Bioshock for PC Demo Available
With my Xbox slowly decomposing in my entertainment center, I still await the coffin. Without my 360 I'm stuck with a pre-order slip from Gamestop and a puddle of tears. There is a small glimmer of light at the end of this tunnel as the PC demo of Bioshock was finally released. Available through the usual channels, you can download this demo through Steam and FileShack, and most likely a few other major file hosting services.
Little to nothing has changed between the PC and 360 versions. Having played both the demo runs the same length and covers the same basic introduction to the game; two plasmids, some basic coverage of the ecology of the game, and a couple breathtakingly cinematic areas to explore. Even the same physics glitches exist between the two. If you do not have a 360, and a fairly beefy PC (see the system requirements) I highly recommend, nay demand you download this. The download is just over 1.8GB and is completely worth the time it takes to snag a copy. I was pleasantly surprised as to how well it performed on my rapidly aging desktop. It is a definite must download for anyone who is considering buying the retail
version today.
System requirements after the jump
Minimum Requirements
CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor
System RAM: 1GB
Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).
Sound Card - 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
Hard disc space - 8GB free space
Recommended Requirements
CPU - Intel Core 2 Duo processor
System RAM - 2GB
Video card - DX9 - Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better) / DX10 - NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
Sound Card - Sound Blaster X-Fi series (Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)
Asterick
Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 21 August 2007
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Gah...much as I'd love to play this game on PC, my MacBook Pro just doesn't meet the minimums. I might boot into Windows and try the demo, just to see, but after seeing the game on my 360, I may have to bite the bullet and try slogging through the whole game with (shudder) a controller.
Must...play...Bioshock...