On Tuesday the (rest of the) gaming world will finally get their hands on BioShock. I was not one of the lucky ones to have a nearby Toys R Us accidently release copies early.

BioShock has always been a game to look out for. Early trailers and video walkthroughs showed an incredibly unique game, set in the city of Rapture. Rapture is not your usual setting for any type of game, as it just so happens to be underwater. The father of Rapture, Andrew Ryan set out to make the perfect utopia. This, like any good story, failed, due to a civil war erupting and then later a total downfall beginning on New Years, 1959.

The game begins sometime in 1960, with a Lost-esque airplane crash in the ocean. The crash occurs just outside a forboding lighthouse, which the player finds a device to take him underneath the sea and into the city. The demo, avaliable on Xbox Live and soon for PC, is the beginning of the game, which shows off its incredible graphics and sets the tone for the game's intense, and creepy, atmosphere.

The gameplay from the demo shows off plasmids, which are biological enchancements on the player himself, and some early weapons. The most notable gameplay device includes the "Big Daddy", a massively strong enemy that guards "Little Sisters". These Little Sisters traverse the city searching for ADAM in the bodies of dead splicers. Splicers, being, the civilians of Rapture who have been genetically modified to the extreme, and also act as your basic enemy. If provoked, the Big Daddy will attack the player and act as a roaming boss battle. The only way to power up your character is to go through a Big Daddy and either harvest (kill) or save the Little Sister it is guarding. This adds a moral choice to the player, which may affect the outcome of the game, and change the way you play due to how powerful you are.

The setting, story, atmosphere and gameplay all appear to be working perfectly in unison. Just from the demo you can tell that it is extremely polished, and every room has a nook or cranny for you to investigate. It's great to see a game like this get justified hype and critical acclaim, instead of becoming a cult hit that everybody mentions as revolutionary but nobody has played.

Currently, the game is set to be best reviewed game of all time!
...But, of course, there is only a handful of reviews thus far. Despite that, from my playing of the demo, the hype appears to be justified, and I eagerly await its release.