BioShock Review (X360) @ IGN

**MIG-31** · Aug 17, 2007, 11:09 AM

Review: IGN
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BioShock is Irrational's finest offering to date, as well as the swan song for the Irrational brand in a way, since they recently relinquished their longstanding and well-established studio name for the more corporate, faceless tag of 2K Boston and 2K Australia. BioShock is a first-person shooter set in the fantastically unsettling city of Rapture, a metropolis built under the sea by the megalomaniacal Andrew Ryan. Throughout your lengthy stay, you'll find options for combat as intricate and enjoyable as the story and characters are to interpretation, something that only a handful of games can ever claim to offer.

**Vikingod** · Aug 17, 2007, 11:22 AM

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But to call this game simply a first-person shooter, a game that successfully fuses gameplay and narrative, is really doing it a disservice. This game is a beacon. It's one of those monumental experiences you'll never forget, and the benchmark against which games for years to come will, and indeed must, be measured. This isn't merely an evolution of System Shock 2, but a wake-up call to the industry at large. Play this, and you'll see why you should demand something more from publishers and developers, more than all those derivative sequels forced down our throats year after year with only minor tweaks in their formulas. It's a shining example of how it's possible to bring together all elements of game design and succeed to the wildest degree.

If that doesn't make you want to buy this game, I don't know what will.

OmegaRED · Aug 17, 2007, 01:10 PM

Bioshock is the Messiah of games and I can't wait to worship it on my PC

BlueMak · Aug 17, 2007, 02:37 PM

For anyone that has played the game or the demo. Is it like the original Deus Ex in gameplay?

**MIG-31** · Aug 17, 2007, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

For anyone that has played the game or the demo. Is it like the original Deus Ex in gameplay?

Ok i only played the 360 demo at the moment...Seeing as Deus Ex leaned more towards a strategic fps type...Bioshock is not in the same category.

It's a more of a story lined first person shooter to me but it's early days.Perhaps more like a Half Life 2 style,but with a little more horror included.