Bioshock

[izembo]

yea seriously, theres much worse things that can go wrong in a game <_<

[Po]

Yup definitely seems like a little over reaction.

[Doombear]

I was happy that Gamefly shipped it today for me instead of tomorrow.

Nice! Mine just shipped from Gamefly today, i am patient, i can wait. I actually sent my last game (Xeno-III) back in on Monday, saw that Bioshock was listed as available "Now" so... i sent in a "trouble ticket" saying that i sent Xeno-III in a week ago and they hadn't received it yet >.> Yeah... all in the name of Bioshock. I suck.

With my 360 being on the fidgety side lately, figure i may as well Gamefly it rather than buy it. I can honestly see this frying the poor Box finally. Oh well, if so, i will have Warhawk and Jeanne D'Arc to keep my ass busy until MS feexes mine. *knowck on wood* though, hoping that doesn't happen.

[Elesirdur]

http://kotaku.com/gaming/shortscreened/bioshocks-widescreen-pissing-people-off-291697.php

That stretching or cutting off of the top and bottom is pretty common with most PC games - pretty much every single EA game does that (BF2142 kind of sucks on my ws monitor). Usually it's done when you widescreen formats are not accepted in the in-game configuration and one has to do a .ini or shortcut cmd line hack to get it to run in a different screen resolution.

I'm surprised, however, that since it's a multi-platform release with the possibility of people playing on 16:9 or 16:10 TV screens they didn't add proper widescreen support.

BTW thanks for posting the link to the artbook PDF; I always enjoy seeing the design process and decisions made to go one way or another in media.

[Mala]

Been playing the game since 10am, and i love it. I love the environment, and the graphics are amazing on my pc. Killing a big daddy is alot harder then i thought it would be, and the death system didn't disappoint me like Prey. In prey when you die you "see your ancestors" and shoot some ghosts to get some health, and you are sent back where you died, losing nothing, except the ammo you used up which is incredibly common. When you die in bioshock, you don't get anything back, all the health packs used and the ammo (which is rather rare) are gone, so dieing sucks ass, even though you get regenerated in a tube.

[Kinto]

A great looking game, and I'm having a lot of fun so far.

[Natallon]

Man... for some reason this game is unplayable on my PC...

I see absolutely no graphics... everything is blocky after the first CS with the boat or whatever.

Also I don't get a cursor when in game.

Anyone know what might be causing these problems?

[izembo]

thats exactly how it was for me on the demo, so i just stopped playing.

[Ace-o-fire]

Game is fuckign crazy, made the mistake of going on hard first time around.

i cant kill tehr first big daddy. I might have to start over.

[Po]

Man... for some reason this game is unplayable on my PC...

I see absolutely no graphics... everything is blocky after the first CS with the boat or whatever.

Also I don't get a cursor when in game.

Anyone know what might be causing these problems?

Buy a 360.

[Mala]

Game is fuckign crazy, made the mistake of going on hard first time around.

i cant kill tehr first big daddy. I might have to start over.

I skipped the first big daddy, didn't even consider killing him. They are hard as fuck. 'nade launcher makes them a bit more tolerable though.

[izembo]

i wouldnt even consider playing it on 360, and with it not running on my pc, think ill just watch other people play and get opinions from them

[Semitry]

Game is fuckign crazy, made the mistake of going on hard first time around.

i cant kill tehr first big daddy. I might have to start over.

Hack the machines around and bring him to them. That's how I beat a few on hard. He's a bit easier on medium.

Natallon, did you upgrade drivers and everything? System specs?

[izembo]

i upgraded the drivers and only thing it improved was the water.

my system is:

3ghz pentium dual core
1gig ram
256mb pci-e geforce something

runs most games on max settings perfectly but cant run this for shit :/

running xp home.

[Natallon]

Windows: Windows XP5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180
Memory (RAM): 1023 MB
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz
CPU Speed: 2797.9 MHz
Sound card: SigmaTel Audio
Display Adapters: RADEON Radeon X300/X550/X1050 Series | RADEON Radeon X300/X550/X1050 Series | NetMeeting driver | RDPDD Chained DD
Screen Resolution: 1280 X 1024 - 32 bit
:
Network Adapters: Intel(R) PRO/1000 PM Network Connection - Packet Scheduler Miniport
CD / DVD Drives: D: SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A | E: SONY DVD-ROM DDU1615 | J: ZF5210D BFB404A | K: ZF5210D BFB404A
:
COM Ports: COM3
LPT Ports: LPT1
Mouse: 3 Button Wheel Mouse Present
Hard Disks: C: 291.1GB
Hard Disks - Free: C: 123.7GB
USB Controllers: 5 host controllers.
Firewire (1394): 1 host controllers.
:
Manufacturer: Intel Corp.
Product Make: VGC-RB54G
:
AC Power Status: OnLine
BIOS Info: ATAT COMPATIBLE 082905 INTEL 4e
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time
Battery: No Battery
Motherboard: Intel Corporation PRAGUE
Modem: Agere Systems PCI Soft Modem


sorry copy and paste im not a PC expert... wanted to give as much info as possible

[izembo]

well at least i know its not an NVIDIA issue now!

[Siniroth]

Must get this game as of paycheck thursday

[Koyuki]

Yea alot of people are having problems with Radeon it seems. They have a hotfix for it somewhere but forgot where it is.

Unfortunately this is what I'm stuck with.


Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.4GHz
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 429MB used, 2026MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

Card name: RADEON X700 Series
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x5E4B)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5E4B&SUBSYS_23021002&REV_00
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6715 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)

[Natallon]

found hotfix...

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/defa ... onID=29041

[izembo]

mines NVIDIA tho so <_<