The BRAWL² Tournament Challenge has been announced!
It starts May 12, and ends Sept 12. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
It starts May 12, and ends Sept 12. Let's see what you got!
https://polycount.com/discussion/237047/the-brawl²-tournament
Bioshock Demo for download
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now up on the 360 marketplace.. time to see what this bitch can do 
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Thanks for letting us know.
For those of you who are looking for a BioShock demo on the PC, it is in the works and will be out later this month. I'll give you more details about it tomorrow.
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from Kotaku
-caseyjones
Woooo
downlaoading naaao
"Hey, 63% of the Bioshock download servers just exploded. We've got 4 casualties so far. Steve was one of them. Do you mind coming in?"
45 minutes to get 13%
Game awesome.
BUUUUT
Physics are a tad wonky
And for a game that's supposed to be realllly immersive....
Why doesnt my guy have legs?
And where's his shadow?
Great game, though. Just a few small problems. Mostly just nitpicks on my part
I have absolutely no qualms with anything so far.
Edit: That stroller scene was one of the best moments I've ever had in video gaming, I felt remorse about killing the splicer afterwards.
**EDIT**
oh my fucking crap. about 10 seconds after i started playing again I went into that restaurant and back up and when I heard some bitch scream behind me before hitting me with a pipe I think I shit myself. I turned it off so that I don't have a heart attack!
Nitpicks... Lots of butterfly effects on uvs that were mirrored. I was walking around and looking at the art since it's UE3 and I wanted to see some things.
Some seams here and there but well sometimes it's just impossible to get rid of them.
Still thats being nitpicky..
I want the full thing now.
That, and I love the idea of research, where you take pictures to learn about enemies and in tern are able to invent shit based on your research.
oh man.
can't wait!
-caseyjones
I'm extremely happy that this game has managed to scare me, and there are no problems significant enough to make the game less enjoyable. Yet.
I love the 50's music, atmospheric.
Still overall much better game than i was expecting..
It's lovely.
I preordered the special edition with the bid daddy figurine
For folk in the UK:
Go to http://www.getupandplay.co.uk/ and click "No purchase necessary" (wee text near the bottom of the screen), fill it out (didn't work when I tried @yahoo.co.uk email, but gmail worked).
You get emailed a code, put that and your number in and you get emailed a code that gives yout £5 off game.co.uk when you spend £30 or more. The special edition is £39.99, so you can get it for £34.99 (free postage) with this.
Completely believable world. I liken it to environments in the Harry Potter movies. The world even though it's off seems like it could work. Which should usually be the goal in all this madness I think.
next month is halo 3 and then hopefully soon after that assassins creed and many many more games
I can't say the same about the visuals, though. The art direction of the lighting, I thought, was great. Very classic sort of 1930s sci-fi look/feel to it. But the asset themselves and the execution leave me wanting more finesse to them. Everything looks so harsh, a lot of contrast, it's very difficult to the eyes. I never know what to focus on when going through the levels... because everything is trying to grab my attention.
This is my main issue with most current games. Everything is in your face. There's no consideration taken into focusing the player's eye into a specific area of the screen. There's no consideration of harmonizing color, values, and detail to achieve a clear and readable onscreen image.
Everything is so highly detailed or have high contrast that it makes my eyes cry blood.
http://www.2kgames.com/cultofrapture/artbook.html
Holy shit that was awesome!
Played the demo today, I love it - setting is so fresh, lighting very vibrant and bold, audio is awesome (if a little cheesy at times) ... some of the water effects are amazing too.
The specular was a little overdone here and there but overall very good design and artwork, and it's atmospheric and fun too! Winner...
http://kotaku.com/gaming/dying-is-too-easy/bioshock-demo-made-even-harder-289286.php
A definate GOTY contender, pre-ordered the special edition
I thought the AI is great in this game. The bad guys are so aggressive and creepy you end up genuinely hating them. Cant wait to play the full version
Game definitely sold me, i was going to get stranglehold, but I'll just rent that instead. The water effects were awesome, made me stop and look at them, to see what ue3 material tricks they did. The sound was equally impressive!
The art book is sweet!!!
I agree with most of the crits here but the total package is what sells it. Pretty awesome sequence when you first shoot up
10/10