BioShock™

Actual masterpiece of a game, won't spoil anything but the twist has to be one of the best parts of any game I've played so far, at least in regards to the narrative

underrated game it's a hidden gem
very well designed it almost says would you kindly play it again

played the game for two hours and the game is giving me an option to harvest kids 10/10

There Are many things good with the original Bioshock game, but there a few gripes I have with the game. During the main story there are a few glitches and bugs (I was playing the non-remastered edition) but nothing major, mostly just rare occasional crashes, too intense for the physics engine to handle (same with the 2nd game, but more on that over there).
The introduction of the plasmids and weapons were very fluid and intuitive and at the ADAM stations, the prices for ammo, plasmids, and tonics were very balanced the entire course of the game. The Game is also very well put together story-wise, aside from at the ending of the game. In which (at least the good ending, I haven't played the other ending) seems very forced onto the player, you get a happy ever after with all the Little Sisters, and not more of a realistic ending where it works out, but some things don't.

One good thing in the game are the Plasmids; they are the genetic encoding power-ups you get throughout your journey in Rapture. Some are unlocked through Story progression, meanwhile others are rewards for harvesting ADAM, or even just exploring the different rooms in the game, although most are just bought at the ADAM vending machine. They are pretty balanced, being you as the player needs to be able to use plasmids, as well as using the Weapons in order to fairly get through the game. They need to work together, not seperate power systems throughout the game. for example you can get the frost blast plasmid and then freeze a big daddy stunning him. Then you can shoot him with other weapons while he is frozen, which they balance with the incinerate ability (fire blast). which if you use ice and then fire, it just melts the ice, not being able to have both active on an enemy. Another Good aspect of the game is the Weapons; during my play-through I mostly used the Shotgun, Wrench, and Tommy Gun. Throughout the game you can upgrade your weapons, but only up to 7~ times throughout the game collectively, across all your weapons, so you must choose wisely. Even on easy mode, you will want those upgrades.

Another positive element about the Original Bioshock is the story. You are the sole survivor (or so you think) of a plane crash and stumble upon a lighthouse, bringing you to the great underwater city of RAPTURE. Here, you find your first plasmid on the surface, and are communicating with someone known as Atlas; in which he asks you to help him with helping out in recovering someone/something he needs from the city. "Would you kindly?". Where it leads to you going around a relatively small portion of rapture, searching, finding out what ADAM is, seeing the remaining residents of the broken city; and most of all Andrew Ryan, the supposed crooked villain of the story. But all is revealed throughout the story, As you collect ADAM and grow stronger. In order to escape you will have to turn into a Big Daddy, in order to both, lure the Little Sisters to help you (in the good ending), and it adds an extra layer of defence, armour, and protection to you for the Final Boss fight. Although this is a good game, there are some plot-holes that arise and are never acknowledged in the subsequent games being Bioshock 2 and Infinite.

All in all, Bioshock 1 is a pretty solid game, story and game-play-wise, but overall does lack just that extra oomph that is to be desired.

Please ignore the time played. Played all the way through this twice just not on this platform. The first run took me about 10 hours
Crows: Plasmids are genuinely fun to use: Incinerate, freeze, shock, use telekinesis to toss grenades back in the face of the thrower, etc. Fighting the understandably immediately iconic Big Daddies is quite memorable. For being linear, this does have marvelous levels and I didn't stop enjoying seeing new areas, even when it goes on for too long near the conclusion(where it brings up issues that could be compelling if it wasn't too little and far too late, if some of the twists are cool). Neat idea to have a camera that you take photographs with(to get better at taking out opponents). Attractive, visually and audibly. Voice acting is good. Filters, especially water, looks fantastic. You go up against security in the form of cameras(with a halo of light, meaning that you can figure out the angle they're coming from before you spot it, smart), flying bots and turrets(the latter using machine-guns or rockets), and all three can be turned over to your side.
Cons: Lack of enemy variety. Part of the supposed appeal here is making choices and that mattering, and yet all you can really do is choose between three endings by your actions in this(that is one of the unusual show of guts that this does engage in) and what genetic specials to be carrying around(I swear, they were tossin' 'em at me!), since you can find in excess of the six you can use. While the guns aren't bad, they almost all have the exact same ammo types: Fire, cold, electricity and regular... what's the point of having different ones? At its core, this is a mere FPS(it arms you with a revolver, a shotgun, Tommygun, grenade launcher, chemical thrower(burn, brr, and zap), and crossbow(they can be upgraded, and you can actually see it, physically). ) with one or two unusual features, and as such, it's in no way the best of its kind. A sequel in spirit to System Shock 2, that decades-old(!) product beats it with both arms tied behind its back. While it is a great choice that this severely limits certain things that weren't in SS2: You can only carry so much money, that many bullets, bolts or the like, etc.(Yes, you can find them almost anywhere and I never ran out of anything important... guys, the way you do it is make the availability low). No multi-player. The radio transmissions never seem to shut up, and bugs you if you go exploring(even though that's part of the point). This is also excessively streamlined, if it could be worse.
Mildly recommended, but if you find this sort of thing appealing, I greatly recommend both of its sequels and honestly also System Shock 2 over this
I bought this on sale to try to help others decide if they want to buy this game

