Underwater Shooter Game Surfaces as Success

A creepy, underwater shooter game that refused to sink when publishers balked at its high development costs has turned into a success story, with "BioShock" getting glowing reviews and top sales.

"Honestly, we couldn't get a lot of publishers to sign up to spend millions of dollars to do a game," said Ken Levine, creative director for "BioShock."

It took a well-timed public relations move to give the game a chance.

"We sold a story to the press essentially that we were having trouble selling the game to a publisher. That story got so much traffic that the next day 'BioShock' was the best idea in the world for everybody," Levine said in an interview.

[xCAPTSTONERB91x]

games cool cept u basically have ta be good cuzz if u harvest little girls u lose 100 gamerscore.......kinda gay

[PS360PCROCKS]

well thank god someone pulled their head out and signed them up for this game.

[fe10]

good game.

[TheMART]

PC Gamer UK: 9.5
OXM UK: 10
GameSpy: 10
Alternative Press: 10
Xbox World: 9.4
Gamers: 9.8
Gametrailers: 9.5
PCZone: 9.6
AP Mag: 10
Primotech 9
GameInformer: 10
Gamesradar: 10
Eurogamer: 10
Gamer.tv: 10
Console Gameworld: 9.9
1UP: 10
IGN: 9.7
TeamXbox: 9.5
Gamepro: 10
Computer & Videogames 9.5
Inside Gamer: 10-
ZTGameDomain: 10
EGM: 8
Wired: 10
Gaming Target: 9.7
G4: 10

[MetalNCarnet]

where's the Gamespot score????????????????

[Gamer13]

Top class with amazing AI GraphicS gameplay sound everthing is top class.

IM OUT...///"""
--*****--

[Skynetone]

i hope resident evil gets the same scores

[AllroundGamer]

playing it now for the fourth time :D i need only 2 last achievments :)

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

And Nasim/Larry007/WaggleLOL said Bioshock was a flop.

Oh yea I forgot that little girl is an idiot.

[FirstknighT]

Bioshock + Microsoft = CHA CHING!!!!

[donpiano]

I think the game is pretty great. The atmosphere is fantastic, the story very intriguing, and the setting quite appealing. They have succeeded in everything they set out to do, with great voice actors and an otherwise technical production that leaves us with very convincing graphics and solid total setup.

That said, I cannot say I agree with all the raving critics the game has received. For one thing, the game is not as original as it is a good combination of elements we have seen in other games.

Certain 'zines out there are painting this as the gamingworld's version of the return of christ, and that this game will set the standard for games to come.

My conclusion is that Bioshock is indeed a very good game, and a long awaited involving single-player one at that, but I have to say too .. at the same time ..

that's all it is.

[dachiefsman]

Everything in the game was top notch....my only beef was the radio....they tried to make it authentic to the era, but I found myself not being able to understand what the hell they were saying some of the time. The whole time I played the game I had the volume cranked up, but still found myself having a hard time understanding those transmissions.

[donpiano]

Strange thing - when I play the radio recordings the everything else is automatically turned down so that I can hear it. I have no trouble hearing what they say.