BioShock Reviews
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Like Half-Life 2 before it, BioShock is a breath of fresh air in a genre that has been saturated with the same old settings, the same old abilities, and the same old lame storylines that mostly serve as just a reason to shoot things up. Now, would you kindly buy BioShock if you haven't already?
The second is at ProClockers with no overall score:
What score do you give a game that scores so very well when it is running perfectly, yet takes so much work to get to that point, if it makes it there at all? We have decided to refrain from giving the game a numerical score. Giving it anything below a 9 out of 10 seems deliberately cruel given the inherent beauty of the game, but at the same time the game deserves no better than a 6 or 7 (maybe even lower! Ed) when you consider just how finicky the game is to install and run successfully.
The third is at Console Obsession with a perfect score of 10/10:
It's difficult to pin down exactly what makes Bioshock one of the best titles available on any of the current platforms. It's more a combination, of graphics and gameplay and gorgeousness, with the production values of the very best art house movie. It's hard to even find flaws with the game. Bioshock is one of the finest titles I have ever played, and one which I believe all 360 or PC owners should own. The lack of multiplayer may seem discouraging to those hooked on their Xbox Live, but considering the sheer scale of the single-player campaign, it would be foolishness to hold this against it. If there is any future for our beloved pastime, beyond hyped up sequels and cop-out clones, Bioshock is the blazing standard, the benchmark to which every subsequent shooter will be measured.
And the fourth is at Boomtown with an overall score of 9/10:
Bioshock is a real triumph, a wonderful story told in a beautiful world gone terribly wrong. Xbox 360 owners may balk at a game that doesn't feature multiplayer action but this really shouldn't put you off. You'd be missing out on a game that will often make you gasp in delight.
