Poll: IS Bioshock 1 and 2 Scary

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Podunk

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The first Bioshock is a deeply immersive game, so there are some places here and there in which the enemies can give you a little fright. It's kinda reminiscient of Half Life 2's Ravenholm in that way...


For the people who have played the game, best scary part was when you get the shotgun. Am I right?
 

DustyDrB

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The first Bioshock really only had one scary moment. In the morgue. You know the one I'm talking about.
That's when I quit. It happened and I just said "Oh, shit no", turned the console off and sold the game.
 

demoman_chaos

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No they aren't. Once you remember that no matter what happens you will respawn 5 ft. away with no penalty, all scariness is taken away.
If it was like Doom where the only checkpoint is the last tiem you saved, then it might be a bit more scary. especially if you are like me and tend to save very rarely.
 

Sinclair Solutions

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I would say creepy, atmospheric, and tense would be better words. The game has relatively few "jump" moments, and that's about it. The rest of the time, you just feel like you REALLY shouldn't be there and you just want to leave.
 

Kuilui

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I wasn't scared at all. Then again I have been playing actual horror games and watching horror movies since I was 7 so that shouldn't come as a surprise to myself (20 now). Not to mention you had infinite lives it was a good game but was about as scary as a bunny rabbit that likes to cuddle. Even when I did the run with vita chambers turned off I wasn't anymore scared than the first time round since you could save whenever you wanted.
 

the Dept of Science

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I found it got less scary as it progressed. Maybe its that the scaryness of the situation reduces in direct proportion to your characters strength, or maybe its the fact that I think the first level was genuinely the creepiest. "Plastic surgery belonging to a perfectionist, Picasso-inspired Doctor" is a bit more disturbing than "Arboretum: Where they keep the trees".

I never got BS 2 because I thought "how can a game where you play a big daddy possibly have the same tension?" and a lot of reviewers said "it can't".
 

MercenaryCanary

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Somewhat.

I strongly remember this one moment in combat, I emptied five rounds into a group of enemies, killing all but one as he disappeared. I stayed still, waiting for him to reappear, listening to the ghastly silence that was filled in by the occasional footstep, my heart beating viciously, and a sad tune that hinted at this place once being glorious.

I take one step forward, pause, and listen. I hear the sound of the water rushing outside, but by now that sound is something I'd grown accustom to. What eventually catches my ear is the far-off sound of scurrying. Running towards it like a Madman, I eventually see the fateful bastard that I've been meaning to destroy, and fire the last shot from my revolver at him, striking him in the arm.

By now I am right in front of him, and I quickly drop the firearm that I once favored so dearly and switched to a wrench, and before I knew what had happened, I was struck ferociously in the shoulder by this man's tools himself. Now in my deep and sudden rage, I swung my wrench at his head and landed a brutal blow squarely upon his forehead, knocking off the mask that he had worn for reasons that escaped me.

His face was no longer there, instead replaced with a bloody hint of what was once alive. With a cold and blank expression, I reload the revolver, and wander once more in my aimless tour of Rapture.

But that was just one scary moment, so I'm not exactly sure what to tell you.
 

OneOfTheMichael's

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Well lets just say if the mirelurk parts of fallout 3 scared you, then this would probally make you cry and have nightmares, but to me it seems fun and awesome.
 

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TimeLord said:
Note to all: Going mental with the Rivit Gun in a tense situation can save your life!
Noted and going to be abused muchly.

OT: The first one was a bit scary. It's the way it builds its atmosphere. It's nothing that's gonna make you require new underpants but it does make you a but edgy. Especially the Houdini Splicers.

Bioshock 2, less scary, more like a violent romp in a suit made of metal. Still pretty good though.
 

Okuu_Fusion

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Never scared me, but they each startled me once. The first one though, is closer to being scary
 

Agent_Nahmen_Jayden

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If you didn't jump even a little at the bit in the first game where the dentist is just standing behind you after you get the tonic, then you are a robot.

Truly, no, it wasn't scary, though the occasional splicer flying out of no where would make me jump, but I was never just scared walking around.
 

TheTygre

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Bioshock had its scary 'jump at ya' moments, like the dentist or your fist time with the spider splicers, and... any given moment in Fort Frolic, but after a while you got used to the fact that you could always come back.

Still didn't make Fort Frolic any less damn creepy. *shivers*
 

Midnight Crossroads

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Bioshock suffers from the same thing as F.E.A.R., it doesn't know whether it wants to really be scary or not. Therefore, both games possess parts which are creepy or downright frightening, but not enough to write home about. For example, the first time you experience a splicer trying to rip it's way into your bathysphere is scary, but that's a rare occurrence.

For the most part, if a game wants to be scary, it has to be a conscious decision that is enforced throughout it. Sometime games have scary parts that are meant to be scary, but those are usually enclosed. Look at Vampire the Masquerade -Bloodlines, the Ocean Hotel area was one of the scariest parts of a game I've played.
 

ShiningOmega

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The original is scary for about the first half. After Fort Frolic, the seventh level, the atmosphere changes to a more action-based one as you develop into a significant force in the city. It's intentional though, you don't feel disappointed that it stops, it's more like you've overcome what made it scary.

So, in short, Yes, but it's not like Silent Hill or Resident Evil. It's not a horror game, it's a game with horror elements in it.

Really though, you should play it. BioShock 1 is, in my opinion, the best video game ever made. The sequel is just good, not great.
 

reg42

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No, they aren't. They're a bit... unnerving in places, but they are pretty far from being scary.
 

rees263

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If you scare easily you'll likely find the first couple of levels Bioshock at least creepy or at most downright scary. I know I felt like that a lot near the beginning. After that when you get stronger it becomes less scary. The creepy atmosphere is still there though, and there are still plenty of jumps later:

Plaster splicers anyone?

Bioshock 2 isn't nearly as scary. If you played through the first one you likely won't be bothered by the second at all.