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BioShock

Developers: 2K Boston2K Australia Publisher: 2K Games
21 August 2007
Windows
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224 Ratings / 1 Reviews
#278 All-time
#9 for 2007
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2007 • 2K Boston 2K Australia  
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2008 • 2K Boston 2K Australia  
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2008 • 2K Boston 2K Marin  
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2008 • 2K Australia 2K Boston  
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2008 • 2K Boston 2K Australia  
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2009 • 2K Boston 2K Australia  
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2012 • 2K Boston 2K Australia  
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2014 • 2K China 2K  
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2016 • 2K Boston 2K Australia  
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2016 • 2K Boston 2K Australia  
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2020 • 2K Boston 2K Australia  
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Ken Levine and co. want you to live in the game-world; Bioshock isn't a cinematic experience in the sense that you watch yourself play the game. It's a common mistake to analyse this game purely as a movie with a controller.

BioShock is not a movie with a controller.

*You* are not watching yourself hold forward and click the mouse, *you* are doing these things. This dissonance between watching the events take place in Bioshock and being an active participant in the events is the crux of the game's design and its political philosophy.

Play through BioShock with this in mind, it's an important game in the history of the medium, despite all its gameplay traits being put to better use in past games (System Shock 2 and Deus Ex in particular).
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KCharbzz98 BioShock 2024-04-13T10:58:36Z
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2024-04-13T10:58:36Z
4.0
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burny BioShock 2024-04-12T16:54:38Z
Windows
2024-04-12T16:54:38Z
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DachshundDude BioShock 2024-04-10T15:48:28Z
Windows
2024-04-10T15:48:28Z
4.0
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
XterminatoR666 BioShock 2024-04-10T12:46:30Z
Windows
2024-04-10T12:46:30Z
4.5
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Eztak BioShock 2024-03-17T15:55:23Z
Windows
2024-03-17T15:55:23Z
4.0
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jackfennimore BioShock 2024-03-13T01:36:01Z
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2024-03-13T01:36:01Z
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Ufostal BioShock 2024-03-04T22:34:34Z
Windows
2024-03-04T22:34:34Z
1.0
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LOVE_ME_FOREVER_FOREVER BioShock 2024-02-25T14:15:53Z
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2024-02-25T14:15:53Z
5.0
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OolDSnake BioShock 2024-02-18T04:41:26Z
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2024-02-18T04:41:26Z
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Dkito BioShock 2024-02-17T21:08:21Z
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puppies_on_acid BioShock 2024-02-15T06:36:47Z
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Lorexio16 BioShock 2024-02-05T22:33:33Z
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2024-02-05T22:33:33Z
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  • ... 2023-11-13 22:39:30.500891+00
    Prey 2017>>>
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    • AzeXiR 2024-01-05 09:30:13.274373+00
      That's what I'm saying!
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  • yungbono 2023-11-19 09:02:32.86898+00
    Should I play original or remastered if I never played it before?
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    • olivereverson_ 2023-11-20 10:56:41.807142+00
      If you end up playing the remaster make sure to manually save often as it has been known to crash
    • Bengals 2024-01-23 20:42:53.986695+00
      Original
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  • Stabbed 2023-11-28 08:32:53.509021+00
    anyone who complains about the gameplay, give me one other game where i can do the shock-wrench combo and i'll agree with you
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  • Kittyhat 2023-11-30 23:24:41.020501+00
    top 5 art direction of all time
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  • Shepard 2024-01-19 16:20:15.256213+00
    The story is like top 10 of all time
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  • WinterMirage 2024-02-01 05:28:51.168954+00
    Truth is, this game is just as much a mess of scattershot ideas as Bioshock Infinite. It's just that those individual ideas are just much better here.
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    • Pumas 2024-02-13 23:25:03.741809+00
      I really don’t see how that could be the case
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  • OGDreamcast 2024-02-01 22:10:42.806884+00
    Incredibly middling game but at least some people learnt that Ayn Rand made Homer Simpson seem like Hegel
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  • marco29 2024-03-31 23:19:21.609418+00
    the art direction and the story are great, but the gameplay just drives me away so much. it has cool ideas but it just isn't a good shooter

    but every work of art that clowns on Ayn Rand is a masterpiece in my eyes
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