BioShock™ Classic is included with your BioShock™ Remastered purchase
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be...
BioShock™ Classic is included with your BioShock™ Remastered purchase
BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
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Museum of Orphaned Concepts
Challenge Rooms
Director’s Commentary: Imagining BioShock, featuring Ken Levine and Shawn Robertson
...shooters aren't your thing.
I'm bad at shooters, so just chose the Easy difficulty (which is indeed easy, as it should be), and started playing.
The story is good, and worth buying the game for it, even if you don't normally play this kind of games.
On the downside(s): I'd give it five stars, but the hacking puzzles are somewhat annoying (Quite often I got screwed by the RNG, which gave me an impossible to solve layout, ALWAYS save the game before attempting a hack), and bugs. Well, one bug, but it made me stuck and I had to replay the whole segment because of it - so, a piece of spoilers-avoiding advice: Save often in Fort Frolic, preferably in separate slots, so, if the bug occurs, you can just reload and don't have to go back to an autosave and redo the whole location.
The one star is not for the game itself. It really looks appealing and aestetic from what i've seen...but it's totally unplayable.
Constantly crashes in every possible way, sometimes after start, sometimes after a few minutes, sometimes while saving. I've tried every resolution settings, windows 8 compatibility modes, audio settings, configuration of the .ini and so on.
I ... expected more. Given how much the whole series has been hyped up, I had high hopes for this one. But before even half-way through, it became more of a chore to play through, than an enjoyable experience. Not sure I have enough interest to play the second one, anymore.
I liked the idea of combining guns and magic, but alternating between them somehow didn't sit well. I ended up mostly relying on the guns.
Not sure if intentional, but the vendor jingles were very annoying after a while.
Even in 2020, it's a good game. I played the remastered version and it looks well, runs great at 4K with a medium tier video card. I haven't had a single crash or glitch and was able to enjoy the nice story and gameplay. Worth the full price in my opinion.
I was pretty late to the party, but this Shooter was pretty good. It takes a while to get going, but once you get yourself established, it's fun and enjoyable. Weapons have 3 different types of ammo each, and most are useful. You can also gain magical powers and perks throughout your adventure, and build your own customized loadout. It straddles the line between horror and action well, so it's not just straight twitch, swarms of dudes, bunny hop or die, but you also don't move like all of your limbs are broken. Money and crafting components seem pretty generous, so keeping your ammo stocked up is rarely a problem. There isn't much open exploration, as the game is fairly linear, but the world is visually beautiful and absolutely worth taking in, making what exploration you do have a great pleasure.
Then, we get into the writing... Yes, I remember this era of game development, where every game had to have a major plot twist (I saw this one coming about 2 areas in) and a "profound" message for everyone to gush over. The message is made clear from the very beginning, but it's executed as such a ridiculous straw man argument that it sounds like a college freshman's rant paper written right after learning about all of the injustices of the world. It's also a bit funny hearing such a blatant, "BAAAAAH CAPITALISM BAD!" cautionary tale from a publisher like 2K, but that's a bit beside the point. The moral choice system is also completely pointless; there's no reason to take the selfish path. The writing lacks any kind of subtlety, so as a work of art, it falls more than just a bit flat, but as entertainment, it does manage to hit the mark. The tale gets dark and twisted toward the end, and coupled with the half-horror framing of the experience, it all comes together pretty well, even if not as intended.
If you want a fun Shooter in a beautiful world with a twisted story, you'll find it here, but don't go in expecting a masterpiece.
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