Board 8 > Platinum #38: Bioshock (PS4)

(+) Yeah! (+)

It's been around 3 months since I earned a platinum trophy. This one was super easy to get. Bioshock just needs a single playthrough and almost all the trophies are achieved just by playing the game as normal. I think I had beat it a couple times years ago so the only trophy I really had to try to get was the audio diaries. I missed maybe 3-4 during the game.

Bioshock itself has aged about as well as you think it would. The PS4 version is very clear and crisp but there is only so far you can go. The game was made by a pretty small team (by today's standards) and it shows. Lots of repeated models, textures, and sounds. The atmosphere is still preserved pretty well through the sound design and art direction, and it helps that you don't often get to see anybody standing still in front of you because that would blow it.

Gameplay is still solid and fun but it wears off quickly. About halfway through I was really only playing to finish it, and luckily the game is short. I know the upgrade mechanics were novel at the time, but now it just feels rudimentary. The higher level plasmids are simply just damage upgrades, and only one or two of the weapon upgrades change how you play.

Still one of my favorite games of last generation, but it was a little sad to see how it has been eclipsed by more recent releases.
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Nah still a classic.

Gunplay isn't amazing anymore but everything comes together better than most pull off.
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good game

I still haven't played any of the sequels
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A cool thing about this HD remaster is the inclusion of a 90m or so interview feature with Ken Levine where they talk about the making of the game. That was a nice touch.
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