Bioshock 1 is widely considered to be one of the greatest games of all time. But is it still worthy of that title 13 years later? Join me as we take a trip beyond the sea and take a deep look at Bioshock.
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___TIME STAMPS___
#1 Introduction - 0:00
#2 Bioshock’s Development - 2:51
#3 Welcome to Rapture - 4:29
#4 Gameplay (Breaking Trends) - 11:09
#5 Enemy Design & AI - 18:45
#6 Level & Art Design - 23:29
#7 Rapture’s History - 28:36
#8 Bioshock’s Greatest Strength - 32:10
#9 Story & Characters - 37:20
#10 The Twist & Story Continued - 42:12
#11 Finale - 48:37
#12 Conclusion - 50:43
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In the end, what separates a Man from an Act?
The beard
A Man chooses, an Act acts
A man acts, an act happens.
Do new Vegas or I will steal your halo account
A Virgin Chooses, a Chad obeys.
“Would you kindly protect the Burger Town”.
*RAMIREZ*
Gladly
That’s a good name I approve
Yes
😂😂😂
“A man of acting chooses. A slave buys loot boxes.”
I choose to buy loot boxes for funny burger skin
Would you kindly
EA : would you kindly buy some loot boxes?
And i buy Genshin Impact waifus
And if that don't work....Code Yellow
The twist of Bioshock also struck me strongly for its timing: for me it came just at the moment when I began to ask myself "but why am I doing this? It's true Ryan hurt Fontaine but I don't have anything to do with this matter, why I'm not trying to escape?" and then BOOM the would you kindly room... What a game
I was playing it like a game, then I killed Andrew Ryan and I suddenly all that illusion of capability disappeared as he didn't tell, but ask me what I was really doing, and as I continued from my not so glorious kill, the question was answered.
What was so insanely brilliant about the "would you kindly" twist is that it uses the video game platform perfectly to tell the story. We ARE the character fully. He knows as much about his past as we do and because it's a video game, we do every thing our quest giver kindly asks us to do. In fact we have no choice but to obey. If we don't obey, the game does not move on, therefore we must. Just such a brilliant way to show what video games are capable of when it comes to story telling.
Yea like how has that never been done before. Like man. I remember playing this for the first time like 2 yrs ago and even in the year of 2021 I was like wtf!??!?
@@TheCollapse410 one game came close or did something similar. That is Far Cry 3 where the main character changed as a result of us(the player) killing everyone.
It's called ludonarrative harmony in game design@@mr_tete
I wish we had the option to not obey. Because once I know the twist ending, replaying feels frustrating.
Notice how in fort frolic, a level where Atlas and “would you kindly” isnt present, there’s no arrow at the top of the screen, and you can complete the tasks any way you want and you’re given complete freedom within the space of fort frolic, little details like that is what makes this one of my favorite games
Interestingly in Fort Frolic you are very explicitly being bossed by someone so it makes new twist to it.
Veli Karppinen true true but the thing I was pointing out to is it wasn’t linear, you had freedom in that level and you had to search for the people and sander Cohen wasn’t on you the whole time if that makes sense, he just said kill the 3 ppl he didn’t specify how or in what order of if you could kill all 3 then paste them at the same time.
@@isaacortega2019 It is a bit more linear as he only tells about one at the time so you have only one lead to follow. It is really long time I played BioShock so I may be mistaken about this.
Veli Karppinen ah ok lmao & no yea you know how most times Atlas says would you kindly and the arrow pops up and you feel obligated go to it? Well in fort frolic that doesn’t pop up Bc there’s no Atlas and you’re given much more freedom to explore and complete the tasks in any given order and you can take a long time at that one too, and then sander Cohen is a complex character as well
Another little detail, Atlas never keeps his story straight with the player, and makes mistakes on his “backstory”
'Is bioshock a masterpiece?' Short answer: Yes. Long answer: YYYYEEEEESSS.
Long answer 2: Y E S
Tried it, setting + ambiance are 10/10 but controls and feel (ps3) are shit tier and makes no sense even when considering its age. By that I mean heavy and clunky along with a controler layout that is idiotic (to put it mildly). Too bad couldn't bring myself to finish it
Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS kzhead.info/sun/nbWbZtR-gXiwiIE/bejne.html
Kind of
Fun fact: If you pay attention to Ryan's dialogue, you can see the moment where he realized that Jack was his son, the shock in his voice is subtle, but you can sense it.
Played BioShock 1 last year for the first time and immediately was like why the hell did it take me so long to play this masterpiece of a game. Loved it so much I even bought the prequel BioShock audiobook just for more lore.
I just finished as well after never playing it and im in the same boat.
@@berndonplspng9978 hell yeah, I got the next week off work I think I'm gonna start #2 tonight. The audiobook is good too,highly recommend if your interested in the lore!
