BioShock (X360) - Critic Reviews

BioShock

Excellent Critical Reception

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Platform:	Xbox 360	Genre:	First-Person Shooter	Developer:	2K Boston
ESRB:	Mature	Release:	August 21, 2007	Publisher:	2K Games

Critic Reviews

The following reviews are used to calculate the overall reception for this game. All applicable scores are converted to our simplified rating system based on the specifics offered by each publication or the tone of each review. You can read more about how we do this here.

Andrew Pfister

1UP

August 16, 2007 -

Excellent - Taken as a whole, as an experience that's richly and utterly complete, and one that engages the player in a constant dialogue, BioShock is virtually unassailable.

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Kristan Reed

Eurogamer

August 16, 2007 -

Excellent - Not only does BioShock boast the most staggeringly beautiful environments you've ever lain eyes on in a video game, but adds infinite depth to them through the absolutely astonishingly well-crafted audio that accompanies the experience.

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Tom Price

G4 / X-Play

August 23, 2007 -

Excellent - BioShock provides gamers with one of those truly great first person shooter campaigns, blending creative gameplay with a unique artistic vision, driven by a thought provoking storyline.

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Libe Goad

GameDaily

August 20, 2007 -

Excellent - BioShock pretty much has it all. The first-person shooter's great looking, has an engrossing storyline, a perfect balance of action and exploration and a totally customizable combat system that can be described as nothing less than video game rapture.

Jeff Gerstmann

GameSpot

August 20, 2007 -

Excellent - BioShock creates an amazing world that you'll want to explore from top to bottom and a compelling mystery that slowly comes together as you play.

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Gabe Graziani

GameSpy

August 16, 2007 -

Excellent - Put simply, BioShock is an unparalleled achievement. No other game comes even remotely close to it in terms of raw emotional connection.

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Charlie Barratt

GamesRadar

August 15, 2007 -

Excellent - The only glaring weakness we can find in BioShock is that it may be too unusual, too original, too artistic and too genius to be embraced by the general public.

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GameTrailers

August 15, 2007 -

Excellent - What really sets [Bioshock] apart is how it forces the player to dig deep inside and make some difficult decisions. Few games affect the player on this level, and hopefully this is a harbinger of things to come within the industry.

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Charles Onyett

IGN

August 16, 2007 -

Excellent - BioShock stands as a monolithic example of the convergence of entertaining gameplay and an irresistibly sinister, engrossing storyline that encompasses a host of multifaceted characters.

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Greg Vallentin

VideoGamer

August 30, 2007 -

Excellent - To put it simply, BioShock is a brilliant game; one that sets the proverbial benchmark not only for first-person adventure titles, but also for all future games to come.

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