Sorry about being a bit late with this, but I am now prepared to announce the reciepient of Bioshock 1 on Steam! And the winner is...

*drum roll*

Jagos! B/c apparently he just got around to getting Half Life 2, so I know he is in need of some gaming. Also, he's never played it before.

Token, you were also a strong contender b/c I am easily swayed by sexiness. Unfortunately, you have "boy bits". And I don't swing that way.

However, before I can give it to you, I need to know you can actually play it. http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/srtest/ Go there to find out if you need help. Send me a PM afterwards with a confirmation that you can run it and your Steam ID.

Then friend request
The Wandering God
on Steam. When I get your friend request, I'll accept and gift you Bioshock.

Also, here is the Bioshock 2 launch trailer. Prepare to have your mind blown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGb0MAYgt80

Fuck yeah!

XD

You're already on my friend's list dude.

That's why he's waiting for your friend request!

1st row, six down

We've been friends since March 20th. Of last year.

I do like that one major point of this game is that a guy with a drill weapon can defeat a superfreak with almost impossible powers beyond anything anyone else possesses, and is the exact opposite of everything he stands for.

Granted, a major point of this game is that a guy with a drill weapon can defeat ANYTHING, but you all indubitably get the reference and I shall cease beating dead horses.

Okay, I've played a couple of hours of the game and am going to be listing some impressions.

I'm really liking the combat this time around. The weapons all seem pretty great (except the shotgun) and they feel really powerful. It's a good thing too, since it seems like you face more enemies. And the Big Daddies seem even tougher this time around.

But there is a weird thing going on when lots of bodies start being scattered around. They automatically shift into lunchbox size containers with loot (or sometimes not) inside. The first couple of times it happened I thought an explosion had shifted them around.

Defending a Little Sister as she harvests corpses makes for some fun mini-sieges.

I'm so glad they changed the hacking. It seems like I spent half of my total time in the original Bioshock looking at tubes. Now it takes a fraction of the time, and you don't lose immersion since it happens in real time. I just wish there was some way to switch guns and plasmids while paused. It's a bit of a learning curve to juggle since you dual wield weapons and plasmids this time. In fact the game just seems faster over all.

Some spoiler stuff from early game.
The first 'real' fight against a Big Sister is pretty awesome. She is indeed the anti-Big Daddy with her jumping around, emphasis on plasmids, and hit and run tactics. While not quite as impressive as the Launch Trailer portrays, she comes pretty close. She was easier than a Big Daddy though. Perhaps that will change.

Oh, and I tried a little multiplayer, but it is pretty laggy right now. Not surprising really.

Been enjoying this myself as well so far, though I haven't played much yet. The drill is not entirely as useless as I thought it would be. The minigun seems crap though. Still really want a sprint button too.

I've been playing quite a bit of the multiplayer, and it seems solid enough, but you'll switch the shotgun out for the machinegun almost immediately. Hacking all the vending machines and scoring random kills from them is pretty funny. Capture the Sister is really hard without coordinating with your team.

Overall so far; quite good.

I have totally been screaming "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?" When I use the drill
 

First off, the Big Sister was freaking hard. Thank God I for AP Rivets and Electricity. Pretty cool how she dropped Adam as well.

I've really only used it to take out lone splicers, anything bigger than a group of 2 is kinda asking for pain.

I'm with you there, the rivet gun is so much more useful. Although when I do fall back on it, the main problem I am having with it seems to be the MONSTROUS recoil. I am kinda reluctant to use a PTTP Machine on it though to fix that. Maybe later if there isn't some other good gun to upgrade.

My God YES! The fight with the Big Sister really pointed out the whole speed flaw thing Delta has going on.

Well it makes sense that you're big and powerful as a Daddy.

It's like you're playing Heavy Weapons Guy. Maybe later he gets a speed boost?

Just had the first Big Sister fight. She wasn't so tough. Few heavy rivets, a quick incinerate, drill her against a wall and finish off with a blast of minigun.

The first Big Daddy was easy too. Trap rivets, exploding barrel, heavy rivets. He didn't even touch me once. Note that I'm playing this on hard as well.

The hardest things right now are machinegun splicers for me, or just any large group of splicers. Minigun is made less crap by using anti-personels. I foresee the game getting eaiser now that I have more weapons and health.