15 years ago, BioShock 2K took the world by storm

For those who play video games, 2007 is often considered One of the best years from the middle It was a year of controversy: it was for Microsoft suppression And Halo 3And Nintendo took over super mario near the galaxy, Call of Duty It transformed into modernity and blew up the world etc. The sheer magnitude of this year alone cannot be underestimated Super For games and at the highest level at the time, it was 2K Games bioshock, He is 15 years old today.

Developed by 2K Boston (later Irrational Games) and now defunct 2K Australia, directed and written by Boston-based Ken Levine, Bioshock It’s a first-person shooter set in the 1960s. After surviving a plane crash, protagonist Jack discovers the underwater city of Rapture, built by its founder, businessman Andrew Ryan, as a refuge for society’s elite. The city was the perfect utopia, but eventually everything went to hell when a gene-altering substance called Adam was discovered.

Everyone in the town gains superpowers through the use of a serum known as a “plasmid”. And so a class struggle begins: on one side, Ryan commands a superhuman wet suit with Big Daddies who command little girls called Little Sisters as they collect Adam from the corpse. On the other side was Atlas, who incited the now-impoverished citizens of Rapture to rise up against Ryan, as both sides were using plasmid-bearing citizens as splicers to start city-wide clashes.

Originally exclusive to Xbox 360 and Windows, Bioshock Highly acclaimed by critics, with particular praise for the atmosphere and descriptive, which includes the ideas of author George Orwell and, most importantly, philosopher Ayn Rand. By the end of the first month, it had sold 490,000 copies and by March 2010 it had sold 4 million copies across all platforms. (It was ported to the PlayStation 3 and Mac in 2008 and 2009, respectively.)

For some time now, Bioshock fever has gripped the industry. It was included in the Smithsonian gallery dedicated to the video game industry and recognized as one of the greatest games of all time. Along with the original Widespread influence and 2008 keyword, The game was used as an example when discussing the effectiveness of video games as an art form. and produced two series: 2010 Bioshock 2 2K was a direct sequel to Marine where players took control of a Big Daddy named Sigma a decade after the original game and were given the power to use plasmids and search for his missing little sister. on the other side No finals In 1912, through a star-studded recurring game of the absurd, Booker DeWitt attempted to teleport the reality-distracted Elizabeth Comstock into the sky from the city of Columbia. Both games received narrative downloads, but it was the “Burial at Sea” expansion No finals Which I definitely connected to the story of the main game.

In later years Bioshock There was quiet, beyond 2K and Levine to try and match the same narrative layers as the first game. You can see their bones in other games like Naughty Dog our end, Machine game Wolfstein Reboot and Arcane victim or offensive without much effort. (No finals It’s technically the first Dad game because it was released just a few months before the original We procrastinate.) cyberpunk 2077, Which arguably has better combat and immersive sim elements bioshock, There is a shooter in it. You could even argue something like that Disco-Elysium or sleeping citizen I was also affected.

But for the franchise, it is currently just…exist. Part of the problem is lack of follow-through: A Fourth entry It’s said to be in the works, but given the development issues that have plagued the entire franchise, it sounds more like an idea than a reality. And although he left the series after 2013, Ken Levine did not Game release In the last nine years. All that’s left for fans is to replay old games and perhaps discuss how time has dealt with them Especially the sequel. Netflix has plans Turn the first game into a movie, There’s something real in the cards Back in 2008, Whether the operator can actually implement it remains to be seen. But the real question worries him Bioshock Future, if it has one, what can it bring to the table that the original trilogy didn’t already cover?

Let us know what you think Bioshock Privilege in the comments below. Do you think we can use another entry or should we collect it?

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