June 19, 2023 - Day 170 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 188

Game: Bioshock Remastered

Platform: Steam
Release Date: Sep 16, 2016
Library Date: Sep 16, 2016
Unplayed: 2467d (6y9m3d)
Playtime: 41m

"Wait... you've never played Bioshock?"

Well... yes and no.

I got Bioshock Remastered & Bioshock 2 Remastered for free because I already owned Bioshock & Bioshock 2.

Once I got past the intro (which seemed completely new to me), and into the game proper, I started to feel a sense of deja vu.

As it turns out, I played the original Bioshock for a total of 3.1 hours, last played July 26, 2014. I don't remember any of it; since I've never played Remastered, so I'm counting it as technically unplayed (particularly as I'm too tired to start something else at 10:30pm)

Bioshock (if you've been living under a rock) is an FPS/immersive sim set in a Libertarian utopia called "Rapture" that... isn't.

I'm not far enough into the game to understand why Rapture has collapsed, but I'm pretty sure that it's something to do with the "Plasmids" that effectively give the character super powers.

The visual and audio design of Bioshock Remastered is incredible, giving the game an oppressive & claustrophobic feel.

I doubt I would have grasped much of the Libertarian subtext in 2014; in post-Brexit/COVID/Musk 2023, that subtext sits very uncomfortably.

Bioshock Remastered is:

4: Good

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