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"Bioshock Demo On Live"

I recommend playing this with the lights on and your comfort blanket close to hand. Think Timesplitters crossed with Silent Hill, then add blood by the bucketload.

I recommend playing this with the lights on and your comfort blanket close to hand. Think Timesplitters crossed with Silent Hill, then add blood by the bucketload.

Timesplitters? I'm going to cry I think. :(

Timesplitters in the sense that when you set fire to a Splicer they can run around for a bit and set fire to other Splicers before they snuff it, very reminiscent of monkeys in Timesplitters running around in flames.

After a few playthroughs (rare for me, most demos only ever get a quick glimpse) I'll stick my neck out and say this game is going to be a HUGE hit.

I highly recommend hacking a few turrets and flying bots so that you can let them dispose of Splicers so you can loot them faster.

Setting fire to Splicers then watching them dive towards water is a joy to watch, especially when you get to shoot a lightning bolt into the water finish them off.

And if you want loadsa money, don't forget to check the large puddle at the foot of the stairs in the final room, it has a couple of lockboxes in it.

Considering you can have so much fun with just Incinerate and Electroball plasmids, and that there are another 68 or so Plasmids to collect in the full game... that's a lot of fun to be had.

I watched a video walkthrough of the demo actually. I'm very tempted now. Although I still have plenty of indignation about it being a FPS rather than being the spiritual successor of System Shock (as they always claimed).

Only 10% downloaded. Will need to leave my 360 on a bit, I guess...

Eurogamer likes it anyway

XBox Magazine UK gave it 10/10 also.

Saw a video for this on GAME looks loverly.

More reviews now in:

Game Informer 10/10
1up 10/10
GameSpy 5/5
Console Game World 99/100
IGN 9.7/10
TeamXbox 9.5/10