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[RPS37]

I finished the first Bioshock back in the day, never played the second one, and play only some of Infinite.
The collection was on sale for 10 bucks this week, so I bought it with rewards points.
I only played the first hour but it seems to really hold up, especially in the remaster.
Plan is to play through all three. After playing what I did so far, I'm pretty excited.

 

[BigLee74]

Infinite was always my favourite!

 

[Xtib81]

One of my all Time favorite series but I don't think the games have aged well

 

[Loomy]

Infinite has a point where you can easily tell they ran out of time/money/ideas and it turns into a completely different game for a few hours lol.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Bioshock is the best of them all overall, Bioshock 2 was decent, Infinite has the best story.

 

[Zuzu]

Bioshock 2 is my favourite. Good story and good gameplay.

 

[Senua]

The first Bioshock is a masterpiece and holds up brilliantly

 

[The_hunter]

The shooting is fun in Infinite.

 

[Ogbert]

One of my all Time favorite series but I don't think the games have aged well

I think the opposite - they've aged very well.

It's only really the health pack management that feels clunky.

 

[Zamana]

If you're playing on PC get a mod for infinite called Modern Warfare. It completely changes the gunplay and makes it so much better.

 

[RPS37]

Infinite was always my favourite!

I never finished it when it came out!

One of my all Time favorite series but I don't think the games have aged well

So far, it looks really good on XSX actually.

Bioshock 2 is my favourite. Good story and good gameplay.

I never touched it. I finished the first game but skipped to infinite. Gotta finish my replay first. Pumped.

If you're playing on PC get a mod for infinite called Modern Warfare. It completely changes the gunplay and makes it so much better.

I'm playing on XSX.

 

[epicurius-seven]

I need to get around to 2 some day.

Infinite's approach to narrative just didn't work for me. Loved the big statues - massive faces always creep me out.

 

[TintoConCasera]

First game was so good man. I remember staying still right after the intro when you are swimming in the ocean because I thought I was still watching a video, the fire and water looked so damn fine lol.

Never played the sequel, the idea of being in a big daddy suit didn't sound too appealing to me, but I should check out the game some day.

Infinite looked nice but it was more of a shooter rather than a proper "shock" game.

 

[Baemono]

A friend I went to law school with was like "these are the best games ever, you should play them" so I tried, but yeah, doesn't click

 

[xrnzaaas]

1 and 2 are great. Infinite for me was just bad from the story perspective, I recently replayed it and kept rolling my eyes. They were desperate to link this game with the previous two BioShock games and for everything to make sense. Should've been a simpler story with some subtle hints that it's all part of the same universe.

 

[Lupin3]

I can still to this day fire up Infinite and be absolutely floored by the art direction. Entering Columbia is just as amazing today as it was back then.

 

[lughnasadh123]

Been thinking of jumping in as well having only played the first one since the collection is frequently on sale. One day maybe.

 

[struggler_guts]

hell yeah OP I do this every few years, but somehow I can never remember what happens in 2…

 

[Laptop1991]

I'm a big fan of all three games, i enjoyed Rapture and Columbia and it's way past time we had a new one.

 

[winjer]

I was never able to finish Bioshock 1, due to the puzzles being so repetitive and boring. I did try 2 or 3 times, back then, but always quit 1/3 way through the game.
Never played the second game. But I did play and di enjoy Infinite a lot.

 

[T-Cake]

Infinite needs some patching up - the UI at 4K is miniscule.

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I always loved Bioshock in theory. The world is amazing, many of the mechanics very cool, but I could never stand the gunplay and bulletsponge-y respawning enemies. It's such a "stiff", weird feeling game to actually play. I don't know, could never get over that.

Prey 2017 was the one out of the Shock games that really fucking clicked for me.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

First game was so good man. I remember staying still right after the intro when you are swimming in the ocean because I thought I was still watching a video, the fire and water looked so damn fine lol.

Never played the sequel, the idea of being in a big daddy suit didn't sound too appealing to me, but I should check out the game some day.

Infinite looked nice but it was more of a shooter rather than a proper "shock" game.

You should give Infinite a try. I don't even remember doing it, but I beat it without buying anything on 1999 mode. I was just so hyped about a new Bioshock, I took the time to get all the achievements.

 

[PauloRoberto]

My favorite is Bioshock 2... a nice story to follow the first and a WAAAY better gameplay. Infinite is one of my biggest disappointments in history of games, a pretentious mess of a story that break its own rules just to deliver more impact.

 

[Inanilmaz]

Need to try 1&2 but infinite bored me, didn't finish the game.

 

[Judge Magister]

1 > Infinite > 2

 

[Grildon Tundy]

There's something in the water because I booted up Bioshock 2 yesterday for the first time in five years and then saw this thread.

The wide-linear environments make 2 still feel fresh, since they don't make a lot of first-person shooters like this anymore.

 

[adamsapple]

Don't forget to play Minnerva's Den after beating Bioshock 2.

It's a fantastic little self contained story.

