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Friday, 23 November 2007

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Welcome to Rapture.After months of hype Irrartional games (2K Boston) finally delivered BioShock, and quite frankly BioShock lives up to every but of it. You are a plane crash survivor who finds himself heading into the unforgettable underwater city of Rapture where you help this guy called Atlus. Atlus wants you to help him and his family get out of the city, but the guy who built rapture, Andrew Ryan, doesn't. Now I would love to talk about the story all day but if i said anymore i would spoil it. Yes the story is that good, as long as you pick up these things known as Audio Diaries throughout your adventure. Along your journey you can upgrade your weapons, use DNA morphing plasmids (such as electric bolt and incinerate), upgrade your abilities in combat, engineering and body plus a lot more.

GAMEPLAY - The gameplay is flawless, from the shooting to using plasmids. I don't have a single bad word on the gameplay. This is more of a first-person adventure in my eyes and can compare to a game like Metroid Prime easier than it can compare to Halo. Theres lots of places to explore, then you will be backtracking to get to the place you want then you may be thrown into a big fight with enemies (known ingame as Splicers). Its just fantastic. Plasmids add to fun and the ability to burn, hypnotise, confuse enemies just feels so satisfying. Also one of the enemies, who i'm not going to talk about much because i don't want to spoil your experience fighting one by telling you about mine, called the Big Daddy are the most
unforgettable enemies since goombas in Mario. Big Daddies are challenging to fight and rewarding and satisfying to defeat. The AI intelligence of Big Daddies in particular impresses me every time i see one. Whatevert you do, DON'T play this game on the easy diffculty or you will truly spoil your experience.

GRAPHICS - The graphics are spectactular but, in my opinion, spolit by one or two technical hitches. My big complaint being that when some enemies die they appear to kind of fall in stop-motion so to speak. This sometimes kills a bit of buzz for me after and exhilerting fight. However other than that, fantastic. Guns, enemies, environments look amazing. You feel that you are experiencing Rapture rather than just seeing it.

SOUND - Best sound in a game EVER. The spooky music and moans of the Big Daddies make you genuinely fearful of whats going to happen next. The music sets the pace of the game and gives that feel that you never know what is going to happen in Rapture. The orchestrated musical score is amazing and the sound effects are speachless. You wouldn't expect sound to affect a game as much as it does but believe me the sound is as important as the gameplay and graphics if not more important for this game.

VALUE - It's a good 20 hour adventure on medium maybe more if you take your time and get everything. No multiplayer but to be honest does it actually need it. This game is worth a lot moe than its £39 pricetag.

TILT - Its a fun but challenging game if done on medium or hard difficulty. Do not play on easy. There are chambers in game that you spawn at when you die and you can continue from where you left off, might make things easier but relieves any bad frustration.

OVERALL - A epic adventure from beginning to end. A modern masterpiece right up there with the greats. A must own on Xbox360.

9.6/10

Editor review : Definite Contestant for Game of the Year.

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Overall rating		10.0

Bioshock is the first game I've ever Just looked at and went, “Wow.”
The Graphics are stunning, the Gameplay is amazing, the Features are numerous, The storyline is a one of a kind, And the sound makes you feel your in it.

Gameplay, There has never been game, with such amazing AI, movement, fighting. 2K puts together a RPG and a FPS. The AI work amazingly, They listen to the sound of your footsteps, and attack. They would trick you by playing dead, and when you go up to search they're corpse, They jump up and attack. Also the small groups of enemies would work as a team, Maybe one hears you and he charges you with a wrench, his two companions on the other hand, sneak around you to hit from behind. There is also numerous things, which are pointless in the game, but fun. Hacking (Actually Not pointless) is a fun game of pipes, where you have to connect the pipes before the water overflows. Sinks and Toilets, In the bathrooms you can find sinks and toilets (of course) and for some reason, you can turn the sinks on, and flush the toilets. You can find beers, which drain Hypo, unless you get a tonic to reverse that. There are music players, which seem to only play one song. And a lot more.

Graphics, The graphics are definitely the best I've ever played with so far. You can just stare at the detail 2K put into it. The graphics are pretty much unexplainable. You'll have to buy it to see it.

Features. I don't think I can count how many plasmids, items, or weapons in the game. There are numerous tonics, and plasmids, which are powers that help with everything from Fighting to Hacking. There is only about 8 or 9 weapons in the game, but each have 3 different types of ammo, which work better against different enemies. You can find various items around the game, such as rubber hoses, or batteries, and use these items to invent, ammo or tonics.

Storyline. I have for sure never played a game with this great of a storyline.I won't say much, but there is huge twists throughout the game, hundreds of diaries, which helps you uncover your past, and Too many, insane Characters. The storyline, makes you think through the whole game, and never gets boring. If Bioshock was a book, (It might be) I would for sure own it.

The Sound. The various sounds, In the game make you feel like your really the character. I have never heard better sound quality in the game, Whether it was the drips of a leak in the rapture, or the loud moan of the big daddy, right before you take it down. The sound also freaks you out, voices of various splicers, echo throughout rooms, making wonder when there going to jump out and attack.

Value. Theres a lack of multiplayer, and believe me I would defiantly want to run around freezing people with Winter Blast, But the game doesn't need it. It's a good 25 hours on medium, and about 30 or so on hard. It's definitely a must get.

Tilt. When they say hard, they mean hard. I died numerous times on hard, But it was still fun. Medium is slightly easier, But still a challenge, and still fun. I never actually played easy, except for once when i tried it on the ending boss, after I already beat it. And I didn't have to dodge him at all. I just simply sat there and unloaded my machine gun, and he was finished it seconds. Maybe try out easy on the demo, just to get a feel for it, and then play medium or hard once you buy the game.

In my own opinion Bioshock has a very good chance of beating Halo 3 for game of the year. If you don't already own it, you better have a very good excuse why. This game will definitely end up a classic.

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Overall: 9.8/10
Graphics: 10/10
Gameplay: 9/10 (The shooting could use more that aim, shoot.)
Features: 10/10
Storyline: 11/10
Sound: 10/10
Value: 10/10
Tilt: 9/10

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