My feelings towards Bioshock (1) as someone who just beat it for the first time today. Specifically, the moment that made me love this game.

I just beat the game a few minutes ago. This was first time experiencing the game. All I knew was that big metal dudes and little girls played a role, and that it was underwater.

I don’t typically care for corridor shooter type games. Too linear and little freedom. Especially if they rely on horror to make it interesting. That’s sort of what I assumed Bioshock was for a long time. Story and writing is what I need in games.

Bioshock was a slow burn for me. It’s lonely and confusing and I was getting fed up with Atlas interrupting me trying to take in the world around me and the audio logs. I just wanted to meet someone who was an ally!

But once everything clicked, I couldn’t put down the controller.

“A man builds a city at the bottom of the ocean, that is a marvel. Now...a man crash lands at the entrance to that same city... that is a 'miracle'."

This is the moment. This is when I realized what was happening was not a coincidence, but that I was meant to be here. I had no choice, but to be here.

Yet I still didn’t put it together that Fontaine was the puppet master. So when Ryan’s delivering those lines about “a slave obeys” as you’re bludgeoning his head in… it all clicks, and the entire story unfolds all at once.

The player was created to do this. Built in a lab to help Fontaine achieve his goals. It really adds to the immersion and credibility of the character. Fontaine is the perfect hidden villain and I appreciate that they made him so different from Ryan, yet so similar. His demeanor fits the thief and low life he is.

One of the only linear games I will forever regard as untouchable and a testament to emotion and story delivery in gaming. Not over the top horror like Outlast, but enough to keep your heart racing from start to finish. I’m also impressed that I liked the game even more after killing what felt like the main antagonist.

Lastly, shoutout the character Andrew Ryan and especially Armin Shimerman, the voice actor. He is easily the most memorable character in the story as he should be. His dialogue and deliver is phenomenal and the type of thing that carried the game for me in the early phases. His quotes are something Hitler would admire.

A+ game

Sorry if these posts are annoying. I just want to share this with people who get it!