BioShock™
As someone who doesn’t typically enjoy shooters, and someone who has no nostalgia for the title, I can safely say this game is legitimately worthy of it’s praise as a classic.
The Good:
- Beautiful environments and a wonderful overall aesthetic. The immersive undersea late 1950-60s city that you find yourself exploring is not only a very unique location for a game, but it’s also just masterfully crafted. They really blew me away with just how interesting they were able to make every area. It was the kind of location I seriously would love to see in real life, a sort of dream environment as it were.
– Real player with 67.7 hrs in game
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Bioshock is one of the most expertly made games I have ever played. The game takes place in a ciy called Rapture, a city under the sea created by Andre Ryan to be a utopia, where people’s dreams would not be limited by things such as government or morality. You play as Jack, a man in a plane crash that landed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, who finds a Lighthouse that leads to Rapture, now ruined and destroyed due to a war created by Atlas, a man who leads a rebellion group against Andrew Ryan, and wants to help you survive as you fight Splicers (genetic mutants created by splicing up on something called ADAM; a substance found at the bottom of the ocean that can be used for a variety of purpose. Medical, entertainment, or even getting powers called Plasmids) and Big Daddies, protecters of the Little Sisters, who hold sea slugs in their stomachs that produce loads of ADAM.
– Real player with 62.9 hrs in game
Building 847
A short but thoroughly enjoyable indie storytelling experience!
I wasn’t sure I’d get through it in one sitting, but I found the ambiance very compelling and surprisingly tasteful in all its lighting and sound effects, so I couldn’t stop until the end. Overall, the writing does a great job at introducing what ended up being a rather intriguing story, so it was easy to follow along even without any voice acting.
Very promising. Looking forward for future titles from these devs!
– Real player with 1.8 hrs in game
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The ambience of this game is through the roof!
Sound quality is good, it really sells you the mystery and the thriller inducing chills imo.
Now i will be describing some of the good and some of the problems and i don’t want to spoil things so play the game 1st then read the next part.
! Some pros:
! * I already told this but the ambience this game delivers is really good from the sound quality and overall gloomy and dark atmosphere really gives this game a boost.* I love detective/mystery games and if there’s a slight thriller/horror vibe to it i love it even more (e.g of games i love detective wise (sam and max, monkey island, the sinking city, wolf among us, the long reach, the last door series, disco elisium etc)).
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game
BioShock™ Remastered
Amazing game, buried at sea (aka ‘The Plane Wasn’t The Only Thing That Crashed’)
As much as it pains me to say (because the story, setting, music, and gameplay are excellent), severe issues make it difficult to recommend Bioshock Remastered in it’s current state (as of July 2017). Crashes are frequent and sometimes result in deleted saves. If you insist on playing this game now, be prepared to babysit your saves and redo sections you’ve already completed.
Pro Tip:
Save every 5-10 minutes or so, then move your save file out of the default directory: C:\Users\ProfileName\Documents\BioshockHD\Bioshock\SaveGames\
– Real player with 53.4 hrs in game
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Detailed review without any major spoilers.
The whole game takes place in Rapture - an underwater city. Don’t expect to be in the water though. It’s hard to follow the story mostly because of the sound quality, almost everything you hear is coming through a radio. There aren’t many people you can interact with and by that I mean actual characters that matter. There are literally unlimited number of enemies though. They seem to spawn every now and then so you never feel like you’re running around in an empty map.
– Real player with 48.4 hrs in game
INDUSTRIA
A stunningly beautiful experience wrapped around an unresolved science-fiction story. It is more of a walking simulator than a combat game.
The main reason to play Industria is to wander through and observe the game world. Everything is gorgeous and evocative. Level design, lighting, and little details all come together to create a very specific atmosphere.
Yes, there is some combat, and it’s fine, but this is really not a combat game. The action is there to enhance the sense of danger and alienation.
– Real player with 6.8 hrs in game
The game is quite intriguing, and the plot grabed my attention the whole time. After finishing I left the game wanting to know more about that world, to know exactly what was happening.
Playing through it you can definitely feel how influential the Half Life franchise was to the developers. Be it the opening, the city design and even some sound effects. One important aspect that helps to differentiate it from HL is the main character being voiced (I know Alyx is voice on HL:A but you get what I mean) and imo the VO was good.
