"There is also a video interview of Ken Levine explaining BioShock for the first time and making ludicrous promises such as the main character being able to change the size of his sexual organ"
Is Levine an acquaintance of Weinstein's?
Through exploration I found an extremely good weapon and now all but the very strongest enemies die in one or two shots. Very satisfying, haven't experienced this in an open world game since maybe Morrowind.
Big monsters still give 200-500 xp. And even petty monsters drop stuff that can be sold for profit. Rember Witcher 3 where every monster from nekker to golem gave 1 xp to kill.
Normally you can't even scratch skull enemies with ranged/melee though you can still two shot them with magic.
I notice once you're on around the same level as the previous skull enemies you suddenly do a lot more ranged/melee damage. I think there's some level based damage/resistance at work.