BioShock: Infinite Released 149
kandelar writes with news that BioShock: Infinite has been released. It's the third major release in the series of BioShock first-person shooters, and it's available for Xbox 360, PS3, and Windows. The game is garnering good critical reception, for the most part. Rock, Paper, Shotgun said, "Infinite is a game ruled by artists at least as much as it is by its writers. It’s the ultimate answer to the question of whether art or technology is the most important part of creating a visually excellent game – Crysis 3 might have far more going on under the hood, but its uninspired paintjob makes it seem so dull compared to Infinite’s vaguely Pixar-esque fusion of the photoreal and the colourfully unreal." Ars' reviewer wrote, "Infinite's battle system doesn't wear out its welcome or weigh down the game's excellent pacing. Infinite avoids the problem of near-endless waves of identical enemies that plagues so many shooters these days. The bits of shooting action are spaced and timed to serve as gentle punctuation marks that break up the story rather than full stops that bring it to a grinding halt." However, RPS adds this criticism of the player's effect the plot: "Infinite’s a triumph in terms of fantasy-architecture spectacle and bringing superb flexibility to the modern rollercoaster shooter, but in other respects it’s a small step down from the player agency and even the singular aesthetic of BioShock."
What about DRM? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:the truth... apk (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:What about DRM? (Score:0, Insightful)
Don't buy it then. No one gives a fuck if you ever play it.
Re:What about DRM? (Score:5, Insightful)
BioShock was DRM encumbered with Steam, even physical copies,so I don't think they would have removed that.
Re:the truth... apk (Score:5, Insightful)
yes, and stop posting beneath shit you don't want to see... the only reason I'm aware of the post is your 2 replies. I know I'm adding to the problem but Christ something needs to be said. STOP REPLYING TO SPAM and go set your visibility to exclude 0 posts.
Re:What about DRM? (Score:1, Insightful)
You say that like it's acceptable. Until these pricks understand that I am the customer and I don't want DRM, it'll be Pirate Bay for me. That shit was cracked and up since yesterday anyways.
Re:What about DRM? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:What about DRM? (Score:1, Insightful)
Pfft and spend a few hundred bucks buying a console for a vastly inferior experience? Right.
I can't fully like a game unless it has no DRM. That is why the only place I get games from is GOG and TPB. No DRM, no intrusion, no spyware, no having to run pointless apps constantly in the background. And yes, I do trust cracking groups more than I trust these corporations like EA, Activision or Ubisoft.
Re:What about DRM? (Score:5, Insightful)
Just because you don't like DRM, doesn't mean you can justify pirating it. They've chosen to release their product with DRM. Don't like, it don't buy it.
Re:What about DRM? (Score:5, Insightful)
Wrong. The moral thing to do would be to not buy it and not use it at all. If you don't like DRM don't use any DRM'd software. Your stance is just rationalization.