Probably the best single player experience you'll get in a very very long time, so yes of course get it...NOW!! Trust me once you've gone through the game, you'll change your mind about co-op I totally wouldn't of liked it nearly as much if it was co-op.
This is a MUST BUY. It's an achievment in single player excellence. In fact it wouldn't work as a co-op, as the drama comes from you being isolated, save for a companion by voice only, and having to survive Rapture on your own.
Amazing game. The fact that its single player only doesn't hurt in in the least in my personal opinion. I love shooters with finely crafted single player components and Bioshock certainly delivers in that respect.
I would've gave the game 9.5 if the ending or endings were better.
Also I know the death thing sucks but I personally never used the vita chamber. If I died/ or respawned whatever... I would restart from last checkpoint. and I would use my health packs instead of dying and coming back in the chamber.
So for me it was better in that respect, but I do think the fact that you can't die does bring alot away from the game.
But overall this game is amazing and I will never forget it.
Personally I also wish it was longer even though it wasn't short. But that's cause the game was amazing.
It's actually so awesome that i ended up getting both versions. I got it for my PC, and about four hours in my freakin' watercooler breaks down and my computer doesn't turn on.
I couldn't wait the eight days before it would be fixed so i returned the PC copy and got it for my 360 so i could keep playing. :P
Though I don't like Bioshock as much as many people here (I found combat to be a bit boring since I can whack my way through many opponents on hard without taking much damage and the level design also could've been less linear), I recommend it to others because of the great atmosphere the game creates with the graphics and sound as well as it's well-written story that explains Rapture's history, events, and a bit morefrom different perspectives.
It's actually so awesome that i ended up getting both versions. I got it for my PC, and about four hours in my freakin' watercooler breaks down and my computer doesn't turn on.
I couldn't wait the eight days before it would be fixed so i returned the PC copy and got it for my 360 so i could keep playing. :P
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My friend preordered the PC version, but then his computer crapped out, so he made me buy the 360 version and gave me his preorder + $10.
Then his 360 RROD'd like 2 days later. :lol: He's pretty much screwed for about 2+ weeks, and I got Bioshock. 8)
Hell, I only played it for around half an hour, if that, over a friend's house a few days ago... and oh my god, it was amazing. I had some reservations about the game, even though it looked really good, but after playing it I can say Bioshock is a great game... I highly recommend it.
I just bought it today and am taking a break from it. I'm still early in the game but so far, I'm loving it. The voice acting is pretty awesome too, I like Andrew Ryan's voice; he sounds like someone Im really gonna enjoy bashing his head with the wrench (not sure if that would indeed happen.......PLEASE, NO SPOILERS, so don't bother replying to me...just wishful thinking :P ).
this game was meant to be played. alone. at night. with friends watching maybe just to share in the awesomeness. i mean really this game.....amazing. i mean the little research with the camera.....hacking....plasmids.....all these tonics and just the plain awesome story line. and i mean the big daddys are not what you expect. most games have big lumbering guys with big ass guns but big daddys? they rush. fast. and kill. rosies arent what their name suggests. and the ai.....awesome. they can actually move out of the way of bullets and hit you. i mean really the ai is amazing. im almost done with the game im gonna take another playthrough to get all the achievements and just kinda hack everything, unfreeze every ice block, explore every passage, play once no harvesting at all etc. definitly worth it. renting this game is an insult to humanity. i mean buy it for the sake of a sequel at least.
Despite it being only single player, this is one of the only next-gen games that screams next-gen and actually makes you think its worth 60-70 bucks. Its worth playing through once for that amount of money.
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