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Bioshock Infinite

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    #542
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    gimli2112 wrote: »
    @Shadowhearth

    I couldn't get into Bioshock 1 after trying several times. Would you still recommend this? Reviews are all very positive and I generally like FPSs but my experience with the first one is putting me off.

    It's hard to recommend games like this. I personally put bioshock 1 as top 3 games I ever played next to witcher series and fallout 2. Infinite would be quite similar to first one, but then very different at the same time.

    One thing I would really note: it's not the game for fast runners, who play games just to complete and move on. Here you have to enjoy the experience and pay attention to details. I personally spend 5x more time in zones, just because I am love just to look around and check the details and small hints.


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    #543
    Logical_Bear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Logical_Bear


    It arrived in the post this morning:P
    but have to go out for the rest of the day.fffffuuuuu:(


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    #544
    Ravenid
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭Ravenid


    Lone Stone wrote: »
    just found that girl i forget her name, good fun so far i love the crow thing. I am having fps issues though with my GeForce GTX 670 :-(

    Have you tried the new NVidia drivers?

    Made a huge difference for me and my crappy GTS 450, should look amazing on your card.

    (In other news anyone want to buy me a GTX 670? ;) )


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    #545
    Kirby
    Registered Users Posts: 13,084 ✭✭✭✭Kirby


    Ravenid wrote: »

    Have you tried the new NVidia drivers?

    Made a huge difference for me and my crappy GTS 450, should look amazing on your card.

    (In other news anyone want to buy me a GTX 670? ;) )

    Yeh the game could use some more optimization. im running a gtx 680 on max and ninety percent of the time its smooth as butter but occasionally ill be staring at something innocuous like a wall and it will chug to 30 fps.

    It will improve with time.


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    #546
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    My 680 had hiccups allright. I put clocks to stock and never had any problems since.
    My overclock was very stable and there were no games that would kick it out. Bioshock infinite said **** that to it.


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    #547
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Kirby wrote: »
    Yeh the game could use some more optimization. im running a gtx 680 on max and ninety percent of the time its smooth as butter but occasionally ill be staring at something innocuous like a wall and it will chug to 30 fps.

    It will improve with time.

    I am pretty sure it is in the parts were zones connect. I had those now and then too.


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    #548
    Azza
    Moderators Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭Azza


    Might be an idea to keep an eye on this link for some tweaks.

    http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/BioShock_Infinite

    As Kirby said I imagine in a week or two with a few patches this will be fine.


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    #549
    Burning Eclipse
    Registered Users Posts: 2,943 ✭✭✭Burning Eclipse


    FutureGuy wrote: »

    I was planning on starting on Hard, but 1999 is getting more appealing.

    Did you get the steelbook Mike?

    Nope, Parkway got none in. Was very tempted to pick up the special edition on PC as it was only €50 but sense prevailed. Would certainly recommend 1999, for that 'old school, this is rewarding' feeling.

    Question for people... I've got a code for a shotgun upgrade, but not sure what platform it's for (not 360 anyway). Format is QWER-TYUI-OPAS-DFGH. Any thoughts?


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    #550
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    game installed



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    #551
    Azza
    Moderators Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭Azza


    Burning Eclipse wrote:
    Question for people... I've got a code for a shotgun upgrade, but not sure what platform it's for (not 360 anyway). Format is QWER-TYUI-OPAS-DFGH. Any thoughts?

    Think you register it on the facebook promotional site, and there you get to pick the format. Then once your logged in go to the MY REWARDS link and you should get your in game codes. Think there is mini games on the site that unlocks stuff in game.

    https://www.finkmanufacturing.com/age-gate

    Might want to do that and take down that code ASAP.


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    #552
    jcrowbar
    Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭jcrowbar


    Had anyone paid for a season pass yet?


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    #553
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    even with the ini tweak for the mouse speed it's pretty horrible, can't find a setting that isn't ridiculously slow or stupidly fast


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    #554
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,237 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    Burning Eclipse wrote: »
    Nope, Parkway got none in. Was very tempted to pick up the special edition on PC as it was only €50 but sense prevailed. Would certainly recommend 1999, for that 'old school, this is rewarding' feeling.

    Question for people... I've got a code for a shotgun upgrade, but not sure what platform it's for (not 360 anyway). Format is QWER-TYUI-OPAS-DFGH. Any thoughts?

    haha I was going to text you to say take the code down...until I saw the code you entered :D

    Azza has the details above.


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    #555
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    jcrowbar wrote: »
    Had anyone paid for a season pass yet?

    I'm holding off until I finish and even then those things go on sale sooner rather than later these days. It doesn't pay to be first in, go t burned on a few in recent times when the price dropped in a sale.


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    #556
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    anyone else having strange graphics glitches?

    i can often see a very sharp line moving across the ground or walls changing the detail...
    shadows will go from poorly defined greyish blobs to very sharp, wallpaper detail will sharpen too and I can very clearly see the line moving on the wall or ground as I move towards/away from it


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    #557
    KonFusion
    Registered Users Posts: 2,588 ✭✭✭KonFusion


    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    anyone else having strange graphics glitches?

    i can often see a very sharp line moving across the ground or walls changing the detail...
    shadows will go from poorly defined greyish blobs to very sharp, wallpaper detail will sharpen too and I can very clearly see the line moving on the wall or ground
    as I move towards/away from it

    On which platform?

