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BioShock for PlayStation 3
BioShock for PlayStation 3 is a first-person shooter in which you discover the underwater city of Rapture after a plane crash. Behind glass corridors and decaying ballrooms lies a society that failed to fulfil its promises. You search for a route through the city, collect supplies and listen to residents telling their side of the story through recordings. What initially seems like an escape increasingly becomes an investigation into the people who shaped Rapture.
Firearms are only part of your toolkit. Plasmids alter your body and grant powers that let you use electricity or fire, for example. You can hack security, turn the environment against attackers and save different ammunition types for a difficult opponent. Taking a look around a room before rushing in therefore pays off. Your available health, energy and supplies determine which approach you can sustain when several enemies come at you together.
The armoured Big Daddies and their Little Sisters give the city its distinctive identity. Your decisions concerning these girls reach beyond the spoils of a fight. BioShock alternates such moments with searching, listening and sudden attacks in cramped spaces. You play the campaign alone. This original PS3 edition contains the first BioShock's story. The separate Challenge Rooms and extra content from later collections are not included on this standard disc.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
BioShock for PlayStation 3 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of BioShock
The first BioShock appeared on other platforms in 2007 and reached PlayStation 3 in 2008. For that move, 2K Marin, 2K Boston, 2K Australia and Digital Extremes worked together. The PS3 team built upon the existing game while adapting Rapture to different hardware. The console thus received the same central adventure about an isolated city and a society collapsing under its own ambitions.
The story is told in several ways. Conversations guide you onwards, but individual audio recordings and the arrangement of rooms reveal what residents experienced earlier. You receive information while walking around and searching for yourself. That gives the city meaning beyond the main conversations. The choice between weapons, bodily modifications and hacked security fits this approach: you discover Rapture's history while learning to use the systems left behind.
For the PS3 version, 2K discussed trophies and extra challenges at the time. The Challenge Rooms were developed as separate downloadable content and are therefore not a guaranteed part of this standard edition. BioShock 2 later returned to Rapture, while BioShock Infinite introduced another city and protagonist. The original begins that series. This disc remains the original PS3 game, with its own presentation and controls, rather than a version of the later remaster.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
BioShock 2 takes you through Rapture again on PS3, now as the Big Daddy Subject Delta. There you can use weapons and Plasmids simultaneously, and protecting Little Sisters becomes more prominent. The first BioShock focuses more on discovering the city for the first time. Both let you prepare encounters, but your position within the same world changes noticeably.
BioShock Infinite moves the action on PS3 to Columbia, a city above the clouds. Booker DeWitt travels with Elizabeth and uses supernatural powers alongside firearms. The family resemblance lies in the carefully constructed world and its hidden conflicts. Rapture more often keeps you in enclosed corridors; Infinite gives combat more verticality and movement through Sky-Lines.
Dishonored likewise combines a world with its own political order, unusual powers and several ways of approaching an encounter on PS3. Corvo can sneak past enemies and approach targets in different ways. BioShock puts greater emphasis on shooting and exploring connected city districts. In Dishonored, remaining unseen is much more explicitly a complete play style.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution uses bodily upgrades, hacking and a conspiracy on PS3 to support choices between different routes. Adam Jensen can also use conversation to bypass obstacles. BioShock connects its upgrades mainly to combat and survival in Rapture. Both reward looking around, but Deus Ex offers more social solutions and a larger role for stealth.
Batman: Arkham Asylum also gives you an enclosed location on PS3 whose history you learn through exploration. New tools open routes and you study enemies before attacking. Batman uses stealth takedowns, detective work and close combat. BioShock lets you experiment with weapons and powers from a first-person perspective, with supplies remaining a constant consideration.
