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sinha on 15 August 2007

MASTERPIECE OF MADNESS

Bottom Line: 10

"It’s ingenious, enthralling, and a masterpiece of the most epic proportions."

Second Opinion: 10

"In terms of delivering chilling atmosphere, dynamic combat, and startling revelations, games just don’t come any better than BioShock."

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Edit: Eurogamer 10/10

"...all that remains is to insist that anyone with a PC or a 360 goes out and buys this wonderful game on the 24th of August, and send a message to the entire games industry that this is the kind of game that people want. BioShock not only lives up to its lofty promise, but exceeds it through simple, old fashioned talent and imagination - not to mention verve, style,class, wit, and sheer bloody-minded ambition. It takes the tired, worn-out FPS genre by the scruff of the neck and reinvents it in such a breathtaking fashion that it's going to take something very special to top this in the months ahead. For a game to be so outstanding in one department is one thing - to manage to tick every single box from graphics to audio to gameplay depth to atmosphere and innovation is pretty much unprecedented. Seriously - if you don't find something to love about BioShock, we'd recommenced a trip to the nearest doctor to check if your heart's still beating."

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Reviews so far

That is 24 reviews with an average score of 97.3.

[I haven't seen these, but according to Legend11: three 10/10s from EGM, 10/10 OXM Australia, 10/10 X360 Gamer, 94/100 Alemania Xbox Live]

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Wow. I knew it would be great just because the story sounds so amazing but I thought BioShock would fall just behind the other big 2007 games (Mass Effect, Halo 3, Mario Galaxy) for GOTY, but after playing the demo and seeing these reviews, I think this game is the early frontrunner.

The question now is how far up the all-time game score rankings it will climb.



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It's a virus where you buy it and you play it with your friends and they're like, "Oh my God that's so cool, I'm gonna go buy it." So you stop playing it after two months, but they buy it and they stop playing it after two months but they've showed it to someone else who then go out and buy it and so on. Everyone I know bought one and nobody turns it on. - Epic Games president Mike Capps

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dtewi on 15 August 2007

I had no doubt this was a AAA title.



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Itsudatte itsudatte itsudatte

Sugu yoko de waratteita

Nakushitemo torimodosu kimi wo

I will never leave you

sieanr on 15 August 2007

goty imho



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Lost tears of Kain on 15 August 2007

heck yes, i knew it would be a AAA title as soon as i watched gameplay and learned of the storyline, man THIS GAME RULES



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naznatips on 15 August 2007

The game is getting the amazing reviews I expected out of it. I certainly think this is an easy contender for GotY. There are so many contenders this year though it's tough to figure out who will get it. Either way, Bioshock is an amazing looking game and I can't wait to get it.



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wareagle372 on 15 August 2007

wow........ this must be one of those underrated games. In that case, i'm buying this game!!! Ebgames, here i come!!!



 

BrainBoxLtd on 15 August 2007

I played Demo and I still don't see what's got everyone so worked up. I enjoyed it, but it still seems like an ideal rental. Reading the Eurogamer review they say "The overarching nature of the game is still admittedly linear," and when you die "essentially what happens is you get regenerated in a nearby pod, and carry on the fight from where you left off" and it sounds like a very strict narrative so I doubt there's much room for alternative endings or what not. Wish they mentioned how long the game clocks in at. EDIT: Looked at Game Informer's review, 15-20 hours and there is a second ending. Least that answers my question.



mr-money on 15 August 2007

brainbox, the demo is a tutorial, it's the beginning of the game. things later on will no doubt get much meatier.



BrainBoxLtd on 15 August 2007
mr-money said:
brainbox, the demo is a tutorial, it's the beginning of the game. things later on will no doubt get much meatier.

I'm aware of that, but a lot of people were really taken by the Demo and loved it, and I felt it was just okay, so I think there's some disconnect for me and this game.

Arkk on 15 August 2007
BrainBoxLtd said:
mr-money said:
brainbox, the demo is a tutorial, it's the beginning of the game. things later on will no doubt get much meatier.

 

I'm aware of that, but a lot of people were really taken by the Demo and loved it, and I felt it was just okay, so I think there's some disconnect for me and this game.

I myself felt like the demo was fantastic. I posted this on my own thread yesterday.

I was expecting big things from this game, but not neccessarily this big. It's kind of funny how you can tell when games are going to get good reviews by how excited the people from the websites or magazines get while previewing the product. Just by that vibe alone I knew that this gamewould get good reviews. but 10's. Wow.



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