– Real player with 6.4 hrs in game
Northern Journey
Level design, music and art style absolutely on point: every area is distinct, looks great, has its own unique vibe. They are mostly quite vertical, which is also very nice. Sometimes progression is a bit confusing, but nothing too frustrating here. A lot of areas have little unique mechanics made just for them, lots of nice touches.
Combat is sadly not so great, although 95% of the time at least tolerable. Some enemy attack animations are way off actual attack hitboxes, melee enemies tend to stick to you on contact, hitting repeatedly. Some boss arenas consist of series of narrow bridges/pieces of land with instant drown pits inbetween which is also annoying. It’s generally alright as long as you don’t focus on it too much - imo combat here is just to act as intermissions between exploration and exploration, which is the actual main focus of the game.
– Real player with 15.4 hrs in game
This is a very memorable game that deserves more recognition. It’s extremely strange in a charming way with a lot of variety and surprises, as well as some unexpected humor. This is a very impressive game to have been made by one person, and without reusing almost any content through its full 10-15 hour length; every area has its own unique enemies, hazards and music. There’s a lot of rough edges, but also a lot of smart design like enemies having clear sound cues to let you know when they’re offscreen or health pickups being placed strategically on walkable ledges to let you know where you can go. It gives you just enough information to understand its mechanics and know how to deal with its more esoteric hazards without ever holding your hand. Some of the levels work better than others, and I thought the last third or so of the game was weaker than the rest due to some annoying encounters and gimmicks that went on for too long, but it’s overall a good experience backed up by an evocative and memorable soundtrack. (The soundtrack even comes with the game, it’s just included next to its files, and this is a soundtrack I would have been willing to pay for separately.)
– Real player with 14.4 hrs in game
Unknown Woods
Rough around the edges but very fun. Fun spooks.
For those who like no hand-holding hardcore exploration.
– Real player with 3.6 hrs in game
Really great game
Looking forward for more
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
Arcadian Rift
An upcoming sci fi FPS game being created in Unreal Engine.
Take on the role of a pirate in a star system devoid of government and laws. Use your arsenal of weapons, gadgets, and upgrades to hunt down the four rogue AI which have conquered the system.
ABILITIES & GADGETS
Choose from a variety of gadgets and abilities which can be used in combat to spice up gameplay.
UPGRADES
There are also upgrades which can be used to build your character into unique paths. Pretty cool yo.
You can follow the development of the game on David R. B.’s YouTube channel where he posts monthly updates!
BioShock® 2
BioShock 2, the very definition of a misunderstood sequel!
And so here I was, about 4 years after I played the original BioShock for the first time (the one on steam was the second) and was left amazed by the marvellously haunting underwater world and history of Rapture, the time had come to see how the story moved on.
Truth be told, I am by nature negatively biased towards sequels of great games, since the result rarely is on par with the originals.
At the same time, from online reviews and friends opinions I was expecting a generally mediοcre sequel, not really bad, but a lot inferior.
– Real player with 114.3 hrs in game
“Would I recommend this game” is a difficult question. The game itself is good. It may be the weakest installment in the Bioshock franchise to date, but the weakest installment of an amazing series is still pretty great. The reason I decided to say “no” is because of the amount of crap I had to go through just to get the game to play. I have about 16 hours of playtime logged, and I’m willing to bet a good half of it was spent troubleshooting, checking to see if various fixes worked, replaying segments and sometimes entire levels… it got old, fast. For a game that’s been out for so long to not have a single fix for everything is pretty inexcusable, especially one that you’re expected to pay for. I ended up looking up various guides on Steam and 2K’s support forum to get the game to work, uninstalling and reinstalling the game twice, uninstalling and reinstalling programs on my computer, tinkering with files, settings, and compatibility modes, even editing the .ini file itself. The most prominent issues I had were it constantly crashing shortly after starting the game (just when you get the rivet gun), on the loading screen to Siren Alley, the loading screen for Fontaine Futuristics, and near the end of the Fontaine Futuristics level. All of these required multiple attempts on my part to fix and finally finish.
– Real player with 54.6 hrs in game
Metro: Last Light Redux
Love the dark, claustrophobic feeling of this game.
– Real player with 99.6 hrs in game
One of must play games of 21st century.
Russia without Putin is such a great paradise even after nuclear war!
– Real player with 35.8 hrs in game
Metro 2033 Redux
In Fallout games you hunt Mutants.
In Metro games Mutants hunt you…
And in Mother Russia, Chuck Norris still kills you… shame on you for doubting him… 🤬
– Real player with 40.7 hrs in game
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– Real player with 27.4 hrs in game