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− | ''Bioshock'' is a first-person shooter that follows | + | ''Bioshock'' is a first-person shooter that follows protagonist Jack through the underwater city of Rapture. Unsure of why he is there or where to go next, he is led by a mysterious man named Atlas, who promises him an escape if he will help Atlas in return. Through various environments, audio diaries, and stunning revelations the protagonist discovers the violent history of Rapture and the truth about himself. |
==General Comments== | ==General Comments== | ||
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==[[Death of Family/Friends]]== | ==[[Death of Family/Friends]]== | ||
− | <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">One character’s entire family dies in a explosion after you have been working to reunite them. | + | <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">One character’s entire family dies in a explosion after you have been working to reunite them. It is revealed later in the game that this is a lie. |
The Player Character's father is murdered in-game. | The Player Character's father is murdered in-game. | ||
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Though the Big Daddies are not friends of the Player Character, the Little Sisters that they protect consider them friends. The Little Sisters will cry and grieve if the Player Character kills a Big Daddy. The player can choose to let the Big Daddies live by not attacking them, but this restricts the amount of upgrade points available and thus makes the game harder. | Though the Big Daddies are not friends of the Player Character, the Little Sisters that they protect consider them friends. The Little Sisters will cry and grieve if the Player Character kills a Big Daddy. The player can choose to let the Big Daddies live by not attacking them, but this restricts the amount of upgrade points available and thus makes the game harder. | ||
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==[[Dehumanization]]== | ==[[Dehumanization]]== | ||
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">Late in the game the Player Character is treated like a tool and has their autonomy destroyed. | <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">Late in the game the Player Character is treated like a tool and has their autonomy destroyed. | ||
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">It is revealed in the game that the Player Character's family was unkind to them because they were a sleeper agent and thus not considered a real child. | <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">It is revealed in the game that the Player Character's family was unkind to them because they were a sleeper agent and thus not considered a real child. | ||
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+ | ==[[Dolls]]== | ||
+ | <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">The Little Sisters are children that are found throughout the game. They are dressed like small dolls and their initial appearance is that of an animate doll. They are required to be confronted during the game.</div> | ||
==[[Drowning]]== | ==[[Drowning]]== | ||
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">The game begins with the Player Character drowning. The Player Character does not die, but choking noises are heard and the screen blacks out a few times. | <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">The game begins with the Player Character drowning. The Player Character does not die, but choking noises are heard and the screen blacks out a few times. | ||
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">It is revealed that the Player Character's past was not real and that the choices the Player Character made were not choices, but orders. The entire game up to the point of this revelation is, essentially, a lie. | <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">It is revealed that the Player Character's past was not real and that the choices the Player Character made were not choices, but orders. The entire game up to the point of this revelation is, essentially, a lie. | ||
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+ | ==[[Vehicular Trauma]]== | ||
+ | <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">The beginning of the game involves getting into a bathysphere (a small submarine) that appears to malfunction when the Player Character reaches the bottom of the ocean. | ||
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+ | The bathysphere that a character's family was in is destroyed on screen, killing the people inside. It is later revealed that the bathysphere was empty. </div> | ||
