BioShock™

BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.

BioShock™ is a fps, atmospheric and story rich game developed by 2K Boston and 2K Australia and published by 2K.
Released on August 21st 2007 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 30,400 reviews of which 28,634 were positive and 1,766 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam and has a 75% discount.

The Steam community has classified BioShock™ into these genres:

FPS Atmospheric Story Rich Action Singleplayer Horror Steampunk First-Person Shooter Sci-fi Classic RPG Adventure Dystopian Underwater Immersive Dark Political Great Soundtrack Alternate History

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Requirements

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Windows

Minimum:

Operating System: Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista
CPU: Intel single-core Pentium 4 processor at 2.4GHz
RAM: 1 GB
Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM and Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550)
Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
Hard Drive Space: 8GB
Game requires Internet connection for activation

Reviews

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July 2024

For years I have heard that this game is a must play, with amazing story and gameplay, so for years I waited until i have the opportunity to play this game and now that I have finished it, I can say that I am very satisfied. First of alll i need to tell you that I am easily scared of slightly spooky games, they don't even need to be horror. When i played this for the first time i was shivering like the coward i am. For the majority of the game (specifically before starting Apollo Square) I was kind of scared due to the amazing soundtrack, ambience, and sound effects. What I'm trying to say is that this game is BRIMMING with atmosphere. The gameplay is pretty good, a wide arrange of weapons, abilities, and upgrades can lead to many different strategies and builds to help progress the game. While I did run into some glitches and experienced a couple of crashes, my game generally ran very well. The game may start off a little creepy and unsettling, but for the people who can play horror games well, this won't give you a big scare, though some jumpscares truly made me jump (I am a scaredy cat after all). So yeah, it's an amazing game, i really liked it and definitely would recommend! Note: I have only playe dthe original and have yet to play the remaster so i cannot say anything about that version's performance

June 2024

Welcome to Rapture! Following a plane crash in the middle of the ocean, the hero we play is the only survivor swimming in the middle of the flames, doomed to death. However, he manages to enter a strange building that emerges in the night. He will very quickly discover an underwater city created by a man who wanted to invent a perfect society, a utopia made reality. But obviously everything went to hell, the inhabitants all went crazy and thirsty for blood. Spiritual heir to System Shock which had already marked its era on PC, Bioshock proves to be the perfect marriage between FPS and narration, plunging the player into a waking nightmare. The omnipresent madness will not let him go. If it is a masterpiece, it is as much for its sublime dystopia (the artistic direction is brilliant) as for its original gameplay: in addition to the plasmids, sorts of psycho-powers - the lure got me out of many desperate situations - it is in the appropriation of the environment that the game reveals all its richness: we can in fact hack turrets and other cannons to turn the situation to our advantage. So, to hope to defeat the imposing and powerful protectors of little girls, it is better to prepare the ground and lure them into our traps. It is also in difficult mode that Bioshock reveals all its flavor, the clashes becoming Dantesque with these tanks in diving suits. In short, a unique, dark, tense, completely crazy FPS, a must-do!!

June 2024

One of the best game ever made! Highly recommended to every gamer especialy those born after the release of this game so you can apreciate what gaming was like before they created game with microtransaction in mind. At a time they were focus on creating the best game / story they could and succeed.