I got a nintendo switch for Christmas and got the whole trilogy, just started the second one, I love the 1910s vibe it has and as a person who loves the mafia aesthetic the Tommy gun is a pleasant inclusion
Bioshock 2 is even better, bro.
@@dajnor wtf are you on no it isnt lmao
*Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for The Act Man to do a "Why Fallout New Vegas Was So Awesome"*
Truth is that video will be awesome from the start
Welp your going to have your wish come true lad
Where were you?
Oh shit he hearted it
Psst, add in a "Would You Kindly" first and it may happen?
In a perfect world, there would be a Bioshock movie by Stanley Kubrick.
Sadly this world is far from perfect
We need to make a petition for it to be made, and by the same people who would've made it a reality.
I am afraid it wouldn't live up to the game. To many directors wanting to change the story because "art".
Why is that world perfect? I think having a Bioshock game is better than having a movie.
In a perfect world bioshock 2 would be widely considered as good or maybe even better than the first one but unfortunately we don't live in a perfect world
I hope that this way of story telling like bioshock did will become usual in VR segment. Because there is no room for cut scenes.
exactly
So the way Half Life Alyx did it?
@@huntclanhunt9697 Yeah funnily enough the original Half Life was the game that pretty much set the standard for telling a story without cutscenes, with environmental storytelling... by comparison Bioshock relies much more on cutscenes to tell the major parts of its story.
Bioshock vr?
Čauko Smusič
The ending in Bioshock 1 is just so well done; throughout the game, you only have ONE choice: save the little sisters or don't. That single choice determines what kind of man Jack becomes, anything else in the game is "scripted" because he (you) is nothing but a slave and it ultimately determines what ending you get. "A man chooses, a slave obeys"
Mf turns evil after harvesting two sisters that shit is done super poorly but the endings themselves are good but the events leading up to which one you get are not
Just realized that line sets the whole game, you either obey atlas, or set the lil sister free by choice. Goddamn, only now just realized that.
Its such a binary choice, I hated the ending. Shoot everyone you meet, except small monsters, but kill the big monsters next to them in the metal suits who are entirely nonhostile, and you're a saint. It doesn't add up.
@@Pangora2 I felt it was right to save the sisters since I never trusted the guide, and also it was the only choice I had, and I wanted to make sure that I did not kill anyone if i could. I got the good ending and I was happy with it but I did youtube the other ending, curiosity killed me.
@@jeffvella9765 Well it's clearly right. It would be like if the game hid free health hypos inside living puppies and kittens. It is a choice, but not one actually will struggle with.
I remember, I was 10 years old when I was woken up in the middle of the night by my dad, wake up I got a surprise for you. I dragged myself out of bed. My dad pointed me to the computer, I asked what it was and my dad pointed to the new .exe on the desktop "Bioshock?" I started it up and my dad told me how he heard about the game from one of his co workers, we sat there and complained/made fun of the loading time but when the game started up, instead of just leaving me to the game my dad grabbed a chair, sat down and watched me play the moment the plane went down, he watched me play up until the first big daddy encounter before going to bed and when he woke up I was still playing.
I first saw the JT music videos on them, then I really wanted to get it. So I searched and searched EB Games(basically gamestop, I think, never been there) until I found the collection for PS4, and HOO BOI, it was worth it! On my 8th playthrough, but I eventually stopped. Haven't played it for 6 or so months. I may play again.
Awesome Story
@Ludimeel Sorbo’s backup ABSOLUTELY
@Ludimeel Sorbo’s backup oh hell yes
@@vergilonachair4487 We love it, but we're stuck in Neptune's Bounty. We went to find the spider splicers to take the pictures of them, but 1 didn't spawn or something. We walked there for like 2 hours before we gave up and we haven't touched it for about a year.
Bioshock is one of those games where you wish you could forget about, just so your can relive the story.
You*
It can be accomplished during old age just wait.
@@akiyamato3299 😂
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@@LeeEverett1 its a bot that is scripted to steal a random comment, comment it and then bot the likes so it appears at the top of the comment sections of every video. since the bot is commenting in almost every video you watch it makes you mad and ask the bot to stop commenting in every videos comment section. its a sick trick giving the person attention and filling their ego
I didn't end up playing Bioshock until late 2020, but I was blown away by how good it was. Between the story/lore, voice acting, and especially Rapture being my favorite setting in any video game I've ever played, it's one of my top 5 favorite games ever!
I played this game for the first time on the switch, and I’m still in awe. Truly an amazing game 😭
I was suprised how good it looked on the switch tbf
Same, everything looked really good on it as well as 2 and Infinite.
@@darrenjones1413it does look good handheld mode
"It respects the players intelligence in letting them figure things out." That. That right there is why it's special.
@White-Van Helsing I didn't say it was unprecedented. I just said its special
@@filippians413 It's unprecedented if you only grew up with modern games
@Tony Carson are you literally just on this channel to write hate comments?
