Bioshock review for Xbox 360

It feels like we've been waiting forever, but the time has finally come and Bioshock is with us at last. We've been hugely excited about Bioshock, and it hasn't disappointed - packed with plot, stunningly rendered and with some of the most fearsome monsters, Bioshock is a cut above first-person shooters and surely a must-have for 360 gamers. Find out more about Bioshock and see how we rate it in our massive three page review now!
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Bioshock review for Xbox 360
Have you ever been in love? Or, more relevantly, do you remember /falling/ in love? You may recall a moment when everything's going brilliantly, and you're having a great time in the presence of this other person. Everything's cool. And then they turn to you and, with something as small as a flash of the eyes, tell you that this is only the beginning of what you can expect, Tiger. And then they show you exactly how good good gets... There's a bit about four levels into BioShock that's just like that, and BioShock casually steps from being "just" being one of the best games on the 360 this year into being one of the best games ever.

BioShock, as its developers stress constantly, is just a first-person shooter. And they're right. It's a game that's as accessible as Doom, and if you've pointed a gun in Halo, you can step into the boots of its nameless protagonist and step into BioShock's ramshackle art-deco corridors. But it's also more than that. Where most FPS go for the spectacle of scale ("Wow! See that explosion!"), BioShock goes for the spectacle of /place/ ("Wow! Where the hell am I?"). So, sure, while it's as technically impressive as anything short of Gears of War, what really catches in the mind is the atmosphere.

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