Game Evaluation Project CIS 487 587 FALL 2007 Dr Bruce R Maxim Written By Patrick Habib September 24 2007 BIOSHOCK PC 45 50 GAME INFORMATION BioShock is a first person shooter role playing survival horror Released for both the PC and Xbox 360 title Genre s FPS First Person Shooter Role Playing Action Players 1 2K Boston 2K Australia previously Irrational Games Platform Windows XP ESRB Rating M Mature Release Date August 21 2007 North America m August 24 2007 Europe and Australia Game Case Includes Manual which contains typical windows installation instructions game overview and game control explanation System Requirements Minimum Stated Hardware Required Operating Systems Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista CPU Pentium 4 2 4GHz Single Core processor System RAM 1GB Video Card Direct X 9 0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM NVIDIA 6600 or better ATI X1300 or better excluding ATI X1550 Sound Card 100 direct X 9 0c compatible sound card Hard disk space 8GB free space Recommended System Requirements CPU Intel Core 2 Duo processor System RAM 2GB Video card DX9 Direct X 9 0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better DX10 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better Sound Card Sound Blaster X Fi series Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4 0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5 0 compatible sound cards Game requires Internet connection for activation SETTING The game takes place during 1960 in Rapture a fictional underwater city secretly built in 1946 on the midAtlantic seabed entirely self sufficient and powered by submarine volcanoes Constructed by business magnate Andrew Ryan Rapture was envisioned as the only place on Earth that could support individualism and populated by those Ryan believed exemplified the best in humanity During the early 1950s this population peaked at several thousand though ranks of elite emerged from the rest discomforting many The discovery of ADAM stem cells created from a species of sea slug by Dr Bridgette Tenenbaum further upset the social balance ADAM s prevalence greatly accelerated genetic engineering research creating a plasmid industry that sold everything from a cure for male pattern baldness to abilities like telekinesis with active abilities like the latter requiring a serum EVE In order to improve ADAM yields the Little Sisters were created young girls with the slug embedded in their bodies Although initially just ADAM factories during the war see below they were repurposed via mental conditioning to extract ADAM from the dead and process it within themselves The Big Daddies armed and highly enhanced humans in diving suits were simultaneously created to defend the Little Sisters as they worked GAME SUMMARY Overview BioShock lets you do the impossible as you explore a mysterious underwater city When your plane crashes you discover Rapture an underwater Utopia torn apart by civil war Caught between powerful forces and hunted down by genetically modified splicers and deadly security systems you have to come to grips with a deadly mysterious world filled with powerful technology and fascinating characters Now you re trapped caught in the middle of a genetic war that will challenge both your capacity to survive and your moral allegiance to your own humanity Player s role Set in 1960 the player assumes the role of a plane crash survivor named Jack who must explore the underwater city of Rapture Story Line After your plane crashes into icy uncharted waters you discover a rusted bathysphere and descend into Rapture a city hidden beneath the sea Constructed as an idealistic society for a hand picked group of scientists artists and industrialists the idealism is no more Now the city is littered with corpses wildly powerful guardians roam the corridors as little girls loot the dead and genetically mutated citizens ambush you at every turn while surviving mechanical drones within Make meaningful and mature decisions that culminate in the grand question do you exploit the innocent survivors of Rapture to save yourself or risk all to become their savior USER INTERFACE User can either choose to use an pc enabled video game controller an XBOX 360 controller or simply use a combination of both the key board and mouse Title Screen Pause Screen anyway suitable as well as optimizing User Can customize controls enough for game play graphic resolution USER INTERFACE CONTROLS Typical Key Board Configuration W Forward S Backward A Left D Right E Explore Mouse movement will enable user to look in any direction without moving forward or backward Left Mouse Button Weapon Plasmid Trigger Right Mouse Button Weapon Plasmid Switch Scroll Mouse Button Weapon Plasmid Choice GAME PLAY ACTION SCREEN HEALTH PLASMIDS OR WEAPONS EVE EQUIPPED YOU SAVING 3 Ways To Save Auto save As you progress through the game automatic saves will occur Manual Safe Save at any time during any chapter and be able to reload it Quitting Save Save prompt for whenever logging out of the game If at any point during the game the player shall die the player restarts the game from a vita chamber checkpoints throughout the level which revives that players health and enables them not to start over from the beginning Game Play Plasmids Plasmids are used by centering the target on your enemy and triggering your weapon Plasmids can be used for Electrocuting your enemy Burning incinerating your enemy Freezing your enemy Telekinesis Throwing your enemy Different Plasmids are attained throughout the course of the game PURCHASING HEALTH UPGRADES Many vending like machines will be seen throughout the game which enable the user to upgrade their health power plasmid power or to gain other unique skills Weapon Health Upgrades Power Upgrades Plasmid Control Skill Tools Control Special Features Biologically mod your body with plasmids genetic augmentations that empower you with dozens of fantastic abilities Take control of your world by hacking devices and systems Upgrade your weapons at Fire For Effect stations located through Rapture Pick up materials in the city to modify them at U Invent kiosks Explore an incredible and unique art deco world hidden deep under the ocean vividly illustrated with realistic water effects Scoring Collecting Eve Hypos Eve s are responsible for regenerating your power for your plasmids They are used by directly injecting a needle into your arm Game includes a very graphic approach for this event Collecting Cash Cash is collected in various places in the game such as
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