Unpopular opinion, but I actually didn't like Bioshock. Loading it up first time it was initially cool and all, but after a while of playing, I realised it lacked or fell short in a lot of areas. Lots of things were "almost there" so overall it was quite annoying to experience. I only completed it because I'd gotten far enough in, may as well.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

lol i share the unpopular opinion, as well as the downright hated opinion of despising infinite. everyone fell in love with elizabeth while i was thinking "this is the most annoying npc in history." aside from that the game was meh af

[–] PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It's the arcade-ified evolution of System Shock, IMO.

It has a lot of the same mechanics and ideas; but it's all an inch deep instead of having any real depth.

As an RPG hybrid, it kinda sucks. As a straight up FPS, with action as the primary feature, compared to the contemporaries at the time is pretty good. Similar to how Fallout 4 sucks ass as an actual RPG, but is a pretty great FPS.

[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bioshock was a cut down version of the "shock" gameplay - no inventory management, much more linear path, etc.

I remember at the time people complained that it was "dumbed down for console".

I still enjoyed it though, but I can see why veterans of the genre would feel things are missing or fall short while newcomers would be blown away.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Yeah, that probably it. I got that "This is it?" feeling, while it seemed many others were hailing it as a masterpiece.