Bioshock preview - Xbox 360

It's nearly here: eagerly awaited underwater first-person shooter Bioshock will be on the shelves this summer. With less than a month to go until release (it's due out in August), we've had a chance for a hands-on preview of Bioshock, and we can tell you all about it. Bioshock, a shooter with more than a touch of horror, finds you in the ruins of an underwater city, where you must fight your way past its monstrous inhabitants with the help of your various powers, and of course your arsenal of weaponry. Can't wait? Find out more in our Bioshock preview for Xbox 360 now!
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Bioshock preview for Xbox 360
As feelings go, it’s a good one. Finally getting hands-on with one of the most anticipated games of the year. But when you’re playing... it’s a whole mass of feelings. There’s fear from making your way through a ruined underwater retro-city. There’s pity as you suddenly realise what acts the game may ask to do to some of the defenceless denizens of the world. But, when we stepped away after our few hours play, the main feeling is anticipation. In that, soon – but not soon enough – we’re going to get to play the rest.
Bioshock has been described as the “Spiritual Sequel” to Irrational’s ancient PC-classic System Shock 2, but it’s actually a lot more similar in tone to its even more ancient prequel. While its sequel was a role-playing game hybridised with a first-person shooter, complete with all manner of statistics, the first System Shock was more of a pure shooter... just a shooter which realised there was no need to need to be “pure”. You could be an adventure. You can be an exploratory game. You can be anything.

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360Zine is a full, free to download magazine dedicated to Xbox 360 gaming. This issue is packed with previews and reviews of all the hottest Xbox 360 games, all written by UK games journalists. Previewed this month are underwater sensation Bioshock, Grand Theft Auto IV, Fable 2 and many more. In reviews, we've played and rated all the newest releases, including supernatural first-person shooter The Darkness, intrinsically evil RPG Overlord and demolition derby extravaganza FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage.If you're waiting on tenterhooks for the release of Bioshock, then this is the issue for you: as well as a three-page preview, we've been talking exclusively to Joe McDonagh of Irrational about all things Bioshock - you can even listen to the audio interview. All this and much more - check out the Community section, gaming news and all your Xbox 360 questions answered. Simply click to download and you will get the complete magazine with all the Xbox 360 games previews and reviews included.