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Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN FEBRUARY 2025?
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 20:50:07 -0000 (UTC)
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:24 this Tuesday (GMT):
> On Tue, 4 Mar 2025 08:53:35 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:46:14 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>
>>>> Bioshock Remastered
>
>>Bioshock is a game that I was hugely disappointed in although part of 
>>that is my own fault as I bought into the hype surrounding it so much 
>>that I even pre-ordered it.
>
>>It started off well but to me it became apparent that although the 
>>setting was interesting it really was just another shooter. The much 
>>touted gameplay videos of setting up elaborate traps, well that's fine 
>>but why go to all that effort when you can just shoot them in the face.
>
> Yeah, the pre-release hype was outrageous for this game. There were a
> lot of comparisons to "System Shock", and everybody expected a sandbox
> as deep as that classic game. But it was such a shallow experience
> (despite being set miles underwater) that it couldn't help but be
> disappointing. 
[snip]

Good one! I think SS and Deus Ex are like THE games that sandboxes are
compared to, and it doesn't usually live up to it :P

> "Bioshock" wasn't a bad game in any way. But it wasn't the second
> coming that it was promised to be. 
>
> The twist in the middle of the game was neat, though.


No spoilers!
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