Bioshock is one of the most celebrated games of recent times , a name that millions of players still yearn for, keeping fresh in their memory the moment they met him. That plane crash, the boat with the wooden box, the tower that stands out from the ocean and, of course, that elevator to the bottom of the sea that will reveal a captivating civilization.
A key franchise of recent times
Those are the first minutes of an epic that changed many things in the world of video games, since from that moment on, some companies wanted to replicate the success of Bioshock by exploring impossible worlds and universes, with dystopian societies or alternative dreams to reality. . This is the case of Prey (the 2017 version) or the extraordinary Singularity of the ever-compliant Raven Software.
The fact is that Bioshock has a name associated with its success, at least of the first two installments, and that is Rapture, the underwater city that we are going to stop at and that, built at the bottom of the ocean, tried in the middle of the century XX house the perfect society designed by a certain Andrew Ryan. A provocative and mysterious enclave where only the best human beings on the planet could live. Its streets, walkways and buildings were full of minds of an unparalleled level that, unfortunately, will hide a little secret that will become the very end of that experiment.
Unfortunately, since 2013 we haven’t had any new installments , although everything indicates that ten years later, in 2023, we will enjoy a fourth part that remains to be seen where it will take place: whether in the ocean of Rapture, in the clouds of Columbia or in a new scenario where we experiment with some crazy idea of a megalomaniac with aspirations to rule the world.
Be that as it may, if you missed any of the games in the franchise, these are all the editions that have been published to date, in case you want to relive old sensations with any of them:
Bioshock (2007)
Starting point of the series, with a protagonist (Jack) who suffers a plane crash in the middle of the ocean and, oh coincidence!, finds the access door to a civilization unknown to most human beings: Rapture hides the secrets of the experimentof a certain Andrew Ryan that ended quite badly because of some improvements (the plasmids) that ended up corrupting every stratum of that privileged society. Although the game is an FPS, its plot load is present in every corner of the scenarios that we go through, which helps to immerse us in an adventure like few we have enjoyed in recent years. As if the dangers were few, the ruins of that civilization are plagued by dangers, including some robots known as Big Daddys that accompany some sinister girls (Little Sisters) who collect ADAM from the bodies of the dead.
Bioshock 2 (2010)
After the success of the first title, 2K Games could not repeat itself and trace the same development of the first in its continuation, so it saw a way to give the game another air. Eight years after the events of Bioshockand with our protagonist away from Rapture, the Americans had no choice but to give the plot a twist to directly impact the way of playing. From this need arises that the protagonist of this second part is not a normal human, but a Big Daddy, specifically a Delta model, which is more stylized than those seen in the first Bioshock and has a drill and everything, in addition to the ability to walk on the bottom of the sea. In the plot background we have Sofia Lamb at the head of Rapture who will try to rescue her daughter, one of the Little Sisters extracted from the underwater city by the protagonist of the first game. Special attention to the Rumbler, some very, very dangerous Big Daddy that we will have to face on more than one occasion.
Bioshock Infinite (2013)
For the third installment, 2K Games completely changed the third as it forgot about the bottom of the sea, Rapture and the messes between Big Daddys, Little Sister and other marine fauna. So from the bottom, we move to the top, to the floating city of Columbia, a place built by the US Government that did not hide from anyone’s eyes but that soon began to cause problems and as a result a civil war began between different factions. In this title we play the role of Booker DeWitt, a former agent of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency who will travel to the city to find Elizabeth, a woman who has been confined in the clouds for 12 years and who is capable of distorting the layer of reality. Let’s say that the game forgot its origins but even so, it garnered very good reviews and the players liked it for its original approach.
Bioshock The Collection (2016)
With the new generation (PS4 and Xbox One) in stores since 2013, 2K Games decided to launch this pack with all the games to be able to enjoy those classics on more modern machines, hence this collection. In total, with this package we will take Bioshock , Bioshock 2 and Bioshock Infinite plus all their published DLC, including the famous Marine Pantheon from the last installment of 2013. Irrational Games thus allowed new gamers to continue enjoying an essential franchise.
Bioshock Remastered (2020)
In the absence of new Bioshock games that never arrived, 2K Games had the brilliant idea of working on a remastering of the original title that, above all, focused its changes on the visual section. Thus, we have better and more detailed textures, more effects to apply to the models that appear on the screen and specific functions to adapt the perspective to how we want the action to feel. For example, viewing angle control or compatibility with more panoramic 21:9 formats. If you have a PS5 or an Xbox Series X | S right now you can play it without problems.
Bioshock 2 Remastered (2020)
This remastering is identical to that of Bioshock since 2K Games took the opportunity to add the same improvements, focused on the visual section, the textures and the effects and filtering that were not available to the development team when they worked with him a decade before. You can also get it working on your current PS5 and Xbox Series X|S .
Bioshock Infinite The Complete Collection (2020)
It is not a new development, but the arrival on PS4 and Xbox One of all the content that came out for the 2013 game, that is, all its DLC and extra goodies that were not few: Marine Pantheon (Episodes 1 and 2 ) where we will explore Rapture just before its catastrophic fall ; Showdown in the clouds with very specific combat tests; Columbia’s Best Bundle , where you’ll begin your adventure with the bonus of 500 Silver Eagles, five lockpicks, six gear items, and two weapon upgrades in your pocket; and finally the so-called special package for birds, an expansion of our arsenal with a machine gun and pistol damage upgrade, as well as gold versions of both models.