Bioshock Infinite

I wasn't able to select it, so it must be a code.

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Originally Posted by Joust Williams

Yeah I guess it's a code since they don't want noobs to do it. My wariness comes from the fear that we just have infinitely respawning guys that simply deal a lot of damage and soak up bullets, and if I do it on my first run, I get frustrated instead of enjoy the story more. But if I don't do it, the 'real run' comes after I know everything about the game. I'd prefer to do it the first time.

I was thinking about SS2. I recently played through on Hard, and if it was my first time and I played on Impossible, I'd throw the keyboard at the screen because it's a bunch of guys that respawn out of nowhere and take your last few bullets. Which would be too bad because the first time I played the game, it was awesome. I really don't like respawning in games. Maybe that eliminates some tension, but I'd prefer something more clever or have fewer respawns to keep me honest without being lame.

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I've avoided most information on this game but I thought 1999 Mode was more about rebalancing the resources in the game so that there's no chance that you can get all skills/weapons in a single playthough. Bioshock's biggest flaw was that it was so easy to get EVERYTHING. Specialization is fun in a game like this.

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Originally Posted by epmode

I've avoided most information on this game but I thought 1999 Mode was more about rebalancing the resources in the game so that there's no chance that you can get all skills/weapons in a single playthough. Bioshock's biggest flaw was that it was so easy to get EVERYTHING. Specialization is fun in a game like this.

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That was my understanding as well. And that was also my #1 problem with Bioshock.

In my mind, 1999 mode = System Shock 2 mode.

But that only works if the game is designed around it. Limitations can be fun or not fun. Part of Bioshock's fun was experimenting with the various weapons and what came out of it. Bioshock 2 improved on this. Bioshock would not have played appreciably different with limitations, it just would've been annoying. I guess the point is that it is an action game and not an RPG.

Remember Doom has every weapon available to you at pretty much all times and it's rad as hell.

Bioshock was being designed around limited resources. Remember all that talk about how saving the Little Sisters would result in you getting far less ADAM which would force you to change your playstyle? In the final game, it was very easy to save all of them and still get every plasmid and upgrade. This change happened late in development and was mostly due to playtesters being idiots.

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Originally Posted by Diff-chan

But that only works if the game is designed around it. Limitations can be fun or not fun. Part of Bioshock's fun was experimenting with the various weapons and what came out of it. Bioshock 2 improved on this. Bioshock would not have played appreciably different with limitations, it just would've been annoying. I guess the point is that it is an action game and not an RPG.

Remember Doom has every weapon available to you at pretty much all times and it's rad as hell.

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If Bioshock were designed like Doom, there'd be no problem. But it was designed like System Shock 2, with limited resources in mind. Take away the limited resources and it becomes dull.

I'll probably try 1999 mode my first time through. Usually I can tell pretty early if I'm making a mistake or not regarding difficulty settings.

Beacuase.

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