I mean, the original deus ex and prey 2017 did the same thing but better so why does bioshock get more credit then them?
@Tony Carson But you can remove the yellow arrow. There's an option for it in the menu. Or is that a Remaster thing?
"...It wasn't impossible to build Rapture at the bottom of the sea, it was impossible to build it anywhere else"
i'll show you! *proceeds to build rapture in the sahara desert*
@@jockeyfield1954 just the Sahara desert? How about under it!!!!
@@lordlopikong6940 how about over it? A flying city in the desert!
@@barbosar6667 how about on a island in the sky!!! A city on a island in the desert!
@@icyskelly204 What about a desert in the sky, and a city under it?
When I first played I harvested all the little sisters. On my second one I went in equally blind and saved them all. And the ending literally brought tears to my eyes. And not many game stories can do that. It was so beautiful and sad
The good ending was supposed to be the only but 2k and different plans
Ive come back to play this game at least once a year since it released, and still. The attention to detail never fails to impress me. It really makes the replay value of the game go up 100x. I know the story of the game like the back of my hand, but the game itself is so complex, and immersive, it still feels different every time
any idea why it always shut down by itself nowdays?
@@neardarkroad1347 I couldn't tell ya, I've never experienced that problem myself. I'm no technician, but usually when a game shuts down on me, it's from my system being overwhelmed. Cuz unless they updated it recently, which I doubt, I can't think of any other reason it'd be doin that to ya
Not gonna lie, I was scared to get out of the bathasphear after seeing a man being disemboweled by the splicer
Honestly it's why I stopped playing the demo and didnt pick the game up until I got around to playing Bioshock 2, and after completing 2 and the bundle came out played 1.
Lol seriously. When that happened I sat there for five minutes, and I'm like "Who in their right mind would leave where I am right now?" 😂
@@dpray96 it took me a solid 5 minutes to work up the courage to actually step out of the bathasphear
Back then I was like this game looks cool!!! Downloaded the demo and saw him get disemboweled and then hit the xbox home button, Y for dashboard, then didnt play until a couple years later.
The remaster is perfect they added the right amount of dirt on the window
from what I played, remastered had small graphical improvements but more importantly dlc and really cool dev commentary and you got it free if you owned bioshock already
@@shinyrayquaza9 On pc? I have the bundle of 1 and 2 for xbox
@@TheDude8008 on steam, I had 1 then a few years later tge remaster appeared in my games, I bought 2 recently and it came with the remaster but remaster didn't have multi-player
I never played it
Bioshock Remastered! get dirt on the window and the game crashes every 40 minutes yay!
The online multiplayer for Bioshock 2 was incredible, and tied directly into the overall story. The end of multiplayer goes straight into the beginning of Bioshock 1. Also the book Rapture is an awesome addition that makes the games even better to replay after reading it.
I had an odd experience with Bioshock. When I first started playing it, I really didn't like it, but for some reason I kept coming back to it hoping something would click, and I would get why so many people loved it. It finally did, and now, 10 plus playthroughs later, it's one of my absolute favorite games of all time. I really hope this game is remade some day.
My introduction to Bioshock many moons ago ended when I was to battle my first big daddy of the game. It felt like such an insurmountable task compared to the weapons I possessed at the time. Pretty weak reason honestly, but I redeemed myself by starting Bioshock again recently and finishing it too!
First time I played bioshock I was a bit scared and the game was scary for quite a while without giving you anything to fight back. Today it has become one of my favorite games and I am not a person scared easily, but I just hate it when games try too much to be scary that it turns out like a walking simulator. In the beginning you feel like that and it puts people off. That being said, there are some horror scenes in the game but it will never be as bad as the very beginning when you are left at the mercy of the unknown.
@@jeffvella9765 sameeee I just a wee lil lad and overtime I finally got the hang of handling big daddies but the horror aspect of the game still would get to me
I played it when it came out and for some odd reason I wasn't into it. Probably because of my undying love for System Shock 2 (Levine's previous game from 1999). Fast forward to about 3-4 years ago I decided to finally give it another go and damn yeah I see the hype. It only took like 13 years for me to finally experience it 🤷🏼
@@joseibarra7735 didn't I do it for you?
The amount of times ActMan has referenced this game in the past.
Now its time for why was half life 2 so awesome am I right
@@big_winky_dom6686 and Half life 1
God Bless Your Soul
whowantsacheezburger I’m gonna give an extremely hot take and say that hl2 is just an okay game. It has good pacing and a few great areas but the enemy variety is boring (besides the zombies in ravenhold) and the weapon balance is kinda garbage (the shotgun and smg are clearly the best weapons while the fun weapons are garbage). The story is also only okay and has only 2 good characters, those being alyx and the g-man. That’s just my opinion though, feel free to call me objectively wrong as much as you like
Glctc Thnkr I don’t think it’s as bad as you said, but the first was honestly leagues above the second
Fun fact: The composer of Bioshock and its sequels, Garry Schyman, also did the music for the Destroy All Humans series.
wow! thanks
Just herring the name bioshock i Have so much lore to tell for 12 hours straight
Whoa no wonder I got Destroy all humans vibes with some parts of the ost
@Metsarebuff 22 did you mean to say "realize"?
