CP3S said:
I know some people are really into finding a direct counterpart for every character, but I don't think there necessarily has to be.
Yeah... I think the game itself started it. There's always a girl, always a lighthouse. Plasmids/vigors... Comstock/Ryan. It was on the surface, but the game narrative made it part of the lore.
It's actually always a man, lighthouse, and city. Elizabeth is a variable.
Darn, I knew they way I had it was slightly off.
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Just so you know, I read and enjoyed the remainder of you post. I didn't have anything terribly specific comments , so I didn't.
I could spend my time feeling really disappointed that it isn't what it could have been, and it's not. But what it is, even in not being what it could have been, is so much more than what everything else is.
I think we're pretty much in agreement here. It is a cut above most other games... though I think it is a step back from Rapture in several ways. I think they ultimately didn't make the game they had wanted to, and I'm disappointed I didn't get to play that game... but at the end of the day the game I played was flippin' fantastic.
I'd actually kind of like to see System Shock rebooted and tied into the Bioshock universe.
How do you see that happening? I, shamefully, haven't played all of System Shock 1 or 2, but I have put a couple hours into each. I plan on finishing 2, so perhaps I don't want you to go into details yet.
Also, the 'weak minded' who were gifted their rating by the jedi mink tricking reviewers who gave it a 94%, probably haven't come up with their own opinion.
With games like Uncharted 3, Assassins Creed: Flavor of the Week, and Call of Duty IX getting 90% or above, is it really fair to say that reviewers who gave Infinite high scores are being Jedi mind tricked?
1. I said the reviewers were jedi mink* mind tricking, not jedi mind tricked. It's the herd mentality amongst gamers, established in part by the reviewers, about the which I am complaining. If a game gets good reviews, it is good- who needs to make one's own opinion on such things?!? However, your complaint seems to be that they are giving less deserving games 90+ scores... perhaps the reviewers are often tricked as well.
2. Have you been playing Assassin's Creed? That is one of my favourite series this generation. I have III on the shelf just waiting for its turn to get played.
xhonzi:
It reminds me of something... where they introduce a new spin on a beloved favourite... it's not well received, and they instantly return to the old formula. Can't put my finger on it.
Perhaps the one I had on the tip of my brain was actually Prince of Persia- they took a big leap in new direction with PoP (2008)... the reaction was mixed. And the next installment was a midquel in the Sands of Time setting.
*I was going to give you crap for 'sells figures'. Since you didn't give me crap for 'jedi mink trick', I guess it's good I didn't. :)