BioShock

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  1. Bloodnes
    Sep 29, 2020
    8
    Не моя тематика игры, но проходится с интересом, сюжет неплох, графика средненькая, но геймплей заставляет вас проходить её до конца, 8/10 обязательна для прохождения!
  2. adam_carl
    Sep 6, 2020
    10
    My god! this game idea was in 2007? wooah this game created a world what nobody ever before this game is perfect in my opinion you need to play that's what I say to you
  3. garygreen
    Sep 4, 2020
    10
    the first bioshock game i play and it was the best game i play in franchies
  4. Hotheadjared
    Aug 21, 2020
    9
    When it comes to atmosphere, pioneering environmental storytelling, gameplay, narrative, and pushing the medium into new heights, Bioshock does it all. Very few flaws such as the mediocre hacking mechanic and a few less than excellently implemented weapons, keep it from being a masterpiece. But it is sure damn good.
  5. TheCourier7
    Aug 20, 2020
    9
    ((I plan to come back and elaborate more in this review later))

    In a few words, this game is a masterpiece from the last decades of gaming. A gem often overlooked and compared to recent titles because of obvious inspirations, but with all credit it deserves. Bioshock, ofter considered by critics as a spiritual successor to the System Shock series - mainly because names involved in    ((I plan to come back and elaborate more in this review later))

    In a few words, this game is a masterpiece from the last decades of gaming. A gem often overlooked and compared to recent titles because of obvious inspirations, but with all credit it deserves.

    Bioshock, ofter considered by critics as a spiritual successor to the System Shock series - mainly because names involved in the development of the former like Ken Levine were also involved in the production of Bioshock - carry many characteristics from SS: from the storytelling of the world through audiologs, to the FPS gameplay mescled with RPG mechanics (what I would like to emphasize since this blend was not common in mass success titles neither when SS or Bioshock was released).

    I wouldnt go as far as to say this game is an Immersive Sim like Deux Ex games; The Thief series; or even the recent Prey(2017) and Dishonored titles. This is not negative in any means, I would just like to make clear that this game is pretty linear, it usually rewards exploration with more guns upgrades, and ADAM which is an compound that makes your character stronger, just like exp in RPG games; altought the game gives you multiple "optional" paths in your playthrough it doesnt gives you the diversity and multiple approaches to progess through the main story like Immersive Sims do.

    The progression system in the game, with ADAM and weapon upgrade stations (simmilar to upgrade stations in SS2) places some RPG elements in the game, which is obviously a linear shooter. This aspect of the game is revolutionary, because as we players know, thats a pretty common trope in recent games: from action adventure games like the Assassin's Creed series, and the recent loot&shoot titles like Destiny and Borderlands to even racing games, developers know now that the aspect of progression in a player controlled way that before Bioshock was almost exclusive to RPGs is amazing for fun factor, sense of accomplishment and liberty for the players.

    Besides the revolutionary accessibility of RPG elements that became normal in other types of games later, the storytelling and worldbuilding in Bioshock is amazing. You really feel immersed in a wrecked city deep in the Atlantic ocean. Not only the maps are beautifully crafted but the whole atmosphere feel's so real and vivid that often people considers the game as an survival horror title even though that feeling comes just from immersion of beign placed in a abandoned city full of psychopaths and drug addicts chasing you, besides one or other jumpscare, the game was marketed as a traditional singleplayer shooter and it basically is from beginning to end.

    Besides the way we SEE and FEEL rapture through the visuals; the audiologs and characters made the world more dense and packed with content, you actually go after audio cues and hidden places just to get to know more about the world you're stuck while playing. You can also notice that the game lacks a lot of cutscenes and even the 3 or 4 it has, are pretty short, which serves as an example to even recent titles that shove story in the player's face despite the fact that most of the time we dont care anyway because of lack of originality.