==[[Verbal Abuse]]== | ==[[Verbal Abuse]]== | ||
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">Enemies and antagonists will verbally abuse the Player Character throughout the entire game. They call the Player Character a parasite, useless, worthless, etc. | <div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:90%">Enemies and antagonists will verbally abuse the Player Character throughout the entire game. They call the Player Character a parasite, useless, worthless, etc. | ||
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[[Category:Animal Abuse]] | [[Category:Animal Abuse]] | ||
[[Category:Animal Death]] | [[Category:Animal Death]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Avians-free]] | ||
[[Category:Aquatic Violence]] | [[Category:Aquatic Violence]] | ||
[[Category:Bigoted Language]] | [[Category:Bigoted Language]] | ||
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[[Category:Bones]] | [[Category:Bones]] | ||
[[Category:Brainwashing]] | [[Category:Brainwashing]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Canines-free]] | ||
[[Category:Cannibalism]] | [[Category:Cannibalism]] | ||
[[Category:Claustrophobia]] | [[Category:Claustrophobia]] | ||
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[[Category:Death of Family/Friends]] | [[Category:Death of Family/Friends]] | ||
[[Category:Dehumanization]] | [[Category:Dehumanization]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Depiction of Disaster]] | ||
[[Category:Depiction of War-free]] | [[Category:Depiction of War-free]] | ||
[[Category:Disease]] | [[Category:Disease]] | ||
[[Category:Disruptive Home Life]] | [[Category:Disruptive Home Life]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Dolls]] | ||
[[Category:Drowning]] | [[Category:Drowning]] | ||
[[Category:Electrocution]] | [[Category:Electrocution]] | ||
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[[Category:Explosions]] | [[Category:Explosions]] | ||
[[Category:Eye Horror/Eye Trauma-free]] | [[Category:Eye Horror/Eye Trauma-free]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Felines-free]] | ||
[[Category:Fire]] | [[Category:Fire]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Forced Implantation]] | ||
[[Category:Gender Dysphoria-free]] | [[Category:Gender Dysphoria-free]] | ||
[[Category:Ghosts]] | [[Category:Ghosts]] | ||
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[[Category:Undead/Zombies-free]] | [[Category:Undead/Zombies-free]] | ||
[[Category:Unreality]] | [[Category:Unreality]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Vehicular Trauma]] | ||
[[Category:Verbal Abuse]] | [[Category:Verbal Abuse]] | ||
[[Category:Victim Blaming-free]] | [[Category:Victim Blaming-free]] |
Latest revision as of 13:03, 15 November 2014
Systems:
- Windows PC
- Mac OSX
- Cloud (OnLive)
- iOS
- PlayStation 3
- Xbox 360
- Releases:
- Original Release: 2007
Publisher:
- 2K Games
- Feral Interactive (OS X version)
Developer:
- 2K Boston
- 2K Australia
ESRB Rating:
- Mature (M)
- Reasoning:
- Blood and Gore
- Drug Reference
- Intense Violence
- Sexual Themes
- Strong Langauge
Bioshock is a first-person shooter that follows protagonist Jack through the underwater city of Rapture. Unsure of why he is there or where to go next, he is led by a mysterious man named Atlas, who promises him an escape if he will help Atlas in return. Through various environments, audio diaries, and stunning revelations the protagonist discovers the violent history of Rapture and the truth about himself.
Contents
- 1 General Comments
- 2 Alcohol
- 3 Animal Abuse
- 4 Animal Death
- 5 Aquatic Violence
- 6 Bigoted Language
- 7 Blood
- 8 Body Horror
- 9 Bones
- 10 Brainwashing
- 11 Cannibalism
- 12 Claustrophobia
- 13 Clowns
- 14 Darkness
- 15 Dead Bodies
- 16 Death of Family/Friends
- 17 Dehumanization
- 18 Depiction of Disaster
- 19 Disease
- 20 Disruptive Home Life
- 21 Dolls
- 22 Drowning
- 23 Electrocution
- 24 Existential Despair
- 25 Explosions
- 26 Fire
- 27 Forced Implantation
- 28 Ghosts
- 29 Gore
- 30 Graphic Violence
- 31 Guns
- 32 Heights
- 33 Insects
- 34 Jump Scares
- 35 Kidnapping
- 36 Medical Malpractice
- 37 Mind Control
- 38 Murder
- 39 Mutilation
- 40 Needles
- 41 Offensive Language
- 42 Parental Abandonment
- 43 Psychological Horror
- 44 Psychological Trauma
- 45 Racism
- 46 Sexualization/Objectification
- 47 Slavery
- 48 Substance Abuse
- 49 Suicide
- 50 Unreality
- 51 Vehicular Trauma
- 52 Verbal Abuse
- 53 Violence Against Children
- 54 Weapons
General Comments
This review includes tags for the audio diaries found in-game.
