Originally Posted by Kazaganthi Well the WiiU comes with 8 GB, brilliant!

But you can also use a non-propriety external hard drive to store your data on the Wii U (say an affordable TB drive) or a large SD card which are pretty cheap so it's a step in the right direction.

I just filled up my 500GB on my ps3. It's mainly due to PS+ so no complaints but man, it is easy to eat up memory these days.

Originally Posted by breakfuss Can Bioshock 2 be played if I never played the first?

I would say that you should play Bioshock 1 first, the story and atmosphere is great. IMO it is way better than Bioshock 2, which for me is more like an expansion of Bio 1.

Originally Posted by breakfuss Can Bioshock 2 be played if I never played the first?

It takes place a few years after Bio1. It ties back to 1 in a few places (one achievement for sure) and just as a general setting Rapture is much more unstable than it was in 1 (Structurally and politically).

I see on the blog that they are gonna try to have deals to match EU through December. Anyone think this is too good to be true?

Originally Posted by breakfuss Can Bioshock 2 be played if I never played the first?

One could argue that you can play the lesser 2 first and then play the superior 1 afterwards.
But the original really sets the mood and atmosphere and story so you can appreciate how their society has fallen in the sequel.

Originally Posted by new1 I see on the blog that they are gonna try to have deals to match EU through December. Anyone think this is too good to be true?

If this continues I might not have to buy new games for awhile lol.

Originally Posted by breakfuss Can Bioshock 2 be played if I never played the first?

If you missed Bioshock, I highly recommend running out to grab yourself a copy as soon as possible. Easily my favorite non-RPG game this gen, and probably on my top 10 all time. I liked the sequel as well, but to this day I still feel that a the single player and story development suffered because they were busy trying to tack on multiplayer. Also, the lack of Ken Levine is noticeable. I'm pretty happy with the decision to leave multiplayer out of Infinite. More companies need to realize that multiplayer doesn't have to be in every game.

Originally Posted by captaintek3304 If you missed Bioshock, I highly recommend running out to grab yourself a copy as soon as possible. Easily my favorite non-RPG game this gen, and probably on my top 10 all time. I liked the sequel as well, but to this day I still feel that a the single player and story development suffered because they were busy trying to tack on multiplayer. Also, the lack of Ken Levine is noticeable. I'm pretty happy with the decision to leave multiplayer out of Infinite. More companies need to realize that multiplayer doesn't have to be in every game.

I would just wait for infinite to go on sale, since it comes free with that.

Originally Posted by AoA One could argue that you can play the lesser 2 first and then play the superior 1 afterwards. But the original really sets the mood and atmosphere and story so you can appreciate how their society has fallen in the sequel.

I think this is why you should play the first one before the sequel. It's not that the story won't make sense. It's that the character of Rapture is so different in the sequel you won't be drawn into the story as easily or feel any need to keep playing in the weaker moments of the story. And anyone who's played it, and enjoyed it, will know what I mean when I refer to the city as an actual character in the story.

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Im a noob to ps+ and my gf got me a white vita under the tree, when do the freebies expire? I saw that Bioshock replaced RE5 on the PS3 list, does that mean that RE5 Gold will be gone tomorrow? It has move support right? Might have to sign up and download that!
Any idea guys?

I'll get Bioshock 2, even though I have it on the 360 that I got from Blockbuster awhile back. I didn't know there was DLC in Bioshock 2?!

Maybe I'll just buy the DLC on the PSN when I have the money. I prefer getting DLC from the PSN.

Well the looks of things. I probably should get a hard drive larger than 500GB.

Maybe, I'll get a 750GB. When it comes to upgrading from that, hopefully I'll make it to where about 500GB of data will be left to be backed up. I heard you could only back-up 500GB at a time using the PS3's back utility tool.

Originally Posted by new1 I see on the blog that they are gonna try to have deals to match EU through December. Anyone think this is too good to be true?

If you're referring to Morgan's comment, he is a customer/public relations employee for Sony. He gets paid to say that every week.

But if you're asking if I think we'll get 6 games this month, I don't know. I think we'll definitely get 4 or 5. My guess is 3 PS3 games and 1 Vita game for the month. Also just noticed that Christmas falls on a Tuesday, I wonder if they'll do a Monday or Wednesday update that week so they can give everyone Tuesday off.

Originally Posted by toneroni Im a noob to ps+ and my gf got me a white vita under the tree, when do the freebies expire? I saw that Bioshock replaced RE5 on the PS3 list, does that mean that RE5 Gold will be gone tomorrow? It has move support right? Might have to sign up and download that! Any idea guys?

all the games expire after a short while of being available. We usually get a little bit of warning when that will be. However, if you're already signed up for PS+ you can add them to your download list and they'll be available for as long as you're a PS+ member. (You can do this with the Vita games too on your PS3)

Originally Posted by toneroni Im a noob to ps+ and my gf got me a white vita under the tree, when do the freebies expire? I saw that Bioshock replaced RE5 on the PS3 list, does that mean that RE5 Gold will be gone tomorrow? It has move support right? Might have to sign up and download that! Any idea guys?

They expire when they're announced to expire, which is different for every game. RE5 Gold Edition will no longer be free for PS+ with tomorrow's update, so you'll have to grab it before then to get it. Yes, you can play it with Move.

Bioshock 2, sweet!

I normally hate FPS's, but I enjoyed Bioshock 1. It is an innovative entry in an otherwise stale genre.

Originally Posted by Josh1billion Bioshock 2, sweet! I normally hate FPS's, but I enjoyed Bioshock 1. It is an innovative entry in an otherwise stale genre.

1 and 2 were made by different developers and most people agreed that Bioshock 2 was an awful game. While it wasn't THAT BAD, it's nowhere near on par with Bioshock.

I really enjoyed Bioshock 2. I didn't hate the first, but I did, and still do, hate the sheer amount of praise it gets. It's nowhere near the revolutionary title people think it is. System Shock 2 was a much more involving experience. It's a cool idea with a great setting, but it's far from gaming's savior.

Infinite does look really neat, though. Hope it's good.

Originally Posted by FriskyTanuki splash screens

Saw your earlier post about Ghostbusters, if you haven't deleted the game data from your ps3, the splash screen and music will still show up when you highlight it there under the Game Data section. I've noticed this for some others games too, but not all games.

Originally Posted by admiralvic 1 and 2 were made by different developers and most people agreed that Bioshock 2 was an awful game. While it wasn't THAT BAD, it's nowhere near on par with Bioshock.

I wouldn't go so far as to say "most people" disliked Bioshock 2 when it managed to get an 88 Metacritic average. Bioshock 1 has a stronger story and the atmosphere feels fresh and unique. Bioshock 2 is a much, much better playing game if for nothing else than there's a reason to use more than just your melee weapon throughout the entire game. While each game has its own strengths and weaknesses they are both still very solid games.

Haha, right Thrinn. I used the wrench for everything in Bioshock 1.

**Tiny Spoiler**

Easiest method of defeating the final boss - the wrench works for every form.