Like System Shock 2, minus the stuff that makes me ever want to play it again

Incredible atmosphere, i got jumped by splicers every 10 minutes perfect 10/10 game (i am having seizures)

10/10 Saved every little sister first playthrough

Classic now. One of the greatest games I have ever played. No bullshit launcher, great PC settings, doesn't run like dogshit, no micro transaction DLC bullshit, its just a good game, made by people who wanted to make a good game.

The game is every bit incredible in atmosphere and game play; there are intricate mechanics that were thought out very well during the making of the game, and the world-building is just as good with the audio logs scattered throughout the game.

However, gun play felt very unforgiving. Unless you like accurate gun play, the shotgun feels weak at any distance other than when you're at melee range. It's very hard to get shots to hit with the machine gun, as well. I think it's just me, but I could not git gud throughout the game; I relied heavily on my powers to nerf the enemies to then mow them down. Maybe that was the intention to begin with.

Hacking everything is broken; it's the one mechanic that helped me breeze through the hardest mode.
Resources can me scarce mid-game, but you eventually run out of space near endgame.

I don't know if I'd replay this game, but for a first time experience, it was great; it lived up to the hype.

P.S. - I played Atomic Heart first, so take this critique with a grain of salt.
Addendum -- If you want atmosphere, play this game. If you want stability, play the remaster; this game likes to crash; quicksave is your best friend.

2560x1440 native resolution
4090 laptop GPU
i was trying to all the fixes from the internet for the whole hour, for Bioshock and Bioshock Remastered. First save in the game - it crashes. It keeps crashing all the time I am trying to save the game. Awful experience for such an epic game.
If you have new system - doesn't bother yourself to download/play, even with a huge discount

Has its place in gaming history, but has a major flaw I can't overlook.
The otherwise very effective horror atmosphere is undercut by the lack of any consequences upon player death. No resources are lost, enemy health doesn't regenerate.
Game is at its best when you play it like a sandbox and don't worry about conserving your resources, as you'd think to in a survival horror.
Worth playing through at least once, especially if you haven't been spoiled.

Another overrated classic.

I don't recommend it. 3/10.

Excellent game! Ending was a bit abrupt, but still nice! Gameplay holds up very well and the voice acting is top-notch.

Miserable compatibility, in desperate need of some patching. Remastered version does not help with any of the problems. You could try and put up with the issues, looking all over for fixes, but I have yet to find solutions for borked texture streaming and audio cutoff that work for me.

2K launcher can fuck right off.

10/10. Story, gameplay, gunplay, the visuals - everything in this game is amazing. Its a must have in any videogame collection

would you kindly play this game?
(the original is superior to the remaster)

The pc port fot this is genuinely so broken and outdated, the pipe mini game is an actual lobotomy and the combat is pretty basic and stiff. But its true what they say about Rapture. Very immersive world. It's fun just exploring every corner of this place finding little details and environmental storytelling. I would love a remake of this game one day cause this is barely playable and I hear the remaster is barely an improvement.

Very good game, such brilliant, wowzaz

Just started playing the original BioShock 1 on a Chromebook Acer Spin 713 with 16GB RAM and it's working great. Not as smooth as native apps, but I can play, move, watch cut scenes, and spacial sounds. It seems to have installed the "Windows" version running on this Chromebook. This is so awesome!!! This will keep me entertained in my 20hr plane ride coming soon.

Even in 2025 this game is still worrh your time if you've never played it

One of the best games of all time. If you are a fan of Bendy, Call of Duty, and other FPS then this game is for you. This game has an amazing story and keeps you on your feet.

I really liked the story and I disliked how repetitive the missions are

it's a fun game with amazing voice acting

PLEASE play this game.
Once in a lifetime experience, it's actually amazing.
It was worth every cent, i mean it.

One of the best atmospheres for a game and a super interesting open world to explore with alot of lore. Scared me when i was a kid and still is creepy to me now!

