| darthdevidem01 said: @Rocketpig does it apparently have a story & narrative on the level of RPG's?? if so I'll buy it...unless Fallout 3 comes out the same month |
Irrational (now 2k) had a great idea with BioShock. They failed and succeeded on various levels. The game world is probably my favorite game world of all time (Rapture is absolutely amazing) and the overall feel of the game is extraordinary.
They based it on Objectivism created by Ayn Rand. Having read a lot of Rand during my college years, this excited me to no end. Unfortunately, Irrational took the idea and shit all over it, softballing the subject and cheapening a game that could have been amazing on every level of play. It's too bloody linear, the player is given little real choice (quite the irony given the subject of Objectivism), and the last third of the story makes you regret ever playing past the point of Andrew Ryan's office.
And the actual gameplay is a regression from their previous series, System Shock. Almost all real RPG elements were removed from BioShock (though there are a few fluff elements left in for effect).
It's a very good game but given the potential, it could have redefined how we think about video games if Irrational would have gone that extra mile to really intellectually challenge the player with Objectivism, its flaws, and individual choice.
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