago and it's awesome

PC demo should be out in a few weeks so I understand.

We tried as hard as humanly possible to get it out to you guys simultaneously with the 360 demo, but we needed to make sure that it was perfect - that all drivers were ready, and that the game looked great on a huge variety of computers ... "Currently, the PC demo [is] in its final stages of testing and approval. We are pushing to get it out to you as soon as possible. It will be out during the month of August, and everyone is working at full capacity to deliver it to you before the game hits store shelves on August 21st."

Edit: some specs...

Minimum System Requirements -

CPU - Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor

System RAM - 1GB

Video Card - Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).

Sound Card - 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card

Hard disc space - 8GB free space

- Recommended System Requirements -

CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo processor

System RAM - 2GB

Video card - DX9 - Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better) / DX10 - NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better

Sound Card - Sound Blaster X-Fi series (Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)

[T-Bag]

Minimum System Requirements -

CPU - Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor

System RAM - 1GB

Video Card - Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).

Sound Card - 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card

Hard disc space - 8GB free space

Anyone know if an Audigy 4 is 100% direct X 9.0c compatible. I guess it is but I'd never heard of DX for sound card specs.
Also 8GB?! Thats quite alot.