Although there are many ways to kill your foes, but there's almost always only one way to finish the level. The game mechanics doesn't have a lot of depth to it either. These plasmids (ie special powers) at least manage to make the game more fun. I would've classified the "shooter" aspect of Bioshock as extremely poor, except the Plasmids managed to save the game from becoming too boring. As for the enemies, I think there's always the same 5 or 6 enemies coming at you for the entire game. It didn't take me long to realize that my Wrench could dispatch my enemies far more efficiently than any other weapon. Sometimes it takes me nearly an entire clip of machine gun or chemical thrower ammunition to take down two splicers. It's disheartening to see ordinary monsters withstand 2-3 direct hits from a fully upgraded shotgun at close range. Weapons were mostly boring and underpowered. The "shooter" aspect of this first-person shooter left a lot to be desired too. It's not at all like Half-Life 2 or Deux Ex or Thief, where each level felt unique. The only ones that stood out were the very beginning of the game (crash site to first bathysphere ride) and maybe the arboretum level. I could look at countless screen shots, and I'd have a hard time differentiating between levels. Once you've played the first level of Rapture, you've pretty much seen all the game has to offer - in terms of graphics (and in terms of gameplay too). Honestly, 99% of the game had the exact same look. A lot of backtracking to mask the small size of the levels.Īnd although the art design was pretty good, it was very repetitive. I thought the level design was fairly mediocre, as the game suffers from typical console-itis. Strictly in terms of gameplay, there wasn't much depth to it. Reading the reviews, I got the impression that this was some sort of ground breaking, earth shattering, revolutionary game. but nowhere near as good as all the reviews are making it out to be. On the contrary I felt it was a pretty good gaming experience. And I must say, that game has got to be one of the most overrated video games in history. Well, I finally finished Bioshock for the PC.
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