I bought and installed it last night. I may play it some tonight. And for the rest of the week. Except I have Path of Exile to edit, and a Q&A video to cap and upload. Maybe I'll put Bioshock Infinite footage behind that. Then again, that would just make people not watch in order to avoid spoilers. BUT I NEED TO FIND TIME TO PLAY, DAMMIT.
I hate you. I have a sick kid and have been home all day. I've been on the Steam store 3 times and looked at it, but just kept thinking, "nah. If Mac can hold out, so can I. I mean, sure, I have the perfect 8 straight hours today to play, but I'm being strong. Strong just like Mac."
After being out of the office 4 days last week, I really shouldn't have been gone today. I'm off Thursday too as my wife is having gall bladder surgery. Today was my window.
Now, my kids are leaving this weekend and gone for 2 weeks so maybe I will jump on it this weekend.
I've only played for like half an hour, and I can scarcely believe how gorgeous this game is. Granted, they pack some of the best eye candy into the first 30 minutes just for people like me, but man, it sure did work. I wandered around totally awestruck, snapping screenshots every ten seconds. It's beautiful even at "Medium" settings, and it runs at a rock solid frame rate on my 2.5 year old computer (and 5+ year old graphics card).
As for the atmosphere... I haven't experienced anything like it since the first Bioshock. I'm entirely transported into whatever weird ass world this is. I'm lurking over every character's shoulder to hear what they say, I'm looking at and listening to everything I can get my eyes and ears near. The musical moments nearly bring me to tears. I cannot wait to get more time in.
Wow. I just played for like 5 hours, and when I quit to take a break, I popped over to the index of IGN's walkthrough site to get an indication of how far I've made it. I'm barely a third of the way in. 15-20 hours (if that turns out to be the final tally) is pretty damn good for a modern game with this much detail in it.
Edit: Another 4 hours got me quite a bit further... might as well keep my progress marker updated.
Lighthouse
Welcome Center
Raffle Square
Comstock Center Rooftops
Monument Island Gateway
Monument Tower
Battleship Bay
Soldier's Field
The Hall of Heroes
Inside the Hall of Heroes
Hall of Heroes Gift Shop
Return to Hall of Heroes Finkton Docks
Beggar's Wharf
Fort Franklin Pier
Worker Induction Center
Plaza of Zeal
Good Time Club
Plaza of Zeal (Return)
Gunsmith Shop
Shanty Town
Bull House Impound
Bull Yard
Finkton Proper
On to the Factory
Factory Courtyard
The Factory
Emporia
Port Prosperity
Downtown Emporia Memorial Gardens
Comstock House
The Atrium
Warden's Office
Operating Theatre
Hand of the Prophet
Hangar Deck
Engineering Deck
Command Deck
Sea of Doors
After playing 2/3 of this game, my biggest complaint is the mouse sensitivity. I have it cranked all the way down to the bottom possible level, and it's slightly too slow -- but if I kick it up one pixel on the slider bar, it's suddenly way too fast.
My second biggest complaint is the lack of a save/load. Seriously, seriously? I understand you're auto-saving at checkpoints for me, Bioshock, but I'd really like to have more control than that. When I'm trying to quit, and the game tells me it's been several minutes since the last auto-save and do I really want to quit and lose that progress?, I'm suddenly cast back to the days of looking for a save point in Final Fantasy while my Mom yells at me to come eat dinner.
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