this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2025
74 points (98.7% liked)

PC Gaming

12014 readers
272 users here now

For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki

Rules:

  1. Be Respectful.
  2. No Spam or Porn.
  3. No Advertising.
  4. No Memes.
  5. No Tech Support.
  6. No questions about buying/building computers.
  7. No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
  8. No Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
  9. No off-topic posts/comments, within reason.
  10. Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 6 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'll play Infinite for the first time this year (maybe... it keeps getting pushed back in my backlog) and I am so curious about it. Some people say it's one of the best games of all time and some that it's overrated and meh.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I played it earlier this year after having played the first 2 only (and that was 10-15 years ago). Infinite is a good game, graphics hold up beautifully. I wouldn't say it's one of the greatest of all time but it was a very good game regardless.

Probably there was a hype cycle at the time of its release that I wasn't aware of, as that's the only way I see it as being regarded as meh.

Honestly it's just more Bioshock, but set in the clouds rather than underwater, I liked the change of style.

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I love infinite but my problem with the game is that Booker (the main character/you) is really annoying IMO. I just want him to shut up and be a silent main character rather than some COD protagonist knockoff

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Agreed. Or give him more of a personality at least.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

All three games are master pieces in my opinion. 3 is just different from the previous two, so people dont like that. I say play them all and appreciate them for what they are.

[–] JATtho@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

BioShock infinite was ok experince on linux, I have completed it twice. (The native binary runs via its own internal translation scheme, so I suggest running via dxvk/proton instead for more speed.) I would say however that it'll be a lot more hollow and straight forward "pipe run" than its predecessors. I own bioshock 2, but it's dead, obsolete M$hit only version that i haven't played since it eated my save files three times.

[–] passepartout@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Same experience for me with infinite, forcing proton results in a better performance than using the native Linux build.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Some people say it’s one of the best games of all time and some that it’s overrated and meh.

Hah, it’s in between.

It had a lot of nostalgia glasses haters, a lot of “GOTY!” industry marketing, and a few launch performance issues IIRC. But it’s a good game.

Won’t get more specific than that, other than just play it!