Everyone loves Bioshock, right?
Well, erm, sort of.
Maybe not everyone, after all.
Chris is in rant mode..
Im going to start this off on a positive note.BioshockIS a good game.
It looks fantastic, has a decent storyline, an imaginative environment and some excellent set pieces.
Its a damn good FPS.
Thats the problem though.
Its a good FPS… in a market crammed to the tits with good FPS games.
I wanted something genuinely different from Bioshock something revolutionary.
Lets go back in time a bit…System Shock 2was an awesome game.
During a time full of repetitive shooters,SS2was genuinely terrifying, unsettling and had oceans of depth.
If it werent forBioshocks lineage, I might be less critical.
I might be able to overlook how linear it is.
I also might ignore how damn easy it is.
The plasmid/tonic system sees you become gradually more powerful, while your enemies do not.
Like I mentioned earlier,Bioshockis very, very good.
All this has left me in a very tough spot.
Give the game some real depth, rather than these interchangeable super powers.
Im sure that for the console market,Bioshockis revolutionary.
I cant blame the devs its the way the market has turned out.
For further evidence, look at the sales figures forDefcon, Psychonauts, DarwiniaandBeyond Good & Evil).
Rating:
3 out of 5