When I heard "Break that puppy's neck, I spat out my drink, and got chills down my spine. Then the whimpers from the dog, legitimately made me want to kill every single thing in sight. That was horrifying. Like I remember thinking "SERIOUSLY WHAT THE ACTUAL FRICK" I felt incredibly disturbed for about 15 minutes, and thinking about still makes me shudder.
That was an audio diary from Dr. Suchong.
I expected him to say or do something awful because it seemed obvious he wasn't just being nice but I wasn't expecting something so brutal. What really sells it though, is the way the kid cries & says "no". They knew they couldn't disobey so all they could do is beg him to stop saying it. It was so cathartic finding Suchong's corpse & the audio diary next to him.
I'm glad my "Would you kindly make a BioShock video?" comment worked.
Andrew Ryan's voice acting is one of the greatest in gaming history.
The guy who did it, Armin Shimmerman, says in an interview that as a professor of Shakespeare at an american university, he would genuinely compare the complexity and intelligence of the writing to the bard himself
@@johncooperwilde9731 that makes too much sense
Opinionated as fuck, shodan now thats good voice acting, kain from blood omen or even shadowman, but this overrated turd? Fuck this game.
@@HistorysMysterys You're trying too hard
Paired with the perfect writing is just a mach made in heaven
"Would you kindly" is the best twist in narrative driven media.
It’s such an incredible twist, and it honestly only could’ve been pulled off in an interactive medium like a video game because the themes of the game apply to the players themselves, not just the main protagonist. This makes Bioshock one of the most revolution games of all time in my opinion
The infinite twist surrounding the baptism scene is up there
For some damn reason I guessed in the beginning "hey what if this guy that's trying to help me is actually the bad guy" and it ruined the twist for me almost entirely.
@@shanonfrancis5071 the thing is i also had my doubts about him but still we kept doing those objectives which further helped the twist like even if we know he is the villian we are doing his tasks because again we dont have free will. God this game is good.
Truly one of the greatest gaming moments of all time.
bioshock 1 and oblivion on one disc... what a time to be a gamer.
Bioshock 1 is the most unique and original. Bioshock 2 is the most emotional. (When she tosses the doll in the water = makes me tear up every time) Bioshock Infinite is the most creative/story that could easily be made into a movie. All three are excellent in their own ways.
“You can’t have your characters say how they feel!” Sorry George Lucas
But, but, sand!
You mean Anakin?
@@XanthosAcanthus Jedi mind tricks, nothing more.
Well ... except if your character doesn't know how to deal with his feelings ...
@@adriencordova5546 Obi Wan would like to talk
Act man viewers: “I’ve been looking forward to this.”
Damn right
For 3 years
Finally
Same
Facts
From the beginning when you crash in the ocean and make your way to the dark, foreboding tower sticking out of the surface, I knew this game would be great. One of my all time favorites, brings back a lot of good memories. 2007 was an insane year for gaming.
In my many years of gaming, that Big Daddy intro, where he absolutely bodies the splicer after they pistol whip the little sister, still gives me goosebumps. They sold it, 110%
"nothing feels overpowered" *immediately thinks about how the telekinesis alone can solo the entire game*
The most OP weapon in the game is a plasmid. And that plasmid is, Target Dummy. Makes the game sooooo easy even on Survivor! Big Daddy? No problem, hack a turret, stand next to it, shoot the big daddy and then keep putting out target dummys and the turret goes to work. Easy.
I played the whole game with winter blast, freezing everything and then melee wrench with bonus damage equipped. Telekenisis is crazy too, definitely you can abuse mechanics in this game.
Cat attack!
When I realized that I can kill zombies with the suit of big daddy by using telekinesis, the game was over for me :)
Why is telekineses OP? I never found great use for it but maybe im just using it wrong
Another nice detail is the tattoos on Jack's wrist. 2 chains, one on each wrist. Jack was never in control, he was always a slave, chained to Fontaine's orders. Goddamn, I love this game.
I got the same tattoo on my right wrist, since we are always obeying someone or something without even noticing
I thought it was meant to evoke the great chain
Cryo Judgement well as Jack really doesn't have anything to do with the great chain (plus he's a slave) it seems more likely to be standing for that he is chained to someone of higher power
@@Nolle69_ yeah I notice that now I was saying I used to think that.
Would you kindly
Dead Space and Bioshock are peak gaming. Still remember the first time going against a Big Daddy in the Medical Pavilion and being killed so many times, exhausting every bit of ammo, health and Eve. The feeling when he finally went down was epic.
