The General Videogame Thread

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

It was "soon" like that for a long time already. But hopefully it comes this year.

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Even System Shock remake is shown as "soon": https://www.gog.com/game/system_shock

 

[Garrison72]

It was "soon" like that for a long time already. But hopefully it comes this year.

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Even System Shock remake is shown as "soon": https://www.gog.com/game/system_shock

Their twitter feed says it's coming in two months.

Have to admit I have my reservations about the new direction they're taking, but I still can't suppress my excitement.

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

Ah, that sounds good. Looking forward to it. I didn't keep track of what their plans were, but I hope they'll live up to the quality of the first game.

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And seems it will be day one Linux release: http://store.steampowered.com/app/324800/

GOG doesn't list anything besides Windows, but Steam lists Linux.

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Interesting article about Bioshock: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/08/bioshock-objectivism-philosophy-analysis/

I didn't really play the game yet, so I didn't know that it draws a parallel to Atlas Shrugged and Andrew Ryan hints to Ayn Rand.

 

[volsung]

Just realized there's gonna be a remastered edition of all 3 Bioshock games, and that it might be free for owners of the original games. Is that correct? I think I have all three somewhere and so it'd be a good time to finally play them.

 

[Alan989]

Just realized there's gonna be a remastered edition of all 3 Bioshock games, and that it might be free for owners of the original games. Is that correct? I think I have all three somewhere and so it'd be a good time to finally play them.

The original doesn't work on modern systems though. I tried a lot of things to get it working, but the damn thing always crashes.

 

[dragonbird]

Just realized there's gonna be a remastered edition of all 3 Bioshock games, and that it might be free for owners of the original games. Is that correct? I think I have all three somewhere and so it'd be a good time to finally play them.

All three, or just the two old ones? Remastering Infinite seems a bit premature.

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The original doesn't work on modern systems though. I tried a lot of things to get it working, but the damn thing always crashes.

This would be the Original Original? On floppy disk or whatever?
I bought the Steam versions of 1 and 2 a couple of years ago. They work fine.

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

The original doesn't work on modern systems though.

It works in Wine on Linux. You can get it DRM-free in the Humble store. I tested it, and didn't have any issue running the game. But I didn't really get to playing it yet. Others aren't available DRM-free.

 

[Golden_Phoenix]

Spoiler

 

[volsung]

All three, or just the two old ones? Remastering Infinite seems a bit premature.

2K says:

"BioShock Infinite is not being remastered on PC because it already meets current-gen console standards and runs smoothly on high visual settings."

So I guess it's just a bundle, but 1 & 2 come with a face lift.

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

I wonder how long it will take 2K to release Bioshock games on GOG.

 

[dragonbird]

2K says:

"BioShock Infinite is not being remastered on PC because it already meets current-gen console standards and runs smoothly on high visual settings."

So I guess it's just a bundle, but 1 & 2 come with a face lift.

OK. That makes sense. One word of warning though - if anyone's planning this, don't get the Burial at Sea expansion for Bioshock Infinite unless it's been extensively patched. And discounted. I bought it about six months after it came out, and it was so buggy I gave up and just read the story from some web site. Which was a shame, because it's the extension that connects the two locations and I'd been really looking forward to playing it.

And the second half of Burial at Sea is stealth-based. Which may be a plus or minus, depending how you feel about stealth games .

 

[Arvuti]

OK. That makes sense. One word of warning though - if anyone's planning this, don't get the Burial at Sea expansion for Bioshock Infinite unless it's been extensively patched. And discounted. I bought it about six months after it came out, and it was so buggy I gave up and just read the story from some web site. Which was a shame, because it's the extension that connects the two locations and I'd been really looking forward to playing it.

And the second half of Burial at Sea is stealth-based. Which may be a plus or minus, depending how you feel about stealth games .

The bundle will contain all of the DLC for Infinite for free

 

[dragonbird]

The bundle will contain all of the DLC for Infinite for free

I guess that's "discounted".

Anyway, maybe they did/will patch it. It does tie the two locations together nicely.

 

[eskiMoe]

OK. That makes sense. One word of warning though - if anyone's planning this, don't get the Burial at Sea expansion for Bioshock Infinite unless it's been extensively patched. And discounted. I bought it about six months after it came out, and it was so buggy I gave up and just read the story from some web site. Which was a shame, because it's the extension that connects the two locations and I'd been really looking forward to playing it.

Huh. I played both episodes on release and they were relatively bug free. Maybe some later patch has broken them?

I might be tempted to replay the original Bioshock if you get the updates for free. Bioshock 2 although a good game (maybe even better than the original) always felt a bit pointless.

 

[dragonbird]

I might be tempted to replay the original Bioshock if you get the updates for free. Bioshock 2 although a good game (maybe even better than the original) always felt a bit pointless.

I thought 2 was OK, just a bit too similar to 1. It felt more like an expansion pack than a new game.

 

[Pug.]

OK. That makes sense. One word of warning though - if anyone's planning this, don't get the Burial at Sea expansion for Bioshock Infinite unless it's been extensively patched. And discounted. I bought it about six months after it came out, and it was so buggy I gave up and just read the story from some web site. Which was a shame, because it's the extension that connects the two locations and I'd been really looking forward to playing it.

And the second half of Burial at Sea is stealth-based. Which may be a plus or minus, depending how you feel about stealth games .

My copy of Burial at Sea worked fine, but I really didn't like the direction that DLC took the franchise. I get that Levine was trying to send a "love letter to fans," but joining Rapture and Columbia at the hip cheapened both experiences imo. They were both tight, self-contained, and deeply satisfying experiences on their own, why go the cliche route of making Bioshock Infinite a prequel to the original game?

Spoiler

Also, seeing Elizabeth clubbed to death with a wrench didn't exactly feel like a "love letter."

 

[dragonbird]

I liked the idea of them joining the two, as it had already been done briefly in Infinite. The first half of the expansion was OK, story-wise, but the second half sucked.

And what you said in the spoiler.

 

[Alan989]

So the new villains in Pokemon Sun and Moon are just an anarchist street gang who are wannabe rappers: :rofl:

Ah well, at least there's a cute new form for Raichu and Meowth.

 

[volsung]

So the new villains in Pokemon Sun and Moon are just an anarchist street gang who are wannabe rappers: :rofl:

That was so fucking weird, can't believe I watched most of it. Truth be told, I did it because you mentioned an anarchist gang. What makes you think they are anarchists? They just look like a street gang, I don't see them advocating a self-governed society without obligatory associations.

 

[Alan989]

That was so fucking weird, can't believe I watched most of it. Truth be told, I did it because you mentioned an anarchist gang. What makes you think they are anarchists? They just look like a street gang, I don't see them advocating a self-governed society without obligatory associations.

The symbols just look vaguely like anarchist symbols, and seem to love messing places up for no reason.