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Levine talks Bioshock: PC woes, PS3 version |
Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: 2K Games, Ken Levine, Microsoft
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First off, it must be said that there will be no PS3 version for Bioshock, as Ken Levine makes clear. Also, he assures the "pissed off" owners of Bioshock who have some problems with installing the game on their PC that patches are in development.Joystiq talked to Levine directly to get that info. Levine, lead designer for Bioshock, explains that he is aware of the problems Bioshock has on the PC. He expresses that there were indeed "screw ups" with the game's online copy protection verification. The issue being faced is that the game can only be installed twice and nevermore.
The problem stemmed from the developers not expecting that the game would become such a hit. So when the requests came in for verification, the server simply crashed. Levine explains that they will eventually remove the verification process.
As for the rumors circulating about Bioshock coming to the PS3, Levine leaves no room for doubt when he commented:
I promise you, there is no secret plan about the PS3 that we're keeping from people. There's no PS3 development going on that we're hiding. There's lots of stuff that gets into game code, plans change over time and we got an exclusive deal with Microsoft ... that's not a Rosetta Stone discovery.
Via Joystiq
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I use Linux, I don't want to fight with the problems that Wine or Cedega would give me with Bioshocks Securom.
I have a 360, not gonna buy it out of principle.
I have a PS3, can't buy it.
I have a Wii, don't give a damn at this point.
In short: Securom sucks and they lost at least one sale because of the anti-consumer protections included in the product.
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This meaning can have the game actively installed on 2 computers at any one moment in time. If you uninstall it from comp 1 you can now install it on comp 3 and still have comp 2 running Bioshocky goodness.
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But anyway, Ken Levine said they would fix the issue by allowing up to 5 pc instead of two... some other stuff I can't remember as well.
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I downloaded the 360 demo, the graphics aren't really anything great (though I admit the water is fantastic), and the weapons set is seemingly mediocre, though your powers are pretty cool.
I just don't see the necessity for the buzz. Before anyone bashes me, I'm hooked up to a 1080p plasma, I just didn't think the character models and colors were all that well done or realistic. Gears still looks better.
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Just like Halo3 and MGS4 a lot of people wont think much of them but thats what its all about otherwise we would all just get 1 type of game.
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And they're not undeserved, BioShock is one of the best games I've played of the new millennium. I haven't liked a game this much since Deus Ex.
The guy above is right, if you run through everything like an idiot then it's just alright, but if you spend the 20+ hours it takes to explore and find everything (especially the audio diaries that really build the story) then it's as amazing if not better than its "spiritual predecessor" System Shock 2.
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