    Overrall this is an amazing and revolutionary gem to gaming in general, I cant consider it to be a perfect title because of few aspects like some stupid bossbattles shoved in the game, and horrible difficulty in general, where you can basically pass all the game with no struggle just dying, respawning and killing the now weaker enemy that killed you; you can disable that type of respawn tho, but the games was clearly not made to be played that way since if you try to do that, you will lose most of the experience designed by the developers, like fighting the stronger baddies that you'll prefer just to ignore without respawn capabilities.    … Expand
  6. Bobduke99
    Aug 20, 2020
    10
    Bioshock is one of the best games ever made. The amazingly fun gameplay, the horrifying environments and enemies, and the best level design of all time come together to create a world so creative and real that you can't deny it as a foreboding and cynical view of the Objectevist utopia of Ayn Rand.
  7. MrSchipunov
    Aug 12, 2020
    5
    Playing this feels like dragging a dead horse in a desert. Everything about this -aside from its atmosphere- is lackluster. It's just a shallow game and definitely not an immersive sim.
  8. Norleft
    Aug 9, 2020
    8
    Nunca jugué a Bioschok en su época y siempre he tenido a alguien diciéndome que debería jugar la saga por x o por y. Que eran unos juegos buenísimos y que el primero me metería mucho en la magia, asique con este contexto doy mi opinión.

    Me ha parecido un juego bueno, tiene una ambientación, enemigos y personajes únicos. En general una dirección de arte y una atmósfera que en muy pocos    Nunca jugué a Bioschok en su época y siempre he tenido a alguien diciéndome que debería jugar la saga por x o por y. Que eran unos juegos buenísimos y que el primero me metería mucho en la magia, asique con este contexto doy mi opinión.

    Me ha parecido un juego bueno, tiene una ambientación, enemigos y personajes únicos.
    En general una dirección de arte y una atmósfera que en muy pocos juegos he visto, tiene momentos y cosas que la verdad estoy seguro que no se me van a olvidar, cosas como Andrew Ryan.

    Me ha recordado mucho a Fallout y Half life mientras jugaba, de hecho parecía que estaba jugando a una mezcla de estos dos, tenia la estética muy trabajada con estilo antiguo y macabro de Fallout, pero al mismo tiempo jugaba dando saltos y explotando cosas con 200 armas como en Half life, sin preocuparme mucho de la vida y de morir.

    En general no puedo decir mucho que no se haya dicho ya, me parece un buen juego pero se me ha hecho muy cuesta arriba, tiene un esquema de escala de poder bastante absurdo por ejemplo:

    - Al cuarto de partida ya habrás desbloqueado todos los poderes y armas que hay en el juego, lo cual te quitara como un poco el misterio de que habrá después ya que te enfrentaras a todos los enemigos y jefes del juego con lo que ya tienes y sin desbloquear nuevas mecánicas ni nada.

    - Los Big Daddys son un enemigo muy bueno en este juego, pero también es su maldición, aparecen muy pronto y necesitas buen equipo para matarlos, entonces el juego intenta que lo tengas todo lo antes posible para que puedas acabar con ellos, lo cual hace que un Big Daddy te aguante 7 escopetazos al inicio y 30 al final, pudiendo ser de la misma clase, lo cual te rompe mucho el gameplay y la inmersión con el juego.

    Y lo mismo pasa con cualquier enemigo, los humanoides aguantan un escopetazo a la cara en las primeras zonas del juego (cosa que tiene sentido), pero después los mismos humanoides con las mismas frases, ataques y todo te aguantan 5 o 6 escopetazos en el pecho, y esto ocurre porque no hay más enemigos en el juego ya que los Big Daddys los cuales son el enemigo más fuerte en lore y supuesta mente en gameplay son completamente opcionales.

    Es como que al incluir a los Big Daddys forzaron toda la progresión del juego y hicieron que a las 4h o así de jugar ya tengas un lanza granadas que te ayuda a matar cualquier cosa con facilidad. Y al estar los Big Daddys planteados como los enemigos más fuertes de ese mundo, el resto de humanoides son todos iguales exceptuando que los que están al final del juego aguantan muchos más hits. (No tienen armaduras, poderes ni nada que les haga destacar del resto de humanos porque te están diciendo que los Big Daddys son los únicos con poder)

    En resumen me ha parecido un buen juego por todo el apartado de guión, arte, inmersión y en general como experiencia visual, pero jugablemente deja muchísimo que desear y tiene fallos muy tochos incluso para su época.    … Expand
  9. PatitoCosmico67
    Jul 29, 2020
    10
    Que se puede decir de esta maravilla,una historia espectacular, ambientacion que es una locura y mecánicas muy entretenidas
  10. CharodeyGarona
    Jul 28, 2020
    9
    Excellent game, with amazing story and very reasonable gameplay. Truly a masterpiece.
  11. ebinboris
    Jul 27, 2020
    9
    Play it. Play it right now. It will be worth your time. It's fun to play even if the levels get boring.
  12. Blint31
    Jul 20, 2020
    10
    Bioshock

