You have World War II shooters. You have sci-fi shooters. You have modern age shooters. And then you have Bioshock. it is an unique and original FPS experience which will have you captivated by it's characters, environments and ideology behind it.
Yes I said ideology. The thing that separates this game from other first person shooters is that it is based in an underwater city of Rapture, which is an utopia gone wrong. The very opening of the game is your character in a plane that crashes pretty quick and you're stranded with only a lighthouse in sight. You enter the lighthouse, you become curious, you enter the bathysphere you are in awe. This is one of the best and most effective introductory/opening scenes you will see in video games. City of Rapture is such a brooding, mysterious and yet atmospheric place to explore.You are guided by radio by a guy named Atlas who urges you to take down Andrew Ryan, who is the mastermind behind the city of Rapture. I also loved the sound which is very effective and the tunes from the 40s are put in which are great and help build the atmosphere.
There is more to this game than story however. It is a very versatile shooter, and it combines elements of horror, RPG and FPS almost seamlessly. You have "conventional" weapons to shoot the enemies with, like pistol, shotgun, machine gun, which all have their different kinds of ammo. You also have a camera with which you can take photos of enemies for research, which in turn gives you bonus damage against those enemies and reveals their weakness. What is specific to this game is that it gives you plasmids which give you powers like incineration, electric shock, telekinesis etc. which are upgradeable. To upgrade them, you need ADAM, which can be harvested from little sisters, but the catch is, the Little Sister are guarded by Big Daddys. Big Daddy is such a unique enemy, and one of my favs in any game, it is the only enemy who doesn't touch you until you start hitting him. Especially in the early game, confrontations with Big Daddy are tense and a lot of fun. In most of the game you can't exactly die, because you get revived in the Vita chamber, which I didn't exactly like, so I loaded the game every time this happened.Your health and EVE(for using plasmids) are also upgradeable, along with your weapons.There is also a minigame where you hack turrets and cameras, which then work in your favor. In the minigame you have to make way for a flow of water from the beginning to end by creating a pipe, if you fail, you lose health. It is another interesting aspect in the gameplay, although if you don't care you can just destroy every piece of technology.
The game touches on the subject of genetic experimentation, class struggle and humanity in general. Is utopia possible for mankind? Is it okay to tamper with our genes? Should one man rule, if he has the will and power to better mankind's lives? Do upper and lower classes need to be differentiated? These are the questions that will stay with you after playing this game, which automatically elevates it into more than a game.You learn more about the story by finding audio data across Rapture, which is also helpful for some quests. I liked that in some parts an arrow guides you so if you forgot where was the main passage, it leads you there.
Overall Bioshock is an atmospheric,versatile and fun FPS with RPG and horror elements.It has multiple endings and it is not too scary, although it has a creepy and lovable atmosphere which is easy to get into.I'd recommend Bioshock to every FPS fan and every gamer who is looking for a great story.
Yes I said ideology. The thing that separates this game from other first person shooters is that it is based in an underwater city of Rapture, which is an utopia gone wrong. The very opening of the game is your character in a plane that crashes pretty quick and you're stranded with only a lighthouse in sight. You enter the lighthouse, you become curious, you enter the bathysphere you are in awe. This is one of the best and most effective introductory/opening scenes you will see in video games. City of Rapture is such a brooding, mysterious and yet atmospheric place to explore.You are guided by radio by a guy named Atlas who urges you to take down Andrew Ryan, who is the mastermind behind the city of Rapture. I also loved the sound which is very effective and the tunes from the 40s are put in which are great and help build the atmosphere.
There is more to this game than story however. It is a very versatile shooter, and it combines elements of horror, RPG and FPS almost seamlessly. You have "conventional" weapons to shoot the enemies with, like pistol, shotgun, machine gun, which all have their different kinds of ammo. You also have a camera with which you can take photos of enemies for research, which in turn gives you bonus damage against those enemies and reveals their weakness. What is specific to this game is that it gives you plasmids which give you powers like incineration, electric shock, telekinesis etc. which are upgradeable. To upgrade them, you need ADAM, which can be harvested from little sisters, but the catch is, the Little Sister are guarded by Big Daddys. Big Daddy is such a unique enemy, and one of my favs in any game, it is the only enemy who doesn't touch you until you start hitting him. Especially in the early game, confrontations with Big Daddy are tense and a lot of fun. In most of the game you can't exactly die, because you get revived in the Vita chamber, which I didn't exactly like, so I loaded the game every time this happened.Your health and EVE(for using plasmids) are also upgradeable, along with your weapons.There is also a minigame where you hack turrets and cameras, which then work in your favor. In the minigame you have to make way for a flow of water from the beginning to end by creating a pipe, if you fail, you lose health. It is another interesting aspect in the gameplay, although if you don't care you can just destroy every piece of technology.
The game touches on the subject of genetic experimentation, class struggle and humanity in general. Is utopia possible for mankind? Is it okay to tamper with our genes? Should one man rule, if he has the will and power to better mankind's lives? Do upper and lower classes need to be differentiated? These are the questions that will stay with you after playing this game, which automatically elevates it into more than a game.You learn more about the story by finding audio data across Rapture, which is also helpful for some quests. I liked that in some parts an arrow guides you so if you forgot where was the main passage, it leads you there.
Overall Bioshock is an atmospheric,versatile and fun FPS with RPG and horror elements.It has multiple endings and it is not too scary, although it has a creepy and lovable atmosphere which is easy to get into.I'd recommend Bioshock to every FPS fan and every gamer who is looking for a great story.