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Two Minutes of the BioShock Infinite E3 Demo

Ken Levine gives you a short taste of the game everybody was buzzing about at E3.

Jun. 30 2011

Posted by: Brad

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He calls fireworks junk? Sounds like a Communist to me.

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I'm still sold on the game but what was I supposed to take away from that? The script is a little on the average side. I mean there were jokes but did any of you actually laugh? Artistically the game looks amazing but it always has. Whatever, maybe I just need to see the full demo. This little bit of wandering character interaction has been done before and done much better.

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<3 for Lizzie.

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@MrXD said:

                @Wuddel said:

@InternetJames said:

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breasts

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Edited By paulwade1984

as quoted  
"... novelties, in other words Junk. Lets see if we can find something useful" 
 
Need to work on that script a little bit Ken. 
 
That's all.

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Man I love the atmosphere that Ken Levine's games create. Who would think looking around a shop during the day would be so scary.

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@Lazyaza said:

Man I hate GT, always with the buying of exclusives sigh. freaking jerks.

It's in Geoff Keighley's contract that EVERYTHING must be an exclusive or no dice.

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@menamesringo: Well I mean there aren't alot of games that take place in a metropolis like city beneath the Atlantic Ocean and centers on serious topics like Altruism and features a highly unique plot.
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Oh man, what a cock tease >_<

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OH NO.

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MORE MORE MORE

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He calls fireworks junk? Sounds like a Communist to me.

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Aww man, totally gonna fall in love with elizabeth before this game is over im sure of it.

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Want to media blackout but want to see demo. I can't decide ugh.

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Can't wait to see the actual demo!

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Edited By menamesringo

I never really saw what others saw in the original Bioshock.  
The other demos featuring the skyhook were sort of meh to me, but these two minutes have sold me. Such beautiful art direction and sound design.
Yes Ken Levine, you have my money.

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@SomeDeliCook said:

@CoruptAI125 said:

I just had the best idea. Imagine that in Bioshock Infinite you visit Rapture. Here's how I see it. Elizabeth is having to use her powers to do something with water(IDK what exactly). She loses control as she does with the horse in the trailer and you get teleported into the ocean outside Rapture. For the first few seconds you get the slow pan of the underwater vista with some the opening Bioshock music playing. Then your character suddenly starts flailing and you realize your drowning in the ocean. You see the arms flailing in front of you and your vision starts to blur. You see Elizabeth panic and then right before you faint your head tilts and you see a big daddy and little sister walking down one of the underwater hallways. The screen goes black for a couple seconds before you wake up coughing back in Columbia. If they did something like that I would Nerdgasm so hard.

Problem is the time periods. Infinite takes place well before Rapture has been made IIRC

The whole game is about time travels and rifts in time.  That's what Elizabeth's powers are.
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Now THAT's how to do a teaser trailer. Also Elisabeth is too cute.

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@Lazy0718:

If this game comes out next Christmas, will it be overshadowed by the new consoles? I'm assuming we'll see the next Xbox system at least by next year. I'd hate for the game to be unfairly overlooked because people are already moving on to the next generation...

You're an idiot

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Man I hate GT, always with the buying of exclusives sigh.  freaking jerks.

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@CoruptAI125 said:

I just had the best idea. Imagine that in Bioshock Infinite you visit Rapture. Here's how I see it. Elizabeth is having to use her powers to do something with water(IDK what exactly). She loses control as she does with the horse in the trailer and you get teleported into the ocean outside Rapture. For the first few seconds you get the slow pan of the underwater vista with some the opening Bioshock music playing. Then your character suddenly starts flailing and you realize your drowning in the ocean. You see the arms flailing in front of you and your vision starts to blur. You see Elizabeth panic and then right before you faint your head tilts and you see a big daddy and little sister walking down one of the underwater hallways. The screen goes black for a couple seconds before you wake up coughing back in Columbia. If they did something like that I would Nerdgasm so hard.

Problem is the time periods. Infinite takes place well before Rapture has been made IIRC

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The art style is just breathtaking! As to be the most anticipated game of 2012.

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@Brackynews said:

@MikeRD: Alrighty we'll find out before long I guess. A lone tweet from Nick Chester isn't enough to convince me in the face of a legion of Irrational Games fans who actually played Thief. But on the other hand it's an awfully long time between the first PR demos and the final game. There's really no reason they can't have used both gentlemen in that time span. Wheatley's VOA was just a temp, and that was an unexpected shitstorm. No surprise other studios might play close to the vest for a beloved franchise.

