BioShock Review
BioShock is one of those games that definitely leaves you both wanting more and at the same time complete exhaustion. In this game you are an unexpecting passenger of an aircraft that crashes inot the middle of the ocean. Somehow you survive the crash and float to the top. You don't seem to spot any suriviors but there does seem to be some strange tower in the middle of the ocean. You swim to it thinking that at least you'll be able to wait rescue not having to tread water. You discover a door, upon entering you see signs for something called Rapture, you then find a deep water pod, having your curisoity taking the better of you you pull the lever, and into the sea you descend, into the city of Rapture, or what is ever left of it. You will talk to several people on your journey through this city, but you will also have to fend off the splicers, humans so torn up by genetic enhancements that they have lost their free will.
Graphically this game is absolutely stunning the 1940's vibe is alive and well in the city of rapture, but there's this utter eeriness that just hangs over the whole place that will keep you on your toes. The different areas that you get to traverse look amazing, from the market, to the museum, and more you're definitely going to be left with a, "hmm this was probably a really nice place, once upon a time". The enemy designs were perfect. Now of course the most famous one, the Big Daddy and Little Sister combo, is so errie, and yet to awe-inspiring, but the other characters that you have to face all have just enough variety that you don't feel like you're just fighting wave upon wave of clones.
The music in this game definitely has that 1940s vibe to it, its all very old school but seems to fit perfectly in this game, giving it that extra little boost to capture you in the game. The use of ambiant noises is another thing that solidifies this game, there's nothing quite like hearing a spider splicer mumble threats and then all of a sudden having them pop up right in front of you.
The controls a pretty straight forward, you're going to learn how to best use them as you go, but believe me when I say that you're going to be using every button you've got to get through this game. My only issue was when it came to electrocuting something to hack it and accidentally hitting X before the prompt and wasting precious EVE when I didn't need to waste it. Other than that small little thing you're going to find that the buttons go well with this game.
So as stated before you have descended into the city of Rapture, an underground city that was created for the freedom of science, and to be separate from the oppressive governments and religions. Now of course as things always seem to go, this started as a good thing but turned bad. People became corrupted with all the genetic changes that they were capable of doing, thanks in large part to the scientific community, not being hindered by laws. The trick though is that in order to better yourself you need something called ADAM, an ingredient found in the enemies called Little Sisters. Now of course in order to get to them you're going to have to go through th Big Daddy, a giant of a monster that soaks up plenty of damage, and will do anything in its power to save and protect the Little Sisters. When you first get down into Rapture all you want to do is find away to go home, where ever that might be, but as the game progresses you're going to find that there are plenty of obstacles and twists that will stand in your way. Now if you can get through them all you might just get to go home, or perhaps you'll lose the fight and Rapture will wait dormant for another challenger.
This game is something that everyone needs to try. If you're in to first person shooters with a very unique setting, and story, then this is the game that you're going to want to get your hands on. I have to say that its not hard to see how this game got game of the year, and even though this review is out after the second one's been out for a while, with the passage of time, this game has not lost a step. This game gets a 9.2 out of 10.
