Muzman on 19/2/2013 at 03:13
Counter intuitive holiday snaps too.
Some foggy mess where you can't tell what you're looking at, with some splicer arm over in the corner: A+!
Close up of Big Daddy in mid swing you took damage to get: eh, C
heywood on 19/2/2013 at 05:32
Bioshock's system had potential, but there were too many enemies and things to be researched and each subject required multiple good photos, so it just became tedious. Further, they tended to give better grades to photos taken in combat, so the research got in the way and took a lot of the fun out of the combat. I think it would have worked out better to give max credit for capturing splicers unaware, so research wouldn't get in the way of combat and because it would introduce a sneak element into the gameplay.
The mechanics of performing research in SS2 weren't anything special, but at least the things you were researching were unknown, so sometimes it got my curiosity going. Also, the tidbits you learn about the Many as you research stuff does help advance the story. I didn't mind the backtracking at all. Since there weren't a huge number of items and they were mostly optional, you didn't have to do it to the point of tedium.
voodoo47 on 19/2/2013 at 07:08
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
In SS2's research system you rip the still-beating organs from the freshly slain corpses of your enemies, then douse them in caustic chemicals until they reveal their secrets.
In Bioshock you take holiday snaps.
System Shock wins.
what he said.
Malleus on 19/2/2013 at 07:18
No mention of the research in Bioshock 2? I thought that was an improvement over the first game. At least you get to fight back while "researching". I still prefer SS2's too, though. It just felt more ... "scientific" than the methods in the Bioshock games.
gunsmoke on 19/2/2013 at 07:29
I don't even remember the research in BS2...
voodoo47 on 19/2/2013 at 07:32
Quote Posted by gunsmoke
I don't even remember the research in BS2...
imagine a prototype big daddy running around with a video camera filming various splicer interactions. when enough is filmed, goodies fall out of the camera.
gunsmoke on 19/2/2013 at 07:47
Hahaha! Now I remember, you had to fire it up before fights. That was bizarre. Fuck, video games are bizarre.
Jason Moyer on 19/2/2013 at 12:22
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
In SS2's research system you rip the still-beating organs from the freshly slain corpses of your enemies, then douse them in caustic chemicals until they reveal their secrets.
In Bioshock you take holiday snaps.
System Shock wins.
In BioShock 2 you film yourself killing them, and the amount of research gained is greater for each unique way you do it (or uh, rather, each time you kill something the same way you gain less from doing it). Which is awesome, even if System Shock 2 still wins.
voodoo47 on 19/2/2013 at 12:25
I still kind of fail to understand how could a camera produce a plasmid, but whatever.
ZylonBane on 19/2/2013 at 15:28
Quote Posted by voodoo47
I still kind of fail to understand how could a camera produce a plasmid, but whatever.
Probably the same way you can hack a machine by stuffing it full of money.
