The Day Xbox Live Died: BioShock Demo Now Available On Xbox

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 16th, 2007, 10:44

wow.

I was fucked last night, it does like DX10, after all.

*grumbles and finds fista disc*

Post by **FatherJack** » August 16th, 2007, 12:36

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:wow.

I was fucked last night, it does like DX10, after all.

*grumbles and finds fista disc*

Yeah, I heard some of the water effects use it, but given the (DX9) 360's attempts at them, it should still be quite impressive without it.

Post by **TezzRexx** » August 16th, 2007, 13:22

I've made a 20gig partition for Fista, perhaps it will come in handy.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » August 16th, 2007, 16:14

FatherJack wrote:Yeah, I heard some of the water effects use it, but given the (DX9) 360's attempts at them, it should still be quite impressive without it.

Indeed, the part near the beginning with the water flowing down the corridor is one of those "woah" moments. Good enough for me.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 18th, 2007, 14:52

This bodes well

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platfor ... 0/bioshock
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/bioshock

Lowest real review for either is 94.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 18th, 2007, 17:38

oh fuck, the hype machine has taken me.

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/33906 ... 60-Version

PC.IGN is sporting the first online review of the PC version of BioShock. Overall score was pretty darn high. Does the PC version play better?

If you're debating which version to get, the PC version handles better. In part it's because of the greater precision with the mouse and keyboard, but also with how the plasmids and weapons are selected. With the default settings RMB switches between the two, LMB fires, and you use the mouse wheel instead of a radial menu to select a specific plasmid or weapon. This keeps you rooted in the action to a greater degree than in the Xbox 360 version, since you don't have to keep pausing the game. By hitting Shift you can bring up a plasmid and weapon selection screen if you so desire, but the mouse wheel scrolled through fast enough to stay useful. Note that you can't set LMB to fire a weapon and RMB to fire a plasmid; there's only one fire function. We also noticed the option to bind the functions "switch and fire weapon" and "switch and fire plasmid," but when we tested it out these only switched from weapon to plasmid and back again, much like the RMB default function. All weapons and plasmids are also bound to the number and function keys, making it even easier to ensure you always have the ideal attack at the ready.

How do the graphics compare?

The PC version definitely outclasses the Xbox 360, mostly because of the ability to crank the resolution to 1920 x 1200. If you've got a Fista rig with a DX10 card, you can expect some heightened particle effects, crisper real-time shadows, and more dynamic water, but the game looks gorgeous regardless. On our gaming PC running a Core 2 Quad processor with a GeForce 8800 GTX, and 4 GB of RAM, it ran very well, with only a few occasions of seemingly random framerate hitches. We also couldn't find an option to switch between DX10 and DX9 modes, the game just seems to default to what's in your system, unlike Lost Planet.

Like there was ever any doubt!

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » August 18th, 2007, 18:08

Looks like a contending for Game of the Year then doesn't it?

MORDETH LESTOK · Post by **MORDETH LESTOK** » August 18th, 2007, 19:14

so its pretty...sfw

/waits forever for Duke Nukem...Forever!

Post by **tandino** » August 19th, 2007, 12:13

On our gaming PC running a Core 2 Quad processor with a GeForce 8800 GTX, and 4 GB of RAM, it ran very well, with only a few occasions of seemingly random framerate hitches.

No shit, Sherlock!

Exi!ion · Post by **Exi!ion** » August 19th, 2007, 14:36

The demo is just so UBER, But i really did not enjoy the First enemy you see... It's nasty, And also.
Mr bubbles, Doesnt sound very evil does it. But a little girl named him

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » August 20th, 2007, 2:22

The wait is nearly over. At 7 PM EST the BioShock PC demo will go live for you to enjoy. We will have exclusive pre-loading at Fileplanet. Set your watches for 7 o'clock! (midnight UK time)

IMPORTANT: Please be sure to download the latest drivers from ATI and Nvidia that will be available Monday for best performance with your video cards.

Downside here is that I suspect by 7pm tomorrow, the game will be on the floor.

Not to mention the demo is a fileplanet exclusive, so bukkake's getting 50kb/s

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » August 20th, 2007, 9:46

There's a new thread for the PC demo: http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=11709
I'm don't think I can move Berk's post to it.