This review does not include any DLC.
Alcohol
The player must visit several places that revolve around alcohol and have more alcoholic beverages scattered around than usual. These are:
- A bar
- A wine cellar and distillery
- A cocktail lounge
- A strip club
Animal Abuse
Animal Death
There is an audio log where a child is commanded to snap a puppy’s neck. The death of the dog is graphically heard. This can be avoided by not picking up and listening to the Mind Control Test audio diary in the Rapture Control Room.
Aquatic Violence
Bigoted Language
Race-based slurs are used throughout the game in audio diaries. These include African American, Chinese, and gay slurs.
Blood
Blood is an unavoidable part of combat. It is produced by hitting enemies and the Player Character being hit.
Body Horror
When the Player Character uses plasmids their hand will mutate. The type of mutation depends on the type of plasmid. The mutation for the Insect Swarm plasmid is particularly graphic.
The first time the Player Character uses a plasmid there is a graphic scene of them reacting badly to it.
There is a cutscene in Andrew Ryan's office where the Player Character brutally beats a man to death. The wounds are graphically shown.
Bones
Brainwashing
Little Sisters are brainwashed to fear everyone but Big Daddies, and to collect and consume ADAM from dead bodies.
Cannibalism
Claustrophobia
Throughout the entire game the Player Character is trapped in an underwater city. The city feels large but there are glass ceilings and areas that the player can see the sea out of.
The Player Character is required to use small, round submarines called Bathyspears. The Player Character is sealed in these multiple times during cutscenes.
Clowns
Darkness
There is a particularly dark scene in the Heat Loss Monitoring area where the lights go out and the Player Character can hear enemies running around them.
Dead Bodies
Killed enemies' bodies do not disappear.
In Andrew Ryan's office there are dead bodies hung up like trophies.
In Apollo Square there are dead bodies hanging from nooses.
Death of Family/Friends
The Player Character's father is murdered in-game.
Though the Big Daddies are not friends of the Player Character, the Little Sisters that they protect consider them friends. The Little Sisters will cry and grieve if the Player Character kills a Big Daddy. The player can choose to let the Big Daddies live by not attacking them, but this restricts the amount of upgrade points available and thus makes the game harder.
Dehumanization
In Andrew Ryan's office there are dead bodies hung up on the walls like trophies.
Depiction of Disaster
The game begins with the Player Character struggling in the aftermath of a plane crash. The crash itself is not shown but screams and a plane crash sound is heard over a black screen.
It is revealed in the game that the Player Character hijacked a plane and forced it to crash.
Disease
Disruptive Home Life
Dolls
Drowning
Electrocution
There are several areas throughout the game that are strung with electric wires the will electrocute the Player Character if they are touched. They are easily seen and can be destroyed with the electricity power.
The final boss fights with electricity.
Existential Despair
Explosions
Multiple enemies will use explosives, particularly Molotov Cocktails, against the Player Character.
The player can pick up multiple explosives throughout the game to be used as weapons. These are not required to be used.
The Player Character is required to construct and use a bomb in the game.
Fire
Uncontrolled fires are common in most areas in the game. They are used to block paths.
Multiple enemies use fire to attack the Player Character.
The Player Character gains the Incinerate power that sets enemies and objects on fire. This is required to be used to access certain areas but is not required to be used in combat.
There are pools of oil on the ground in most areas that can be lit on fire. The fire will then burn out of control for a while before disappearing.
In the Rapture Records area it appears that there is a fire on the floor above you. Screams of possibly burning splicers can be heard.
The final boss uses fire to fight.
Forced Implantation
Dr. Tennenbaum and Dr. Suchong are revealed to have forcibly implanted ADAM slugs in little girls.
Ghosts
Gore
In the Medical Bay area, Steinman graphically mutilates an unwilling patient.
