How do you play?

[Symetrical Plumb]

How do you play?
in the dark with headphones and a bag of pretzels? Post your playing conditions here! :)

First playthrough i did it with a light on cos i was scared :p (im only 13) Second time i played it in the dark.. but cos i have Xbox live i was on chat to my friend

[Amandatini]

You pretty much nailed it, actually...
In the dark.
With headphones.
And a bag of Funyuns :p

(My friends can scare the hell out of me at 2 AM when I'm playing BioShock just by sitting next to me... lol)

[Symetrical Plumb]

You pretty much nailed it, actually...
In the dark.
With headphones.
And a bag of Funyuns :p

(My friends can scare the hell out of me at 2 AM when I'm playing BioShock just by sitting next to me... lol)

Lol. playing in the dark is fun. adds such a great atmosphere

Your friends that ugly, eh? :p

[BucketBot]

It happens to me too. We can't all have friends as symmetrical as you, Plumb...

[Amandatini]

Lol. playing in the dark is fun. adds such a great atmosphere

Your friends that ugly, eh? :p

Ugh, yes, horrible. lol naw, it just doesn't take much to make me jump when the controller feels like a shotgun...
One of them actually sings "Jesus loves me" whenever he gets the chance. Hehe :cool:

[japester]

Since this is more about how people enjoy games, I moved it to the BioShock OT Forum.

But its a good question. :)

Some games are much better with headphones. But BioShock is much scarier to me with my 5.1 speakers. Hearing the various Splicers yell and doors open in the distance is crazier when I can hear it spread around the room (and bouncing off the walls). And I'll play any time and get creeped out, but nighttime is obviously the worst.

Heh. The single scariest thing that can happen when playing a horror game? Having your dog or cat in the room and having them suddenly wake up, sit up, and go on high alert, peering intently into the dark or down a hallway. Not barking or freaking out, but definitely looking for something that bothers them. I hate that. LOL

No way I could eat while playing a game like this. Need both hands to react. Plus, getting crumbs in they keyboard is icky.

(Oh, and Funyons are the food of the gods.)

[japester]

Okay, this is slightly more OT, but its my favorite "scary game" story. I was playing Half Life with my baby brother (13 years younger than me), and it was really rare for us to hang out like that. He had never shown much interest in gaming, so it was fun to have him riding shotgun. We were both totally immersed.

Being wussies, we were literally pressing our noses against the monitor to try and spot enemies from as far off as possible. We even leaned in our seats to try and peer around the corners. (LOL!)

Anyway, it was a level where those barnacles hang from the ceiling and try to grab you by your neck to drag you upwards.

My brother, in a near-silent whisper (guess he didn't want to alert the bad guys) slowly points at one in the extreme distance and warns me, "Look.................testacles."

Took me a minute to realize that he mispronounced "tentacles". Then I fell out of my chair laughing, and as realization dawned on his face, he joined me.

BEST. GAME. EXPERIENCE. EVER.

:D

[Dr J. Steinman]

It happens to me too. We can't all have friends as symmetrical as you, Plumb...

Ssymmmmetrical...! Symmetrical?!
...Must calm down..

Unfortunately I have to play the game on my big brother's computer, as just recently he got it all updated with a large screen - and not to mention it can actually run the game, on full settings no less. So, I play it on that pc, with a nice set of loud speakers.

[BucketBot]

Sorry Doctor. I didn't mean to use the "S" word and get your all riled up there...Ha.

[Symetrical Plumb]

Thanks for posting guys!

And can no one question my friends symetrycalness :p

[UberBigDaddy]

There is no more way that I could agree with this.

Was playing bioshock on xbox. My brother came up and I almost hit him. Thank god I didnt have a wrench.

[BioShock Freak]

Yeah, you would've knocked off his jaw right out of place. Lol. :D
I have to make sure the doors to my room are locked when I play. I use headphones and people like to barge in like they own the place and freak the hell out of me. :rolleyes: LOL.
~Mari.

[speed]

Yeah, you would've knocked off his jaw right out of place. Lol. :D
I have to make sure the doors to my room are locked when I play. I use headphones and people like to barge in like they own the place and freak the hell out of me. :rolleyes: LOL.
~Mari.

Yes indeed Mari! My wife will scare the H out of me on purpose. She takes pride in making me flinch when I'm playing with headphones on! :eek:

I'm often forced to pause my game and do a quick look around my living room to catch any potential sneak attacks :)

BTW - yes! I second the motion that Funyons are indeed sweet nectar, nay, ambrosia of the gods!

[BioShock Freak]

Haha! I do that too. :D
I have a habit of pausing the game just to listen. LOL. But sometimes it sucks because I pause the game while fighting BD's or splicers without me even thinking of it. :D
~Mari.

[samman6]

First couple of playthoughs i do in the complete dark fully involved, subsequent playthroughs i do with no sound and play with various pink floyd albums blasting loud still in the dark, these playthroughs i play way more streamlined and less involved, i love the mechanics of the game, these are more speed throughs then real playthroughs

[speed]

First couple of playthoughs i do in the complete dark fully involved, subsequent playthroughs i do with no sound and play with various pink floyd albums blasting loud still in the dark, these playthroughs i play way more streamlined and less involved, i love the mechanics of the game, these are more speed throughs then real playthroughs

That sounds like a cool way to play I must say. It would be tough for me though 'cause I'm so damned maticulous about searching everything and grabbing every diary. I play that way everytime and if I even try to play in a rush it drives me crazy. I'm always worried I'm missing out on something :rolleyes:

[Septiroth0]

Lets see... The first time that I played was at night at my sisters house in the middle of the woods on a Sony HD big screen while sitting on a puffy leather recliner. The second was at my other sisters house in the basement on my laptop and it kinda sucked because I had to turn all of the graphics options off.