Yeah. ANOTHER Bioshock post, as if there weren’t enough of them already! But this one’s special. At least to me. Because Bioshock friggin’ BROKE my console!

It all starts off with me waiting for the game to come out, telling my retailer to hold on to a copy for me - no matter what, finally getting it and applying the patch!

Yeah, the patch. Now this isn’t a rant about the patch itself, but the utter disgust I’m feeling at the lack of proper testing before a release for a patch to a game that isn’t as impressive as it promised to be. Yeah - I can tell that after playing the 1st 3 levels.

Which brings around another observation. Gears of War used the UE3 engine, and it had problems. Bioshock uses UE3 and it has its own problems. No - not just the annoying bastard corpses that keep twitching like a dead frog’s leg being electrocuted, but I also was subjected to torn textures and clipping when viewing a certain surface at an angle! Hey 2K (wherever you are - Boston or Oz) - the last time I saw something like that was on my Diamond Monster Fusion 16 MB 3D accelerator card!! Whatever happened to “next gen”?

So now I’m pissed off because I pre-ordered Halo 3 : Collectors Edition, I’ll have you know - but now all I can do is just sit and read the manual over and over again till I manage to figure out the ending. That, or I get my replacement console by the 26th of September – which seems highly unlikely!

So if you’re reading this because Bioshock broke your console too, then here’s all I have to say -THE DARKNESS kicks ass! On a more constructive note, if you don’t already know, then here’s what to do in case you downloaded the Bioshock patch on Live. To clear the patch from the system’s cache, hold down both RB+LB (that’s the bumpers - NOT triggers) on the controller right from the second you boot your console till the 2K logo finishes. Bear in mind that you’ll need to do this EACH TIME you play the game.

Time for me to go and curl up in a corner while I sob uncontrollably.

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• Yogendra Pai Says:
  September 25th, 2007 at 10:07 am

  Holy , Devil’s Trap !!!

  Talk about a Barrage of Bad Luck for Our Fellow X-box 360 Gamers .. Now where does that leave me ? hehe .. (Sarcastic Snigger)

• Arachnid Says:
  September 26th, 2007 at 11:16 pm

  Hey! Arent you the guy who couldnt get past the 1st level of Futurama?!!

• Yogendra Pai Says:
  September 27th, 2007 at 8:51 am

  I’ll Have you Know That i got past that dreadful first level thanks to my lil brother

• Varun Kumar Says:
  September 29th, 2007 at 12:48 am

  Holy crap! thats bad.

  @yogi: Looks like you can make a post like “Most deaths in level-1″

• Yogendra Pai Says:
  September 29th, 2007 at 11:41 pm

  @varun - Thats not a Bad thought at all , Considering the fact that i suck at Platform games

• Ren Miranda Says:
  October 2nd, 2007 at 6:08 am

  Looks like Bioshock was created by Reg and my mother…( Yup …he’s my brother )… apparently its her only mission in life…. to break our beloved game consoles… yea.. she’s done it before…

  … it was a dark and sad day !!!…

• Arachnid Says:
  October 14th, 2007 at 12:52 pm

  Oh - and lest you forget! It was all your fault too you little shit! I told you NOT to play the Ninja Turtles game till you finished your homework…but NOOOOOOOOO…why would you listen to MEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!