I love love love the art direction in Bioshock...I love the future-retro cultural influence, I love the idea of it, but I just couldn't get into the game. Am I crazy? Should I give it another chance or does anyone else feel the same way? I played it for about 2 hours and just felt like I was being corralled from one scripted scene to the next...
That video for Bioshock Infinite looks so appealing but I'm afraid the same thing will happen.
I make videogames professionally and I think that has really ruined a lot of games for me. It must be taking the magic of the medium away because I am constantly analyzing them from a sort of engineering perspective, rather than as a spectator or player. I tend towards strategy games, or games where knowing the inner workings of everything is an advantage, rather than something that will detract from the experience. Maybe I'm just outgrowing some types of games.
