By Garrett Bush
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/bioshock/sc
reenshots/gameShotId,249125/
Platforms: PC (2007), Xbox 360 (2007) ,PS3 (2008) , Mac (2009)
Published by: 2K Games
Developers: Irrational Games (PC, 360), 2K Marin (PS3), 2K Australia (PS3), Digital
Extremes (PS3), Feral Interactive (Mac), and Demiurge Studios
Genre: First Person Shooter, Action
ESRB Rating: Mature
• Audio diaries scattered throughout game
• Add to storyline, and atmosphere
• Pivotal for the full experience
• This diary really gives player a sense of the descent into madness
Rapture goes through
• Poetry, within an audio diary, within a subplot of a videogame
• Intricacy
• Full world player discovers
• Audio diaries scattered throughout game
• Add to storyline, and atmosphere
• Pivotal for the full experience
• This diary really gives player a sense of the descent into madness Rapture
goes through
• Poetry, within an audio diary, within a subplot of a videogame
• Intricacy
• Entire world player discovers
Review Scores
Awards
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1UP.com = A+
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Electronic Gaming Monthly = •
10/10
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Eurogamer = 10/10
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Game Informer = 10/10
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Gamespot = 9/10
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GameTrailers = 9.5/10
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IGN = 9.7/10
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Official Xbox Magazine =
10/10
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PC Gamer UK = 95%
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PC Zone = 96%
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SpikeTV = 2007 Best Game •
The Boston Glove
BAFTA = 2007 Best Game
Chicago Sun-Times
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X-Play = 2007 Game of the •
Year
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IGN = 2007 PC Game of the
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Year
Wired
Los Angeles Times
The New York Times
AIAS
• 2007 Outstanding
Achievement in: Art
Direct, Original Music
Composition, Sound
Design, and Story
Development
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Positive Press Reviews from:
Game Informer = 2007 Game
of the Year
Bioshock has been
nominated to appear in
the new Smithsonian
exhibit on videogames.
Go online today and vote
for it. It’s competing
against Halo 3 and
Gears of War 2…as if
they could compare.