Scared by BioShock....
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 - 9:28pm
I downloaded the demo and while it definately showed the potential to be just about the most awesome thing ever I was so scared after about ten minutes I had to turn it off.
But everyone loves it and is talking of nothing else.
As such, I have been thinking of buying it for about a week. Is buying and playing this game worth the tradeoff in potentially not sleeping?
Yes.
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Done deal. Tommorrow when I grab Monster Hunter Freedom 2 it comes with a side order of BioShock.
I think i must be desensitised to scary stuff... i don't think i've been scared by a game since AvP2.... i reckon i must compartmentalise my fear or shock in order to better deal with the situation...
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Yes, with the caveat that the copy protection is very nasty, which may inspire you to wait awhile until it's broken or patched out.
Overall, I found it much less frightening than System Shock 2.
I seem to only get really spooked when I play games on the PC (F.E.A.R., Doom 3, etc.) Bioshock on the 360 is creepy but I rarely jumped.
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Agreed, mainly because I was rarely without means for combat. In System Shock 2, I was always keenly aware of exactly how many bullets I had, and knowing I was low and hearing psychic monkey chirps echoing through the hallways was always enough to bring the panic factor to 10.
Although there was a similar type of "combat dread" in BioShock, it wasn't at the same "OMFG go away and leave me alone PLEASE!" level of System Shock 2.
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I could have sworn this thread was locked last night...
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Ooooh, creepy!
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Indeed. Someone had a change of heart, I guess. Or maybe BioShock scared them into opening it again.
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