Bioshock Review

Bioshock was a game that intrigued me even before playing. It had a lot of hype and fuss about it, and really I originally couldn't understand why. This opinion was white washed away fairly soon after playing. Put simply it was a beautifully done game, despite a lack of multiplayer.

The story was well thought out and one akin to many in that you became the nameless, faceless character whose motives have two paths that lead to two distinct endings, or a third one that is neither here nor there and is based off a moral choice system. Do I harvest or save the little girl that I hold in my hands so I can have some Adam? Of course you save her. Unless your like 99% of those who play in which case you see pixels on the screen and so have no issue slicing her open. But lets have a look deeper at this, you are a man who has just been involved in a plane crash, found a tower in the middle of the ocean that has lead you to what has to be a terrifying sight, especially if you are claustrophobic or have rabies, a city underwater, named Rapture, that seems to be abandoned, except from that guy who is slicing his meat hook hands into the abdomen of that guy. Yet none of this induces any shock or fear your faceless husk of a man and yet carries on. You then find a weird needle filled with an unusual liquid. Now, would you a) inject and hope for the best b) inject as your a druggie and are always looking for a new high or c) go f**k that, leave it alone, head back to the lift that brought u here and return to the surface and await rescue. If you have a modicum of common sense you will answer c, except your playing a game so have to carry on. 

Yet, even with these faults, I found the game thoroughly enjoyable and it has a plot twist that I loved, and was unexpected. It's a game I couldn't step away from, I would rush my meals in order to carry on the journey of the emotionless man and his hunt for adam and eve (not actually people but items I should add) and to stop the evil going ons of Rapture. Very well done.

An easy 9 out of 10.

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J Stanley