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Bioshock (360)

That Rev Chap — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:47:00 +0000

Well, holding LB and RB on startup to delete the cache let me continue playing and, in a three-hour session, I managed to finish the game.

Overall, it was brilliant, but there were enough little niggles at the end to knock it down from 10 to a 9. Chief among these was the final boss encounter. The first time I played it, another enemy killed me when I was just finishing him off. The second time, the game glitched and the button I had to use to defeat the boss wouldn’t work. The third time I defeated him, only for the final cut scene to flash up, followed by the game over screen. The fourth time, I won and the game didn’t kill me afterwards. Phew.

Still, I’m a fan. I’m a fan of the world. I’m a fan of the posters up around Rapture. I’m a fan of the Big Daddies and Little Sisters. I’m a fan of the plasmids. I’m a fan of the crossbow. And the shotgun. And the machine gun. I’m a fan of the music. I’m a fan of the ghosts.

Bioshock (360)

That Rev Chap — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:36:00 +0000

Hmpf.

I was happily playing this, until after an hour or so it started freezing up for a couple of seconds every ten seconds or so.

Not the only one seeing the problem this evening and there was a patch when I started up, so I guess something’s been broken. Way to go! Patches that break perfectly good games!

Bioshock (360)

That Rev Chap — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:08:00 +0000

Lots of BIG! IMPORTANT! plot tonight. Was a struggle to turn off, actually.

Oh, and I casually decided to use a fruit machine when I was walking past and got the jackpot-getting achievement, which was nice.

Bioshock (360)

That Rev Chap — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:04:00 +0000

Looking at the Achievements list and the blanks in the list of locations I reckon I’m about a third of the way through this now.

It’s great. Every time it seems to threaten to become mundane I turn off the game for a while and when I come back I’m amazed again.

It’s also a game that my wife loves to watch me play.

Bioshock (360)

That Rev Chap — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:26:00 +0000

I’ve put a good few hours into this now. I find that two hours or so is my limit for a single session. I don’t get bored, as such, I just seem to start to finding it very difficult to keep track of things and to kill enemies. A break of half an hour sorts that out, then I’m ready to jump back in.

It really is excellent. The setting is wonderfully atmospheric, but the main focus is the combat, which I think is superb. You really have to think fast, to choose which plasmids and weapons to use on a split-second basis. I’m dying a lot and I think some enemies have a touch too much health, but that’s about the only criticism I have right now.

Bioshock (360)

That Rev Chap — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:31:00 +0000

This is… a bit good. Yes. A bit good.

Bioshock Demo (360)

That Rev Chap — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:30:00 +0000

Not content with playing this yesterday, I played it again today. It’s very, very, very good. Atmospheric and exciting and, oh, it’s just everything people are saying it is.

Bioshock Demo (360)

That Rev Chap — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:13:00 +0000

I didn’t really mean to play this. I wanted to wait until the full game on Friday. I couldn’t help myself, though. Anyway, it’s ace, but I found it very hard indeed and didn’t actually complete the demo before it was time to go out.