Finding himself trapped in a strange and dangerous dystopia, and with only a mysterious man called Atlas helping him, Jack has no choice but to fight for his survival against Rapture's mutated and monstrous denizens, using all types of weapons and genetic enhancements, as he searches for a way to return to the surface. BioShock received high praise in critical reviews for its atmospheric audio and visual quality, absorbing and original plot, and its unique gaming experience.īioShock takes place in 1960, where Jack, the sole survivor of a plane crash in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, discovers the entrance to the recluse underwater city of Rapture, at the end of a civil war which left most of it in disrepair. The game itself is described by the developers as a 'spiritual successor' to their previous PC title System Shock 2.

The philosophy, architecture, and society of Rapture were strongly inspired by the works of Ayn Rand, especially the novel Atlas Shrugged.

While exploring the underwater dystopia, Rapture, the player is urged to turn everything into a weapon: biologically modifying their own body with Plasmids, hacking devices and systems, upgrading their weapons, crafting new ammo variants, and experimenting with different battle techniques are all possible. A sequel, BioShock 2, was released in February 9, 2010.īioShock is a ' genetically enhanced', action-adventure, horror-themed first person shooter by Irrational Games. The Mac OS X version of the game was published by Feral Interactive and released on October 22, 2009. It was released on Augin North America, and on August 24 in Europe and Australia, with a standard edition and a limited edition. So I ask you my friend, if your life were the prize, would you kill the innocent? Would you sacrifice your humanity? We all make choices, but in the end…our choices…make…us!” ― Andrew RyanīioShock is the first game of the BioShock series.

I built a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the great would not be constrained by the small, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality. BioShock Official Website “ A man has a choice, I chose the impossible.

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