Official Bioshock Review Discussion Thread - 9.0 (POST HERE OR BE SUSPENDED)

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#51 Hadoken_Kid
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this game flopped by system war standards, or for me atleast.
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#52 darklord888
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Wha? A 9.0 when there were only two minor flaws with the game? :|Funkyhamster


I know I don't get it. :?

If it was too short or had a bad ending or something that's one thing but, a bit easy death penalty and a bug is no excuse to cut off a whole point.
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#53 erik_r
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Gears= 9.6, Bioshock= 9.0. its time for Jeff to find another job.
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#54 NickyJo
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~sigh~... 9.0 weak.musicalmac

It probably would have been 8,8 but Jeff had to round it up to 9 for the new system, lack of chainsaws probably sealed Bioshock's fate.

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#55 7thSIN
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Ive never heard of "hitches" in this game from anybody that already owns the game early or from other reviews.

GS the new EGM?

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#56 cametall
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I bet he gave it the same as Zelda but rounded it up to 9.0 because of the rating scheme.

;D

inertk

lol that came to my mind also :P

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#57 BioShockOwnz
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Wait, so why are people complaining about a 9.0? :| It was hyped AAA and it got AAA.

Anyways, I'm clean. I hyped it a 9.0 all this time. :D

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#58 MigElite
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I'm shocked :|

And people, this game got AAA, IT'S NOT A FLOP! Stop saying that.

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#59 HeyHeyMyMy
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[QUOTE="Funkyhamster"]Wha? A 9.0 when there were only two minor flaws with the game? :|darklord888


I know I don't get it. :?

If it was too short or had a bad ending or something that's one thing but, a bit easy death penalty and a bug is no excuse to cut off a whole point.

You have to read the whole review, not just the good and bad section to get his complaints. He says that the combat doesn't take much skill and isn't as action packed, he should have put that in the bad section.

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#60 CJL13
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REVIEWS IS IN!!

WE HAVE SOME LOSERS IN SW Bets!!! Muahaha

9.5 and under means we need to collect on some bets people

kcpp2b

Care to list the suckers, er, people who didn't win and their sentence?

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#61 TheOneMan
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Reading this review makes me wonder what MP3 will get here...
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#62 kcpp2b
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this game flopped by system war standards, or for me atleast.Hadoken_Kid

Hype was AAA nice try

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#63 KamikazePie
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Disgusting.
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#64 Hadoken_Kid
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Gears= 9.6, Bioshock= 9.0. its time for Jeff to find another job.erik_r

GS did this on purpose, and under the old review system i wonder what this game would have gotten a8.9? 8.8 ?

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#65 Funkyhamster
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Mmkay, if this game got a 9.0 I'm really starting to doubt the potential of Halo 3 and MP3 to get AAAs here. I mean, Bioshock had pretty much everything it seemed like GS would want in a game...
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#66 wmc540
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wow, reviews like this seriously damage the credibility of this sitemwa

The credibility was already lost when they switched to the .5 review system. It will only continue to go down hill until they realize their mistake.

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#67 Halo2_Norad
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This game deserves a 9.5! He nitpicked stuff for the sake of finding something wrong with it to give it a lower score. Kinda odd when every other place on the net has it review 9.4 or higher. I hate Jeff now.
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#68 Hadoken_Kid
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[QUOTE="Hadoken_Kid"]this game flopped by system war standards, or for me atleast.kcpp2b

Hype was AAA nice try

its till a flop people were hypeing this better then OoT. thier are plenty of people who hyped this 9.5 or higher.

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#69 tman93
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Well that was unexpect, so much for GOTY. But its not a flop tecinaclly, but some owned in SW bets, ahahahaha.

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#70 Tactis
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you have got to be kidding me... does gamespot like to be different? man i deffended this site in the ign vs gamespot thread last week but come on...
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#71 BioShockOwnz
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Mmkay, if this game got a 9.0 I'm really starting to doubt the potential of Halo 3 and MP3 to get AAAs here. I mean, Bioshock had pretty much everything it seemed like GS would want in a game...Funkyhamster

Look what they gave Forza 2. Halo 3 will be fine.

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#72 dieworm
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Reading this review makes me wonder what MP3 will get here...TheOneMan
I'm packing my bags as we speak.

GameSpot's another oddball. Does not surprise me.

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#73 TrueReligion_
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Did anyone actually read the review? It was filled with negative comments about the game--it was almost unconfortable to read.
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#74 tidus222
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GAMESPOT

where tony hawk 3 is a perfect 10/10

and bioshock is 9/10 flop

seriously its time to fire jeff

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#75 inertk
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I suppose this gives Halo 3 space to breath now, eh? Or ME. Or any other games releasing this fall.

But to think that Bishock is on the same level as PDZ is just disgusting *I know they aren't directly compared, and different times.... still*. The new review system ahm fail. ;(

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#76 BioShockOwnz
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[QUOTE="kcpp2b"]

[QUOTE="Hadoken_Kid"]this game flopped by system war standards, or for me atleast.Hadoken_Kid

Hype was AAA nice try

its till a flop people were hypeing this better then OoT. thier are plenty of people who hyped this 9.5 or higher.

The overall hype was AAA. Sure you'll have a few fanboys who dive in the deep water, but most of them stayed in the shallow end.

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#77 Teuf_
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Did anyone actually read the review? It was filled with negative comments about the game--it was almost unconfortable to read. TrueReligion_


Seriously, he barely had anything positive to say about the game...
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#78 danxxx
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good score, great game....

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#79 CJL13
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Did anyone actually read the review? It was filled with negative comments about the game--it was almost unconfortable to read. TrueReligion_

And it got a 9? :?

