IHateBioshock

In case my previous comment doesn't post: Bioshock is an awful game, it gets it's main gameplay element horribly wrong (gunplay) and the rest is just loose fluff scruffily thrown into a box of 'my first map' level design, accompanied by some of the most monotonous interaction ever 'devised' and served with a shed full of 'meh'.

The guy further up with the essay got it right, I can't be bothered to post as much as him as I don't even think this game deserves it, but I will post twice as my other comment's not showing up (yet) to add my vote to 'overhyped POS game of the decade', it's just fundamentally broken in so many ways it's a chore to play, the designers seem to think they are doing us a favour letting us play their 'vision' but this game is a work of giant egos not the work of game lovers.

@tumes Yeah cos no console games have bugs these days either? Both PS3 and 360 have been served some seriously shitty bug filled games in recent times, this lack of care affects all players, stop being so idiotic or prejudiced towards a certain system it's very immature and will come back to bite you.

Half life 2 had a similar though not as severe bug way back when it was first released on PC (related to a sound issue causing the stuttering/pausing IIRC) - it got sorted eventually but it did seem to affect far fewer players initially than this Black Ops bug does.

I don't really feel surprised that a game in this series of dirge has such bugs as they rush this shit out each year for the fanboys to lap up and think players should feel honored that they even release it let alone do any testing on it.

I guarantee they knew about this bug before shipping but shipped anyway with the 'patch later' mentality, esp as they now see PC players as lowly scum which is pathetic. I'm a ps3 and PC player and this shit gets me annoyed. Devs like this should go out of business.

"tiny" was supposed to be "tinny" in my last reply. The bass was lacking on that overly compressed radio rip. On this page it's very clear and I love how punchy the drums are in particular.

While this doesn't have an stand out chorus (I'm sure there'll be plenty of that on the album) this clip sounds far better than the tiny clip that Ronson played that was on another website, that didn't do it any favours. THIS sounds much better, the production sounds far closer to the original DD sound, it's just the song isn't quite as strong or as epic/atmospheric as the early stuff.

Really looking forward to the album though! :)

@polysix And Criterion = quality. Burnout Paradise was one of the best games on PS3 and I'm still playing it long after buying/selling nearly all my other games.

@Jack Kevorkian You mean you were 1 of the 10 gameplayers on the planet who didn't know this was developed by Criterion months before the demo? Where have you been hiding? ;)

MS really does take Xbox360 owners for mugs.

I used to resent the fact my first (and only) 360 died without being eligible for free replacement (it was e74 BEFORE they admitted that was also their fault), I got burned for £300+ on that bad boy, beyond repair, no warranty all their (since then, admitted and revealed to be prior knowledge) fault.

Yes I was seething for many months, that's what led me to buy a PS3 as a replacement rather than the 360 even though I was very fond of some of it's games (PGR, Dead Rising, even Gears)

Now? With the price hikes for XBlive, and their continued nickle and diming of punters I'm really glad it died when it did. I now have no reason to even consider buying into this 'farce' of a control scheme (seriously and utterly flawed for anyone in a normal home and to play anything close to good games that I'd be interested in) and as I had the older version of 'the box' I'd also be having to slap down another $40 on this 'thing'. HOW MUCH? MS it's only electricity, you didn't invent it you know...

Shame really that I hate MS so much for the 360 RROD BS as I'm actually behind them with Windows 7 and Windows phone 7 (can't stand apple as it goes).

Award for most over-rated and underwhelming game franchise ever goes for the X'th year running to...

Sorry I regretted buying this game. I can't believe some of the good reviews it got, cinematics aside it was an absolutely boring game to traverse and a kick in the teeth to devs of less hyped games who know about gameplay being more important than hype.

I wanted to love the game (obviously, I paid for it on PS3) and did at first, the first level on the flying thing looked amazing in places. Once landed it all went down hill fast, it was beyond linear, you couldn't do anything other than what the game wanted you to do, most of the choices or puzzling was done by that mouth female companion. It just rubbed me up the wrong way and was glad to to be finished with it and traded it in sharpish.

I really hope if they are serious about a sequel they take a long hard look at the complaints about the first and address them, these are not mere whiny players who want everything perfect these are fun crushers and go against everything that supposedly makes gaming great (proper interaction and sense of empowerment and discovery). This is an extremely dull trek through an slightly above average (for a game) story with far too much hand holding and gameplay design from the 90s.