Unfortunately, BioShock isn’t free of a specific grievance: its controls and mechanics haven’t aged as well as the other games from The Collection. Yet, a second (or third, or forth…) run also allows the player to find new, unnoticed details.īioShock excels when it comes to its atmosphere. Experiencing this for the first time is truly spectacular. As if that wasn’t enough, BioShock’s narrative also comes with some truly mind-blowing moments, subverting your expectations in a way that could only be achieved in videogames. Not only because the game’s narrative is rich and detailed, but also due to how each location is crafted, creating atmospheric environments that can be scary, awe-inspiring, and utterly incredible.
Exploring the city and learning about Rapture’s lore is definitely the best part of the first game. Amid all the ruins and chaos of the now-destroyed city, you must do your best to survive as you get involved with a power struggle between Rapture’s political leaders.Īlong the 12-hour long campaign of BioShock, you’ll learn more about the intricacies of Rapture – how, for instance, they created the Big Daddies and Little Sisters, two important types of characters that are responsible for gathering Adam from dead Splicers. However, the same Adam that helped the city to develop also transformed its users into insane ‘Splicers’ – disfigured people that would do anything to get more Adam. As you learn from audio logs and environmental storytelling, this utopic place was built without moral constraints regulating sciences, arts or economy – plus, a powerful substance called Adam that can be used to modify people’s DNA in unique and unusual ways, granting them superpower-like capabilities. After an introduction that is as iconic as the train section from Half-Life, you’ll find yourself on the underwater city of Rapture. The way the first BioShock does this is still unparalleled to this day.
Each with its own merits and peculiarities, BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite explore, expand, and play with the expectations, elements and tropes of the immersive sim – which allows the BioShock franchise to excel when compared with other games of the genre such as Prey, Dishonored, and Deus Ex.Įxplore the underwater Rapture and deal with its wonders and perils. After all, the first game was conceived as a kind of spiritual successor of the cult classic System Shock (its development team even included members of the original studio). It’s not random that world, atmosphere and story are the strongest perks of the BioShock franchise. If you’re a BioShock newbie, and are wondering if The Collection is worthy of your time, then prepare yourself for an immersive experience filled with atmospheric environments and an intriguing story.
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