The impact the game has had on the genre as a whole cannot be overstated its influence is even apparent in recent games like The Last of Us and Prey. It’s been ten years since the release, and BioShock is still just as beloved as the day it came out. Folks, this is just about as good as it gets.” - GameShark, 2007 “If BioShock ends up being yet another critically acclaimed game that the general public ignores then we’re all wasting our time writing reviews in the first place. It’s no longer just another shooter wrapped up in a pretty game engine, but a story that exists and unfolds inside the most convincing and elaborate and artistic game world ever conceived.” - Eurogamer, August 16, 2007 BioShock isn’t simply the sign of gaming realising its true cinematic potential, but one where a game straddles so many entertainment art forms so expertly that it’s the best demonstration yet how flexible this medium can be.
Thrilling, terrifying, moving, confusing, amusing, compelling, and very, very dark. “The hours spent playing this masterpiece were the perfect encapsulation of why videogaming is such a favourite waste of time for so many of us. Everything about it seemed to not only be better than the games that had come before, but jaw-droppingly different. Critics and players alike were blown away by the first-person shooter. Yet, the funny thing is, it somehow didn’t.īioShock not only lived up to these sky-high expectations, it surpassed them. It’s one of those monumental experiences you’ll never forget, and the benchmark against which games for years to come will, and indeed must, be measured.” - IGN, August 12, 2007 Early reviews heralded it as the video game to end all video games a cinematic, life-changing experience that would alter the very nature of the industry and a goddamned masterful work of capital-A Art - it seemed practically destined to disappoint.
The hype surrounding the so-called “revolutionary” first-person shooter had grown to seemingly unrealistic levels during its five-year production period. Ten years ago today, BioShock was released to a world of video-game fans practically begging to crucify it.
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