Hostile Gamers

In The Beginning

You’re on a plane and it’s an ordinary day. You’re smoking a cigarette while looking at the present that was given to you from your mom and dad. There’s a note attached to the present with the words “Would You Kindly…” All of a sudden the plane crashes into the murky waters below, thus beginning the twisted story of Bioshock. Bioshock starts out kind of odd at first and you’re left wondering “What the F is going on.” You soon end up in the mysterious underwater world of Rapture.

Rapture
Bioshock takes place in a strange world called Rapture. Rapture is the equivalent to New York City in size and is completely submerged under water. The idea behind Rapture came from Andrew Ryan. He wanted to live in a world that was free of the political and social issues that occurred on the surface. Andrew Ryan created Rapture thinking that he could form some kind of Eden there. His Eden soon turned upside down when plasmids were introduced.

Plasmids, Eve, and ADAM
Plasmids started out as a great idea…that is until everyone in Rapture became addicted to them. Plasmids turned normal people into pumped up super freaks with deformed faces and bodies. When I first saw one of the spider splicers, I didn’t really know what to say. She was ugly as hell and had the mouth of a zombie prostitute.

Though the people of Rapture become mindless idiots because of plasmids, you do not meet the same fate by using them. You will be able to obtain plasmids such as, Inferno, Winter Blast, Electric Shock, and Insect Swarm. Plasmids help you throughout the game and become a very big help against tough big daddies and those annoying splicers. So make sure to get your plasmids today! As you advance through the game and you finally get your hands on some plasmids, you realize that you run out of juice to keep your plasmids flowing. In order to make sure you can stay a super beastly guy you have to keep your Eve bar full. Eve is usually found all over the place in little blue vials. If you look hard enough, you may just find some. One thing that I found most interesting about this game was the use of ADAM. ADAM is obtained from little sisters who take it from dead bodies. Sounds morbid and kind of gross, but just think of all the awesome stuff you can get when you lay your hands on some. When you get ADAM from little sisters you are able to use it at a Gene Bank. Gene Banks have multiple upgrades you can get such as plasmids or little perks that help you with hacking and other things like that. As you progress, your abilities and perks will make you indestructible! Not really, but you’ll be damn near close.

Big Daddies, Little Sisters, and Other Small Things
Okay, so big daddies turn out to be pretty badass. They have on this awesome armor and this crazy drill thing that looks like it would eff you up. So the bottom line is, you don’t want to mess with a big daddy. Well unfortunately, you have to get rid of the big daddies in order to get to the little sisters.


It takes a few million bullets and about twenty plasmid uses, but you eventually take the big daddy out. After the poor guy is dead you realize you have the little sister all to yourself. Here is where the life changing decision comes in. You can either be humane and chose to save her and get less ADAM or you can harvest her (which inevitably kills her) and get the max amount of ADAM. I could never hurt the cute little girls so I always saved them. One good thing about saving the little sisters is they leave you nice goodie bags by Gene Banks every so often. So whether you want to save the girls and get the goods or be a greedy bastard by harvesting her for all she’s worth is totally your choice. Continuing on, one thing I liked about this game was the gun usage. Now, I’m a first person shooter kind of girl. When games add different weapon choices such as pistols, shotguns, machine guns, grenade launchers, crossbows, wrenches and on top of that WEAPON UPGRADING, I’m all over it. I was like a kid in a candy store when I upgraded my weapons for the first time. I never knew which one I wanted to completely upgrade first.



The Pros and Cons of Bioshock
There are a lot of great aspects to this game including the eerie graphics and the amazing story line, all of which leave you wanting more.

The Pros

· Unique Environments

· Lots of Violence

· Awesome Storyline

· Great Weapon Choices

· Cool “Super Powers”

· Inescapable Atmospheres

· Brilliant Soundtrack

· Setting People On Fire

· Fire :)

The Cons

· Splicers Are Annoying at Times

· Hacking Is Retarded

· Security Cameras Are Gay And Just Want To Send Turret Things After You

· Researching Can Get In The Way

· 25 Hours of Gameplay Was Too Short For A Game This Amazing.

This game really is too awesome to have that many cons. I would definitely give this game a 9.5 out of 10 (it would have gotten a perfect ten from me if it weren’t for all the ridiculous hacking). With that said, if you haven’t played Bioshock yet, you effing need to. If you’re ready to be thrown into an intoxicating, unique environment and you’re ready to kick some splicer ass, be sure to get your hands on a copy of Bioshock. This game is one that you definitely don’t want to miss.

-Ashlee