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Bioshocking

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is amazing and fun to play. There's probably not a lot of replay value, but the story and gameplay made it all worth it.

bioshock is a great game and worth the price

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Bioshock is a great game and scary as well. It is worth the price I paid for it and it's in my collection for xbox 360.

Amazing Game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Probably my favorite single player first person shooter I've ever played. The atmosphere and story of the game are by far the most impressive I've ever seen in a video game. The game will still be awesome if you don't pay attention to the story, but I think it's what really distinguishes BioShock from the scores of other first person shooters. The way the designers paid attention to the details like ambient noises, enemies' dialogue, random signs and environmental touches, and voice acting really make the game.

Truly deserves 5 stars...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Just about everything in this game is flawless and engaging - design, layout, voice work, story...really an engrossing experience.

This is one of the rare times I can say that I came home from work and could not wait to play after the kids went to bed!

This is a foundation game for the serious player and must have title for the 360.

Bioshock= Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Bioshock is a must have for the 360. I really got into bioshock because of the great graphics and excellant story. BUY THIS GAME!!!

Definitely a great game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game from reading the other reviews on Amazon. It truly is an amazing game with the amazing graphics, and original game play. The weapons, monsters, and power ups are quite creative. The characters are intense and seem to show up when you least expect it. I've played many hours and the puzzles for the safes, heath units, ammo machines, etc are a nice break from the intense search for zombie patients and doctors.

Add it to your collection!!!! I can't wait to see how it ends...!

Yet another shooter. I deserve better.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Bioshock is an amazing mix of beauty, horror and intrigue. That being said, I got sick of the game after playing 2 levels. It's good, but I could see I was on a linear path to about 17 hours of same-old-same-old.

Given the massive influx of FPS on the 360 and other game consoles, Bioshock gets lost. The game is ok, but I'm just tired of the genre. The game industry needs to come out with more variety. Bioshock just made me realize that I have had 5 different shooter games (Call of Duty 4, Halo 3, Bioshock, Orange Box and Call of Duty 2), a bad version of Madden football, and Guitar Hero 2 and 3.

Thank Heaven for Mass Effect, and I can't wait for another GTA in the near future.

One of the greates games I have ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is amazing. It is one of the most beautiul games I have ever played, with amazingly detailed graphics and an environment that rivals life. The range of weapons is incredible, and the plasmid idea is better than anything I've ever seen before. The best part of the game, however, is the plot. The dystopic world of Rapture brings back memories of 1984 and Blade Runner. The detailed history and twisting plot is better than many movies I've seen. The tormented souls of the characters plunge you into a disturbing world that brings out emotions to deeply immerse you into the experience. The best word to describe it would be cinematic, but It's better than a movie. It's a complete experience that really can only be seen by playing it.

Definitely not what people put it out to be

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I rented this game a few months ago just to see why people liked it so much. I played for a few hours and it just wasn't... fun. Gameplay was generic, graphics were alright, (at times they were pretty stunning, but other times I felt like I was playing a launch title) and the overall experience just wasn't what i was looking forward to. Overrated game.

Great in every aspect

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Bioshock has a great plot that will submerge you into the corrupt and deviated world of the underwater city called Rapture. Near the begining of the game you will have to make a decision that will trascend into one of the three possible endings that you will get.

The game belongs to the first person shooter genre with at twist of role playing. You will be the character which means that you only see the hand carrying a weapon or just the hand. When you look down, you don't see the feet, so you are also a ghost. Nahh just kidding but you really don't see the feet.

The twist of Role playing is because you have a plasmid (we'll address that in a moment)and weapon's menu. When you access any of this menus, the game pauses and you have all the time in the world to select the best plasmid or weapon for the task at hand. There will be moments when the action takes place in slow motion because you are fighting one or several enemies while you switch between plasmids and weapons that cause the action to stop and resume.

You will get weapons like: pistol, machine gun, crossbow, grenade launcher, chemical thrower (liquid nitrogen and napalm). Like the chemical thrower, each weapon has different types of rounds.

A plasmid is a genetic modification that you can purchase or adquire during the game. With the plasmids you can freeze enemies, throw flames, launch bee swarms from the insides of your hands, throw and pull objects with telekinetic powers, etc. The plasmids have a meter called EVE which represents the number of these huge injections that are the fuel for the plasmids special abilities.

You can improve the majority of plasmids by getting ADAM which is the game currency that you will need to buy the improvements in vending machines. You can get the ADAM, most of the time, when you take it away from little sisters.

Little sisters are little like their name and they are also mutated girls. So they are little mutated girls that go around carrying huge hypo injections. Sounds easy huh? like taking candy from a baby when you have all sorts of weapos and plasmids. Actually to get the ADAM from the little sisters, you have to kill the Big Daddies which are the sub-bosses on every level. They are like the guy that appears in the cover of the game and the bodyguards of the little sisters. Most of them range from a bit tough to very difficult to kill.

You will also have to confront splicers which are the men and women from Rapture. They also have the plasmid abilities that defines them in different types of splicers that are weak against multiple attacks of weapons and plasmids.

There are some mini games to hack cameras, safes, bots, etc. You also have tonics that affect the performance and actions of the character.

Besides all of that, you have the war between the head of the mob and the creator of Rapture. Along the game you will hear the confessions or thoughts of the people in Rapture that will help you decide which side you'll be in unless you are just playing to beat the game and don't care about the plot.

This is a bit of the essence of Bioshock. Besides that, the graphics are awesome and the sound transports you to Rapture if you can enjoy it with a home theater. For me it falls under the category of a "must buy".

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