First time completing the game and I can say it's one of the best games I've ever played. The gameplay is fun and the story is interesting along with location. Really the only cons I have is that hacking the safes like 99% of the time is annoying and not worth it along with it's kinda annoying that for some of the big daddies if you fall to a big daddy the little sister will disappear when you go back to the location, only had that issue with the last one, but having to reload a save point multiple times just to do that again since I was going for the save all little sisters ending was a little annoying. Last con is that I wish the boss was worked on more, I don;t mind that the boss was easy, but I just wish they did more since he doesn't have much different moves along with him calling in assistance doesn't make the boss fight a little more challenging.

I'll give this game a 9.0/10

Okay game, atrocious port
Honestly the game fell off majorly at the halfway point but its still okay

I've heard so much about this game for years. I have always wanted to try it. I have finally gotten the chance. I am thoroughly enjoying it so far. It is a story on rails type of game to some extent. But, it does offer puzzles and problem solving to get to your desired result.

The game lives up to the hype.

A wonderous classic! Take an amuesing and fantastic dive into the beautiful city of Rapture! Meet legends amoungst your travels and transform yourself into the best version of yourself! From plasmids, to gunplay (after some time to get used to it), and the story. I fell in love with this game after barely managing to kill my first "Big-Daddy". When I got hit with the choice to "Harvest or Free" the 'little sister', I made a stalwart choice to save them all. Now, as I finish the game, I feel my heartstings being pulled and rejoiced in my idea to buy the entire series. Play this before any other bioshock game, you will have a blast and might even shed a tear of two...

Unnecessary blasphemy
I will never understand the western belief that all scripts must contain a character saying Jesus Christ like it's a curse word.
There are thousands of video games and movies and television show in other countries that can go without doing that once.
Is it contractual? Is it an obligation? It is so unnecessary.

10/10
The characters' premise fits my needs of perspective.
This might not mean anything, and I apologize if this isn't misleading.
I don't leave bad reviews, all efforts are a perfect score.

i cant urge you enough, play the original, not the remaster, the graphics and art style really pop, and alot of that was dulled in the remaster in favour of pointless assets and way to much lighting effects, not to mention the fact that its way easier to get this to run at 100 plus fps, but for some reason the remaster has a strange 30fps cap which makes zero sense on pc, easy to fix but still odd...

A well written open letter to an author who died twenty-five years before its release.

was wandering aimlessly, atempted to take on some fucko in an old ass diving sould, got the shit beaten out of me, next time im cowering in fear
10/10

Somewhere beyond the sea
Somewhere waiting for me
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailin'
Somewhere beyond the sea
She's there watching for me
If I could fly like birds on high
Then straight to her arms
I'd go sailing
It's far beyond the stars
It's near beyond the moon
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailing
I know beyond a doubt, ah
My heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet (I know we'll meet) beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailing
No more sailing
So long sailing
Bye bye sailing

It's Bioshock. - Enough said

The game that started a phenomenon. I still prefer this entry to the presumptious and dumbed down Infinit.

Lot of technical issues due to game age, I suggest you to play the Remastered edition with those 2 mods to keep it closer to the original look: "Reflective water surfaces for Bioshock" and "Visual fixes and original aesthetics for Bioshock Remastered"

I won't rate it negatively because it's a really, really good game but I had to switch to the remaster since this version was barely playable.

Apparently, it's a great game, though it does not work properly. I have constant crashes when saving the game. I spent two hours trying to find a fix, but it didn’t work. 0/10 experience.

This game is awesome, as someone who went into the series blind with no previous nostalgia or biases towards the series. Its a decent experience that will keep you on your toes the whole way through, the atmosphere is amazing and feels insanely well thought out and is blooming with creativity, the weapons are interesting and most of them have a purpose gameplay and lore wise. However, some complaints i have: The battles, gameplay, and general objectives get very tedious late game, the enemies become literal bullet sponges that have no depth to them, even the big daddies are a heated case. The first 3 times you fight them are pretty intense and decently fun, but all big daddies. Even though theres different types, mainly are the same, one can shoot a gun and throw bombs, and the other can run really fast and slow down time, interesting, right? Yes, but after a bit it numbs down to just "shoot and run away, stun with plasmid if too close" not to mention, they arent really a challenge after you get the grenade launcher. The combat can go from: "so easy it makes me sleep" to "unfair janky mess that nobody could normally survive without dying once" and theres no real middle line, whilst the plasmid system is interesting and can provide rich attacks and combos that pump up the gameplay, most of them go completely useless, half of them arent even needed to beat the game, you could easily beat the game with just the electrical, fire. and telekenesis plasmids. The final boss was way to easy, i didnt even die once, and i was at around 30 healh during the fight, the ending ( the good one at least ) was actually really heartwarming, but no credits screen or anything like a "GOOD JOB YOU BEAT THE GAME" screen? it just cuts you back to the main title screen, there is a credits button there but you have to manually activate it. Ignoring all these problems, or if you just get use to them and stop caring, bioshock is an amazing game with loads of creativity strung throughout the whole thing, a must see for anybody wanting an story filled fps game with stunning atmospheres and rpg elements splattered throughout.

this game fucking rocks, i just wish it didnt have so many issues with playing on modern hardware with modern comfort expectations.

