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Goodbye Rapture, for Now

This weekend, I was able to finish Bioshock.  I am not great at finishing games, so, I’m really proud of the fact that I stuck it out through this entire story.  Even though I completed the gut wrenching section; the resolution was well worth it.  It wasn’t the same confusing ride, but, the ending was really unexpected and worth it.  Well, I guess I kind of expected it but not fully.  I am really excited to delve into Bioshock 2, but, I decided to finish some other games first.  However, I don’t think it will be long until I get into a new Bioshock story.  Originally, I was under the impression that Bioshock 2 was a sequel.  But now, I realize it’s just another thread in a similar theme.  I kind of like that style.  There are many worlds which are so vibrant and very few of them take this sort of approach.  For this reason, I think Bioshock Infinite will also be very cool.  Also, SKY CITY.  What more do you need?

Neptune’s Bounty and Freeing the Peeples

For those of you who have played the game, I restarted Bioshock last night and made it through to Neptune’s Bounty.  It really did not lose any of the magic in the second play through.  In fact, because I understood the mechanics better, I was less worried about how to handle the mechanics and able to enjoy the ambiance a lot more.  It made it creepier when I wasn’t fidgeting for buttons and instead could spend more time listening and looking around.  It gave me more time to absorb the diaries and the incredible storyline.

Today, I got a trial of Starcraft II running on my computer.  Now, I have never played Warcraft or Starcraft.  I am a complete imbecile at RTS games.  However, I am pleasantly surprised that Starcraft has a storyline far deeper than I expected in campaign mode.  When I think of RTS games, I think of peering over Bill’s shoulder while he made a bunch of things.  It didn’t seem to compel me.  In Starcraft, though, I really want to shoot hologram boards and free the people of the colony.  I’m not sure how they manage to make those peeples (tiny people in an RTS according to me) bring that much emotion, but, they did it.

Bio-What?

I’ve been playing Bioshock and I got to the Arcadia section and decided to start from the beginning.  Let me explain, so, Bioshock is a game where you really learn as you go.  There was so much I did not know how to do when I started that I didn’t poke into every corner.  It’s really not a game that you shouldn’t go everywhere you can go.  Also, in System Shock 2, you could shoot security cameras.  I didn’t really understand how to deal with them and they nearly killed me many times.  Now that I have these skills under my belt I want to restart, relax, and take it in more.  The story line is really incredible and I’m really playing it for the really great, intense story that it brings.  In case you are wondering, I’m going down the path of light first, though, I really want to be a jerk for a second round to see what happens.

The Shocks Continue

Day two of Bioshock occurred last night.  I am now way farther than I ever got in the game when I attempted to play the first time.  At first, it left me timid and I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to play after my husband went to bed.  Last night, I started to ease into the atmosphere and relish the surprises around the corner.  It is not that the noises (or lack of noise) gets repetitive, just that, you begin to enjoy the story and atmosphere that it brings.  After the cut, I included where I was in the game.  It’s put there for people who don’t want spoilers.

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Shock of a Bio Kind!

This evening I loaded up Bioshock to play it.  I did play it for a short time in the past, but at the time, I wasn’t used to gaming in the same way and I had never even owned a gaming mouse.  I started it up today and it worked really well on my computer.  More so, I got to the Medical Pavilion tonight.  It may have taken me a long time to get there.  There’s so much to explore and look at in the game that I want to poke around and look at all the stuff in the city.  More so, Bioshock, like System Shock, always seems to be a game where you can go about it a few different ways.

I know I’m late to the band wagon, but, I’m always late to the band wagon.  I was honestly surprised at how successful I could be at the game.  What gets me is that there’s always some whisper around the corner or some startling surprise in a perfectly empty room.  Like System Shock, many of the horrors are simply atmosphere over actual monsters.  It has a very nice psychological element to it that I found very appealing.