There were two moments in BioShock that always stuck with me. When you meet the doctor and he freaks out after seeing you, and Andrew Ryan when you finally confront him. The voice acting was fantastic and gave me goosebumps. Still one of my all time favorite games
"How did you come up with the setting?" *Hits bong....* Get this, system shock, but underwater
😂
LMFAO
It had to be like this by Ken Levine
True
The interesting thing is that even though Andrew Ryan claims to be a free market capitalist, he regularly contradicts his own ideals, ultimately becoming an authoritarian.
It's a paradox of tollerance. If you allow for everything to happen, then you also allow for that world to be corrupted. In the end, Ryan was also a free man in Rapture. A free man with the most power. Even without Atlas it should end like that.
@@rawen160 A free market system must protect property rights. Andrew Ryan's society failed to do so, thus leading to its downfall.
@@stilo2703 Law must protect property right, not market. Market just exists. You can check that tolerance paradox, it's real thing, I'm only not sure if it called such.
@@stilo2703 Yep, it is called paradox of tolerance. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
@@rawen160 Law doesn't protect the property right. It's just plain text written on a piece of paper and because of that it needs to be enforced at some point through the use of force. Who will enforce it? The state of course and here is the funny part: The ONLY reason the state enforces the law is because he has the monopoly of force. The reasons why it is this way is another discussion but yes, markets exists and they would naturally be responsible for protecting the property rights if not for the state intervention in this area.
Played this game on release and never looked back. Was one of the best single player game experiences I've ever had. A true masterpiece.
Bioshock The Collection is Free Now On Epic Games store till June 2
I'm currently playing the Bioshock Collection on Switch, and I can't put it down. I forgot how good it was, and I'm loving every minute of it.
All the water level music. You're a goddam genius, Act Man, a goddam genius.
From Spyro 2 no less! My other favourite game!
I think it is from Donkey Kong Country water levels actually.
@@mancamiatipoola He uses more than one i'm pretty sure. The Spyro 2 underwater theme starts at 12:40
Yeah DK underwater music is so fucking nostalgic.
The nostalgia from metroid water level too
"This is my 5th or 6th playthrough of the game." You gotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers.
Facts lol
Bro my numbers are 12 ain't much but its honest work
I’ve played the game over 25 times. Love it so much
10 at least. Literally my favorite game campaign.
I've played this game around 6 times. Resident Evil 4 however, I played it over 50 times.
Loved this game and have to say, great job on this vid man. Thank you for the work and bringing back these memories.
9:03 If I had a nickel for every time someone made a falcon punch joke in this scene I'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
"A man chooses.... A slave obeys... OBEY!!!!!" Those words hit HARD
@@ue4archive more like intensifies into andrew Ryan's head
When a child is born, the first thing we should do is gift them a copy of Bioshock.
I own the entire series on PC and you can bet your ass Imma have my kids play them when theyre old enough! lol
Oh HELL YEAH Why didn’t I think about that’s the first Game franchise that I’ll introduce my kids too down the line and that only that but other Franchises as well🙃
@@chowrites6179 Played this game around 10 years old asked my dad to torrent it. Never have I ever been as scared but damn even at 10 the twist of would you kindly hit me like a truck. I will for sure let my kids play this game cuz like many say it's legit art.
@@Anima-bribe I didnt play Bioshock till I was 22(?) and I can definitely my experience was the same. I think that just speaks volumes t the quality of this game.
Disagree, give every child a copy when they're old enough to appreciate it, I played the bioshock games when I was a little kid and it left me wishing I could re-experience them for the first time as an adult and fully enjoy it for the first time again
Just seeing the scene with the hands brings tears to my eyes and gives me this fuzzy teary feeling.
The twist... the oh so incredible twist... I still remember having that feeling... of my adrenaline pumping gearing for a boss fight, but dropping and seeing that would you kindly... n getting that feeling in ur stomach, like... I'm still ready for a boss fight... but the sixth sense is awakening... n ur added cut scenes... yeah... that really happened... exactly like that... thank u so much for the trip down memory lane... the games we were blessed to play in those days... thank you to everyone who had a part in making that game... it was truly a masterpiece...
Idk how game companies think it’s “okay” to release an unfinished game.
sometimes they do this to gain more money remember cyberpunk? the game is not finished, but they launched on cristhmas why they did? simple, they fed the fans with those ''the civis will have that and that, bla bla''' ''you will be able to do this and this'' they keep teasing the players, and when the game came out, everyone just rushed to buy it, wasating money and getting a extremely bugged game : / sorry for misspelings
The only reason they consider it okay is because people still pre order and overhyped games or allow them to pass as "oh they'll fix it eventually" We shouldnt put up with this.
Can't stop them. Government cant do anything. They can stop loot boxes, but they cant stop Christmas rushing.
