Bioshock

[Gavmundo]

Originally Posted by Reno

Alright- I'm not sure how often games get ad time around the world on TV, but in the US it's pretty rare. Last night I saw a minute-long ad for Bioshock. It had the generic 40's music playing in the background while the freaky red-eyed girl stalks out of the darkness and the gigantical big daddy decides to play racketball with the camera; explosions, water effects, weapons demos, etc. All in all it looked a lot like all the clips I've seen online cut up and spliced together. Has anyone else seen this thing on TV?

In the UK ads on TV for games used to be very rare but in recent months there have been a lot more. Not seen any ads for Bioshock yet but Gears of War was shown a lot with the "Mad World" song running in the background. Very atmospheric ad.

Originally Posted by ElPresidente

The atmosphere of playing the demo on this monster is so much better than anything my PC monitor is capable of.

I think I'll happily experience this more than once so while still a crazy idea it isn't completely nuts.

I have my 360 hooked up in a similar setup. Mine's attached to my 42" Samsung Plasma. Nothing quite like games in HD Saying that I still tend to play my PC more lol.

[The_Fiddler]

Why don't you plug your pc into the tv? My mate does that with his Samsung LCD

[Gavmundo]

Because I'm married is the easy answer lol. It maybe my TV and has a female exclusion zone. She's not allowed within 3 feet of the screen!! Despite that she has control of the thing Keeps her quiet so I can escape to the computer room!

[Rog69]

Originally Posted by Jakob_Pavlov

Only slightly mate, on the priciple of the thing.

Usually I'd be more put out......but to be honest I am probably not going to play the demo.....got the game pre-ordered and I don't want to "spoil" anything!

Not long to go now........

Same here really, not having a PC demo won't cause me to cancel my pre-order or anything, its just that I don't like this trend of releasing PC game demo's after the game is actually out (like what seems to be happening here). My PC is less than a month old but there are a lot of people out there who are probably wondering if this game will run on their older setup.

[ElPresidente]

Originally Posted by The_Fiddler

Why don't you plug your pc into the tv? My mate does that with his Samsung LCD

Two main reasons. :P

The first is that I play my games on a nice comfy couch that is not all that well suited to keyboard/mouse gaming.

Most importantly my monitor will only go as high as a 720p connection over a VGA connection. Screwy thing is that the US and Japanese versions of that TV will play VGA content at 1080p (1080p such a beautiful thing... esp with Bluray or HD DVD) but not the PAL versions. Obviously my TV is PAL.

Still point 1 is a very big point for me. PC gaming is done at a desk in my eyes, it is not appropriate loungeroom fodder.

[t0p5ecret]

I'll be playing it on PC, what with DX10, higher texture resolution (things will look sharper) and an unlocked frame rate.

[ElPresidente]

I've got the PC CE on pre-order. This was a game that I was always going to get on PC.

I'm just thinking of grabbing a little extra.

[Stoned_Alien]

So ElPresidente, when are we going to get a big juicy 10 page review in the mag?

May as well chuck the Demo (when its out) on the cover disc too.



Pcpp fanboy....

[Rog69]

Just noticed, Bioshock is now available for preorder on steam. I'm pre-loading it now.

[Jigoku]

Yep! If you don't mind not having a box, US$50 (AU$63) is significantly cheaper. I've heard it's about £10 cheaper than retail for you UK folk too ...