....actually kinda lame.

Bioshock is that brand new game that was hammered into our psyches over the past month or so with the little girl and the big robot. My brother actually borrowed it from a friend, and he didn't care much for it, calling it lame. So, instead of just taking his word for it, I decided to play it. I've played it twice for several hours and I can say this game is pretty bad.

As far as pros go, it is set in a unique environment, an underwater city in the art deco period. It also picks up almost right away, about 5 minutes, so, it does better then some games at throwing you right into the action. There is also fairly good use of environments and weapons, but that's about all that's good about it.

The bad news, well, the gameplay is kinda lame. You basically fight insane people and eventually, you get superpowers. It sounds good, but the way the commericals put it, it makes it seem that you're a normal person in this extrodinary circumstances, but upon a few minutes later into the game, you get special powers. It would make this game worth while if these powers were good through out the entire game, but after the first hour, these powers are pretty much useless and you might as well stick to regular weapons. As mood goes, this is almost an equivalent to a flat 2d work of a mood piece, that it just makes a creepy dark mood, but that also brings in another problem. This problem is that this game doesn't quite know what it wants to be. It doesn't know if it wants to be a FPS like Unreal tournament or a survival thriller like Resident Evil. Then it throws in RPG elements to further this problem. It's also graphically confused, it tried to be realistically done, but it also has noticable elements of cel shading in it. On top of all this, the game isn't hard, it is just frustrating, as in there is no penalty for dying, you just get sent back a ways back to a vita-chamber to redo a section of the level again. It not bad if you die a few times, but enemies respawn and this can get frustrating.


Overall, this game is really lackluster and not really worth the price. This might be something good outta the bargin bin, but don't buy it at $60, it will make you mad.