    Positives
    -Amazing atmosphere
    -Great characters (both the protagonist and antagonist)
    -One of the best twist in video game history.
    -Stunning and unique visuals
    -Lore and story

    Negatives
    -The gameplay doesn't felt very good

    Besides the gameplay this a must play for everyone who is interested in story based video games and one of my all time favourite.
  13. Ganderlow
    Jul 19, 2020
    8
    Highly recommended game that leaves you with many jaw dropping moments, plot twists, and epic fights with a big daddy. Great atmosphere with the underwater city to explore and very beautiful design choices.
  14. smolheartbigpp
    Jul 19, 2020
    8
    One of the best FPS ever created. Aesthetically it is my favorite game of all time. Storytelling is unique, I loved the idea of tapes which we need to find and explore the story as we explore the level. The difficulty is also challenging enough to make the end satisfying except the final battle with "Atlas".
    The final battle is anticlimactic. gameplay could have been better if more    One of the best FPS ever created. Aesthetically it is my favorite game of all time. Storytelling is unique, I loved the idea of tapes which we need to find and explore the story as we explore the level. The difficulty is also challenging enough to make the end satisfying except the final battle with "Atlas".
    The final battle is anticlimactic. gameplay could have been better if more interesting weapons were provided instead of standard FPS weapons. Plasmids were fun to use, but some of them are useless.
    I hated the hacking minigame, it took too much time and interrupted the momentum of play.
    All the characters were amazing and full of personality, especially little sisters.    … Expand
  15. PeakZach
    Jul 16, 2020
    10
    Fantastic gun-play and combat. Riveting story to keep you engaged. Exploratory elements are a must with such limited ammo and constant combat to give you reason to look in every corridor and closet you can find.
  16. greenbey
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    S
    Art style and atmosphere is top tier.
    Gameplay is very diverse with all the weapons and plasmids.
    Story is great.
    A must play.
  17. Otacat
    Jul 7, 2020
    7
    점수는 나왔던 2007년도를 생각해서 7점 줍니다. 솔직히 지금 플래이하면 딴 게임들에 비해 이제 많이 좀 딸리죠. 제가 이 게임을 한게 좀 오래되긴 했어요. 한 3년 전에 리마스터 나온거 끝냈습니다. 게임 플레이도 재밌게 할만하고, 배경도 판타지 세계 같은 거여서 어드벤쳐 같은 느낌 있고, 미스테리 요소가 꽤 많아 여기저기 둘러보는 재미도 있고 첨에는 주인공이 좀 성격이 없어서 별루 였는데 나중에 스토리 반전도 있고 리틀 시스터 구하기도 하면서 몰입되는 캐릭이더라고요. 나왔을 때 점수 매겼으면 10점 줬을 거예요. 그런데 지금 시대로는 게임이 많이 오래 됬네요. 그래픽도 별로지, 할 수 있는 게임 플레이도 딴 게임보단 적지, 스토리도 약간에 반복성과 그냥 시대차가 있는 뭐 그런거 있잖아요.점수는 나왔던 2007년도를 생각해서 7점 줍니다. 솔직히 지금 플래이하면 딴 게임들에 비해 이제 많이 좀 딸리죠. 제가 이 게임을 한게 좀 오래되긴 했어요. 한 3년 전에 리마스터 나온거 끝냈습니다. 게임 플레이도 재밌게 할만하고, 배경도 판타지 세계 같은 거여서 어드벤쳐 같은 느낌 있고, 미스테리 요소가 꽤 많아 여기저기 둘러보는 재미도 있고 첨에는 주인공이 좀 성격이 없어서 별루 였는데 나중에 스토리 반전도 있고 리틀 시스터 구하기도 하면서 몰입되는 캐릭이더라고요. 나왔을 때 점수 매겼으면 10점 줬을 거예요. 그런데 지금 시대로는 게임이 많이 오래 됬네요. 그래픽도 별로지, 할 수 있는 게임 플레이도 딴 게임보단 적지, 스토리도 약간에 반복성과 그냥 시대차가 있는 뭐 그런거 있잖아요. 그래서 7점 줬습니다.… Expand
  18. Tolson-Apollon
    Jul 5, 2020
    9
    Если бы у меня спросили, какая игра вызывает наибольший "Восторг", я бы ответил - "Bioshock". 9.5/10
  19. AntiqueOne
    Jul 2, 2020
    9
    Wow! I play Bioshock games by knowing that at some point there will be a twist but they surprise me anyway. The world is wonderful, the story is great, and ending is very rewarding. Then, all of these are decorated with cute graphics and beautiful music. This game is awesome. Finally, protect little sisters for all cost :)
  20. Andromedemiboy
    Jun 29, 2020
    8
    A flawed masterpiece. The shoot em up mechanics are so at odds with the game's horrendous "morality" system that it spawned the term "ludonarrative dissonance," an ending that betrays the rest of the game, and a clunky interface that was definitely a product of its time still don't manage to overshadow the brilliant narrative twists, the commentary on interactivity, and the environmentalA flawed masterpiece. The shoot em up mechanics are so at odds with the game's horrendous "morality" system that it spawned the term "ludonarrative dissonance," an ending that betrays the rest of the game, and a clunky interface that was definitely a product of its time still don't manage to overshadow the brilliant narrative twists, the commentary on interactivity, and the environmental storytelling.… Expand
  21. ewenr
    Jun 29, 2020
    10
    I had an absolute blast playing this game. The whole scenario and world setting is phenomenal and gripped my interest from the get-go. Amazing story and gameplay, with interesting horror-lite enemies and settings. Utterly brilliant!
  22. FER_8
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    One of the best games ever, great music, great graphics, grat weapons, great story all you could want in a great game!
  23. AR14H
    Jun 25, 2020