With regards to cyberpunk i think they had little to no choice to release when they did. Between cancerous fans sending death threats to devs for delaying the game before, and shareholders pushing it out for their Christmas cash, and if it took another couple months (which would have been needed to iron out bugs and make it playable on last gen consoles) the hype would have died. I still like the game and think in a couple years when next gen versions are out, bugs gone, content added (that shouldn't have been cut in the first place) i think we'll look back on it in admiration as the great RPG i know it can be. Too bad the release version was sub-par.
@@ethanmarley678 Why in the actual hell would you want government intervention in the process of creating video games? What in the actual fuck...?
it shouldn't even be a question on why bioshock is a masterpiece
It's a question I will answer, nonetheless!!
@@TheActMan can you also answer why people hate bioshock 2? i mean im happy ea didn't pick it up and grave rob it.
@J.C. Denton For me, the idea of playing a big daddy was awesome. But, in bioshock 2, you didn't feel like a big daddy.. The art direction was also a bit to drastic for my taste, and, well, the story was disappointing.
I dont think it is, the game didnt hook me. Neat atmosphere, designs, but the gameplay was meh
@J.C. Denton not for me the game was more polished. A better gameplay and an acceptable story I'd say.
My comfort game!!! To this day, nothing in a game has gutted men so thoroughly as the Atlas reveal. I had to step away and literally mourn for a full 10 minutes the first time I played it!
I was pretty intimidated of trying Bioshock, and that's without taking into account the fact that I haven't played a FPS before (I just am not really interested in those in general), but I admit I kind of got convinced I should try it after watching your video ! The way everyone talks about it so passionately is amazing, I really am eager to discover the amazing story and worl of the game now
did you play it???
“Would you kindly” was the biggest WTF moment I have ever had in a game.
It’s for us all.
yep
it's weird how many people were suprised by it when it's repeated over and over again- and even before the confrontation itself is literally spelled out lmao.
Yes you should never trust anyone. Not even yourself...
what about KOTOR when the player is revealed to be Darth Revan LOL?
I highly suggest reading the book"Bioshock : Rapture" by John Shirley. He basically collected all the lore and turned it into a badass novel
no
Dash 410r yes
Dash 410r yes
Great book
Kinda average
Literally the first game I got when I bought my switch and just finished this a couple of weeks ago. Such an amazing and immersive game!
Nice touch of the music from Donkey Kong Country, fits well with the game.
agreed
Do you imagine if he just said: "Let's crash a plane directly into this"
is that a 911 reference
gv only if you want it to be
Lmao
“Would you kindly” do the 2nd and 3rd
*Would you kindly. How could you fuck that up? Edit: Thanks for changing it.
Would you
damnit now I have to
probably wont happen any time soon
Saw a break down of the DLC for the second one (never got to try it). Holy shit what an amazing short story.
Thx for your analysis and developers comments. I love Bioshock for his great Gameworld and the storytelling. It is also cool that the gameplay of Bioshock uses a lot of elements of his predecessor System Shock 2 and make it accessible
Great video, great edit, great dialogue, fun. Thumbs up
To be honest, I couldn’t play bioshock until the remaster, the lack of dirt on windows made it unplayable
😂😂😂😂😂
Completely understandable👌
All is incomplete without dirt. I like dirt. I eat dirt.
I feel you bro, I feel you.
😂😂😂
I always tear up on the best ending. Because Jack, not only got a family, he got something he didn't have growing up: Choices and Freedom.
I know right, something the other 2 games missed out on, although I still think infinite is pretty awesome even without multiple ending
@@sirragnarok3242 that’s an unpopular opinion
@@moonlight-qr6px Which one?
@@sirragnarok3242 that infinite is good but if you can enjoy it then that’s good :)
@@moonlight-qr6px Idk why people dont like Infinite
Dude, I can't afford a console since a long time ago, but this game made me ask a friend to let me play this, in a single night I went through the whole thing and is one of those games I will never forget, what a masterpiece, really a piece of art, great video, much love from Colombia
I know i am VERY late but my son bought me an xbox 360 and i am playing Bioshock and Skyrim for the first time ever. I am old school, used to games from the 90s so this is a huge change for me. It took me this long because i have hand-eye coordination problems (terrible for action/shooter games) but these games difficulties are reasonable for me when set as low as you can go. I am pretty stoked! Not finishing your vid since there are spoilers, but i agree that Bioshock is awesome and i am glad i am no longer missing out on the fun!
"But you don't want to hack everything." Me who hacks everything.
First rule of bioshock, hack everything!!
I think that’s every game
I would like but it's at 69 and i don't want the mess that up.
yea I hacked everything too.
Nrm it is gone now, but you can get my like now lol
Fun fact: the voice of Jack was done by a member of the development team.
Such suppries, WHAT ABOUT THIS IS FUN?
@@davidbanan. just fact?
