PC gamers are going to have to do a lot of spiritual preparation this week. Just a couple of days before they spiritually prepare themselves to play the entirety of BioShock, they're going to have to spiritually prepare themselves to finally get their hands on the demo. Actual real word has come down from on high that the PC demo of the critical (and Joystiq) darling will go live at 7 p.m. EST on Monday.
That's not all the soul prep though, as PC gamers will also have to brace themselves to have console gamer friends type countless "zzzzz"s as they attempt to share their demo experiences. Yes, 360 owners, we know you've been rocking the demo for a while, but why not pretend you've never heard about it? They've had a hard week.
Reader Comments (55)
Posted: Aug 19th 2007 7:00PM CaramelZappa said
Shame it didn't come any earlier, but as long as it's out before the game is, it give people a chance to see how it runs on their box before shelling out the cash for the game.
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Posted: Aug 19th 2007 10:40PM (Unverified) said
The 9800 comes out around or in November, and EVGA has a step up program which allows you to get the latest card for the difference in the prices of the two, if you have purchased the card within 90 days.
http://www.evga.com/stepup/default.asp?switch=2
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http://www.evga.com/stepup/default.asp?switch=2
Posted: Aug 19th 2007 7:16PM hvnlysoldr said
New and exciting avatar:
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/hvnlysoldr/cc39ec5a.jpg
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http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/hvnlysoldr/cc39ec5a.jpg
Posted: Aug 19th 2007 7:20PM (Unverified) said
Are you so sure? I'm using fileplanet's download manager to 'reserve' the demo and it's downloading right now!!
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Posted: Aug 19th 2007 7:40PM (Unverified) said
Fileplanet will preload the demo, but you can't play it until it unlocks.
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Posted: Aug 19th 2007 8:05PM FrankTheCrank said
No offense, but you guys(Joystiq) are making a huge deal about this, the fact that PC got the demo later than 360.
Like, who cares?
Seriously, aren't their worse things to worry about? Like not having a 360 because your holding out for Falcon. Hopefully the overclocked 3.6, 7600 will hold up.
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Like, who cares?
Seriously, aren't their worse things to worry about? Like not having a 360 because your holding out for Falcon. Hopefully the overclocked 3.6, 7600 will hold up.
Posted: Aug 19th 2007 10:43PM (Unverified) said
I couldn't agree more...
Who cares about this? The game is awesome on the 360 and why would I want to pay all that money for a computer that will be outdated in a few months?
Not to mention I don't see why theres this obsession with the mouse. The 360 controller was awesome during the demo for me.
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Who cares about this? The game is awesome on the 360 and why would I want to pay all that money for a computer that will be outdated in a few months?
Not to mention I don't see why theres this obsession with the mouse. The 360 controller was awesome during the demo for me.
Posted: Aug 19th 2007 8:06PM (Unverified) said
I have a 360 but it broke, so I'm waiting for a replacement. I have a badass PC, though.
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Posted: Aug 19th 2007 8:12PM (Unverified) said
Is there going to be multi-language demos like in the xbox live?,I got the Demo in Spainish from Spain.
Be careful of "Gran papi".
I wonder how they call Big Daddy in France...
(Waititng for Someone to response Le Big Daddy or Royal with chesse)
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Be careful of "Gran papi".
I wonder how they call Big Daddy in France...
(Waititng for Someone to response Le Big Daddy or Royal with chesse)
Posted: Aug 20th 2007 5:07AM (Unverified) said
It is "Protecteur" (Protector) in the French version.
I would have loved "le Gros Papa" ("Grand" means tall).
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I would have loved "le Gros Papa" ("Grand" means tall).
Posted: Aug 19th 2007 8:43PM (Unverified) said
Check out this Bioshock screenshot. I am really surprised they would put something like this into the game, but I give 2K major props for doing this:
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee236/askzander/bigdaddy.jpg
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http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee236/askzander/bigdaddy.jpg
Posted: Aug 19th 2007 9:15PM hvnlysoldr said
Mario tricked Big Daddy into trading the princess for his cap:
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/hvnlysoldr/cc39ec5a.jpg
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http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/hvnlysoldr/cc39ec5a.jpg
Posted: Aug 19th 2007 8:49PM (Unverified) said
Minimum requirement for it is only a P4 2.4Ghz with NVIDIA 6600/ATI X1300... Could almost run on my laptop, but yes, the big rig will do it :)
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Posted: Aug 19th 2007 9:08PM ForTheHuynh said
Well, seeing as how I'm gonna get it anyways, it pretty much puts the demo out of the picture. The reason I wanted the demo was to test out and optimize the game according to my rig, but since you know, the demo will come out five hours before the real game does, I might as well not download the demo. Laaame.
Other than that, Bioshock is gonna be awesome!!! Good bye Wedensday!
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Other than that, Bioshock is gonna be awesome!!! Good bye Wedensday!
Posted: Aug 19th 2007 9:12PM (Unverified) said
I love how everyone is always proud of their "rigs" when it'll be referred to as "old" in just a few months. PC gaming is just not worth it.
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Posted: Aug 19th 2007 9:22PM hvnlysoldr said
Special delivery:
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/hvnlysoldr/b2373bf2.jpg
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Posted: Aug 19th 2007 9:24PM (Unverified) said
At least with PC gaming, I have my choice of free or buy.
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Posted: Aug 19th 2007 9:14PM DA360 said
Doesn't it figure that it comes out literately several hours before the games retail release... At least I will get a chance to see how the game performs on my PC before buying it. I been trying to decide if I wanted to get the PC or 360 version but been heavily leaning towards the PC version (both are in the same room and have about the same size screen, my PC has a X-Fi, eVGA GeForce 8800 GTS KO ACS3, and I heard the PC version looks abit better and controls abit better, etc. and personally, I need more PC games). But I been wanting to see how well it plays on PC before deciding since I already played the Xbox 360 demo (which I thought was awesome).
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Posted: Aug 19th 2007 11:07PM (Unverified) said
I hope this comes with really good 360 controller support for PC. I prefer playing with a gamepad when I can (just because I'm a pure PC gamer and enjoy the novelty).
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Posted: Aug 20th 2007 12:35AM CaramelZappa said
0.o Never heard of a PC gamer who prefers analogs to mouse and keyboard. Most people prefer the mouse because it's distance based instead of acceleration based and thus more accurate. Whatever works for you I guess.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2007 5:23AM (Unverified) said
I still don't get the driver excuse from 2K. Shouldn't that have been taken care of before the game went gold?
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Posted: Aug 20th 2007 6:15AM (Unverified) said
Can't wait for the PC version. Gonna be great!!!
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Posted: Aug 20th 2007 6:42AM ZippyDSMlee said
Whats the size of the PC demo 1.8GB? (gotta be between 1.2-2.0)
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