| BioShock Gets Stellar Reviews BioShock is a first-person shooter video game by 2K Boston/2K Australia (previously Irrational Games) The game is a PC and Xbox 360 title. It was released on August 21, 2007 in North America and on August 24, 2007 in Europe and Australia.
Set in 1960, the player assumes the role of a plane crash survivor named Jack, who must explore the dystopian underwater city of Rapture and survive the mutated beings and mechanical drones within it. The game incorporates elements found in role-playing and survival horror games, and is described by the developers as a "spiritual successor" to their previous title System Shock 2.
The game released for PC on the Steam platform and lived up to its huge buzz scoring very high reviews from many seasoned reviewers such as GameSpot, IGN, PC Magazine, just name a few.
BioShock has received "universal acclaim" from critics. Game Rankings, BioShock holds an average review score of 96% for the Xbox 360, making it the highest rated Xbox 360 game released to date and the 7th highest rated game of all time, and 96% for the PC, making it the highest rated PC game released to date and the 8th highest ranked game of all time. Very impresive. The game has been cited as having an "inescapable atmosphere," "inconceivably great plot" and "stunning soundtrack and audio effect." All these combine to make it to many "the perfect game". |