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Posted on: June 22, 2020
whotookmaxnmona
Verified ownerGames: 66 Reviews: 1
Unstable release
Constant crashes. Tried every recommended solution, nothing fixed it. This game should not be offered for sale in its current state. Do not buy.
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Posted on: October 5, 2019
carruthers43
Games: 670 Reviews: 2
Play the original, avoid the remaster
Avoid the remaster, I played it on Steam and it is incredibly buggy - as in "you cannot continue the game" buggy. If you can get hold of the original version, play that instead, it's incredible and a classic
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Posted on: February 24, 2019
Jarved12
Verified ownerGames: 443 Reviews: 9
Unplayable
As a fan of the "shock" games I was looking forward to playing this remaster. The remaster is enjoyable, well it would be but the constant crash to desktop renders the game unplayable. A huge disappointment. Brought on sale so I'll hang on for the original.
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Posted on: December 17, 2023
laurentcliff
Verified ownerGames: 293 Reviews: 1
a great game ruined by technical issues
The game itself is fantastic, one of my top 5 games of all time, despite it showings his age in several key elements such as graphical options, game saving system or couple gameplay design choices. I played the original game (not the remastered version) for the first time on Steam in 2010, back when it was still bundled with the horrible Games For Windows : it ran fine, never had any technical issue. I played the game maybe 4 times all together (on Steam) : no issue I also played Bioshock Remastered, Steam version; and it ran ok. The Bioshock 2 Remastered (Steam) version was the one who gave me so much trouble that I quit playing. I just couldn't bear the huge amount of crashes. Well well. I've been trying to play the GOG version (not remastered) for over 10 hours now : it is a technical mess that keeps crashing randomly despite applying every tweak possible (running it in windowed mode, lowing the resolution, disabling autosave...). I lost about 3 hours gameplay today because of corrupted save files. I even had to brutally force my window session to restart, many times, because the game froze and it was impossible to ALT + TAB or launch task manager. Playing a game should be an enjoyable experience. It should not be having to worry whenever a crash would happen and having to manually save your progress every 2 minutes. The game was poorly optimized back then, the remastered version even less optimized, and I guess all the broken windows OS + GPU accumulated updates don't help either. Maybe the game is worth it if you can run it on a old Windows XP/7 PC (maybe via a virtual machine?) but as its current state, if you're planning to play it on a modern PC, I'm afraid I can't recommend it at all.
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Posted on: January 22, 2022
BurgerOverlord
Verified ownerGames: 72 Reviews: 39
Great For Its Time I Am Certain
I have been encouraged to play Bioshock as it has made its way to classic status for many. My playthrough of Bioshock was enjoyable but I am reluctant to recommend it. First and foremost is the game’s performance. This game is riddled with graphics, sound, and stability issues that make this game unplayable off the download. Only with some backend finagling is this game functional. I was able to mod the game to look and sound exquisite. Were the modified version the one that was sold to me, I would be much happier with my purchase. The city of Rapture in its post-apocalyptic state carries with it both a feeling of horror and mystery which wanes in its potency during the play through much like chewing gum. The horror of Bioshock is short lived and I believe this has to do with the limited enemy set. The skins and the actions of the enemies are so similar that Bioshock effectively has 4 enemies for the entirety of the game. There simply isn’t enough in game material to keep the horror of fallen Rapture present throughout the story. Likewise, the mystery of Rapture is methodically broken down into nuisance by a bombardment of numerous lengthy audio files meant to fill-in a story that should have been shown as opposed to narrated. I guess I should have counted myself lucky that I wasn’t met with walls of expositional text. (I am looking at you Mass Effect 2) I keep thinking that the story of Bioshock takes off in the wrong place. I never got to feel the impact of the glory and collapse of Rapture. The story arc and character depth would be much more impactful were I able to play through the transition of the fallen city of Rapture as, Jack developed as a character while he discovered first-hand the horrific price of plasmid augmentation and uncovered the mystery as to his origin. Again, Bioshock needs to show more of its story; an easy thing to say now fifteen years later. It was alright/10
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