good gameplay overall even a decade and a half later. decent amount of options in the guns, plasmids and tonics means you have a decent amount of option on hand and most are worth using or pursuing (hacking sucks though). on top of that, the game has some decent levels that have good pacing. and the atmosphere in Rapture is pretty good. but the story? incredibly funny story.

the biggest issue is that the game refuses at any point to shut up. you can feel it's from the era where games were streamlined into what they are now, but even on that point bioshock constantly trips in its own feet and just refuses to shut up. countless audio logs right before story dialogue you have no way to know will happen on a first play through. several audio logs next to each other. constant story chatter. game just doesn't know when to shut up and it is the funniest thing ever. does not help that the volume mixing kinda sucks, at least from my experience! and all of this is without getting into the themes of the game.

other than that, the remaster has a handful of issues, like bugs and crashes here and there. the original version is probably better to play than this. still a decent time overall!

good gameplay overall even a decade and a half later. decent amount of options in the guns, plasmids and tonics means you have a decent amount of option on hand and most are worth using or pursuing (hacking sucks though). on top of that, the game has some decent levels that have good pacing. and the atmosphere in Rapture is pretty good. but the story? incredibly funny story. the biggest issue is that the game refuses at any point to shut up. you can feel it's from the era where games were streamlined into what they are now, but even on that point bioshock constantly trips in its own feet and just refuses to shut up. countless audio logs right before story dialogue you have no way to know will happen on a first play through. several audio logs next to each other. constant story chatter. game just doesn't know when to shut up and it is the funniest thing ever. does not help that the volume mixing kinda sucks, at least from my experience! and all of this is without getting into the themes of the game. other than that, the remaster has a handful of issues, like bugs and crashes here and there. the original version is probably better to play than this. still a decent time overall!