*OLD*Official Bioshock Thread

[gorcorps]

why is this in the console section?

 

[doggyfromplanetwoof]

Everyday you nerds always argue over the same bullcrap

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: doggyfromplanetwoof
Everyday you nerds always argue over the same bullcrap

i guess you mean "we" ... or "us" .... since you are also here

i will take the DX10 visuals ...

--just because i can

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: JackBurton
You can, but practically speaking, most won't/don't. If you're using a 50+ screen, you're most likely sitting on a couch, and quite frankly, a gamepad is more comfortable to use (for most) in this set up.

Shame that PCs don't work with gamepads, eh?


:roll:

 

[HardWarrior]

Originally posted by: mismajor99

Originally posted by: Noema
Bioshock is available for purchase at Steam!

You can pre-download now, and play on August 21st at 00:01 AM!

I'm one happy nerd

Holy S..This is great news, I think I might just grab it there and pre-install it.

Oh yeah! Pre-loading now...

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Cost being the primary concern and not just the trouble of upgrading....


If you are employed checkout Microsoft's Work at Home program (I believe that is what it is called) via your employer (heavily discounted Microsoft software, if your company is a member). If you are a student, checkout the MSDNAA program to see if your university is a member, I got Vista business (amongst other Microsoft software)for free through it.

This is totally OT, but :shocked: I can get XP pro or Vista bis for free just for going to college, I may just build a rig yet!

 

[CrystalBay]

Thanks for merging the threads !!!! This will be the game of the year.... FPS/RPG's elements is where it's at......

 

[Xellos2099]

Sorry for hi-jacking the thread, but if I have a 7800gt, would the game be at least be decently good to the point where I don't need a upgrade for a good experience?

 

[Modelworks]

One of the devs posted that he had an 7800gt in his development machine and that was what they were targeting as mid range and very playable.
Should be good.

 

[nCred]

link
From this review:
"The final geekily gratifying thing about the PC version is how well it runs. It was dazzlingly beautiful and hitchlessly smooth on a machine with an Athlon X2 5200 and a single entry-level GeForce 8800 - running DirectX 9. And this was at 1600x900 on max settings."

Doesnt sound too bad, hopefully I can run the game on my e6750/x1950pro rig at 1680x1050 on medium settings at least.

 

[Queasy]

There is no longer a confirmed date for the PC Demo

 

[Skacer]

I'm so confident that Bioshock is going to be awesome that I'm more interested in what their next project will be at this point!

 

[torpid]

I have not only a 7800gt but a single core Opteron 144. Seems like it shouldn't be too bad, eh?

 

[miniMUNCH]

My friend has played through some of bioshock and was frankly 'shocked'... his comment to me was "Daaammmnn!! It's good."

This friend is a PC game dev. working on a DX9/DX10 PC title.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: Noema
Yes...well, I believe they were using the SWAT4 enginge, but in the end, that's a modified version of the Vengance engine, which in turn is Unreal 2.5.

Or something like that. I just want the damn game to come out already!

It uses UE3 as shown at the beginning of the demo.

Here's a part from the wikipedia article on Bioshock:

BioShock was originally going to run on an enhanced version of the Tribes Vengeance engine, the highly modified version of Unreal Engine 2.5 technology used by previous Irrational titles Tribes: Vengeance, SWAT 4, and SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate. In an interview at E3 in May 2006, Levine has revealed that "we've moved to Unreal Engine 3.0, we've done a lot of modifications on top of it," particularly to the way the engine handles water effects, which he claims will be very impressive, "We've hired a water programmer and water artist, just for this game, and they're kicking ass and you've never seen water like this."[16]

BioShock will utilize the DirectX 10 feature set when available, but it will also run on older DirectX 9 hardware.[17]

 

[ayabe]

I've played through the 360 demo 5 times now, I really really like. Finally a shooter with an original story and an great ambiance.

I love the propaganda films and posters too, fantastic.

 

[Painman]

Last time I got this pumped about a game coming out was sometime last millennium.

As far as I can see, this game is almost the exact same formula that SS2 was - that was the intent, but I'm surprised at how much carryover there actually is. Not disappointed, just surprised.

I just hope it doesn't suffer the same fate as SS2 - critics loved it, game buyers relatively lukewarm towards it. I get the sense that they're trying to stave that off by taking a more "mainstream" approach with its marketing... "FPS 2.0" and all of that. Hope it works. Having a game like this become a commercial success will be good for gaming.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: Painman
I just hope it doesn't suffer the same fate as SS2 - critics loved it, game buyers relatively lukewarm towards it. I get the sense that they're trying to stave that off by taking a more "mainstream" approach with its marketing... "FPS 2.0" and all of that. Hope it works. Having a game like this become a commercial success will be good for gaming.

I think it will be fine because it's on the XBOX 360. It may sound odd, but Microsoft still wants to expand its user base and a title like Bioshock is perfect for this. When it comes to PCs, Microsoft doesn't really have a need to expand the Windows user base though . So I wouldn't be surprised to see Microsoft maybe doing a bit of advertising for it (even though 2K Games is the publisher). Heck, whatever sells consoles is good for them, right?

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy
Minimal and recommended specifications are mentioned here.

Recommended System Requirements:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor

System RAM: 2GB

Video card:
DX9: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better)
DX10: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better

8600 is one weak-ass DX10 card

if that is "recommended", a GTX will get full details
[doubtful]
-i wouldn't go by the "min-recommended"

The mid range video cards aren't really mid-range anymore. I really wish developers would stop endorsing junk like the 8600 too.

 

[1ManArmY]

I'm hoping my 7800 GTX will be able to handle the textures as it is only 256 MB

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: 1ManArmY
I'm hoping my 7800 GTX will be able to handle the textures as it is only 256 MB

http://www.pureoverclock.com/article33-5.html


Interesting read about FEAR and how 256MB was unplayable at 1600x1200. A lot of it I bet was the 16x AF which I think is a tad over kill. Of course, not unless you have a 500 dollar video card.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

ZOMGWANTTEHDEMO

 

[mb]

I'm usually not one to pre-order games, but I went ahead and bought it through Steam and have it preloaded and ready to play in 3 days, 22 hours, and 6 minutes

 

[1ManArmY]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
ZOMGWANTTEHDEMO

still no word on a PC Demo? Well I'll have to play around with the 360 demo somemore but I was hoping to do a PC vs 360 test drive so I could decide what collector's edition to buy. Leaning toward the PC version but need confirmation that it will play well on my Rig.

 

[Painman]

I'm sure my rig is more than capable, and I don't own an X360, but it woulda been nice to have the demo to mess around with over the weekend. I understand why a 360 demo was higher priority, but still...

I have it on reserve at GS, but also preloaded from Steam in case GS screws the pooch somehow. I WILL be playing this game on Tuesday one way or another. Unless I'm dead, in jail, or in the hospital.

I think I might get SS2 up on the legacy rig and play through that to bide time. Also to refresh my memory of it for comparison.