    Do you mean like screen tearing? Try enabling v-sync.

    If it's PC, have you tried changing your draw distance?


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    #558
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,556 ✭✭✭✭Sir Digby Chicken Caesar


    it's pc, tried v-sync enabled and disabled
    i have the draw distance maxed, but i was standing very close to the wall when i could see this .. effect

    i'll fiddle around with it I guess if I notice it again


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    #559
    rolexeagle1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,748 ✭✭✭rolexeagle1


    this is a fantastic looking game, really really enjoyed it last night, all 1 hour i got to play. Great stuff


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    #560
    DarkJager
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    I've never played any of the Bioshock games, but I enjoy in depth FPS titles like DX:HR. Would you guys recommend this and if so, what would you compare it to? I can pick it up today for 10e in GameStop with their trade in offer but I'm not 100% sure if it would be my type of game?


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    #561
    Kirby
    Registered Users Posts: 13,084 ✭✭✭✭Kirby


    DarkJager wrote: »
    I've never played any of the Bioshock games, but I enjoy in depth FPS titles like DX:HR. Would you guys recommend this and if so, what would you compare it to? I can pick it up today for 10e in GameStop with their trade in offer but I'm not 100% sure if it would be my type of game?

    This game has depth. It's not a COD clone. But watch a video review or 5 minute gameplay clip in youtube. It barely scratches the surface but atleast you will get an idea of the combat.

    Here is a short clip of a lad blowing some guys up. No spoilers. :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZxIa52MyX4


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    #562
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    Okay, bioshock 1 was not dull.

    You are wrong. It was more shallow than an Alabama trailer park gene pool. It's only distinguishing feature was turning Atlas Shrugged unto a readable story.

    This game, however, avoids most of the mistakes its predecessors made.


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    #563
    Pushtrak
    Registered Users Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    Eurogamer have done their face off. Haven't even started reading it yet.

    http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-bioshock-infinite-face-off


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    #564
    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,518 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    anyone else having strange graphics glitches?

    i can often see a very sharp line moving across the ground or walls changing the detail...
    shadows will go from poorly defined greyish blobs to very sharp, wallpaper detail will sharpen too and I can very clearly see the line moving on the wall or ground as I move towards/away from it

    Sounds like texture filtering to me.


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    #565
    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    even with the ini tweak for the mouse speed it's pretty horrible, can't find a setting that isn't ridiculously slow or stupidly fast

    Glad I'm not the only one having problems with mouse control, took me an age to finally get it working at least a little bit normally. It's just not smooth at all, it's like it moves in increments and all that little slider does is increase the distance between those increments. This led to a not hilarious at all scenario for me where I literally couldn't hit someone as they were stood between the two increments and the mouse would just completely skip past them. It had nothing to do with me being a bad shot, it just didn't help.

    1999 mode is tough, real tough. I was on the verge of restarting on hard initially but persevered and things do improve slightly when you get more than just the pistol but you need to be headshotting everything as all the enemies just soak up bullets everywhere else. A fact not helped by the rubbishy mouse controls.


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    #566
    joe123
    Registered Users Posts: 6,521 ✭✭✭joe123


    Sorry if this has already been mentioned (im sure it has but im tight for time)

    Where is the best place to buy this for PC? I heard green man gaming mentioned. Do they email you out the code instantly or how exactly does it work?


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    #567
    Burning Eclipse
    Registered Users Posts: 2,943 ✭✭✭Burning Eclipse


    Sarky wrote: »
    You are wrong. It was more shallow than an Alabama trailer park gene pool. It's only distinguishing feature was turning Atlas Shrugged unto a readable story.

    Bioshock's only distinguishing feature... are you serious? It had a handful of distinguishing features that most other developers would kill to have just one of.


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    #568
    miralize
    Registered Users Posts: 6,207 ✭✭✭miralize


    joe123 wrote: »
    Sorry if this has already been mentioned (im sure it has but im tight for time)

    Where is the best place to buy this for PC? I heard green man gaming mentioned. Do they email you out the code instantly or how exactly does it work?

    Not sure if its still available, but if you buy it on steam you get the original Bioshock & Xcom too


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    #569
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    There is aim assist when you use iron sights with a mouse. It can't be turned off. Who would want aim assist with m/k controls? :confused:


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    #570
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Sarky wrote: »
    You are wrong. It was more shallow than an Alabama trailer park gene pool. It's only distinguishing feature was turning Atlas Shrugged unto a readable story.

    This game, however, avoids most of the mistakes its predecessors made.

    You are wrong, the game has more depth the major part of of this gen games.

    If you did not liked it, does not make it shallow and dull.


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    #571
    Not The Real Scarecrow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,649 ✭✭✭Not The Real Scarecrow


    miralize wrote: »
    Not sure if its still available, but if you buy it on steam you get the original Bioshock & Xcom too
    That was only as a pre-order bonus.Can't find any trace on steam of free games with it at the moment.


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