Product Description

BioShock X360

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #252 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: 2K Games
• Released on: 2007-08-21
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: Xbox 360
• Dimensions: 2.00 pounds

Features

• Biologically mod your body with plasmids - genetic augmentations that empower you with dozens of fantastic abilities
• Take control of your world by hacking devices and systems
• Upgrade your weapons at Fire-For-Effect stations located through Rapture
• Pick up materials in the city to modify them at U-Invent kiosks
• Explore an incredible and unique art deco world hidden deep under the ocean, vividly illustrated with realistic water effects

Customer Reviews

Everything came together
Future classic.
It's just great when I game brings everything together. Some new innovations without "forcing" novelties. An interesting and interactive storyline. And incredible world building. I'd even find myself just checking out the fish outside the windows, and looked forward to the diaries, while getting freaked out by some of the set-ups.

Pretty much, hands down, the greatest video game ever
Anyone who knows me knows that I loathe, with an unhealthy passion, First Person Shooter games; well, to be more fair, the Army FPS, the Call of Duty series is so dull it's put me to sleep, not a fan of the Halo series either, as it seems to polished and over the top; BioShock is the anti-Halo, it's a murky, dark, disturbing, creepy and absolutely brilliant game.

Long has it been, actually since the first Fable game was released, that I was in such overwhelming awe of a game, but oddly enough, like with some of my favorite things it took some initial warming up to. I had bought a 360 with Dead Rising (disappointment) Overlord (waste of money) and this game, based solely on my cousin's comment of "you can kill little kids." I laughed and said "Alright, sold."

What I got, my word, was so much more than a mindless sandbox game like the GTA series or something boring and predictable like the Call of Duty games, I got a game that was dangerous to a degree because although it was interesting at first it became absolutely enticing eventually, mainly because to quote Videodrome "it has a philosophy".

I'm a sucker for dark science fiction; dystopian worlds, strong positive ideals turned to complete trash by the inherent evil in man; that is what BioShock is; a world completely torn to shred by ideals gone horribly, horrible wrong.

Science has failed, Ayn Rand's philosophy has failed; it's an underwater world of dismay, disgust, failure, anger and bitterness, where all are trying to coax or demand you into following what they want; it's up to you, in the end, how you go about it.

I could go on and on about details already covered in previous reviews; how absolutely beautiful the game is, how intelligent the story is, how much of a great replay value this game possesses, but you already know that, I simply wanted to profess my admiration for the greatest video game of all time.

I CANNOT wait for BioShock 2; a prequel.

However, I'm peeved beyond belief that Hollywood has found fit to turn this into a movie.

Brilliant
When my non-gamer friends and family ask my how it is that video games have overtaken Hollywood, this is what I point them too. I'm not a big FPS type, but this game is perfect. Completely absorbing plot, spectacular graphics, haunting audio.

My suggestion is not to read too much about the game, find a dark night when you'll have plenty of time by yourself and just turn it on. Unlike a Halo or Call of Duty, the beauty of this game is that you just don't know what you're getting into. What is the plot? What is the goal? How do you go about it? You don't know when you turn it on and you literally have to discover how to play the game. Again, brilliant.

I literally cannot wait for the sequal.