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Have You Played… – Bioshock

Nave360:

"Bioshock was the third game I ever played on my Xbox 360. When I heard about this game, I was unsure about it at first, but my friend insisted I played it. He nagged... and nagged... and nagged as I played it... until finally he spoilt the ending for me. But it doesn't mean it spoilt the joy I had playing it.

So what was interesting about Bioshock and why it's such a popular game is how it took everybody by surprise. All around in the games market, all you could see was "boring FPS" here and "boring FPS" there. When Bioshock arrived, it took gamers by storm for how different it is to the usual first person shooters we have."

InTheKnow5529d ago (Edited 5529d ago )

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I am Andrew Ryan and I am here to ask you a question:
Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

No, says the man in Washington; it belongs to the poor.
No, says the man in the Vatican; it belongs to God.
No, says the man in Moscow; it belongs to everyone.

I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something
different. I chose the impossible. I chose...

Rapture.

A city where the artist would not fear the censor.
Where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality.
Where the great would not be constrained by the small.
And with the sweat of your brow,
Rapture can become your city as well.

--Andrew Ryan

A game that will be regarded as one of the best games this gen has to offer. Great story told the way a video game should tell a story. Now all devs do is bore you with long winded cut scenes that completely remove the player from the game and spoil the feel of what you are experiencing. Bioshock deserves any and all praise it receives.

PS360PCROCKS5529d ago

Such a brilliant game and brilliant opening for a game. I love that quote, it's been the tagline on my e-mail for years now, i love it.

"A city where the artist would not fear the censor.
Where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality.
Where the great would not be constrained by the small. "

gamingdroid5529d ago

Yeah, that game is so fantastic I'm thinking I should revisit it.... Just don't have the time!

HammockGames5529d ago (Edited 5529d ago )

Everybody should play this game. If you have a PS3, 360, or decent PC, you owe it to yourself to play this game.

Incredible environment, unforgettable characters/scenarios, excellent gameplay, the ability to play the game a different way each time, and the list goes on.

And you can pick it up cheap nowadays.

PS360PCROCKS5529d ago

yup. Now that I have a gaming PC, I may just snag the PC version and replay it with even higher settings than I did on xbox.

HammockGames5529d ago (Edited 5529d ago )

You won't regret it. It's that much more beautiful and immersive with the settings cranked up (pretty reasonable system requirements as well).

This is coming from a Bioshock-aholic. Beat the game at least twice on every platform. It's just that good!

LoveNintendoWii5529d ago

Is that the game that WASN'T on Wii????

Oh and for the record I have played Bioshock and loved it!

Swoon5529d ago

One of the best games of this console generation!

b163o15529d ago

I found in incredibly boring. Sorry just didn't really do it for me :/

Aussiegamer5529d ago

@b163o1 yeah agree man, bored the crap outta me. But hey not everyone can like the same, fat chicks would never get a R... then. lol

news4geeks5529d ago

I love the game, but I can understand if you guys found it boring... just as long as you don't go off and play CoD or another generic fps.

MidnytRain5529d ago (Edited 5529d ago )

I love this guy. His satirical posts remind us that Wii-only owners miss out on a ton of great games every year. He's what Nintendo fans really should be saying.

kaveti66165529d ago

There's a fantastic library of wii titles.

just because they don't interest you...

MidnytRain5529d ago (Edited 5529d ago )

I know that the Wii has a good library, but it would be irrefutably better if the multiplatform games like BioShock were available on it. The point of my comment wasn't the quality of the Wii's games, but the fact that if you only have a Wii, you're missing just way too much. All I'm saying is that to get the most out of this generation, one should own at least one HD console. Seriously, at this point, there are a ton of games that pass by Nintendo's console due to hardware restrictions.

Just look at this year, it's only April, and If you only own a Wii, you'll have already missed Mass Effect 2, Bulletstorm, Portal 2, and Mortal Kombat. I think it's getting quite ridiculous at this point.

kaveti66165529d ago

That's true. I'm not arguing against that.

I'm just saying that I believe the Wii has built up a library of respectable games, and if you're a fan of the classic Nintendo games then the Wii is a good console to own especially because of the Virtual Console which has a wealth of the older classics such as the Mario games.

And because the Wii is a relatively cheap console, I think that it wouldn't be a poor purchase.

And there's still a few games on the horizon to look forward to, such as the next Zelda game and probably another Mario game.

I can't get enough of those games, even though the're repetitive.

Merivigian5529d ago

Yup, one and two.. they were both solid titles. I can't wait to see the story with Infinite, the Faux American setting seems very interesting.

christheredhead5529d ago

bioshock was one of the few games i just couldn't put down. once i started playing i wanted to continue exploring and unravel the story. amazing game and bioshock infinite looks to take the series to a whole new level.

DrHouse5529d ago

Why yes, yes I have, did I mention I played it?

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toxic-inferno301d 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.

Furesis301d 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-inferno301d 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.

ActualWhiteMan301d ago

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

Rebel_Scum301d ago

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

Michiel1989301d ago

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

-Foxtrot301d ago

"Remaster them again if you have to"

Well apparently they were doing a remake but that got cancelled

Relientk77301d 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_Bomb301d ago

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

Yui_Suzumiya300d ago (Edited 300d 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-PANGPANG300d 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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just_looken672d ago

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

anast671d ago

ha. I almost forgot about that.

Jin_Sakai674d ago

Might as well just cancel it.

just_looken672d ago

Unless its batwoman were they right it off

porkChop674d 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_drake674d 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

TheNamelessOne674d 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.

badkolo673d ago

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

Knightofelemia674d ago (Edited 674d ago )

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

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