There is a cutscene in Andrew Ryan's office where the Player Character brutally beats a man to death. The wounds are graphically shown.
Graphic Violence
Guns
Heights
The first cutscene involves a plane falling out of the sky. The crash itself is not shown but screams and a plane crash sound is heard over a black screen.
Insects
The Player Character must visit a beehive sanctuary in the Farmer's Market area. There are swarms of bees that will attack the Player Character. They can be temporarily pacified via a gas but they will wake up once the timer runs out and attack. The room and the room before it have loud buzzing noises.
Jump Scares
Enemies can jump out at the Player Characters around corners.
As the game progresses, enemies will start to pretend to be dead bodies. They will lie perfectly still and jump up and attack the Player Character when they are approached.
Kidnapping
Medical Malpractice
There are audio diaries of Steinman talking about his malpractice. These can be avoided by not picking up and listening to most of the audio diaries in the Medical Pavilion.
Dr. Tennenbaum and Dr. Suchong are revealed to forcibly have planted mind-control plasmids in the Player Character. They are also revealed to have forcibly implanted ADAM slugs in little girls.
Mind Control
Murder
Splicers murder one another on screen throughout the game.
The Player Character is forced to kill several non-splicer humans in the game.
Mutilation
In Andrew Ryan's office there are mutilated dead bodies hung up like trophies.
Needles
Little Sisters use giant needles to extract ADAM from dead bodies. These needles are shown in detail several times in the game.
To defeat the final boss the Player Character must stab him with a Little Sister's needle. The death sequence for the boss is Little Sisters stabbing him multiple times with their needles.
Offensive Language
Parental Abandonment
Psychological Horror
Psychological Trauma
Racism
There is an undertone of eugenics throughout the game.
Sexualization/Objectification
Multiple audio diaries objectify women verbally.
Slavery
Substance Abuse
Suicide
Unreality
Vehicular Trauma
Verbal Abuse
Violence Against Children
If the player chooses to harvest one Little Sister, the game will end with the Player Character murdering all the Little Sisters.
There is a Little Sister escort quest towards the end of the game where the Little Sister can be harmed and die.
Weapons
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- Alcohol
- Animal Abuse
- Animal Death
- Avians-free
- Aquatic Violence
- Bigoted Language
- Blood
- Body Horror
- Bones
- Brainwashing
- Canines-free
- Cannibalism
- Claustrophobia
- Clowns
- Darkness
- Dead Bodies
- Death of Family/Friends
- Dehumanization
- Depiction of Disaster
- Depiction of War-free
- Disease
- Disruptive Home Life
- Dolls
- Drowning
- Electrocution
- Emotional Abuse-free
- Existential Despair
- Explosions
- Eye Horror/Eye Trauma-free
- Felines-free
- Fire
- Forced Implantation
- Gender Dysphoria-free
- Ghosts
- Gore
- Graphic Violence
- Guns
- Heights
- Homophobia-free
- Incest-free
- Insects
- Jump Scares
- Kidnapping
- Medical Malpractice
- Mental Health Institutions-free
- Mind Control
- Murder
- Mutilation
- Needles
- Nudity-free
- Offensive Language
- Parental Abandonment
- Physical Abuse-free
- Psychological Horror
- Psychological Trauma
- Racism
- Rats/Rodents-free
- Reptiles-free
- Self Harm-free
- Sex-free
- Sex Shaming-free
- Sexual Assault-free
- Sexual Harassment-free
- Sexualization/Objectification
- Sex Slavery-free
- Slavery
- Snakes-free
- Spiders-free
- Stalking-free
- Substance Abuse
- Suicide
- Supernatural Evil-free
- Torture-free
- Transphobia-free
- Undead/Zombies-free
- Unreality
- Vehicular Trauma
- Verbal Abuse
- Victim Blaming-free
- Violence Against Children
- Vomiting-free
- Weapons
- Game