Jonathan Davies

I love playing games, but not all of them, in fact I’m very picky about the games that I will play for more than a couple of hours. In all truth, I get very board, very fast. So the games that I play have to have a very fast pace and bring something new to the game each time I sit down.

BioShock fills all these needs.

The Story is one to rival Half-Life. You are plunged (literally) into the underwater city of Rapture, built by Andrew Ryan, who’s goal was to build a society in which what you earn you keep.

There are no cut scenes in the game, instead it is up to you to discover what has torn Rapture apart and how the inhabitants have changed themselves into horrible creatures. You do this by picking up audio diaries along the way.

The graphics are frankly amazing, and the guys who created BioShock new that it would have to be after setting the whole story under water. Just the subtleties of when you fire a hot weapon the distortion in the air and the crack as you smash the frozen body of your enemies with a wrench.

Morality has a very big part to play in BioShock. Every so often you see what are called “Little Sisters” (believe me you wouldn’t want one of these as your sister) walking around, being guarded by massive “Big Daddies”. And if you manage to destroy one of these Big Daddies you are given the option to do one of two things with the Little Sister. Either harvest the EVE, that makes you stronger, from her body killing her. Or you can have the Little Sister turn back into a little  girl, but you don’t get as much EVE.

I will write some more thoughts on the game as I progress, but so far I have found it very enjoyable. And if you are thinking of purchasing it at least download the Demo from Xbox Live (for the Xbox) or Steam (for the PC).

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