Bio shocked. That's what I've been for the last few nights.My new years resolution of only playing one game at a time has already gone completely out the window. The rusty tin of Rapture has been glinting at me for some time now, sitting unloved on my shelf just waiting for me to unwrap it.
So this week, that’s exactly what I did.
I almost wish I’d never played the demo. The game starts as you expect with the opening scenes from the snippet we had on XBLM a few months ago; the plane crashing into the sea and the ring of fire… all of which I’d now experienced before. Dammit! So charging through the stuff I’d seen before didn’t take too much time, and before long I was enraptured with Rapture. (Man I bet the rapture puns have been done to death!)
In a way I’m quite glad I’m playing this outside of the hyperbole bubble that surrounded the initial launch. Don’t get me wrong, it more than lives up to its glorious review scores. The art deco surroundings, the sumptuous lighting, the wonderful sounds always prodding at your senses like a deranged doctor with a syringe full of weird shit that would make you go a bit peculiar.
The best thing of all though, is that the mrs is loving WATCHING the game be played. It’s that atmospheric that it’s got a filmic quality to it. The scares (no one told me it was going to be scary by the way!) come quite often, and the sheer size and ferocity of the Big Daddies make for some brilliant edge of your seat moments.
I’m only a few hours in but this is one game I can’t wait to get stuck in to. If you see it knocking around in a bargain bin, GRAB IT!
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