How will you play Bioshock?

[knut]

I was talking to a friend just recently about how we're going to play through Bioshock when it's released. Will you submit yourself to injection after injection of crazy, dangerous powers, tearing you and your genetics apart from the inside to fight the equally demented mutants toe-to-toe, or will you wander the corridors of Rapture as you entered - human, through and through, with only the conventional weapons taken from the grasp of the already dead around you.

As much fun as using the electrocute and incinerate Plasmids were in the demo, for atmospheric reasons I'm going to plough through with human weapons so I can really get the feel of actually being but a mere human amongst a city of... well, a city of crazed mutants. I dunno why, but I love coming under attack from some grotesque enemy and not being able to defeat it with the flick/push of some ridiculously overpowered and unfair weapon. That, and I'm not a big fan of fantasy magic/superpowers stuff, and I'd only end up using the Plasmids for entertainment reasons, and that's something I'd much rather do on a second playthrough.

What about you?

 

[Dog--]

Human.

While your human you feel more vulnerable, and it adds alot of atmosphere, scariness, and what-not to the game, although I will play with powers a few times, it won't be as much as human for the reason I said. It feels more scary as a human.

System Shock 2, for example, when you play OSA (mind-powers), you feel weak at first, but middle to the end of the game your unstoppable, but if you play as a hacker or marine, then it's alot harder. Marine especially, as you have to deal with the weapon degradation.

 

[knut]

Exactly. And speaking of marines, I always played as the Marines in Aliens Vs Predator because of how goddamned scary it was. Having nothing but an automatic weapon against a foe that can climb walls, or turn invisible, really added to the tension and atmosphere.

What I'm really hoping for in Bioshock is survivors. We already know about Atlas, the Irish immigrant, and...

Spoiler

his wife and kid are out there somewhere...

... but I'm really hoping to meet up with a ragtag band of survivors, holed up in some control room, like all encounters with security guards and scientists in Half Life. You go running through some facility ridden with dead bodies and disgusting creatures and just when it can't get any worse you stumble across a group of survivors; more firepower, someone watching your back, a friendly voice. In Doom 3, whilst an overall not that great game, that lab with the power cut, Alpha or Delta Labs perhaps (?), is a great example of something like that, where you start with that techie all alone in the checkpoint who accompanys you about half way through the lab before disapearing completly... that shit is what makes a great gaming expirience for me.

 

[Dog--]

Yea, I was just thinking of AvP2, I had no problem playing as Aliens because YOU'RE the scary thing.. I had no problems playing with Predator because you got the Alien-vision, and the plasma caster, it's easy facing aliens.. But as a human... My god - they give you a knife, pistol, and AR, then put you all alone with all this weird shit happening, where you are very first separated from your squad you see a Pred going invisible while stabbing a scientist, then if you follow it you see 3 hanging skinless bodies.. As an Alien that's nothing, and as a Pred.. well - your buddies did it, so it's ok. But when your a human... damn. Plus the fact that Preds can jump on roofs and turn invisible, and Aliens go in the ducts, have a huge amount of comrades, and can scale walls - and you can't. In fact, the only thing you've got going for you is your weaponry.. even that isn't that good.. Nice 'n scary, the way I like my games!


I actually liked Doom 3, all alone, no lights (well, if you use a light, then your defenseless.. People can complain all they want about that, but it adds alot to the tension, it's not realistic or anything, but it adds alot to the games atmosphere, I like having to switch), only a handful of survivors, and most of them can't do anything, because they are wimps.. I love games like that - Where your all alone, in the dark. Spooky!


By the way, Antipop, looks like we are doing the exact same stuff for Bioshock so far - 360 and human (human for same reasons)... Hmm...

 

[Bad^Hat]

First one, then the other

I know for sure that I'm gonna play through on normal first, and then hard straight after, so maybe I'll save all the mutations and evil-doings for my second time around, when I'm really gonna need them.

 

[Krynn72]

I didnt even know you could mutate. Ive tried to read as little as I could about the game, so I dont even know what you're talking about.

So idunno what im gunna do.

 

[Mud]

will you wander the corridors of Rapture as you entered - human, through and through, with only the conventional weapons taken from the grasp of the already dead around you.

That's an interesting idea -- it's really the only logical way to behave in the face of the plasmid-caused ruination you are confronted with -- but I don't think the game gives you a choice. For instance, very early on (this is in the demo, so not really a spoiler) you are faced with a door that can only be opened with electricity. If you don't inject the lightening plasmid, the game stops right there.

 

[knut]

Yeah, there's going to be a few situations where the plasmids are needed, but for general use, like fighting, or using the powers to assist in... say, darkened corridors or something. I've no idea if anything like will happen but when I play through it I'm only going to use Plasmids for essential situations. I'll end up picking them all up by default, probably, I'll just stick to using normal weapons and not touch the 360 left shoulder triggers that activate the Plasmids.

 

[Asuka]

A mix of the two for sure. Probably turn myself into a god like i always do. Deus Ex i was INSANE!

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

I'll use plasmids if they deem useful in the situation, I wont hold back and alter my habitual gamer tendencies to kick ass in any way possible. After my first play through I might just try some other strategies.

 

[Advisor]

I don't know yet. Probably a mix of both.

 

[mastag]

I'll make my decisions as things unfold. Puts me in the place of the protagonist.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Whatever to stay alive! Different each time.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

Mix of the two.

 

[Evo]

Mix of the two first time i play. When i go back again will change my play style

 

[Gray Fox]

I'll use whatever gives me the most advantage, however I have a preferance for mutatating since that seems to be more interesting then staying human and using normal weapons.

 

[Flyingdebris]

mutate, i want to shoot bees at people

 

[Rapstah]

I'll mutate, but I won't kill any girls.

 

[Fliko]

I'm gonna be the most evil, self-centered bastard in this game killing every single girl I see just so I get to fight a Big Daddy...
Then, on a second play through I won't kill any girls, and will try to play a "Gooder" protagonist