Forbes - Though it’s only April, it’s already clear that BioShock Infinite will indeed be regarded as one of the best games of the year, if not the best in many player’s eyes by the time 2014 rolls around.
This February, Prime members can claim a fresh lineup of free games, including BioShock Infinite Complete Edition, Surf World Series, AK-xolotl: Together, Sands of Aura, The Talos Principle: Gold Edition, Stunt Kite Party, The Smurfs 2 — The Prisoner of the Green Stone, Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior, Dark Sky, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, El Hijo — A Wild West Tale, Colt Canyon, Republic of Jungle, Royal Romances: Cursed Hearts Collector’s Edition, Deus Ex: Human Revolution — Director’s Cut, Night Reverie, Sine Mora EX, Redemption Reapers and Yes, Your Grace.
Twinfinite: “War may never change, but the prices of rare games do!”
"And lastly, famous Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling helped to create the action-RPG’s setting. What’s really fascinating, though, is that the game was partially financed by taxpayers from Rhode Island (which allegedly lost the state millions of dollars). Yikes!"
1. Now infamous Schilling
2. No allegedly, it did. And they couldn't pay it back.
3. What really lost the money wasn't the SP release but the MMO they were working on. This was supposed to be an introduction into the MMO world.
I hate counting limited editions for these lists. I mean, they're made to be rare and expensive. It's far more interesting to hear about the NCAAs (even if most people know that one already) and the El Chavos than some massive hit that came with a $200 statue at retail.
Me too. Here's the best I can do:
El Chavo Kart $90.14
NCAA Football 14 $87.72
Spiderman: Edge of Time $75.94
Spiderman Web of Shadows $75.09
Spiderman: Shattered Dimensions $67.76
Wow, El Chavo Kart is not at all what I expected by the name. 100% looks like a Sackboy Kart game.
It's so odd that so many Spider-Man games are seemingly given lower print runs, even if they're not the best games.
Most Xbox games don’t hold as much value compared to other systems. Kameo, Blue Dragon, Last Remnant , and a handful or 2 of other games that I kept.
One of the biggest TV and movie tropes in the last decade has been the multiverse, the idea of exploring multiple dimensions to uncover alternate versions of existing ideas. From both a business and creative perspective, it makes sense why established franchises are shaking things up in this way.
However, there aren't many video games latching on to this trend, as rendering multiple worlds in real-time is a difficult feat and the medium is relatively young in comparison to its contemporaries, making crossover opportunities more difficult. Still, there are a few great titles that manage enough to overcome these challenges, and here are some of the best examples.
While I love someone mentioning Planescape, not really multiverse. Planes and dimensions, yes. But, they are typically their own locations and are very rarely tied to another 'verse' let alone another plane. The only things that are directly tied are the ethereal and material planes. Otherwise, they are dimensions created of their own design and goals by the creator/owner and not comprised of 'their own version of another dimension'.
I think this is the first time I actually agree with an entire list.
BioShock Infinite is my favorite game of 2013 so far. The combat, while very good, was a bit too frequent indeed and not the most memorable part of the game at all.
For me, one of the best parts was in the beginning, when I was wandering through the city in awe, and then a flying thingy stopped by with a barbershop quartet singing a 1912 version of God Only Knows, by the Beach Boys. I just couldn't leave before the song was over, I was just hypnotized.
I agree with 3-4. Sometimes delays are a sign of trouble...real trouble. In bioshocks case I believe it revolved around elizabeth and their desire to push even harder than they did. At a certain point, I believe that they settled and polished. Its still better than 99% of what's out there but I think some things were entirely seen through due to tech constraints, time and money.
As far as combat, see above...I believe it wasn't completely everything irrational initially envisioned. But, that being said the violence is necessary. Comstock was a dictator attempting to hold onto everything he built. He knew that he was going to rain fire down on NY to cleanse ppl. He killed the Luteces. He stole Anna. He kept slaves. So, yeah, boomers journey was going to be violent. All wars fought to stop evil men from committing attrocities r very violent, much more so than this game. The combat and all its critiques are only ever compared to bioshock and lofty expectations. This combat, while not perfect is better than most fps games out there...if not all of them. After playing it, I would have loved it if elizabeth could see enemies coming at times and allow for use of strategy etc. It can still be done but in checkpoint fashion. Maybe, because of the nature of memories or multiple bookers, they figured strategy would come with the next booker.