Hey, hey! The BioShock update and downloadable content that was announced a few days back has just been released early this morning making your Rapture experience all the better. BioShock's Cult of Rapture outlined what's included in the title update which includes a widescreen FOV fix, various bug squashes and a solution to the nasty caching problem. They also confirmed that the free DLC includes a disable Vita Chambers option, a 100 point "Brass Balls" achievement and four brand new plasmids (Machine Buster 1 & 2, Vending Expert 1 & 2, Sonic Boom 1 & 2 and EVE Saver). Pop in BioShock, get your update, download the DLC and re-visit Rapture with your new sonic booming abilities. Boom, boom![Thanks, dave]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
12-04-2007 @ 9:13AM
xenocidic said...
lol, i just submitted this tip and refreshed and saw this...
anyone know if you need to play the game on hard with vita chambers off? if not,, it could be rather easy.
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12-04-2007 @ 10:53AM
xenocidic said...
you might want to fix the post, from what I understand, Machine Buster, Vending Expert and Eve Saver are all TONICS. there's only 1 single new plasmid, being sonic boom.
/YAAAAAWN
I'm hoping that they're still coming out with another 150 points (and something that truly adds replayability) to bump it up to 1250/1250.
until then, big daddy stays sealed up in his CE.
12-04-2007 @ 9:18AM
jc said...
Lame, lazy, and way too late. With all that has been released in the past 2 months , more plasmids and 1 achivement are not enough to get people to pick this back up again. Especially after reading about how nobody really wanted just more plasmids!! This might have made more sense after it just realeased and was still hot. Sorry you going to have to try harder than this to get poeple to forget about mass effect , COD4 , ETC (insert game here) .
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12-04-2007 @ 9:25AM
DjDATZ said...
+1
WAY too late. The game's been out for how long? More than 3 months...
Not that I played Bioshock, but I believe everyone else has just MOVED ON to better games. Whether that is AC, ME, COD4 or H3...
12-04-2007 @ 9:26AM
xenocidic said...
I gotta agree. the plasmids sounds really boring, and so is the achievement.
notwithstanding the fact that they were seemingly programmed prior to launch...
http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/09/05/rumor-new-bioshock-plasmids-already-exist/
12-04-2007 @ 9:37AM
Muffin Lad said...
I for one wanted to go back through and get all the tonics and tapes but after playing the story 4-5 times it does get repetitive. This however will mix it up enough and become challenging to make me go though it 1 more time. Plus its free so why complain?
12-04-2007 @ 9:38AM
Chuckles said...
I think you need to stop whining about title updates and FREE DLC. Here we have a company that goes and updates a title fixing many of the things people wanted fixed and even adding some replayability and you complain? I think you should look at all the games that come out with TONS more bugs and glitches and are ignored as they have already sold the game to you and only care about the bottom dollar. I applaud them for this update and WILL be revisiting rapture along with playing COD4, Mass Effect, etc.
12-04-2007 @ 9:48AM
Kid Chemical said...
You're so right. Its so so late. I mean, if they released it shortly after the retail release, I'd be complaining they clearly left it out it to punish those without Xbox Live.
Sheesh. Its free content. And my copy of Bioshock doesn't self destruct if I don't use the content this week. Maybe yours does.
12-04-2007 @ 9:19AM
Muffin Lad said...
Good reason to replay he old Bioshock. That new achievement will be a blast to get.....
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12-04-2007 @ 9:29AM
sp3cialk said...
I wanted to go back and play through... this gives me a great reason.
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12-04-2007 @ 9:31AM
dunnypop said...
I'm not half way through the game (my 360 was rrod when this was released), then Halo 3 came... and then GH 3, then Rock Band, then COD 4, then Mass Effect... but atleast I can finish this with some extra incentive?
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12-04-2007 @ 9:56AM
thisguyrighthere said...
Trouble is timing. You either have to get stuff like this up while a game is still "hot" or release stuff like this during a lull like early Summer and hope people haven't yet traded the game in or sold it.
I guess this period sort of qualifies as a lull. I've finished everything out now and most of the kids out there won't have anything new to play until Christmas.
Yeah, okay, I'll official call December a dead month. Even January qualifies. What is there until February? Nothing.
COD multiplayer and collecting gold stars in GH for 2 months.
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12-04-2007 @ 2:31PM
Jonah Falcon said...
WRONG. You release content when the game's cooling off to reinvigorate interest. It's business 101.
12-04-2007 @ 10:18AM
PlayaCDubb said...
I will be downloading this free content. I havent gone through the game on hard yet so this will make me want to play it again. But it's gonna have to wait til I finish Mass Effect.
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12-04-2007 @ 10:24AM
docLEXfisti said...
Wooohoooh! Finally a BioShock Update correcting the FOV. Has anybody tried it out already? How's it running? Is the framerate as smooth as before? Took them a looooong time to fix it ... why?
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12-04-2007 @ 10:38AM
akatsuki said...
It might be late, but it is free, and it is certainly better than decontenting a game and then trying to rip off your customers right away like Halo.
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12-04-2007 @ 10:48AM
Grazen said...
Hopefully they've fixed the major flaw in the game which was the fact that the vita chambers made the game stupidly simple. Turning them off however may make the game stupidly hard.
At least the tried to improve what I feel was an average game, given the wealth of options that have come out since then.
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12-04-2007 @ 11:15AM
ERock001 said...
Wouldn't you just revert to saving all the time? Playing without the chambers would just make it take longer, not make it harder.
12-04-2007 @ 2:33PM
Jonah Falcon said...
The only change is that when you used to Vita-Chamber, the Big Daddies and enemies were damaged. Having to reload, they're 100% healthy again.
12-04-2007 @ 11:08AM
Ogden2k said...
It never ceases to amaze me how people here complain about every single little thing. I for one am happy for this update as I'm still playing and there are many more that have not yet even played this game.
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