Control Command Escape

Bioshock has one of the best openings of any video game ever, so I'm not going to spoil it here. Suffice it to say, you find yourself wandering the derelict remains of an underwater city ("Rapture"), attempting to rescue the family of a man known only as "Atlas". The gameplay is bare-bones first-person shooter with a twist– in addition to wielding steampunk-themed weapons, you also have a variety of "plasmids" (psychic powers) which can freeze, ignite or electrocute (to name but a few) enemies and the environment. Unfortunately you'll have to keep switching between both weapons and plasmids, especially in the early game, which can get a bit tiresome.

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