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BioShock for Mac announced
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If those settings can run on a 9400m at a steady framerate - that would be great.
What is stopping you guys from getting into the process earlier?
I won't argue that, although if feels very "horror like" and there is a lot of horror type tension. I found fighting Big Daddies kind of nerve wracking. It's a good game, subject to personal opinion.
System Shock 2 Spoiler - I remember when I discovered! One of the great moments in my computer gaming life.I was not following the instructions of a human, but a computer
I loved that game!Never played the original. Just checked out some SS screens and it looks pretty good. Would you attribute your all most panicking mode due to being young and impressionable?
Note for Moderator: You guys need to make spoiler quotes functional in this forum.
Tension is always good, but it's not HORRORORROOROORRRRR! 2K really needed to scale back on the vita chambers, because when I died, it really didn't matter, so I never had that stress of loosing any prior accomplishments when it happened.
I've had lots of criticism towards BioShock, mainly because I was expecting something different. I really need to take the game for what it is, because the newer approach certainly made a large impact. I just hope that BioShock 2 adds in a bit more RPG this time around and makes dying a bigger consequence. Oh, and way less repetition!
On that spoiler, yes, that was great.
Well, I was younger -- early twenties -- and I'm still impressionable, but that was only part of the factor.
The first Shock only focused on a hacker, so the entire game was balanced around that aspect -- unlike SS2. Its visuals are very dated, but at the time they were quite good -- at least in the later levels, but it was the game's excellent use of sound and excellent story that really pulled me in. It's still the most realistic game I've played, where as I actually felt like I was part of its world. It's also the only game I actually felt like I had accomplished something more than just beating the game. Killing Shodan gave me a sense of being safe. (And I thought she was dead for years...)
There was so much to do in this game and it was all important to actually completing it. Like many earlier games, it had lots of options that newer games don't even bother implementing -- part of the reason BioShock let me down, I like games with ramped up sophistication.
Anyways, it was a truly scary game, because everything was believable. I've honestly never been so scared. The level with these invisible wraiths scared me so bad, that my heart wouldn't stop racing. I used to run into the elevator and hide, because that was the only place where I knew I was safe -- I spent hours in this little box and it probably saved my life. :]
System Shock didn't do cheese like monster re-spawn, nor were its advanced weapons overly fragile -- these areas really bothered me with SS2 and made that game less believable. It's really something that has to be experienced. It just has a poor beginning, which turned me away the first time I tried it. I really can't ramble enough about this game, because it really consumed my entire life for almost a month. To this date SS really has no equal.
Anyways, check out some of the reviews for better rhetoric on the matter. 
bought my copy from amazon with a delivery date of oct 13th. Never played but I remember Leo laport on TWIT raving over this game over and over again.
Just by it from the Feral online store, we offer free shipping from the UK on launch day (and I am looking into the Australia stores see if I can find one I know we have a number of resellers).
Just checked with our distribution person and it will be available shortly from Try'nByte's webstore.
Edwin
Feral Interactive
Sounds like it's going to be a nice, proper port which is great. I'd love to support it but it's hard to justify $50 when the 2 year old PC version costs $5 and I've already played it (though I wouldn't mind playing it again). Hope it does well though.
awesome game shame they didnt do it sooner, had it and completed it on both 360 and ps3, cant wait for the new one soon, ( <3 big sisters <3 )
Does anybody know what type of DRM will be used with Bioshock? I know the PC version had some nasty stuff on it and I don't want to deal with any crap because I purchased the game.
Yeah, that would be nice. It's just too bad that BioShock uses the Unreal 3 engine... ;-)
Standard console style DVD check (like other Feral titles). No dialing home or root kits
Edwin
Feral Interactive
Unreal 2.5 engine (with bits of 3) ;--)
At one point I would have liked Valve to port over the Source engine. But then I got an intel Mac 4 years ago and that was that.
What about GamesWarehouse.com.au
I've had a look and they have all of our other games, so it should be available from them soon.
If not, I will be shocked, upset, and feel generally betrayed!
(Or I might just send an email to our Australian distributor. I'll decide on the day.)
- Ian
Standard console style DVD check (like other Feral titles). No dialing home or root kits
Edwin
Feral Interactive
Thanks, I can support that type of security.
I just purchased a copy, it will be nice to just jump in an play every once-in-awhile instead of trying to convince myself to boot into windows. For some reason I really can't stand using Windows.
And the demo?It's a native port
- Ian
We have it going through testing at the moment. I'm afraid I can't give a date (ah, the joys of testing) but it should be soon.
- Ian
It's Edd De Duck
I think you had one to many e's (it's easy to do). The tag is named after the greatest kids puppet ever... Edd The Duck which if you did not live in the UK in the early 90's you will have no clue about!I think Ian covered everything else.
Edwin
I think Ian covered everything else.
Edwin
Could you send me a copy? On the other hand, could you send me the source code? I'm sitting here with my "Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X" book trying to wrap my brain around it (ok not that hard but still need practice). Having been laid off recently, I have decided to start developing apps for OS-X and iPhone. I think that Mac is on the way up while MS is over saturated. Ok, the idea of the source code was a joke; but any tips / Suggestions?
Maybe I'm just better of being a stay at home dad. . .