Mashing Buttons

• Bioshock is an awesome looking game.
• The sound effects are amazing.
• The story is really interesting.
• The game play is engaging and very natural.

These are all really great reasons to want to play Bioshock however there is one reason to avoid it, at least in my case:

• It scares the ever-lovin bejeebus out of me.

Over at my personal blog I’ve written about my tendencies to get too caught up in a game.  So why on earth am I playing Bioshock of all things!?

Because of those first points about how good the game is, I really want to play the game and I want to finish it but the thing is so bloody good that it does terrify me beyond belief.

I should probably mention for those yet to play Bioshock that there will be spoilers from here on in, in fact you can probably assume there will be spoilers in any posts here under the “Game Progress” category.

Straight away when you are stuck in that bathysphere and one of the Splicers attacks the thing and is trying to get in at you it’s like my worst nightmare and it sets the tone for the whole game.

I’m not very far into the game as it is always slow going as I creep around the hallways and spend time hiding behind the couch with the dog.  I do like the environment that the game creates, I especially enjoyed the sequence at the start where you encounter the female Splicer talking to a pram in silhouette because of the lighting.  I mean you know it’s not going to be good but you can’t go in swinging immediately and of course she turns on you.  In that sequence I actually fumbled the controls and shot her at point blank by mistake which shows how clever the game play is.

I’ll update you all when I get out of the Medical Pavilion.