BioShock Remastered
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
First-person combat against mutated human enemies using guns, a wrench, and superhuman powers; bloody kills include burning, freezing and shattering, and electrocuting foes.
The player can drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes as consumables, and repeatedly injects genetic serums (Plasmids/EVE) via syringes.
The plot centers on a collapsed utopia with human genetic experimentation, and the player must repeatedly choose to either rescue or lethally 'harvest' little girls (Little Sisters) for resources.
Strong profanity appears in enemy shouts and recorded audio diaries.
A tense, dread-heavy underwater setting with sudden enemy ambushes, disturbing imagery, and unsettling ambient sound.
Grisly corpses and the aftermath of violent deaths are visible throughout the environment.
Some corpses and figures appear in tattered or revealing states in the game's grim environments; no full nudity.
The world depicts murder, smuggling, and lawlessness within the failed city of Rapture.
Audio logs and the world reference human experimentation and cruelty inflicted on Rapture's residents.
Story elements and recorded logs reference characters taking their own lives amid the city's collapse.
Occasional suggestive references in audio diaries and the decadent Fort Frolic setting; no depicted sexual acts.
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What it is
BioShock Remastered is a story-driven first-person shooter set in Rapture, a decaying 1960s underwater city. The player fights waves of unstable human enemies and hulking guardians using firearms, a wrench, and injectable genetic superpowers, with on-screen blood, burning, and electrocution. The atmosphere is tense and frightening, with sudden ambushes and disturbing imagery. Heavy subject matter runs throughout: children are used to harvest a valuable substance from the dead, and the player repeatedly decides whether to rescue or exploit them. Alcohol, cigarettes, and genetic serums are used by the player, strong profanity appears in dialogue and audio logs, and the seedy corners of the city reference paid companionship, suicide, and cruelty. It is a single-player experience with no online interaction or in-app purchases.
How it's framed
The game presents its violence and moral choices as the core of a philosophical story that critiques unchecked ideology and human experimentation; the choice to harvest or spare the children is posed to the player as a genuine moral dilemma with consequences, and the grim setting is framed as cautionary rather than celebratory.
Details
- Developer
- 2K Boston
- Publisher
- 2K
- Released
- Sep 15, 2016
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