After a lengthy 1.8GB download onto the ol' 360 Hard Drive, I finally booted up the demo of the once-unknown, now highly-anticipated "Bioshock" from 2K games. Though it is a short and sweet demo, meant only to whet the pallet of the curious gamer, I have to say:
Holy Crap!
Not only are the graphics jaw-dropping and the set design something of Hollywood-Gold, but the creepiness that oozes around every corner of this "thinking man's shooter" gave me goosebumps on top of goosebumps. As soon as I walked into the Bathysphere tower and the lights went off- I was creeped out. When the lights came back on, and I was staring at a banner that read "No God, Nor Kings. Only Man." with a gigantic Stalin-esque bust looming over it, I was riveted. The bathysphere ride down to Rapture had me hooked and I wanted to play Bioshock until I red-ringed my 360 for a third time.
It felt like playing Silent Hill for the first time- and next Tuesday can't get here quickly enough. I've already put my order in for the Limited Edition at my local EB. For the Limited Edition you get the soundtrack, a making of DVD, and the Big Daddy action figure? Yea. That's worth an extra ten bucks.
Turn the lights out, pump up the volume, and bring a change of underwear.
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