
Learning about the destiny of Rapture will be now Jack's main motivation while he tries to survive the horrors that the free will can create.īioShock is a first-person shooter with gameplay elements and storytelling technique reminiscent of System Shock games.

However, even before he assimilates all this new information, the descent to this supposed paradise ends and he can only see ruins and chaos. Without hesitating, Jack enters the door and is greeted by slogans that praise the city of Rapture, a paradise of free will built in the 1940's by a business magnate named Andrew Ryan. He has the apparent luck of resurfacing in front of what looks like a door to an underwater complex.

Don’t forget, Epic’s “Mega” game sale is still going on as well.In the year 1960 a plane crashes in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with a man named Jack as the only survivor. In addition to the main games, it includes all of the games’ single-player DLC, some of which was extremely well-received. (And incidentally, one of the best non-player characters in video game history.) Navigate floating islands with incredible rail-grinding combat, make your way through an incipient revolution, and find out how Elizabeth - and you - fit into the fabric of Columbia’s creation and literal downfall.īioshock: The Collection is a free download from now until June 2nd at 11 a.m.

It’s there you’ll find Elizabeth, a young woman with a mysterious past who can open tears in the fabric of space and time. Technically a prequel to the original game, the player finds their way into the idyllic flying city of Columbia, where the enigmatic leader Comstock has used steampunk technology to secede from the United States and create his own society based on the worship of himself and the Founding Fathers.

Bioshock Infinite picks up on the themes of the original, but sets them in the sky.
