Next review: Bioshock Infinite
Graphics: WOW. I spent easily ten minutes just watching the rain in the beginning. 11/10 (that said, do NOT use Ultra settings. they look the same as High, but can cause lag and overheating)
Music: Much, much better than in prior Bioshock Games. 8/10
Story: Ow, my head. I think I understand the basics, though I would have liked a bit more backstory on who "The Lady" and "The Gentleman" are. The ending is kinda depressing (in an uplifting way?), but makes sense. That said, the lack of morality decisions bugs me, even though it does fit with the game's theme of "Constants and Variables". (If I had been given the choice, I would not have
beaten Comstock to a pulp and drowned him, though I admit it DOES all make sense given the ending.
Finally, many of the characters (For example, the leader of the Vox Populi) come across as a bit flat. (With the Vox Populi example, the leader needed a lot more development before her little plot twist happened.)
(Oh, and also, the ending shows the first two games in a new light...though it took a long reading of the TVTropes Fridge Brilliance page for Infinite for me to understand it fully.)
So...um...How the heck to I score the plot? Um...on a scale of one to ten, I'll give it an eggplant.
Controls: My only complaint is that Alt makes you walk super-slow. It's basically worthless, and you WILL hit it by mistake when trying to Dash (left shift, for the record).
Performance: It suffers from occasional hangs and has a very annoying sound stutter (the sound issue can be fixed by setting it to Vista compatibility mode). Load times are neither fast nor slow.
Other: I love listening to the conversations between "The Gentleman" and "The Lady".
I told you they'd come.
No you didn't.
Right, I was GOING to tell you they'd come.
But you didn't.
But I DON'T.
Are you sure that's right?
I was going to HAVE told you they'd come?
No.
The subjunctive?
That's not the subjunctive.
I don't think the syntax has been invented yet.
It would have had to have had been.
had to have had been? That can't be right.
Final score: 9.7/10.
This is the score I gave it, will give it, would have given it, and give it now.
EDIT:
Burial at Sea score:
The only thing I'll say is this: it's fun, but I utterly loathed the ending.
If anyone deserved a happy ending, it was Elizabeth. That said, that's obviously just my opinion.
