Product Description

BioShock lets you do the impossible as you explore a mysterious underwater city. When your plane crashes, you discover Rapture - an underwater Utopia torn apart by civil war. Caught between powerful forces and hunted down by genetically modified "splicers" and deadly security systems, you have to come to grips with a deadly, mysterious world filled with powerful technology and fascinating characters. As little girls loot the dead, and biologically mutated citizens ambush you at every turn. Now you're trapped, caught in the middle of a genetic war that will challenge both your capacity to survive and your moral allegiance to your own humanity. Make meaningful and mature decisions that culminate in the grand question - do you exploit the innocent survivors of Rapture to save yourself - or risk all to become their savior?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #247 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: 2K Games
• Released on: 2007-08-21
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: Windows XP
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Features

• Biologically mod your body with plasmids - genetic augmentations that empower you with dozens of fantastic abilities
• Take control of your world by hacking devices and systems
• Upgrade your weapons at Fire-For-Effect stations located through Rapture
• Pick up materials in the city to modify them at U-Invent kiosks
• Explore an incredible and unique art deco world hidden deep under the ocean, vividly illustrated with realistic water effects

Customer Reviews

Deserves 5 stars. "Rootkit" is a misnomer.
This is no cookie cutter first person shooter.
This is a GREAT game with:
A fantastic plot,
an interesting, unique gameplay
a beautiful, unique look,
and fine voice acting with a great soundtrack.

There are those who wish to punish any company that tries to put any kind of DRM (copy protection) on their games.
Those are the people giving this an undeserved 1-star rating.
I agree that DRM punishes honest users and does nothing to stop pirating.

However, this game is worthy of a 5-star game-of-the-year rating.
And the rootkit business is bunk:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070826-clearing-the-air-bioshock-does-not-contain-a-rootkit.html

Enjoy!

twisted. creepy. great prospects ruined.
the game looked great. it had all the makings of a 5 star game. that said, it's too twisted, too gruesome, too sadistic. they could've gone in much better directions keeping the same gameplay/campaign style game in tact. if you don't like scary things, (like i don't), pass on the game. it's not worth it. halfway through, i'm done. too creepy.

Bioshock smells like it had more than one in the stink
Bioshock is a great game....for about 40 minutes. After that its story gets convoluted and tries to be smarter than it is. And like most things that fall into that hole, it throws in a M Night Shamalayn patented "twist" into the mix, which fails miserably.

This game had promise, it has an interesting mechanic and decent graphics, but the story leaves a lot to be desired and the combat is repetitive and boring.

Its a shame as what I read the original story was going to be, involving cult deprogramers and the like, was scrapped for this horrible stuff.

Download the demo, it will leave a better taste in your mouth and you won't get to the crap nougat center of this game. And you can avoid all that license protection stuff too. Fun times.