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PSi: BioShock Review

PSi writes: "'Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?' Is a gamer not entitled to an excellent port of one of 2007's greatest games? Of course, they are. BioShock has finally made its way onto the PlayStation 3 console and it is every bit as amazing and wonderful as it was a year ago. 2k Marin and Digital Extremes mostly handled the port and the most noticeable difference is that there is no difference. It just as it was a year ago.

Given the recent titles that have had trouble porting over to the PS3, (like Fallout and The Orange Box) BioShock is nearly identical in every way to its Xbox 360 counterpart. Textures look incredible like the water effects, (which are some of the best in gaming to this day.) All of the characters look believable and creepy and Big Daddies still convey a menacing feeling. The underwater city of Rapture is brought to life in every way possible just short of swimming to the bottom of the ocean with a construction crew. It feels vibrant, enormous, dynamic, but most of all it feels believable."

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Next ‘BioShock’ Game Changes Leaders After Development Turmoil

The fourth game in the ‘BioShock’ series has been in development for more than a decade

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toxic-inferno306d ago

Bioshock is one of my favourites franchises. I love all 3 games and have played each several times. I even have a room in my house that is loosely decorated around the theme of Bioshock (with a Lighthouse, coral models and postcards styled as though they are from both Rapture and Columbus).

And yet I am going to find it extremely difficult to get even remotely excited about any future episode in the series after all the problems this has had in its development cycle.

Leave the franchise alone. Remaster them again if you have to. Then put whatever talent you have to use on something brand new.

Furesis306d ago

Since ken levine isn't involved i'm not surprised what's going on. i'm more excited for his next game which looks like bioshock. Yet he still works under take2 and they are making bioshock 4 without him, strange situation.

toxic-inferno306d ago

Yes. Judas. Looks brilliant, but it's one of those games that seems to never have had a release date. Instead it's had release windows that keep getting pushed back.

Once it's ready, I'll be there for it though. Ken Levine is an excellent developer.

I get the feeling he dissolved Irrational Games simply so that 2k couldn't tell him what to do. It seems it will pay off, but I feel sorry for those who worked as part of Irrational before it was dissolved, who hadn't independently made a name for themselves.

ActualWhiteMan306d ago

He didn’t even want to make 2, that’s why they did it without him.

Rebel_Scum306d ago

tbh it wouldnt be a Bioshock game without development hell. They all had it.

Michiel1989305d ago

bioshock 2 was 2.5 years after 1, so much of a development hell it was......

-Foxtrot306d ago

"Remaster them again if you have to"

Well apparently they were doing a remake but that got cancelled

Relientk77306d ago

It sucks this game is in development hell because I love BioShock and would love a 4th game. I hope it turns out great, but I guess we'll see.

P_Bomb306d ago

Love Bioshock. It’s too bad what’s going on. At least we have Judas.

Yui_Suzumiya305d ago (Edited 305d ago )

It's been in development hell since 2014. This is nothing new. It saddens me because it's one of my favorite series. At this point, Judas may end up releasing first.

BABI-PANGPANG305d ago

Bioshock 4 (if it ever comes out) will probably still look and play like a Bioshock game, but without Kevin, it might miss that spark that made the originals so special. Honestly, Judas might end up feeling more like the real spiritual successor.

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Learn where you can get BioShock Remastered for free and enjoy playing it on your devices, including the Steam Deck.

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Netflix's BioShock Film Still In Development But With A Reduced Budget

Console Creatures writes, "The BioShock film at Netflix is still happening but with a reduced budget."

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just_looken677d ago

Remember there past attempts at game based show's i do heck i still remember that teenage resident evil trash fire.

anast676d ago

ha. I almost forgot about that.

Jin_Sakai679d ago

Might as well just cancel it.

just_looken677d ago

Unless its batwoman were they right it off

porkChop679d ago

It's 10 years too late for a BioShock film. The world of Rapture would have been perfect for a film. It's actually a good candidate for proper utilization of 3D, for increased depth rather than bullshit popping out of the screen. It could really show off the underwater city that way. But BioShock as a brand is so irrelevant these days that a film just doesn't make sense. Especially considering it would need a big budget and top notch effects to really take advantage of the IP.

gold_drake679d ago

i agree on the bigger budget. all the cgi they'd need for the background.

but i think it would work better as a show. a movie would be too short to establish the story

TheNamelessOne679d ago

Netflix greenlights anything, so that shows me very little faith in the project. Enough to just crap something out as they're, more and more, known to do.

badkolo678d ago

its where b movies go to live, its run by democrats , dont expect anything good from netflix

Knightofelemia679d ago (Edited 679d ago )

I'll laugh if it turns out to be better then the Borderlands movie

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