Bioshock

[Andy Tarpinian]

On Aug 24, 2007, at 12:30 PM, Peter Korsten wrote:

> So, has anybody bought/played this game yet? My 6800 GT finally  
> stopped
> working properly (the same problem as last time, but now burning a new
> ROM image didn't work) and I was, eh, forced to buy an 8800 GTS 320  
> MB. :)
>
> Then, by chance, I found out about the demo of Bioshock, and  
> discovered
> that 320 MB video memory is not enough to play this game in full  
> detail.
> So the texture detail had to go back to 'medium', because less than 1
> frame per second is not fun, and now it's running smooth at  
> 1280x960 pixels.
>
> It's quite an interesting game. It gets the same meta-score (96%) as
> Half-Life 2, which is saying something. The design, all Art Deco, is
> gorgeous, and what I gather from the evolving storyline is interesting
> as well.
>
> 800 MB downloaded, 7200 MB to go...

my copy for 360 just arrived today,