Bioshocked
The failed underwater utopia of Rapture is the real star of this shooter. The world is beautiful, even after its downfall. As you shoot, zap, freeze, burn, tornado, and bee your way through the leaking hallways and ruined pleasure parks you start to piece together what must have happened. It's a story of idealism broken by corruption. Imperfect men and women try to build a world unfettered by the stogy ethics of the surface world. A closet full of the blood stained dresses of murdered Little Sisters speaks to their success.
The game play is fun. It's not non-stop action in the vein of Gears of War, but there's more than enough to go around. The RPG elements are light, consisting of a few choices of which "plasmids" and "tonics" to upgrade your character with. The mournful call of the Big Daddies stomping through the halls stays with me still. The ending even made me mist up a little.
I completely loved this game.
