BioShock Reviews

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

I was invested from the very start; they establish right off the bat just how savage Rapture is, so I imagined the character thinking, "What have I got myself into?"
But the long-term goal turns from simply getting yourself to safety to taking down the tyrannical overlord pretty quickly, before I really had a chance to take everything in, which made the whole middle section seem kind of unfocused. It doesn't help any that the game keeps throwing more obstacles in your way before you can complete your objective; those smaller goals kept making me lose track of what the ultimate objective was. Luckily, that aspect lessened as the game progressed, and that's when it perked up again for me.
My absolute favourite aspect was the game's back-story and the conflict that brought Rapture to the state it's in now, which I do feel is far more interesting than the game itself.
Still, the twist involving your character's origin is a really good one. And that line, "A man chooses, a slave obeys," is going to stick with me till the day I die.
So on the whole, I enjoyed this game. I don't think it's going to become one of my all-time favourites or anything, but it was a fun sit with an inspired back-story to cherish.

My rating: 75%