Bioshock Demo (PC)
I never expected it to be good, but I was still disappointed. We were promised fairly free and open gameplay, and instead I was directed everywhere and had, at most, the choice to follow the direction or look at areas with absolutely nothing worthwhile in them that led to absolutely nowhere else.
Sure, it looks good, but I even take some exception with that. In the first videos I saw, it seemed to me that you may as well be a generic magic user in some sort of twitch game. Like Oblivion. The character waves his hand around, and depending on what power is equipped different colored lights or fairy dust fly off his hand, causing some stuff to happen. No real physical change is perceived, but suddenly fire and lightning squirt from your limbs.
In the demo, you get your first power from a syringe you find laying around. Apparently you’re supposed to be the world’s most frightening junkie, because you just immediately cram this unknown thing from an obviously messed up place into your tender surfaceworlder flesh. Then bam, lightning fist, with nary a change in complexion.
I’d like to have seen some physical change, possibly with detrimental effects if I switch back and forth a lot. The option to carry a couple of things rather than immediately shoving them into my body would be nice too.
Ah well. It was to be expected.