 

[Mr Hyde]

I've had Bioshock collection in my library for ages. Bought it cheap on sale and meant to play it right away since I've never played them, but yeah here we are and I've still not touched them. Maybe it's time now. Maybe

 

[Magic Carpet]

All 3 games were given away on Epic store. I would like to play through them all again myself.

 

[Arachnid]

Bioshock 2 is my favourite. Good story and good gameplay.

Agreed. 1 has a better story, but 2 is the best overall package.

I never liked Infinite, personally.

 

[Chuck Berry]

I loved all of them, but the original will always be my favorite. I remember playing the demo of 1 on the 360 dozens and dozens of times and being so floored just by the water effects. You could tell the writing was on another level too just with that playable section. It was a magical fucking game. One of those Half Life type moments (for me at least) where the bar for narratives fucking skyrocketed.

"So tell me friend, which one of the bitches sent you? The KGB wolf or the CIA jackal? Here's the news: Rapture isn't some sunken ship for you to plunder, and Andrew Ryan isn't a giddy socialite who can be slapped around by government muscle. And with that, farewell, or dasvidaniya, whichever you prefer".

 

[TintoConCasera]

You should give Infinite a try. I don't even remember doing it, but I beat it without buying anything on 1999 mode. I was just so hyped about a new Bioshock, I took the time to get all the achievements.

I did play it back then, sorry if my post made it sound like it haven't done so.

I thought it was fun and cool, had a good time with it but it also felt a bit simplified to me. Mind you it's been a lot of time since I played it so I might be wrong.

 

[Xtib81]

I think the opposite - they've aged very well.

It's only really the health pack management that feels clunky.

I'm not a fan of the level design. Each area looks desperately empty, it doesn't look believable imo.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Finished them all back to back on Switch 2 last year for the 52 games challenge. Infinite probably was technically the best but I felt as if they thought they were doing a different game and remembered in the last cutscene that they had to link it to Bioshock. It felt off, characters had that Beyond Good and Evil shape, almost Disney-like faces.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Yeah being able to dual wield a plasmid and a gun is dope in Bio 2, but no one ever mentions the double barrelled shotgun which is one of the more cooler, underrated shotties.

 

[Sgt.Asher]

2 Is my favorite due to the gameplay. Unfortunately 2k never bothered to fix some sort of memory leak so it crashes all the time.

Infinite is pretty good up until gunsmith part then it drops in quality.

 

[Chuck Berry]

hell yeah OP I do this every few years, but somehow I can never remember what happens in 2…

Me neither, except that whole side story of the father with the missing daughter that he goes searching for and eventually finds himself in Rapture. You find these audio logs detailing bits of his journey trying to find his little girl, only to discover at the end that he himself has become a Big Daddy and you end up ending his life. Pretty tragic shit really and really well done. It's the one thing that always stuck with me.

 

[kevboard]

seems to really hold up, especially in the remaster.

 

[RPS37]

Don't forget to play Minnerva's Den after beating Bioshock 2.

It's a fantastic little self contained story.

Is Minerva's Den BioShock 2 DLC? Do you know if there is any other DLC in the remaster and what order I should be playing them in??

I've had Bioshock collection in my library for ages. Bought it cheap on sale and meant to play it right away since I've never played them, but yeah here we are and I've still not touched them. Maybe it's time now. Maybe

Nah. Seriously, it looks mad decent on my setup.

 

[kevboard]

Nah. Seriously, it looks mad decent on my setup.

it has controversial art changes compared to the OG.

I prefer the original, especially on PC

 

[adamsapple]

Is Minerva's Den BioShock 2 DLC? Do you know if there is any other DLC in the remaster and what order I should be playing them in??

Minnerva's Den is Bioshock 2. It's standalone and doesn't factor into the main plot of 2.

Bioshock Infinite has a 2 part DLC expansion, Burial at Sea which acts as an epilogue to the game.

 

[kindaGoth]

I think Bioshock takes the crown for best intro in any game and Infinite is close behind.

 

[FullMetalx117]

The HD era did not start until Bioshock. What games can be, how the storytelling could be even better than movies.
Shocked there hasn't been more adaptations of the bioshock world.

I need to go thorough these again myself sometime, maybe on the steam deck

 

[T-Cake]

Where is Dr. Suchong when you need him?

 

[Come On Tars]

Really loved setting up for Mr Bubbles fights. Amassing a pile of red canisters or, my favorite, 5-7 tripe wires, agro him and watching him lunge though them all to have him dead at my feet.

 

[Spukc]

One of my all Time favorite series but I don't think the games have aged well

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

they shouldve stopped at 1

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Where is Dr. Suchong when you need him?

Suchong find it hard to put into words how much he revere Bioshock series, especially after Suchong impaled on Bouncers drill

 

[Chuck Berry]

If you're playing on PC get a mod for infinite called Modern Warfare. It completely changes the gunplay and makes it so much better.

Fuck mods. Play the game the way its supposed to be played and don't be a pussy.