Mark Rein applauds BioShock for using Unreal Engine |
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Good games crafted using Epic Games' Unreal Engine seem to come in good numbers, but BioShock (Xbox 360, PC) stood out after receiving much praise. Even Epic Vice President Mark Rein himself is proud that 2K Games produced a title of high caliber using the engine.
The last big video game that used Unreal was Gears of War, which achieved phenomenal sales and easily became the fastest selling Xbox 360 game. However, BioShock doesn't fall far behind in second place.
Rein recognized 2K's achievement, saying the devs did a fantastic job with the game. He added:
Regardless of whether its developed by us or not, nothing would make me happier than to see our engine in the number one selling game of all time or the number one highest reviewed game of all time.
Epic has been under fire recently because of licensing issues, but Rein offered the company's full support to licensees. "We give our licensees the opportunity to take what weÂ’ve done and do something even better with it," he said.
Just a few weeks back, developers Silicon Knights filed a lawsuit against Epic for "sabotaging efforts by Silicon Knights and others to develop their own video games." What magic turned BioShock into such a hit, we can only guess.
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"What magic turned BioShock into such a hit, we can only guess." the packets of heroin and meth that come with each game surely don't hurt its sales
"What magic turned BioShock into such a hit, we can only guess." Hype. Do you think that if BioShock had little or less hype than it did, it would've received the same praise? If it didn't get such huge coverage..
I take it you have not played the game? It deserves all the praise it's getting, and it would have got it without the "hype" (really, what hype? There were almost no TV commercials for this game, no promotions, nothing outside of a few magazine ads) Why would you care that BioShock only got good reviews because of its hype (hype that it didn't have) anyway? Go play the game, and you'll probably agree it was very deserving of those 10/10s.
Oh, man I wasn't saying that! Just sheerly spectating from afar. I have and played the game for PC, I love it! Playing through it again in fact. I'm just wondering if anything would be different, had the game not been so hyped up with so much coverage and videos, etc.
i think it got the hype because it is such a good game people that have played his other games and got a tast of this one really liked it .i think it deservs all the hype it is that good .this team worked real hard on it and i think it should get out to as meny gamers as it can ..hell in a year port it over to the ps3 let them enjoy the game too and give the mony to the team to make another great game . now halo is a game that follows its hype not the hype following the game ..i would hate to be in bungis shoes (and like it at the same time) that game has to be goos or it will get trashed because of the hype.
Bioshock is an excellent game from top to bottom, hype I believe doesn't matter a whole lot. All the hype in the world isn't going to make a crappy game good. But many of the better reviewed games do have a lot of hype, and this isn't without reason. If a publisher believes they have a great game and a hit on it's hands, it only makes sense to create a buzz about the game in order to maximize the amount of copies sold.
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