March 2024

Back in 2007 The first part of the BioShock series of games was born. The game developers squeezed all the juices out of the Unreal Engine, which was popular at that time, and the visual part of the game turned out to be simply amazing! The visualization of water deserves special attention. The game will be a pleasure to play even in our time. I personally completed the game about a month ago and got an unforgettable pleasure from passing it. Noting the graphic component, I also want to highlight the plot of the game. The main character, who survived the plane crash, finds himself in an underwater town called Rapture and, guided by tips from a certain person named Atlas, plows the underwater expanses. For the first few minutes, the game seemed a little boring to me. The plot was completely incomprehensible, but towards the end of the game a lot became clear, I will not disclose the details - you need to feel it yourself during the passage. In addition, there are several endings of the game. In general, the plot turned out to be full of unexpected twists and exciting moments. The gameplay cannot be called diverse, but the language cannot be called monotonous either. The combat system is decorated with the presence of plasmids - gene modifications that give the hero Superpowers. As the game progresses, you will find more and more new plasmids. They are bought for ADAM, which you will receive by saving or emptying little sisters. I advise you to save them, it will have a positive effect on the end of the game. I really regretted emptying a couple of sisters at the beginning of the game and ended up watching the worst possible ending. There are quite a lot of weapons in the game, but they also appear during the game. At the end, you will already have about 8 different types of weapons in your arsenal: from a revolver to a grenade launcher and a crossbow. Killing mutants becomes a pleasure. Combinations of plasmids and weapons make each fight colorful and spectacular. You won't see this in any other game. ⠄⢸⣿⠄⣿⣿⣷⣦⠄⠄⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠄⢸⣦⡀⠄⠄⠸⣿⡇⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⢸⣿⠄⠄⠄⠙⣿⣧⢰⣿⡏⠄⠄⠄⠙⣿⣇⠈⠻⣿⣆⠄⢀⣤⡄⠄⠄⢠⣤⡀⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⢸⣿⠄⠄⠄⠄⣿⣿⢀⣀⡀⠄⠄⠄⠄⣀⣀⢰⣄⠙⢿⣷⣼⣿⡇⠄⠄⢸⣿⡇⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⢸⣿⠄⣀⣀⣴⣿⠏⠘⣿⣧⣀⣀⣀⣼⣿⠇⢸⣿⠄⠄⠙⢿⣿⡇⠄⠄⢸⣿⡇⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠸⠿⠄⠿⠿⠟⠋⠄⠄⠈⠻⢿⣿⡿⠿⠃⠄⠸⠿⠄⠄⠄⠄⠙⠇⠄⠄⠸⠿⠃⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢠⣤⠄⣤⣄⡀⠄⠄⠄⠄⡄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣀⠄⠄⠄⠄⢠⣤⠄⢠⣤⡀⠄⠄⣀⣤⠄⣤⣀⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢸⣿⠄⠻⢿⣿⡆⠄⠄⢸⣿⡄⠄⠄⠄⣿⣷⡀⠄⠄⢸⣿⠄⢸⣿⡇⢠⣾⣿⠟⠄⠻⣿⠇⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢸⣿⠄⣤⣼⣿⠇⠄⣰⡄⢻⣷⡀⠄⠄⡈⠻⣿⣦⡀⢸⣿⠄⢸⣿⡇⣾⣿⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢸⣿⠄⠛⠛⠉⠄⢠⣿⡇⣠⣿⣷⡀⠄⣿⣦⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⠄⢸⣿⡇⢿⣿⡀⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢸⣿⠄⠄⠄⠄⢠⣿⡟⠄⠿⠿⣿⣧⠄⣿⣿⠄⠄⠈⠻⣿⠄⢸⣿⡇⠘⢿⣷⣦⠄⣴⣿⡆⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠘⠛⠄⠄⠄⠄⠙⠛⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⠛⠃⠛⠋⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⠄⠘⠛⠁⠄⠄⠙⠛⠄⠛⠉⠄⠄

Jan. 2024

I know theres a remaster out there but the original one is still arguably the better one. you will face issues with the FOV and HUD but theres an easy fix to it. just install a program called "Flawless widescreen" and choose your FOV settings on it for bioshock. thats it. the remaster removes a lot of Gore and other environmental story telling aspects. which doesnt fit well with a Game like bioshock that uses its environment heavily to create the necessary atmosphere and tell its excellent story.

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-75% 19.99€ 4.99€

9.2

28,634

1,766

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Developer

2K Boston, 2K Australia

Publisher

Release 21 Aug 2007

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