My god, as a game that was made in 07 it looks 10x better than fallout 3. The story, is peak. The game can be a bit hard at times but, overall, great story telling and atmosphere. i will say, i got soft locked during the last boss fight as i had no money and only made 1 same to the game. Fail on my end ;-;

Would you kindly buy this game, and play it till the end. because its great.

It was one of the most memorable games I've ever played years ago.....and playing it again decades after, it still proves to be one of the most immersive, compelling, unique and challenging games to be played by survival and psychological horror enthusiasts out there. Highly recommended. You're missing out if you don't dare to enter the fascinating and macabre depths of Rapture.

The levels, art-style and gameplay are awesome.

I really really enjoyed this game. A good balance of horror and shooter. I think what made me enjoy this a lot was how much it felt like Bendy and the Ink Machine, and after some research Bioshock was actually an inspiration for the Bendy franchise. So thats very very cool, cant wait to play through the rest of the games.

This game holds a special spot in my childhood, I was terrified of this game as a kid. It was something i looked forward to regardless if i was scared or not. It is a staple, and deserves to be remembered. If they ever make a 4th game, I want it to be just like this.

Rating: 10/10

BioShock, released in 2007 by 2K Games and developed by Irrational Games, is one of the most iconic and influential FPS games of all time. Combining deep storytelling, immersive world-building, and unique gameplay mechanics, BioShock delivers an unforgettable experience that blends philosophical themes with tense survival horror elements.

Whether you're exploring the haunting underwater city of Rapture for the first time or replaying to catch every detail, BioShock remains an absolute must-play.

Why BioShock is a Timeless Classic
🌊 Incredible Setting – Welcome to Rapture
The game’s biggest strength is Rapture, a beautifully crafted underwater dystopia, built as a utopia of freedom and innovation but ultimately destroyed by greed, power, and madness. From the moment you descend into the ocean, the game grips you with its haunting atmosphere and stunning Art Deco architecture.

📖 A Deep and Thought-Provoking Story
BioShock is more than just an FPS—it’s a narrative masterpiece. It explores themes of free will, objectivism, and morality, heavily inspired by Ayn Rand’s philosophy. The story twists and turns in unexpected ways, leading to one of the most famous plot twists in gaming history.

🔫 Satisfying and Unique Gameplay
The mix of guns and Plasmids (genetic powers) creates incredibly fun combat. You can freeze enemies, set them on fire, electrocute water puddles, or turn enemies against each other. This freedom allows for creative and strategic encounters.

🧬 Little Sisters and Big Daddies – A Moral Dilemma
Throughout the game, you must decide whether to harvest or save the Little Sisters, which affects the story’s outcome. Protecting or fighting the terrifying Big Daddies, their monstrous guardians, makes for some of the most intense fights in the game.

🎶 Incredible Sound Design and Atmosphere
The eerie 50s-era music, distant whale calls, and creepy echoes of insane Splicers roaming Rapture make every corridor unsettling. The voice acting is also top-tier, with unforgettable performances that bring Rapture’s tragic inhabitants to life.

Any Flaws?
❌ Some Clunky Combat Mechanics
The shooting mechanics can feel a little stiff compared to modern FPS games, but the unique powers and strategy compensate for this.

❌ Hacking Minigame Can Be Repetitive
Hacking turrets and vending machines is useful, but the pipe-connecting minigame gets old fast. Fortunately, later games refined this mechanic.

Conclusion
BioShock isn’t just a great game—it’s a work of art. Its story, setting, and atmosphere make it a must-play for any gamer who loves deep narratives and immersive worlds.

🔹 Rating: 10/10 – A masterpiece that still holds up today. Would you kindly play it?

The fact that this game is one of the grandfathers of fps games like DOOM and Wolfenstein, I have to say this game is a classic masterpiece. I played it on console during Covid for the first time and had nothing in my interest but Bioshock for months straight. Got all the merch and watched every video essay there is. This game means so, so much to me to the point where I'll die playing it. Highly recommend this one if you like immersive stories with a lack of cut-scenes and a pack of action.

I originally played the Remastered because I got it for free on Epic Games but the Remaster is so shit I hated the game originally. But I'm really big on Immersive Sims. So I gave it another try and this time I played the original. Now I can say... I love the game!