Oh, yeah, I mean who knows, that voice could totally be a placeholder for that demo, so all bets are off until they release a trailer closer to release, but I'm still maintaining that this one was Troy Baker, even if the final product says otherwise. :p
 
Edit: Upon further review, it seems like Stephen Russell was the VA in the first extensive trailer back in September of last year. Or at least these people here were sure of it.
 
However, if you compare the old trailer to this trailer, you can definitely tell that the two voices are miles apart. Though there isn't a ton of dialogue, you can hear enough of the first voice here. Also, compare the latest trailer to Troy Baker talking here, and all doubt should be eliminated.
 
For what it's worth though, I much preferred Stephen Russell's voice to the new one. I don't have anything against Troy Baker, but he's had plenty of roles in games of I've played, is somewhat overexposed, and I really liked what I heard from Russell.
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Still trying to figure out what the hell Morgan Webb was talking about last week during their best of E3 show. That is a great improvement on the Elizabeth character.

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@MikeRD: Alrighty we'll find out before long I guess. A lone tweet from Nick Chester isn't enough to convince me in the face of a legion of Irrational Games fans who actually played Thief. But on the other hand it's an awfully long time between the first PR demos and the final game. There's really no reason they can't have used both gentlemen in that time span. Wheatley's VOA was just a temp, and that was an unexpected shitstorm. No surprise other studios might play close to the vest for a beloved franchise.

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Didn't care for Bioshock 1, nor 2. But this look a lot more intresting and less linear..

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@Brackynews said:

@Rhaknar: @Lykos: Funny how we hear who we want to hear.

It's Stephen Russell. At least, it's very likelyStephen Russell.I have not seen any source I trust confirming or denying it, but it makes sense.

I don't get the Nolan North confusion, but Troy Baker has a very distinctive voice, and I would wager any amount of money in the world that that was Troy Baker (and come out richer for it, assuming I bet more than $0). 
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A teaser for a show, that is a teaser for a game. 
 
Meta ! 

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Sold.  
 
I'm now on media blackout for this game. 

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Already sold. Elizabeth and Booker exhibit more personality in those 2 minutes than most game protagonists show in an entire game

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Must be that bird like creature that originally kidnapped Elizabeth. No motion capture in this I believe, they are trying for a refined product it seems through animation. And it looks good, Elizabeth has huge eyes, but again this world is going to have it's share of distortion and surrealism. I really hope for the best, because I think Levine feels he is on to something that is actually linear for him, but has taken him into other worlds, so to speak..

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Even though it's not all dark and underwater this time it still has a very creepy atmosphere 
This game also looks amazing grapically

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Fucking finally.

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This game looks incredible. Jesus I have to wait till next year for this :)

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Wouldn't it suck if this game turned out to be a disappointement? It's never a good thing when a game gets hyped up to this extent.

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Whatever was making the noises is going to be a work of genius.

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A demo for demo??? I'm so looking forward to this game but getting a bit worried about how much they are hyping it. Really hope they just shut up about it after the full demo untill release. 
 I don't want to any more of it to be spoilt for me in advance or be too excited and have the game not live up to my frenzied mouth-foaming expectations so I think  a full blackout might be in order after this.

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@Spoonman671 said:
Not sold.
this. I mean it looks good but i don't see what all the gasping at e3 was about...
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@Nomin: You mean scripted as the game itself or this particular scene?I think  that the whole game is scripted like this from all they revealed so far anyway.
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But seriously, f**kin awesome!
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@Rhaknar: @Lykos: Funny how we hear who we want to hear.

It's Stephen Russell. At least, it's very likelyStephen Russell.I have not seen any source I trust confirming or denying it, but it makes sense.

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Reminds me of Lebron James' 'The Decision' the way Levine keeps on piling on the hype.  
Looks scripted as hell to me.
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That sound design is fucking gorgeous! I hope when the game comes out somebody can convince them to release a disc with just the audio on board so I can froth over it.

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the first 2 minutes of the first 30 minutes of the game that wont be out until next year! Yay for video games!

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Still need to see more before I'm sold, that was pretty empty by itself. Also, the lack of first person animation really stuck out at me. Still plenty of room for this game to be amazing though. I just want to see it first.

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@pakattak:  
 
Really? God damn if that isn't my favorite part.