Monday, August 20, 2007

Bioshock review

After seeing all the reviews for Bioshock, gonna try the demo this week, I think I might have to get this game. I'm not really into shooters per say, I did enjoy Halo and Halo 2, this title really intrigues me. So far, I think the lowest I've seen it get is a 9 out of 10. Except for one.. The website Sony Defense Force decided to give it a fair and un-biased review. Ok. I couldn't even type that with a straight face, let alone say or believe it. Here's what they had to say.



SDF Review: Bioshock (360)


After many months of anticipation I finally got my copy of Bioshock and played through it over the past few days. There are many things to like about Bioshock such as the graphics (not animation), parts of the story and the water effects. That’s about where the good stuff ends.
First let me say how excited I was for the game after playing the demo on the 360. While the animation seemed stiff and you could tell the 360 was being pushed too hard it still looked like it had a lot of potential. So imagine my disappointment when I got the final version only to find none of the animation hitches, shooting glitches and AI was cleaned up. I also wonder how much better the graphics would’ve been had they not been compressed to fit on a DVD. Now I do not fault the developers for this, they only had so much system power to work with so maybe this will all be addressed with the PS3 version when it comes out.
To conclude, let this game cook in the oven just a little bit longer and wait for the superior PS3 version. Cleaned up textures, animations, AI, extra weapons, Home space, standard HDD and Blu-ray will make this flawed game into a perfect gem.
SDF Score: 5/10


As you can imagine they got flamed pretty bad in their comments after this review.


Update: The PC demo should be should be available this evening.

1 comment:

Timothy Pontious said...

Reviews (propaganda) aside, this looks like an interesting game. Let me know how you like the demo....