We're all trying to enjoy BioShock over here, but when a game is this big and this good, somebody's always got to be peeing in the Cheerios. Here's some of the BioShock backlash that the perenially unsatisfied have laid on us this week, and our verdicts as to whether they have a legit complaint.
Widescreen woes: Some gamers are upset about BioShock's answer to the widescreen/full-screen dilemma. The designers optimized the game for widescreen, then opened up the field of view on the top and bottom to make a 4:3 image rather than cropping it away or stretching. Some people are upset that they're not getting the "whole picture."
Verdict: Cry me a river. You can see everything you need to see in widescreen. The extra bits on the top and bottom are only there so that standard TV owners don't have to look at black bars. If you're jealous that they get to see an extra inch of the main character's forearm, I don't know what I could tell you that would rescue you from the pit of despair you obviously inhabit.
Multiple installs: Some more people are complaining that you can only install BioShock twice over the course of a lifetime, meaning that if you ever have to wipe your hard drive more than once, you have to re-buy the game.
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Verdict:__ This would suck, but they're jumping to conclusions. 2K says that just as long as you uninstall the game before trying to re-install it, you can re-install as many times as you like. You might have to call SecuROM, the company that makes the copy protection, for a new key in extreme circumstances. Copy protection in general is getting a little ridiculous, because pirates are always going to get around it. And this does seem like a bit of an annoyance. But it's not as bad as people say.
Exploding PCs: One guy on NeoGAF was playing BioShock when his PC literally exploded.
Verdict: This definitely happened.
