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BioShock

Shooter Puzzle Role-playing (RPG) Adventure Action Science fiction Horror Stealth Open world
87
User Score
3,081 ratings
93
Critic Score
8 reviews
August 21, 2007
Released 6786 days ago
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Hype
PC (Microsoft Windows) Mac Xbox 360

About

BioShock is a horror-themed first-person shooter set in a steampunk underwater dystopia. 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. The game is described by the developers as a spiritual successor to their previous PC title System Shock 2. BioShock received high praise in critical reviews for its atmospheric audio and visual quality, absorbing and original plot and its unique gaming experience.

Storyline

In the year 1960, a plane crashes in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with a man named Jack as the only survivor. He has the apparent luck of resurfacing in front of what looks like a door to an underwater complex. Without hesitating, Jack enters the door and is greeted by slogans that praise the city of Rapture, a paradise of free will built in the 1940s by a business magnate named Andrew Ryan. However, even before he assimilates all this new information, the descent to this supposed paradise ends and he can only see ruins and chaos. Learning about the destiny of Rapture will be now Jack's main motivation while he tries to survive the horrors that free can create.

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Trailer

VGA 2006 Trailer

Release Dates by Platform

PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Aug 21, 2007
Xbox 360 Worldwide
Aug 21, 2007
Xbox 360 Worldwide
Aug 24, 2007
Xbox 360 Worldwide
Feb 21, 2008
Mac Worldwide
Oct 7, 2009
Mac Worldwide
Oct 23, 2009

Game Info

Developer
2K Boston, 2K Australia
Publisher
2K Games
Engine
Havok, Unreal Engine 2.5
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Genres
Shooter Puzzle Role-playing (RPG) Adventure
Themes
Action Science fiction Horror Stealth Open world

Languages

Audio / Voice
Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico), English, French, German, Italian
Text / Subtitles
Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Mexico), English, English, French, French, German, German, Italian, Italian, Spanish (Spain)

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