Specifically he was voiced by Nate Wells. Bill Gardner gave Jack his face and the sweater was inspired by Dorian Hart who used to wear one.
I still get the urge to chuckle every time I hear the "Circus of Values" vending machine, knowing that's Ken Levine's voice. If I recall correctly, he says in one of the behind-the-scenes videos for Bioshock's remastered collection that he used to do that voice for his wife occasionally after the game came out. And she HATED it every time, which he found hilarious.
@@Justmyhandle Ahh that voice and or face you make that your wife hates. It's those little joys that make life worth living.
Great video! Honorable mention to the sound design in this game - if you have access to the original release (not the remaster) make sure you enable EAX!
You’ve convinced me to play this game despite me absolutely avoiding it all these years, it seems like I must. Will you ever do a bio shock 2 video?
I don’t think Bioshock 2 gets enough credit. It wasn’t a necessary sequel, and it could never match the initial wonder and mystery the original had, but it was still great. Also greatly improved the core gameplay.
I feel like Bioshock 2 was just made to allow you to play as a Big Daddy. I know a lot of people were asking for that before Bioshock 2 was released.
Big Daddies and little sisters are practically the heart and soul of Rapture, Bioshock 2 is like my favourite game of all time possibly, i loved the addition of the Alpha Series and i think Delta was a better silent protagonist due to never seeing his face and letting his actions speak for him Bioshock 2 was also smart in story telling as going the exact opposite of what the first story was, Jack was a free man who found out he was actually a slave, while Delta was a slave who found his freedom and yeah the main story isn't as good as the first game's BUT its DLC is though haha, if Minerva's Den was the main story of Bioshock 2, people would praise it as an amazing sequel
Bioshock 2 is the best one with gameplay and the story of main game and DLC is good plus the MP is suprisingly good. Then again, the MP was made by the same people behind gems like Wolfenstien and Quake Enemy Territory as well as Dirty Bomb.
I'm fairly sure Bioshock 2 was because they had so many unused concepts from the first game. Some of the writing is cheesy, but most of it is great
@@DoGlowy I am the sort of guy that likes good to great games. In movie terms, I would like a B movie as much as a A one if they were any good.
39:30 "A Man Chooses, A Slave Obeys" _Still as powerful as it was 14 years ago..._
Exept the jab does not give super power LOL
Well, it always will be, as long as humanity exists
Not really a good distinction. I can both choose and obey at the same. Also a child is not s slave for obeying
Then you get a wife and you realise you become a slave lol
@@JohnCenaFan6298 obeying like openly using your body for government experiments
Great intro!! Loved the video
That intro was the BEST EVER MADE
I like how the phrase "Would you kindly" is literally everywhere when bioshock is referenced, yet people keep the twist hidden. People new to the franchise see this all the time, but they never saw the twist coming.
It was my 360 gamertag motto for a long while after I played. People who knew.. knew. And others went on unspoiled
Would you kindly like this comment?
Honestly "Would you kindly" is an amazing phrase to use too, the subtlety of coming across as merely polite on first glance, but when you see the twist and replay you can see the twist unfold in real time.
I saw it used in the community and assumed it was just a silly meme referencing Atlas’ catchphrase. Boy was I wrong and pleasantly surprised by the twist
My ass was shocked when I first saw THAT scene.
Me having no idea how to play bioshock properly: I've run out of ammo and health items so I'm just going to beat these people to death and if I die I'll just respawn so it's fine.
I did that once or twice on hard for bioshock 2 haha They specifically give you more ammo drops after that happens same with cash tho so 🤷♂️ Idt I ever had the problem in the first one because I loved the wrench so much
@@Subpar1224 no vita chambers on extreme... the wrench isnt so friendly then :)
Wait until you meet the big daddies lol Hope you have a lot of time on your hands
@@dumbdead8835 or a lot of baiting with that one fence spot up where you get the incinerate plasmid.
Im gonna give you a tip... Use the wrench forget about plasmids research elite bouncer (drill big daddy) get wrench jockey, most power full weapon is the wrench with wrench jockey 1 and 2 plus electro bolt
2 Million views in about 2 years. Really speaks volumes about how awesome and informative this video and (Act)Man is and how amazingly rewatchable his videos are.
My god i think the beginning of this video with placing your picture on top of ryans, and reciting the monologue exactly like Ryan is absolutely brilliant, the whole video is brilliant though as well, this is the third time I've watched this lol
That intro was the real masterpiece
Lol Yeah it was.
Andrew Ryan's voice acting is out of this world 11/10 So perfect for the character
What amazes me are the little details you could miss on your first, second or even third play through, like the tonic and ambush at 19:20
My favorite game of all time. Would love to see a tv show/movie, but I think it is the GOAT at telling a story that can only exist in the video game medium. I replay it every few years and there are still details that I’ve missed from your video
Why is Alien: Isolation so AWESOME? That’s my request
I agree
There are good videos on the subject already. Just search it up, i think it's called the brilliance of A:I or something.
