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== General Advice == | == General Advice == | ||
* Bioshock is, at heart, a game about atmosphere and narrative more than tense shooting or resource management. Approach it accordingly. | |||
* Resources will seem scarce enough during the intro that you may think the game is a survival horror: it is not. (Unless you play on Survivor difficulty.) Before long you'll be forced to leave behind all kinds of stuff you can't carry, and even your wallet has a Zelda-style limit of five-hundred bucks, which you'll probably hit faster than you'd think. There aren't any big purchases to save up for, so don't be stingy. If you do somehow manage to actually run low on cash, Big Daddies always drop a ton. | * Resources will seem scarce enough during the intro that you may think the game is a survival horror: it is not. (Unless you play on Survivor difficulty.) Before long you'll be forced to leave behind all kinds of stuff you can't carry, and even your wallet has a Zelda-style limit of five-hundred bucks, which you'll probably hit faster than you'd think. There aren't any big purchases to save up for, so don't be stingy. If you do somehow manage to actually run low on cash, Big Daddies always drop a ton. | ||
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* Similarly, don't be afraid to burn through ammo. You'll end the game with nearly complete clips anyway, so you might as well go out in a blaze of bullet glory. | * Similarly, don't be afraid to burn through ammo. You'll end the game with nearly complete clips anyway, so you might as well go out in a blaze of bullet glory. | ||
* You can't get every plasmid and ability in the game in one run, but you can get a very large number of them. | * You can't get every plasmid and ability in the game in one run, but you can get a very large number of them- and many are pure number buffs of earlier versions. You can get every weapon upgrade, but you have to find every single upgrade station. | ||
* The '''Deep Moral Choice system is, regrettably, bullshit'''. While harvesting Little Sisters gives you more Adam to begin with, for every three you save, you'll get a gift that involves unique plasmids and a very large lump of Adam. | * The '''Deep Moral Choice system is, regrettably, bullshit'''. While harvesting Little Sisters gives you more Adam to begin with, for every three you save, you'll get a gift that involves unique plasmids and a very large lump of Adam. | ||
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* If you're heading into an icy area, bring incinerate with you. Almost every block of ice you see will contain highly valuable loot. | * If you're heading into an icy area, bring incinerate with you. Almost every block of ice you see will contain highly valuable loot. | ||
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* Electric Gel and Chemical Thrower upgrades will also murder Big Daddies. Electric Gel is fairly rare, but there is enough to make it through the game. | * Electric Gel and Chemical Thrower upgrades will also murder Big Daddies. Electric Gel is fairly rare, but there is enough to make it through the game. | ||
== Photography == | == Photography == | ||
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* Equip both Photographer's Eye 1 and Photographer's Eye 2 to get a +25% bonus to taking pictures. | * Equip both Photographer's Eye 1 and Photographer's Eye 2 to get a +25% bonus to taking pictures. | ||
* There's a tonic that makes you invisible if you don't move for a couple of seconds. This helps a lot when doing | * There's a tonic that makes you invisible if you don't move for a couple of seconds. This helps a lot when doing research! Place yourself near where enemies path and you can take lots of good close-ups when they walk by. | ||
* The plasmid that makes enemies trip security alarms (or just hacking cameras and drones) is your friend when you are doing research. You cant photograph friendly drones, but drones summoned by a friendly camera are still technically neutral. Recording the resulting fight will get you bonuses for action shots (they are fighting), and for "Multiple targets" (assuming you manage to get a splicer and the drone they are fighting in the same frame). | * The plasmid that makes enemies trip security alarms (or just hacking cameras and drones) is your friend when you are doing research. You cant photograph friendly drones, but drones summoned by a friendly camera are still technically neutral. Recording the resulting fight will get you bonuses for action shots (they are fighting), and for "Multiple targets" (assuming you manage to get a splicer and the drone they are fighting in the same frame). | ||