Posted on: June 14, 2024

irishlozcat

Games: 122 Reviews: 15

Great game, awful port

I really want to give this game a higher rating but I just cant with the state that the port is in. I love what I played, and I do think that Bioshock earned its status as a masterpiece. That being said, there are so many bugs and glitches in this port that I can't recommend it to anyone on PC. A few examples would be that the game would jam whenever I opened my map in a doorway, I would have audio glitches and occasionally the game would crash and delete my saves. This is all extremely frustrating and it seems that fans have only found ways to mitigate the problem, never fix it. This is the biggest reason why you shouldn't buy this game unless you are willing to do a lot of tinkering to get it into a functional state that can run for more than an hour. As for the game itself, the combat is fun, the worldbuilding is interesting and engaging, and the story made it hard to put the game down even after a hard crash. There is a lot to praise about the game and I cannot stress enough how much I would love to play a version that isn't marred by technical issues. If there is a breakthrough in a fan patch I will absolutely come back to play this game again

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Posted on: December 17, 2018

DeadlyBuzz229

Verified owner

Games: 188 Reviews: 11

Masterpiece!

I had no idea they were coming to GOG. Insta buy! It's just an amazing franchise - atomspheric, great story and excellent gameplay. Do yourself a favor...buy them both!

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Posted on: October 23, 2024

kenadrian

Games: 376 Reviews: 78

An iconic horror shooter with powers

BioShock is a horror FPS where you play as a man who was trapped in a ruined underwater city following a plane crash. Used to be a utopia, it's now overrun by murderous, insane people. You'll have access to plenty of weapons, but the unique thing is that you have access to Plasmids as well. These are potions that allow you to have powers, like telekinesis, fire, electricity, enraging enemies, and many others, but you can only equip 6 at maximum. The underwater city of Rapture is also one of the most iconic locations in gaming. It has beautiful Art Deco aesthetics, and many weapons, items, and decorations also have that retro style. The setting is definitely the highlight of the series, and a pretty unique place for a FPS. It manages to catch that unsettling feeling of a beautiful place fallen to ruin, and its messed-up inhabitants. This version of BioShock is the remastered version, which have better graphics and more options such as field of view. But the highlight of this version is actually the extra content, you have access to a museum of abandoned concepts, and 3 challenge rooms, 2 of them puzzle and 1 combat. There's also achievements if you play through Galaxy. These extra content are not available in the original version. Many people seem to have complains about the game crashing, but personally I only experienced in once in this version, and maybe 2 or 3 times in Steam. I'm not sure what's really causing this, I played both versions on the same Windows 10 laptop. Just save often to be safe. That aside, if you're a fan of horror shooters BioShock is an iconic title you must play. Whether the more stable original version, or the probably unstable remaster but with extra content, give it a try!

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Posted on: August 1, 2025

Zalm721

Verified owner

Games: 2 Reviews: 2

Great game, but don't waste your time

I loved playing the original years ago. The game has a great story and gameplay. However, you should not bother with this remaster. During my time playing it, I experienced numerous crashes resulting in hours of progress being lost due to the game only autosaving after each level. This led to me manually saving the game every 15 to 20 minutes or so. The final straw for me was when the game crashed whilst saving. It happened before, but I thought it would just revert me to a save of ten minutes ago. With this crash however, it reverted me to a save of several days ago. All my saves of that day had been lost during the crash; no file recovery whatsoever could recover them. Deleted the game and requested a review right after that. Don't waste your time like I have. System used: Windows 11 Ryzen 5 5600X RTX 3060 Ti 16GB DDR4 RAM

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Posted on: July 16, 2025

kratosmay92

Games: 83 Reviews: 1

Seems unplayable in 2025

Crashes every 15 minutes, not allowing the game to be closed and forcing to restart the PC.

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