Bioshock

Did not like. I spent sunday evening playing it. The visuals were well polished and the voiceovers were fine. but I think so soon after mass effect the storytelling seemed old fashioned and linear.

annoying mcguffin quests and retracing levels after finished for the little sisters was a god damned chore, maybe if the worm removing sequence was a little more violating it would have been redeeming.

there was that staid FPS trick of having the visuals of the held gun or this case claw-hand with the plasmids bobbing around unconvincingly as you walk around the level. once day we will integrate this a little more convincingly?

i did like the homage to Orson Welles as the bad guy but did not like following around the disembodied voice of some drunk irishman whose plans never worked. Every time he said go somewhere new i just knew that once i had done his fucking fetch quest he would magically be unable to meet me. this would lead to something new yet stale like taking pictures of the fucking monsters. god it made me so mad!

Also I hate steampunk the way I hate pirates, horror, all Montagues and thee.

Steampunk could have been beautiful, instead the internet ran it into the ground with their zeppelins, goggles and complete lack of respect for actual steam. fuck you Cory Doctorow!