Is Bioshock Good?

[bodyklok]

I liked it, but I didn't think it was as good a game as some people say. That aside though, 'good' is really a subjective term so neither I nor anyone else can say weather it's truly good or not. We can only say how we felt about it.

 

[GoldenRaz]

I thought it did an excellent job in delivering it's story, in that it chose to avoid shoving the history down your throat by cutscenes or awkward monologues. It also had a story that was quite thought-out compared to many other games, which keeps it at a "they shoot at you, shoot back" level of complexity.

I can't say THAT much about looks and gameplay, since I played it on a laptop that refused to let me play with acceptable fps unless I shut off every piece of eye-candy, and still lagged when there was alot happening...

 

[similar.squirrel]

Story, aesthetic and setting were probably the best I've seen in any game so far, but I found the gameplay very bland. Perhaps it's because I suck at FPS's.
I'll probably get shouted at for saying this, but some sort of 3rd person perspective with a nice inventory would have been preferable. Something akin to Mass Effect, crossed with classic survival horror.

 

[Hedberger]

The only thing i disliked about it was that all splicers became tanks in the later levels. You'd need the chemicalthrower or crossbow to kill even one of them.

 

[You_have_a_name]

it was amazing and number 2 is the will probably be the best game of the year

 

[megapenguinx]

I found it good, but not amazing. I'll pick up the second a few months after it's out.

 

[Zombie Badger]

BioShock is my personal favourite game. I loves the story, the setting, the characters, and most importantly, I loved plaing it. It was incredibly fun. I'm cautious about the sequal, though, as it could be really bad.

 

[Zefar]

It was a really good and a creepy game. Well only creepy when you listened to the tapes with the doctor going a bit nuts over his patient. That sent shills down my spine.

Also first fight you see a Big daddy do, it's just awesome and I really feared him at that point. Even with the regen capsules I still didn't fight them all the time because I had low on ammo.

 

[BardSeed]

I like the atmosphere and the story seemed cool, but the gameplay was excruciatingly painful.

 

[pierre61]

This is my back-burner game. I don't play many FPS games, but I loved the look of this so much that I keep it for when I'm really in the mood... then I love it. I don't rush around or over analyse it, I just drink it in

 

[rhyno435]

I really enjoyed the small part of the game I was able to play, but I watched my friend play through basically the entire game, and the story is awesome.

 

[a stranger]

i loved bioshock personnally, you can't beat biblical crazies but i can see why people wouldn't like it.

darn, you said before i could

 

[BadgeMan]

bioshock gave me a raging shark in my pants...its that damn good.

 

[cannot_aim]

I played Bioshock until the point where they said and now you get this camera that magically makes you better at killing that particular enemy. I stopped and never looked back.

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

Good? It's freakin great!

 

[Thunderhorse31]

The GOTY for 2007. 2007 was a good year for games. Does that tell you anything?

CoD4 came out in '07... wasn't THAT the game of the year? Or is the voting retarded and Duty 4 won for '08? Or are we talking about two different groups deciding on different titles?

I need answers!

 

[Lord Thodin]

I found it to be one of the most mundane games to grace my console. There was not one thing about this game that i found desierable. The story, weapons, the characters, none of it appealed to me.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

It's a really good game and I enjoyed playing it. I'm also going to buy BioShock 2 even though I know it's not going to be as good. I'm just getting it for the story.