    8
    Great game. The environment is unique and intriguing. The story line is good and the characters and monsters are pretty awesome. I would recommend this game to others!
  24. Hellgates666
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    Bioshock has cemented itself as one of the most iconic games of all time. The underwater city of rapture is glazed with nothing but horrors on the surface, but filled with fascinating stories of a perfect secular utopia gone amiss on the inside. This game is fun, terrifying, and thought provoking. truly a classic of gaming.
  25. Fr4nco_174
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Graphics 10/10
    Atmosphere 100/10
    Gameplay 9/10 Controls 9/10 Story 10/10 Characters 10/10 Best setting in any video game to date. Nothing comes close. Also, best opening scene in video games as well, and nothing comes close. If any developer wants to make a good atmospheric game, this is the game to look at. One of the best games of all time and a masterpiece in nearly every way. One    Graphics 10/10
    Atmosphere 100/10
    Gameplay 9/10
    Controls 9/10
    Story 10/10
    Characters 10/10
    Best setting in any video game to date. Nothing comes close. Also, best opening scene in video games as well, and nothing comes close. If any developer wants to make a good atmospheric game, this is the game to look at. One of the best games of all time and a masterpiece in nearly every way. One of the only games I have ever played through twice. 2007 was one of the best years in gaming history and in my humble opinion this is the best game that came out of it. Let's hope bio 4 is this good    … Expand
  26. ahrek
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    extraordinary beginning to an extraordinary series. beautiful and scary at the same time. lots of detail to enjoy. worth every single cent. after playing the first two bioshock games, art deco will forever be the art of Rapture to you, and every time you see it in a piece of art or in architecture the nostalgic reminiscence of the horrors and beauty of the fallen city will overtake yourextraordinary beginning to an extraordinary series. beautiful and scary at the same time. lots of detail to enjoy. worth every single cent. after playing the first two bioshock games, art deco will forever be the art of Rapture to you, and every time you see it in a piece of art or in architecture the nostalgic reminiscence of the horrors and beauty of the fallen city will overtake your mind, just as deserted foggy streets causes positive PTSD to hardcore silent hill fans. and don't forget to get minerva's den dlc for bioshock two.… Expand
  27. Maxttvd
    Jun 22, 2020
    9
    Excelente história e construção de mundo, entretando a gameplay envelheceu. mal.
  28. EdgarMttz
    Jun 22, 2020
    10
    BIoshock es un juego increíble y uno que no querrás perderte, especialmente ahora que una versión remasterizada está disponible, te garantizo que no te arrepentirás de haberlo jugado. Al igual que Portal, BioShock es una experiencia extremadamente gratificante y satisfactoria.
  29. MiniatureBigMac
    Jun 21, 2020
    10
    This game was, and frankly still is, a complete and utter masterpiece. Everything about this was near perfection. The gameplay is 10/10; nothing quite explains the satisfaction of blasting electricity at a splicer out of your hand, and then smacking em with a wrench for the big finish. Exploring this deep and rich fully realized world of Rapture is like no other experience. The atmosphereThis game was, and frankly still is, a complete and utter masterpiece. Everything about this was near perfection. The gameplay is 10/10; nothing quite explains the satisfaction of blasting electricity at a splicer out of your hand, and then smacking em with a wrench for the big finish. Exploring this deep and rich fully realized world of Rapture is like no other experience. The atmosphere of this underwater city is just so spot on; the developers had a vision and they let nothing change it. The lore of this city is absolutely incredible, everywhere you turn you find something else that really starts to piece together how Rapture was run and what went wrong. From hearing the splicers sing "Jesus Loves Me" to finding an audio diary from a prostitute telling of her time with Andrew Ryan, Rapture is so much deeper than meets the eye, and I would consider it one of the best settings in any game, so much so that it becomes a storytelling character of itself. The story of Bioshock is unforgettable, with twists that will leave you mindblown for days. The characters, regardless of being mainly only heard via a radio, are still charming and very well written. The morality aspect of the game, is.. well, it's pretty good, but I'm not giving that a 10/10. Far from perfection, but you definitely see what's right or wrong and there's a dilemma between picking them sometimes I suppose.

