BioShock

GhostMjr · August 16, 2007, 07:46:29 PM

Well steam has it on its books for $54.95. Thinking of buying it from there tbh so i don't have to move

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GhostMjr · August 21, 2007, 02:22:15 PM

Just played the demo. What can i say, it's amazing. I am going to buy it on steam but am holding off to see if any last minute deals come up from online retailers.

T-Bag · August 21, 2007, 06:48:52 PM

Quote from: GhostMjr;201796Well steam has it on its books for $54.95. Thinking of buying it from there tbh so i don't have to move .

It's on Play and Amazon for Â£25. Don't have to move either and it saves you money (when you take into account Tax and the conversion rate they use). I've pre-ordered it, it should arrive on the day of release (or if I'm lucky a day early...it wouldn't be the first time). The only downside is you can't play the very second of release.

OldBloke · August 21, 2007, 09:31:23 PM

Amazon are selling the limited edition tin box version for less than the standard version :blink:

Anonymous · August 21, 2007, 10:24:24 PM

Downloaded the demo.

Looks amazing - water very impressive.

But it plays like any other FPS, hack and slash and do this, do that. Think I'll give it a miss.

Coaxafkone · August 22, 2007, 12:03:45 AM

Quote from: BlueBall;202440Downloaded the demo.

Looks amazing - water very impressive.

From an interview I saw, I think they had an entire separate team simply working on the watter effects.

Looks cool, whether my computer right now will handle it, I doubt.

T-Bag · August 22, 2007, 12:47:07 AM

There is a website you can go on to check, but basically you just have to check if you've got a above X1300 ATi (excluding X1550) and Above 7600 (? maybe) Nvidia.

Anonymous · August 22, 2007, 08:34:10 AM

Quote from: T-Bag;202457There is a website you can go on to check, but basically you just have to check if you've got a above X1300 ATi (excluding X1550) and Above 7600 (? maybe) Nvidia.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

T-Bag · August 22, 2007, 10:35:19 AM

Quote from: BlueBall;202476http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

It's not the same one I went on but it does exactly the same job. Infact I like this one better because it doesn't give a warning about my video card not being 512mb (only got 320mb).
The main test the game looks for in my opinion is Pixel Shader 3.0. When my brother ran the test on my old X850XT it said the processing power was fast enough but it wouldn't run the game. Which considering the card isn't that old was suprising. So it's worth a check.

Anonymous · August 22, 2007, 10:56:12 AM

Quote from: T-Bag;202481It's not the same one I went on but it does exactly the same job. Infact I like this one better because it doesn't give a warning about my video card not being 512mb (only got 320mb).
The main test the game looks for in my opinion is Pixel Shader 3.0. When my brother ran the test on my old X850XT it said the processing power was fast enough but it wouldn't run the game. Which considering the card isn't that old was suprising. So it's worth a check.

The only other one I knew of was:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/games/gameadvisor/default.asp

but that link is no longer valid.

Penfold · August 22, 2007, 11:04:35 AM

Quote from: BlueBall;202476http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

That's very neat

Real shame it can't check CS:S though :doh:

PEN

GhostMjr · August 22, 2007, 11:09:37 AM

Quote from: BlueBall;202440Downloaded the demo.

Looks amazing - water very impressive.

But it plays like any other FPS, hack and slash and do this, do that. Think I'll give it a miss.

It's sort of a mixture of genre's. However if you want to delve into the story there are opportunity's.

Benny · August 22, 2007, 01:18:21 PM

Quote from: BlueBall;202440Downloaded the demo.

Looks amazing - water very impressive.

But it plays like any other FPS, hack and slash and do this, do that. Think I'll give it a miss.

I'm agreeing with a Scot..

Let's turn down the brightness, throw some voices in there, feature water as we've done it very well.

Right mood set, let's fit you with an electric bolt, then we can pretend it's not an fps anymore.

Electrify, hit over head, rinse repeat. A bit jumpy, a good story, same old crap underneath, when is someone going to do something different?

T-Bag · August 22, 2007, 04:02:13 PM

I can't wait till it arrives. The demo is interesting, I've been holding off playing it myself, just watching others play it so I don't feel like I'm replaying as much. Comparing the XBox and PC versions though even without DX10 on it looks nicer on the PC, and with it it's a whole other leauge. (With both running through a PC monitor so it's not just the difference between a TV and PC Screen.)

Also about the other benchmark it was done by 3DMark, but I formatted since so won't be able to find the link unless my brother remembers it.

kregoron · August 23, 2007, 08:12:28 AM

graphics are impressive, tho other then that it didnt do much for me...

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