BioShock
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Video Game Reviews of BioShock
Customer Review: Internet connection required...
Summary: 1 Stars
...because no mention was made of that (by the manufacturers) they get my one star review.
Here are the minimal system requirements so the rest of you don't buy a program that won't run on your system.
1. Internet connection required.
2. CPU; Pentium 4/ 2.4 Ghz single core processor
3. RAM; 1 gig
4. VIDEO CARD; DirectX 9.0c compliant video card 128 mgs RAM/ Nvidia 6600 or better/ ATI 1300 or better, excluding ATI x1550,
5. SOUND CARD; 100% compatible with DirectX 9.oc
six. 8gb free space on the hard drive.
7. Windows XP/Vista
bye.
Customer Review: BEWARE SecuROM!
Summary: 1 Stars
Don't get me wrong, BioShock is an amazing game, I absolutely love it, but it installs SecuROM on your computer which is NOT a good thing. I was very sad to find that BioShock installed SecuROM on my PC, if you have an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 buy it for one of those... but not PC.
BioShock is a deep and rich game that will keep you immersed in its strange underwater fantasy world for hours at a time. You never know what is going to happen next and strange noises lurk around every corner of the city of Rapture. If you are looking for a thrilling first person shooter to occupy a bit of your time this would be the game to buy. 9/10.
Customer Review: Great fun!
Summary: 5 Stars
This game was recommended to me by a friend. He usually picks some pretty good games, so I thought I'd give it a shot.
He was right, this game was a blast. The story line is actually interesting, and the game play is really fun. I played it non-stop for a week or so. Now it's time to get ready for Bioshock 2.
Customer Review: good fun
Summary: 4 Stars
It's a fun game with some twist and turns that keep it interesting through out. It had a few weird things like wanting you to drink and smoke for good health and also to kill a child to gain more points. I did none of it and still enjoyed the game. I don't know why that added crap like that, otherwise it was fun.Customer Review: First quarter of the game already worth the price
Summary: 5 Stars
While I enjoy playing games, I am not a 'gamer' per se; I don't drive through games at a quick pace and it does take me time to get through them (and I love being immersed in atmosphere and soaking it up slowly). For me it's more of an 'experience' rather than about finishing tasks, challenges, levels, etc. I'm not big on games with action over substance or over atmosphere and so I am pretty particular about which games to pick up and it's hard to tell if I will like them until I start playing them. For me to like an action game, atmosphere and visuals have to at least be 50% of the game. Now onto 'Bioshock':
I'm perhaps only a quarter of the way through this game and I am already compelled to write a review (it's that good). The only other game I have played that even begins to compare (for me) is the Half-Life series. I think I may be about a quarter of the way through the game and if it ended right now I would feel it was worth every penny that was paid for it.
To the technical aspects, I am playing off the actual disc and had no problems loading or running the game on my computer with a Vista(64) OS. I do have a quad core and 6Gs of Ram with a 1G graphics card so it is humming along at the highest settings and looks georgeous (I think that's the first time I have said that about a game). I have had no issues with the DMR as of yet so I have no comment except that it has had no impact on me thus far.
I'm not going to get into the plot of the game (as it's been in plenty of other reviews), but it was very strange starting off with a plane crash into the water after the recent crash of Air France 447 recently even though this game was created long before that accident.
Visually the game is a feast of originality and eerie beauty. The effects of the water from what I have seen are the best 'liquid' visual of any game I have played. The city and environments are top rate and I feel completely immersed in them. The concept of the art deco underwater utopia is as cool in idea as it is in looks. While you can imagine the beauty of what Rapture once was, you get to see it in an eerie, deteriorating state. This paradox of the crumbling utopia within the visuals alone is worth the game if all you did was walk through it. Combining that with the very surreal and amazing background sounds and music makes for a very memorable game experience.
All of the rooms and enviornments are in beautiful detail. You will even find some places that are beautiful to look at even with all the carnage around you (like the cemetary and Tea Garden...so far the coolest visual area to me).
As far as the action is concerned, it is made all the more awesome, enjoyable and exciting by having this surreal enviornment around you. Otherwise the action itself would feel pretty normal. The enemies are that much more interesting because of the enviornment from which they are coming from around you.
Playing on 'medium' difficulty, it has not been too hard. Again, as a non-gamer I can sometimes get stuck for hours trying to beat a particular boss or foe. While I have had to re-do a few areas a few times, it's been nothing that I got tedious or bored with.
The 'saving' and 'lives' feature it nice and I like how they incorporated it into the environment. There are pretty regular saves in the game. What I like is that when you die you are revived in a kind of hydro tube. What's nice is that when you revive the state of the game and the enemies are at the level where you left off, so if you are having trouble getting through one you don't start them off at full levels when you revive and this really keep it from getting frustrating like some games can be.
Without reading anything before playing the use of the weapons and the plasmids (as well as the whole game and the story) is kind of a mystery starting out, but that's half of the fun of it all. The only thing I am finding a tad difficult is cycling through plasmids and weapons. Cycling through just plasmids or just 'regular' weapons is easy, but when you want to quickly go back and forth between plasmids and mechincal weapons, that is more difficult.
As others have said, there seems to be a lot of different ways to do things. There are a lot of little things in the game to help if you get stuck trying to figure something out but I have not had to use any yet. There is a little directional arrow on the screen which can help you get to where you need to go, but just following it can keep you from finding a lot of cool things as well as the other things you will need like money along the way.
Finally, the other really intriguing issue is with some of the choices you have to make. I have yet to see how they may or may not impact my character in the game, but I will be playing it again to see how it turns out differently. I truly found myself thinking about some things even after I have stopped playing. Just the whole idea of Rapture as utopia and a vision is very, very interesting.
Just an amazing game on so many levels and I can't wait to finish it. Players looking just for a shooter/action game could be disappointed, but anyone who loves amazing enviornments and getting immersed in original imagery concepts should just love this game. I'd be happy just walking through it visually with no action at all.
Done correctly, this game and storyline could be a great movie in the 'Blade Runner' tradition.