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Aug-24-2007

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Aug-21-2007

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Aug-24-2007

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Genetically enhanced action-adventure, survival horror first-person shooter by 2K Boston/2K Australia (previously Irrational Games) that lets you do things never before possible in the genre. Turn everything into a weapon, biologically mod your body with plasmids, hack devices and systems, upgrade your weapons and craft new ammo variants, and experiment with different battle techniques. It also contains some mature content.
The game is based on exploring the dystopia of an isolated underwater city called Rapture in 1960 and surviving the mutated beings and mechanical drones within it. The architecture and society of Rapture was strongly inspired by the works of Ayn Rand, especially Atlas Shrugged, while the game itself is described by the developers as a "spiritual successor" to their previous PC title System Shock 2.

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Spetsnaz

09:46 Jun-15-2013

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Can i run it plssssssi wanna try it

WTFgamerFTW123

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guys can i run this game? plz answers fast.

tylercx3

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Souls be able to run on medium to low I believe. If at all possible I would upgrade your ram though. There is also a free demo on steam if you would like to test how well it runs:)

WTFgamerFTW123

20:19 Jun-05-2013

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can I run it

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can I run this on medium settings if not maximum settings? Please reply as soon as possible because I don't want to wait!

tylercx3

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Definitely on medium. I play this on my laptop with intel hd 3000. Maybe a few high settings although when things get busy you may need to bump it down for frame rates. There is also a free demo on steam if you want to see how it plays before you make the investment:)

aerofactor

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guys can i run this game? plz answers fast.

scottyjay

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High settings at your res buddy :)

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can i run it ?

Japhet

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mED.

Ryukaschien

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Anyone got this to work on windows 8? I installed it *even tried in compatibility mode*, annd nothin'. Compatibility mode wont' work for set up, as it stops responding :/ Even though bioshock 1 and 2 doesnt' have a connection to infinite apparently, I'd like to play this game still as I have 2 and it's working >.< but I kinda want to play this first, you know. Thanks in advance!

Maddan2012

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Did you put -dx9 in the launch options? I have Windows 7 and had the same problems, so try that and see if it helps :)

TheNate

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I really enjoyed this game, and think I might get it for PC (played it first on PS3, which had some graphical bugs). I got all gold checks, so should I be able to max it?

Ryukaschien

04:02 May-17-2013

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Yep, you should be able to max it out, m8.

shant10

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can i play this on low settings?

ruitaci0

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I think you can run it on Low to Medium with an average of 20-25 FPS.

linkinmage

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Can i run this? :)

ruitaci0

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I don't think it will be playable. Even so try out the demo you may run it at the lowest resolution and lowest settings.

linkinmage

06:04 May-07-2013

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Will it be playable if I upgrade my RAM? :)

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11:53 May-07-2013

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Probably it will be but I'm not realy sure. For example I have 4 gb RAM and a cpu 69% better than yours and sometimes it lags. Anyway try the demo that is available on Steam and then reply if it works or not. By the way tweak your pc and try using Game booster :)

linkinmage

19:03 May-07-2013

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