This is my first post about any game on this blog so I hope it's worthwhile.
I had been following a new game for quite a while now and it finally came out yesterday and I had the opportunity to pick up a copy. This game is known as Bioshock (as if you couldn't tell that from the title of this post). This has been labeled as a "shooter" game but it's really so much more than that.
Bioshock comes from the creators of System Shock 2 which has somewhat of a cult following and it was definitely a very very creepy game. Super atmosphere etc. Bioshock delivers on all of that so far. The setting is in an underwater city built by a man that didn't fit in any current society of the 40s and 50s. He built a city that wasn't constrained by such trivial things such as morality or ethics. When you arrive to the city you can tell right away that something terrible has happened and now your caught in it too. I won't reveal any of the actual story I've learned so far but I can tell you that you will have to make "moral" choices at some point and this will begin to take you down certain roads whichever way you go.
The sound in Bioshock is perfect. If you stand in a safe place and crank up your sound you can hear the creaking of the water pressure, the running water somewhere off in the distance and maybe some electricity sparking nearby. It's fantastic. Voice work is also top notch from what I've heard and you also find these really cool little voice recordings all over the place which help reveal little bits of the story as you adventure forth.
Graphically the game is quite impressive. I'm running it on the Xbox 360 in High Definition since my gaming PC is not quite up to par anymore so that's what my system is right now. :) Anyway the whole things looks great. When the game first started I sat a couple minutes in the water before I realized I wasn't watching a cinematic anymore and that I could control the camera! :)
There are many what some would call RPG elements in the game, similar to SS2 and games such as Deus Ex. You can upgrade your character, your weapons and some physical abilities. Weaponry is a mix between "Plasmids" which are genetic alterations so you can do things like Telekinesis, fire from your fingers, electricity etc. You'll find these and more scattered about the city and can be changed out and such at various places on the levels. Conventional weapons are standard 1940s and 50s era weaponry. Pistol, "Tommy Gun" Machinegun and shotguns. I find myself switching between plasmids and weapons often as you can do things sort of like combos. Shock a bad guy then whack him with a wrench etc.
I have really enjoyed the time spent in the game thus far. Lets put it this way, I wrote this small post during my lunch and I can't wait to get off work today so I can immerse myself in the city of Rapture once again.
I had been following a new game for quite a while now and it finally came out yesterday and I had the opportunity to pick up a copy. This game is known as Bioshock (as if you couldn't tell that from the title of this post). This has been labeled as a "shooter" game but it's really so much more than that.
Bioshock comes from the creators of System Shock 2 which has somewhat of a cult following and it was definitely a very very creepy game. Super atmosphere etc. Bioshock delivers on all of that so far. The setting is in an underwater city built by a man that didn't fit in any current society of the 40s and 50s. He built a city that wasn't constrained by such trivial things such as morality or ethics. When you arrive to the city you can tell right away that something terrible has happened and now your caught in it too. I won't reveal any of the actual story I've learned so far but I can tell you that you will have to make "moral" choices at some point and this will begin to take you down certain roads whichever way you go.
The sound in Bioshock is perfect. If you stand in a safe place and crank up your sound you can hear the creaking of the water pressure, the running water somewhere off in the distance and maybe some electricity sparking nearby. It's fantastic. Voice work is also top notch from what I've heard and you also find these really cool little voice recordings all over the place which help reveal little bits of the story as you adventure forth.
Graphically the game is quite impressive. I'm running it on the Xbox 360 in High Definition since my gaming PC is not quite up to par anymore so that's what my system is right now. :) Anyway the whole things looks great. When the game first started I sat a couple minutes in the water before I realized I wasn't watching a cinematic anymore and that I could control the camera! :)
There are many what some would call RPG elements in the game, similar to SS2 and games such as Deus Ex. You can upgrade your character, your weapons and some physical abilities. Weaponry is a mix between "Plasmids" which are genetic alterations so you can do things like Telekinesis, fire from your fingers, electricity etc. You'll find these and more scattered about the city and can be changed out and such at various places on the levels. Conventional weapons are standard 1940s and 50s era weaponry. Pistol, "Tommy Gun" Machinegun and shotguns. I find myself switching between plasmids and weapons often as you can do things sort of like combos. Shock a bad guy then whack him with a wrench etc.
I have really enjoyed the time spent in the game thus far. Lets put it this way, I wrote this small post during my lunch and I can't wait to get off work today so I can immerse myself in the city of Rapture once again.