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#80 FusionApex
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Casey said in another thread we don't appreciate how hard it is to get AAAA. Guess we don't know how hard it is to geta 9.5 either.
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#81 7thSIN
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Ive always considered Jeff a "mainstream" person when it comes to games and I have a feeling if Jeff reviews Halo 3 its going to score higher then Bioshock.
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#82 Finale-
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This thread is going to become hypocritical quick.

Lemmings on Jeff:

Gears of War 9.6! Yay Jeff!

Bioshock 9.0! Fire Jeff!

Stop complaining. It's still AAA and you will still buy the game. Stop with the biased garbage.

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#83 NickyJo
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Well he done it with Zelda TP, now he's done it with Bioshock

Jeff likes to be different, more hits for Gamespot, more people talk about his reviews than other reviews.

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#84 furtherfan
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Reading this review makes me wonder what MP3 will get here...TheOneMan

could be a much higher score....

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#85 p0op
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GAMESPOT

where tony hawk 3 is a perfect 10/10

and bioshock is 9/10 flop

seriously its time to fire jeff

tidus222
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#86 dracula_16
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I'm kind of in shock. I mean... if Bioshock doesn't get above 9 then what will? :(

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#87 smokeydabear076
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Its the first AAA game to flop.
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#88 nybritboy
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rediculous, the lowest score on the new by GS, really lame, Jeff is a total banker
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#89 Halo2_Norad
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Did anyone actually read the review? It was filled with negative comments about the game--it was almost unconfortable to read. TrueReligion_

He said he nitpicked to find somthing wrong with the game. How bias can you be? He did it on purpose! SERIOUSLY!!!

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#90 TrueReligion_
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[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]Did anyone actually read the review? It was filled with negative comments about the game--it was almost unconfortable to read. CJL13

And it got a 9? :?

Yeah, from the way the review was written, it sounded like a 7.5-8.5 game.

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#91 Funkyhamster
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[QUOTE="Funkyhamster"]Mmkay, if this game got a 9.0 I'm really starting to doubt the potential of Halo 3 and MP3 to get AAAs here. I mean, Bioshock had pretty much everything it seemed like GS would want in a game...BioShockOwnz

Look what they gave Forza 2. Halo 3 will be fine.

Yeah, but that was before the ratings switch, I thought...

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#92 Tactis
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[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]Did anyone actually read the review? It was filled with negative comments about the game--it was almost unconfortable to read. Teufelhuhn


Seriously, he barely had anything positive to say about the game...

and what graphical glitch? none of the other 10 reviews i have read have mentioned it or at least not called attention to it the way he did..

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#93 Rockclmbr6
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I suppose this gives Halo 3 space to breath now, eh? Or ME. Or any other games releasing this fall.

But to think that Bishock is on the same level as PDZ is just disgusting *I know they aren't directly compared, and different times.... still*. The new review system ahm fail. ;(

inertk


Wow, I didn't even realize this got the same score as PDZ. I didn't exactly hate that game, but I had more fun playing the Bioshock *DEMO* than I did with PDZ...

I guess this doesn't mean it isn't incredible though. They gave System Shock 2 an 8.5, and that is in GS's Greatest Games of All Time. It's still highly disappointing that it took GS longer than any other website to review the game, and you get a review that is simply filled with small nitpicks and a bug that apparently only affects Gamespot.
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#94 wmc540
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[QUOTE="TheOneMan"]Reading this review makes me wonder what MP3 will get here...furtherfan

There are only two options higher...

could be a much higher score....

There are only 2 options higher.

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#95 BioShockOwnz
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This thread is going to become hypocritical quick.

Lemmings on Jeff:

Gears of War 9.6! Yay Jeff!

Bioshock 9.0! Fire Jeff!

Stop complaining. It's still AAA and you will still buy the game. Stop with the biased garbage.

Finale-

Agreed 100%. This just makes lemmings look bad. It was hyped AAA and it got AAA, but by crying they are making it look like a flop. It's a 9/10 for crying out loud. It's an amazing game.

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#96 darklord888
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[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]Did anyone actually read the review? It was filled with negative comments about the game--it was almost unconfortable to read. Teufelhuhn


Seriously, he barely had anything positive to say about the game...



On On the spot when he was playing it you could kinda tell he wasn't hyped about it. I think he's more of a multiplayer person which is why GeoW got such a high score.
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#97 -Sora
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Thats lower then i expected.

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#98 FusionApex
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[QUOTE="CJL13"]

[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]Did anyone actually read the review? It was filled with negative comments about the game--it was almost unconfortable to read. TrueReligion_

And it got a 9? :?

Yeah, from the way the review was written, it sounded like a 7.5-8.5 game.

True to it. I feel bad for lems.

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#99 Hadoken_Kid
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[QUOTE="Hadoken_Kid"][QUOTE="kcpp2b"]

[QUOTE="Hadoken_Kid"]this game flopped by system war standards, or for me atleast.BioShockOwnz

Hype was AAA nice try

half the comments on this thread is about people disapointed in the review, therefore its a flop.

its till a flop people were hypeing this better then OoT. thier are plenty of people who hyped this 9.5 or higher.

The overall hype was AAA. Sure you'll have a few fanboys who dive in the deep water, but most of them stayed in the shallow end.

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#100 TrueReligion_
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So, Ninja Gaiden Sigma (a touch up from a last gen game, mind you) is equally as good as Bioshock, an inventive FPS from the creators of System Shock?

System Shock 2 was under-rated here, and I guess Bioshock can be added to the list.