Originally Posted by bukary
Polish site GRY OnLine has published
Bioshock preview.
Its seems that the journalist has been playing Xbox version of the game for three hours. Short summary (at the end of every following opinion I should put an annotation: "according to the preview's author"):
1) The beginning. Crash. The hero regains consciouness in ice cold water. He sees some strange tower. He climbs stone stairs leading up the tower. He enters strange dome of glass. It appears to be some kind of an elevator. He takes it down and enters Rapture. Some ugly creature tries to attack him while he remains inside the elevator.
2) Bioshock is more like Doom 3 than System Shock 2.
3) There's no player developement system (a la SS2). No skills, no abilities, no points... E.g. the player can hack electronic devices from the very beginning. It's all about exterminating enemies in many interesting ways. Yet Bioshock is not another brainless shooter.
4) In order to increase health bar (become stronger) one has to collect "syringes". It's the same "developement system" that can be found in F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon.
5) Hacking is the worst element in the whole game. It's some kind of mini-game a la Pipe Mania: the player has to connect pipes so that the water may flow through newly constructed pipeline. Pipes are "invisible". The player has to click on the pipe in order to see if it matches the one he/she needs. If it does not, another one has to be found. You have to find proper pieces in time, therefore this mini-game becomes "click as much as fast as you can". It's "lame".
6) In the beginning section of the game the plasmids are useful mostly for killing the enemies, but one can also use them to get inside closed sections/decks (fire plasmid makes removing ice obstacles possible) and reach some objects (e.g. use telekinesis to reach the key through the open window).
7) One can use only specific number of plasmids at the same time.
8) If you're lost, you can turn some "tracking system" on (huge arrow on the screen) in order to find your way. It's optional. You can also use your map.
9) If you kill Big Daddy, you may approach Little Sister, and pop-up menu appears (you can decide whether you want to kill Little Sister or let her live). She behaves very realistic. You really do feel like making some moral choice. If you kill Little Sister, you'll get more Adam.
10) There are different types of ammo for different enemies.
11) The graphics are nice, but the sound is incredible (voices, ambient, music)!
12) SS2 hardcore fans will be disappointed.
13) Overall, Bioshock is an interesting shooter. It plays great. The only complaint was about hacking system.
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