Considering the circumstances under which an LE was even produced, complaining about it seems churlish.
Hoping for a GOTY CE with a scale model Little Sister ragdoll. That’d be hawt.
Gendal
1622
And grounds for another Catch a Predator episode I am sure.
I’d kill for a 6" high quality hard plastic articulate Big Daddy. Don’t get me wrong, the statuette is pretty cool, I just wish it was painted a little better so it looked more like the ones in the game and less like the spraypaint job it is.
Three songs from Moby isn’t a soundtrack, it’s a Moby sampler. Fuck you, 2K Games. Give me an artbook instead, even if it’s a cheesy paperback thing, it’s better than this no-talent assclown’s “soundtrack.”
Considering it’s 2007 and this is a videogame-centric message board, using the word “churlish” seems effete.
But of course you’re right. I should be on my knees thanking the 2K marketing people for giving me the opportunity to pay extra for a mis-represented promotional sales item.
I’ll pay you $10 + shipping for your Big Daddy right now. Happy?
I’ll pay you $20 to take a class in reading comprehension and maybe consider your relationship to caffeine. Relax, dude. I said the toy was nice and even better than I expected. It’s the “soundtrack” that sucks. And I explicitly said it wasn’t the money as much as the disappointment.
You want to pay me $10 + shipping for 3 lousy Moby songs, it’s on.
Well, if the Daddy itself is worth the ten bucks, doesn’t that make the CD just a freebie?
Don’t get me wrong, when I hear “soundtrack CD” I think “all the music from the game,” so hearing that it’s so gimpy is a bit sadmaking. I still don’t think it’s worth getting one’s knickers in a twist, though.
I’m with jafd on this issue because he didn’t misuse the word “effete”. :)
However, I don’t know why you’re taking offense at being called “churlish”, Chuck. We gamers are nothing if not churlish. It’s part of caring about our hobby.
-Tom
Vesper
1629
So I played this all night, and just like SS2, got all spooked by the tension (and loved everyone minute of it). As I was playing and at a particularly tense moment, my cat who was sleeping on top of my desk decides to roll over. Apparently he was being stupid and didn’t notice that the direction he rolled didn’t have a desk underneath it. The cat landed in front of me with a thump and I nearly had a heart attack! YOW.
You can burn bibles in this game!!! AWESOME!
Whaaaaaat? I totally used “effete” correctly. “Affected, overrefined, and ineffectual.” On a videogame-related message board on the internets, he should’ve just called me a douche.
You would say that, being yet another soulless marketing drone of the establishment, giving out 5-star reviews for a game that is clearly shipped with defective and misleading promotional materials. Perfect?!? I think not.
And for the sake of actually saying something about BioShock: I’m glad I recanted my earlier PC-only stance and went with the 360 and the Doubly surround sound. After killing a bunch of splicers and thinking the coast was clear, I was waiting in a corner when suddenly there was a loud BOOM coming from behind and to the left of me. Jumped straight up, cat-like, off the couch, a remarkable achievement for someone of my corpulence. Easily worth seventy bucks.
ARogan
1632
Man this game really is all that and a bag of chips. I had at least 3 moments where this game literally made me jump out of my chair. OK I’m getting too old for these all night gaming sessions. Time to catch a few hours of sleep before work tomorrow.
I fail to see how attempting to exploit your dissatisfaction makes me ‘effete,’ Chuck. I was all set to log in to PayPal, too.
‘Douche’ would hardly be called for, given that I completely agree with your assessment of the “soundtrack” CD.
I never thought for a minute that I was paying the LE premium price for anything other than the Daddy, though. Can’t rip physical objects from .cab files. Yet.
Gendal
1635
I can’t keep track of what’s in what thread, but for the person who was asking about the 360 controller on the PC: analog control of your movement speed works perfectly. It’s also pretty easy to switch back and worth between the KB/M and the controller, though I doubt I will do so again. KB/M for me, analog movement is nice, but not that nice.
Oops, I see now that I mis-read your first response (more irony, considering my comment about reading comprehension). I didn’t get “I agree but we’re lucky we got as much as we did” but “life’s tough suck it up you whiny douchebag.” Mea culpa, it’s late and I’m tired and can be a whiny douchebag.
Especially after listening to Moby. I’ll have to see what’s lurking in the data files, although it feels more unsavory than getting a 2K-sanctioned soundtrack. I’m trying to collect every recorded version of “Beyond the Sea”.
Oh, I see.
Hi there! We haven’t met. I’m jafd! If I were going to say that you were a whiny douchebag, you’d know.
Oh BROTHER would you know.
Killzig
1639
I’d add another bullet point to Tom’s list o things to do in Bioshock.
Hack everything. Even if the camera/medstation looks like it’s in a completely isolated area.
oh and the impossible hacks made me cry. The first one I encountered sent 4 security drones after me. :( I reloaded my save game and used the autohack tool on that one.
Systerm Shock 2 was not a console game.
