Yeah, well. We all know that BioShock demo is out and this is the game that most X360 owners have been highly hyped about. Ok, maybe people have been even more hyped about Halo 3, but I ushave yet to understand why on Earth you guys like this series so much.
Different from most of my posts, I won't beat around the bush and go straight to the point: hype sucks. Not that the demo wasn't good. It was. God, awesome looking game! Right in the begining, when you're adrift, I watched the BEST water effects I've ever seen. I didn't even feel that I should have an HDTV (something that some X360 games made me feel) because it looks so good in SD I don't even care. The environment and the feeling of immersion are also... can't think of another word other than superb. There's nothing generic about it, not only every room is different from one another (think the exactly how Halo is NOT), Rapture must have been planned by an actual architect, not a game designer. It just makes sense. The 1950's feel is everything it was supposed to be. Interaction is also outstanding, it makes up for the bad feeling Gears gave me (my only complaint about Gears and the only game on the 360 I've played enough to have a good opinion, by the way).
On to gameplay. The Plasmids have been extensively promoted and it's for a good reason: your weapons alone can't make the cut. Nor the Plasmid alone. You must strongly rely on the weapon+plasmid+environment combo in order to survive. Not that the game is THAT HARD, but from what I've seen in that short demo, I suppose that further in the game, a player won't make it too far without thinking outside the box.
Ok, I began saying "hype sucks" but only praised the game so far. Let's talk about that. I expected this to be the best game ever. Well, it isn't that much. First off, the most disappoint thing is how weapons sound. When I picked my first pistol (a magnum of sorts), I kept holding my finger just to unload it only when some unfortunate soul crossed my path, hoping to hear the most realistic (or, at least, loud) sound ever from a fireweapon. And it was completely disappointing. Soon after I picked a submachine gun and it was equally sad. Not only that, the way the enemies take the shots are kind of unrealistic (I had already realised that from the trailers, but when you're playing it, it is very dull).
Bottom line is: the game seems to be good. VERY good. But it isn't perfect and THAT is what I expected. Damn, I didn't even feel the URGE to play the complete version as I felt when I played F.E.A.R. demo. But then again, it is probably because of when in the game the demo is placed and not the game itself.