    Point here is, this game is so good, it's nearly impossible to find anything to complain about. I got this when I was about 14 and I played it over and over and over again across the course of a few months. I hadn't done that with any game since I was a wee child playing Spyro and Crash Bandicoot. If you seriously haven't played this yet, it's out on modern consoles. So would you kindly grab yourself a copy and see what all the fuss is about?    … Expand
  30. Hannibaal
    Jun 20, 2020
    9
    Bioshock es una de mis debilidades, su apartado visual y ese mundo submarino me gustaron desde el principio, además en lo jugable tiene muchas mecánicas de las que a mi me gustan, variedad de poderes, tipos de munición, exploración de objetos y cintas de audio que te sumergen en la historia. Pero siendo honestos, Bioshock peca algo de lineal y es obviamente un juego mucho mas simple yBioshock es una de mis debilidades, su apartado visual y ese mundo submarino me gustaron desde el principio, además en lo jugable tiene muchas mecánicas de las que a mi me gustan, variedad de poderes, tipos de munición, exploración de objetos y cintas de audio que te sumergen en la historia. Pero siendo honestos, Bioshock peca algo de lineal y es obviamente un juego mucho mas simple y fácil que su antecesor encubierto, System Shock 2, Bioshock pierde muchísimo componente de RPG que tenía su antecesor para ser mas bien un shooter, pero como juego de disparos en primera persona no destaca demasiado. Con algunos defectos y otras grandes virtudes es un juego de notable alto.… Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#2 Best PC Game of 2007
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#3 Most Discussed PC Game of 2007
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#2 Most Shared PC Game of 2007

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Metascore
96

Universal acclaim - based on 44 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 44
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  1. PC Gamer UK
    95
    A dark and astonishing masterpiece...I spend my career, and my gaming life, waiting for a moment when a game just astonishes me, when I can't believe what I'm seeing, what I'm doing. BioShock has five. [Sept 2007, p.66]
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  2. Eurogamer
    100
    The hours spent playing this masterpiece were the perfect encapsulation of why videogaming is such a favourite waste of time for so many of us. Thrilling, terrifying, moving, confusing, amusing, compelling, and very very dark. BioShock isn't simply the sign of gaming realising its true cinematic potential, but one where a game straddles so many entertainment art forms so expertly that it's the best demonstration yet how flexible this medium can be. It's no longer just another shooter wrapped up in a pretty game engine, but a story that exists and unfolds inside the most convincing and elaborate and artistic game world ever conceived.
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  3. IGN
    97
    There is art here, despite what many would say isn't possible with games, from Roger Ebert to game designers like Hideo Kojima... BioShock stands as a monolithic example of the convergence of entertaining gameplay and an irresistibly sinister, engrossing storyline that encompasses a host of multifaceted characters. This is an essential gaming experience.
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