Hey there everyone and welcome to the first part of my Nostalgia Nation playthrough of the original Bioshock, though this time being played in it’s remastered form on PlayStation 4. As with all Nostalgia Nation titles, this is not my first time playing the game, though it has been a long time since I played Bioshock (some 10 years ago), so it’s almost like a brand new playthrough…almost.
In this first stream I take control of Jack, after surviving a plane crash into the Atlantic Ocean where I find myself near a mysterious lighthouse, which reveals an elevator down into the art deco secret underwater city of Rapture. I get acquainted with friendly Irishman Atlas, who acts as my guide to survive the spooky dangers of the city in the hopes that I will be able to help him get his wife and child back to the surface along with him. I whack Splicers – the game’s enemies that are basically insane people – with a wrench, I occasionally shoot them, I fearfully attack the Little Sister-protecting diving suit-wearing Big Daddies so that I can free them from their parasitic leech control (don’t ask), and most importantly by the end of the stream I get my research camera.
Until next time…buh-bye!
About Bioshock
BioShock is a 2007 first-person shooter game developed by 2K Boston (later Irrational Games) and 2K Australia, and published by 2K Games. Set in 1960, the player guides the protagonist, Jack, after his airplane crashes in the ocean near the bathysphere terminus that leads to the underwater city of Rapture. Built by the business magnate Andrew Ryan, the city was intended to be an isolated utopia, but the discovery of ADAM, a genetic material which can be used to grant superhuman powers, initiated the city’s turbulent decline. Jack tries to find a way to escape, fighting through hordes of ADAM-obsessed enemies, and the iconic, deadly Big Daddies, while engaging with the few sane humans that remain and eventually learning of Rapture’s past. The player, as Jack, can defeat foes in several ways by using weapons, utilising plasmids that give unique powers, and by turning Rapture’s defences against them. Bioshock was originally released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360, but has since been re-released on several different consoles, and also remastered for other platforms, including this playthrough’s recording on PlayStation 4.