Shalin 25 yeah I saw that one, but that’s no act man
cuboid film, riiight, that’s what I’m saying as well. Those videos are cool and all, but that shit doesn’t have the Act Mans blessing:/
Best horror game EVER
Just bought the trilogy on sale today. Crazy timing.
Just finished Infinite today lol
The first Bioshock is in my top 3 favorite games of all time. Played it at least 10 times.
@@diarmuiddoherty3033 I just finished Gta VI to! What are the odds?
@@Sonimod how did 2021 look like, oh Time Traveler?
playing through bioshock 2 atm so good
I always take time to play this game a few times a year, it truly is a masterpiece and it’s by far my favorite video game! I just can’t help but play in awe with how gorgeous and breathtaking this game is. And the gameplay is just outstanding, sure the game has its glitches and whatnot, but it plays smoothly and you feel just so caught up in all the action. It’s just incredible!
I cant believe i am gonna say this, i search now a game for a review and now i pray it is you that has done a review, i love you act man lol, i remember that cod world at war vid where you had like 2 miniion view in a few days and 20k dislikes and you had people arguing with you, that was hilarious
Bioshock 1: A flawless masterpiece Bioshock 2: A fun as hell to play game with an ok story Bioshock Infinte: A solid game with a really crazy and creative story followed by one of the best DLC´s ever made.
Bingo
Lets agree to disagree about Infinite.
Wtdtd thank you
@@Wtdtd Lets disagree to agree to disagree about infinite :)
@@biosorss1285 No.
It wasn’t impossible to make a video on Bioshock, it was impossible to make it on anything else.
I see what you did there
@Domagoj Čović who says I’m gay ?!
Bro u can do better than this line Come on
@@Paghmani1sher it was impossible ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (Or: “Bioshock is just a game, we give it meaning by choice”)
Just played this through again after more than a decade... Still holds up. It's an absolute masterpiece of a game. I mean hell, I still remembered some of the creepy things the splicers say a decade after first being creeped out by them.
I will never get over your intro to this video 😆 I love it so much
I just finished rewatching your Halo videos and now this comes out? You really are the gift that keeps on giving.
Fancy seeing you here, good taste in anime and an even better taste in youtubers
Tom Noblesix what can I say, I enjoy quality content.
I did the exact same thing! The Act Man is a treasure that needs to be respected and protected at all costs!
Welcome to fanbase. Enjoy your stay and always defend your own opinion here. People here tend to respect it.
I found out that when they tested out the game, they had Atlas with a Southern Accent instead of an Irish one, but the testers didn’t trust Atlas because of his accent so they changed it to that Irish one so ppl would trust him from the beginning. They had to go back and re-record all his lines basically (I think) Imagine “I reckon wouldja kindly” And Sinclair was given the Southern Accent instead.
That's crazy cuz I didn't trust Sinclair and he ended up being a bro
@@marisoto7442 Well i think thats WHY they gave him that accent, so that him being the bro to the very end was more meaningful. Atlas having the Irish one so you can trust him and having the big twist was shocking!
Moral of the story: never trust an Irish person
Lmao, so Southern American accent is inherently trustworthy and the Irish one is trustworthy?
Honestly if atlas talked like Sinclair I probably would have trusted him even more, you can't resist that old times southern charm Sinclair posseses. He was a bro till his sad end. I put him down easy tho
My friend streamed the game on discord and it even from a watcher perspective meant a lot to me and was an amazing experience. :)
Man, my game was actually bugged and didn't play all of the narration and those twists STILL hit light freight cars. The Ryan twist in particular, I had no notion it was gonna happen until it did, but it fits so well.
Swinging a wrench has never been THIS satisfying.
I played the remaster for the first time, after I got the wrench I got curious and smacked a glass panel and I freaked because it felt and sounded so real I thought I busted the glass wall. 10/10 wrench physics.
Maybe Ratchet and Clank! Oh! and Red Faction Guerilla!😎👍
The wrench is to Jack & Bioshock what the crowbar is to Gordon Freeman & Half-Life.
@@Justmyhandle couldn’t have said it better
"Really makes you *feel* like a Plumber"
If you read this from now till Jun 02, 2022 at 9AM, I want you to know that you can get The Bioshock Collection for free from Epic Games Store. Not gonna lie, I dont use epic, and I don't buy games on the platform, but I have a library of like 50 games from their free stuff begging. A No brainer free claim for any PC user that doesnt already own this game/games. Thanks again for amazing content Act Man. Over a year later and that intro is still one of my favorites you've done.
I love how rapture is all about "no gods or kings, only man", and yet everywhere you go, there is a referance to christianity, roman tyrants, and so on, yeah ryan, you did a great job at keeping the city god free