They could have at least altered the flag so comparing it to the stars n stripes would be stretching. If the citizens and ideologies are so nationalistic, why can't the world less reflect that of 1912 America. I mean shit, it's a floating city.
I agree with Typhoid in that it looks really cool as is, but Prof's got a point, having the glaringly obvious at my eyeballs from start to finish won't exactly help the experience.
The only way I see this not deterring from the enjoyment is if they manage to turn the game's attention continually away from what appears to be the beating of a decomposing horse.
It's a floating city.
I just bought a phenom X4 965be and a crosshair IV to mb up the goodness.
Now I just gotta source parts at a bargain scouring leisure. Since I overspent on the cpu/mb I'm going to shovel less for a gpu, but it needs to be one that gets it on in crossfire. I'm mostly looking at radeons for the obvious reasons. But if anyone here knows differently about the g line I'd love for your opinion. Right now it's between the 4890 and the 5770. I haven't found a cdn distributor who has the 4890's in stock yet.
I got the MB because I'm hoping AM3 boards will be compatible with the upcoming integrated chips that both are going to release Q2 '11
At 230 cdn the crosshair board was worth it to me. Also the X4 965be is killer, easy to oc at 4ghz/core, something at 180 didn't seem so bad. newegg.ca was much cheaper than tigerdirect.
Also I'm a not-know about good cooling setups. I'm going with fans but it will have to chill like an Edmonton January. So if you know of any exceptional cases at decent prices or specific fan brands, feel free to pitch.
A article about the roller coaster system
http://kotaku.com/5645527/bioshock-i...-by-ken-levine