Dishonored is actually not a copy of Bioshock at all, it's more of a direct copy (down to much of the setting) of Thief: The Dark Project with BioShock's magic gimmick and heavily simplified stealth mechanics . Thief and System Shock 2 were both initially developed by Looking Glass studios and in fact share the same game engine. Dishonored's lead dev worked on Deus Ex, which shared personnel with both Thief and the original System Shock. So it's kind of natural there would be similarities. I actually found Dishonored pretty underwhelming after having high hopes for it. :/
Anyway, I think if it wasn't claimed that Bioshock was a spiritual successor to System Shock I'd be less irritated by it. They share a few small similarities but more differences. It's an OK game, I just don't feel it's worthy of the overwhelming praise that seems to be offered to any shooter with scripted set pieces and an ambient storyline. Come to think of it, Half-Life 2 is just as if not more overrated than Bioshock.
Bioshock was my 3rd FPS, after CoD MW 2 and 3. So I'm really a newbie in this genre. And I don't know much about people from this kind of games. I wasn't even aware of the existence of System Shock until I had already played the first Bioshock, when someone mentioned it in a review.
I can't argue with that, you seem to know pretty much about the genre.
I just loved, completely fell in love with all 3 games. That's all I can say. I just tried to state that, from my personal point of view, I don't give much importance to the fact that they take gameplay or ideas from somewhere else.
Just as I never understood why people (and critics) criticized Lords of Shadow because it took many stuff from GoW, SotC, PoP... the same people that liked the original ideas. I didn't like LoS because I PERSONALLY didn't feel it as CV. But if I find a game that implements something I like, I will still like it.
If watching old episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and forcing myself to finish Final Fantasy 7 has shown me anything, it's that rose-tinted glasses are very, very powerful. When it comes to old media most people who talk to you about it are also unconsciously talking about who where and what they were when they experienced it. This is why so many grown men and women idolize Boba Fett despite the fact he was a glorified extra in the original Star Wars- the sheer coolness of his space armor awed them when they were 7 or 8.
Having "been there" when something came out gives you a unique understanding of it and, let's face it, a unique tolerance for its flaws. (Like muddy PS1 graphics or to some extent awkward early-3D controls.) And you can only experience something for the first time once, which I suspect is why so many people still cling to the idea that Final Fantasy 7 is the best RPG greatest achievement in human history. And why Ocarina of Time is the best 3D Zelda etc.
When Twilight Princess is, in my opinion, the best Zelda game by far (from what I know), and there are plenty of characters better than Boba Fett in every SW movie, and FF1/2/3/4/5/6, especially 6, are infinitely better than 7 in every aspect.
Sometimes the "you're wearing nostalgia glasses" argument makes sense; other times I enjoy watching Nosferatu and realizing my favorite Metallica albums were all released before I was born.
Yeah, my favourite band is Queen from the 70's, even my mom was a little kid back then.
If you can't play the original RE then look to the Wii's relaunch called Resident Evil: Archives. It's the original game but with much better graphics and voice acting.
RE is one of the franchises I'd like to get into. I've only played RE4 Wii Edition so far, and I loved it.
I tried to play RE5 in PS3 and I didn't like it.
I'll check that Wii versions, playing Wii in HD with an emulator is wonderful
PS1 game or the whole series? The game wasn't nearly as good as some of the later installments (3 and 4 in particular are somber and can be outright depressing at times, and for good reasons), and it DOES get a lot more hype than I think it should (bcuz nostalgia), but the series is pretty damn amazing.
No, just the first PSX game. I really liked both MSX games (I emulated them to begin the saga). Then, with emulation flaws and technical inconveniences for the use of a PS3 joystick in a Game Cube emulated game, and the fact that I suck at stealth games, I ended up abandoning MGS 1 for GCN when I was about 60% of the game.
I have to end it some day, so I can play PS3 versions of MGS 2 and 3, and MGS 4, which is was caught my interest in the first place. Oh, and Revengeance, if it has something to do with the saga anyway.
Tiny Toon
Oh, Tiny Toon! I liked it, but what I'm really a fan of, is the first NES game (not the 2nd) and both SNES and Genesis games. And those are, mainly, games that I played when they were already old. But I love them. Not the first NES game, that one was bought for us by my mom when I was about 6 years old and I kind of grew up playing it from time to time.
That isn't a case of nostalgia blinding my reason. But there's some other times when I just love a bad game, like Miracle Ropits Adventure in 2100 or Frankenstein the Monster Returns... or Home Alone, I have apreciation for it because it was the first game that came with my SNES.
Something being overrated is definitely an entirely subjective question. I like to think of it illustrated with this quote from Hot Shots Part Deux (with a side helping of pun):
"What are you reading?"
"Great Expectations."
"Any good?"
"It's not all I'd hoped."
Nice quote. And great movie!