Something I didn’t hear you mention when it came to the importance of the term “Atlas” in Bioshock is that the entire game is pretty much one big reference to the book “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand. In the book, rebellious capitalists disgusted with how the government controls the business world and exploits their productivity plan to create a place where the world’s top business leaders can pursue their business and creative adventures freely, thus creating the perfect “individualist” paradise. The book ends with the planning of this place and Bioshock basically picks up where it left off, critiquing how the “perfect individualist paradise” would actually play out. There’s also no coincidence that “Atlas” was a politician before attempting to take over rapture, as it’s heavily implied in “Atlas Shrugged” that the perfect capitalist utopia could not exist because old world politics will seep its way in and cause history to repeat with attempts to control and limit power and creativity.
When talking about the reason for Rapture's existence during the prologue, I was also surprised he didn't mention the libertarian philosophy behind it.
@@s_t_e_v_e_n_ Rapture is literally a definitive Libertarian Society. They fled so they can practice there own beliefs of capitalism without any government interference. Idk how you could consider it a “Commune”.
Thank you for the concise summary of that book as I doubt I'd ever find the time to engage with such fantasy. Furthering the critique with specific reference to Bioshock, It's actually more disgusting that Frank is leading you around through the world of rapture while gaslighting you about who abused the discovery of Adam. His actions are directly responsible for the state of Rapture when you arrive. Tenenbaum was a woman who saw the possibilities in such a miraculous discovery, while the other doctors had varying levels of unethical reactions, since this was a place where science wasn't fettered by morality, thus the little sisters. Fontaine is literally the exploiter who set in motion the downfall of the "great man" society, saw the addictive nature of Plasmids as a good thing for business, and then created orphanages for the little girls he was totally ok with kidnapping from the residents of the working class families he was simultaneously agitating against Ryan, who was just a tycoon buying buildings and "fish futures," which were otherwise unregulated and wholly owned by the individuals of the city. Is it any wonder the characters consider Fontaine on par with the Devil? Ryan only began to use the levers of society once it threatened his own prestige, like a hypocrite does, but he was correct in believing that the conman Frank Fountaine was a real threat. Just some sick sociopath stepping on everyone as he reaches for the top of the food chain. Bioshock 2 is also very interesting as only when the kidnapping of the children affects the rich socialites like the Therapist villain, do the resources of society get spent in changing things "for the better."
I think 'Bioshock' is quite literally referring to the act of our "Biological system going into shock". The stuff people injecting into their bodies, causes shock to their Biology, a jump, or whatever you want to call it. I love when a title references something in the story that may seem mundane but is actually a big part of the overall story. The part where you initially inject that stuff into our main character? That scene where he falls off the balcony and he is in immense pain from the stuff he injected? That's a 'Bioshock". His internal DNA and bodily functions are changing, I imagine that's painful.. a shock.
@@wyattgeorge9696 hey man, I thought his halo reviews were good, he put in his thoughts about certain things and nit picked about things. After watching this I’m definitely going to buy these bioshock games
@@wyattgeorge9696 the name of the video is literally says its a look back at the story of bioshock, says nothing about it being a review or analysis of the game what did you expect exactly
It's actually so meta. So often in games the suspension ceases and we stop and ask why the main character has to follow the game's story. Bioshock's MC reasoning is actually written into the story! Very clever.
I didn't appreciate this game back then because as a kid, playing this game was just another horror game, but now I'm older and this game hits hard although the second still is my favorite one
I remember reloading my game back 40 or so minutes since the last save because I accidentally destroyed one after hacking every single one before then. I was certain there would be a chieve for hacking them all. If I recall, there wasn't. I think they're was one for hacking 15 times but not for hacking each one.
after like the 3rd level hacking gets too difficult to justify, takes too long only for the rpg turrets to just blow themselves up I'll hack a machine gun turret though
“You ooze in like an assassin, and then you try to sneak out like a thief! You're no CIA spook. Who are you! Why have you come here! There's two ways to deal with mystery: uncover it, or eliminate it.” One of the most memorable lines in the game for me. Bioshock will always be my favorite game. Changed my perception on gaming and storytelling.
Just played this, great game, a Jurassic Park quote from Ian Malcolm kept coming to mind “your scientists were to preoccupied with whether they could, they never stopped to think of they should” 🦖
I love BioShock so much. When I see retrospective videos on it, I have to atleast check them out a little! I'm about 5 minutes in, and I'm loving this so far.
I actually appreciate the audio logs instead of the usual NPCs explaining stuff to you because most of the time those are being used to advance the story while in case of audio logs you get to choose if you're interested or not
I am usually a fan of game tie in books so I expected to like Bioshock Rapture, but it ended up unironically becoming one of my favourite books ever. If the games didn’t exist, it would honestly still stand on its own
2:26 To be fair, a third option would have been to try camping out at the lighthouse proper. Admittedly I'm unsure if search and rescue would ever show up. You could also possibly fashion a boat out of something present, might even been Jack's plan with the Bathysphere at first. Though, how I interpret it from Jack's perspective is that he was simply poking around and didn't quite realize where the Bathysphere would take him. Once he pulled that lever though, he was stuck in Rapture and had to fight his way out.
I was around 8 year old, watching my older brother play bioshock 1 late at night. The only thing I remembered was the fantastic audio logs voice acting and the game was very disturbing. I'm 18 now and having played all bioshock games + DLC, it was a great experience.
I did the same thing back when the game released. I watched my brother play it from start to finish and I what stuck out vividly was the music, the audio logs, and the visuals. When I’ve beaten all 3 games and the dlc many many times over and 100% every game many times over. I’m glad you shared similar feelings to mine, because this game is really really special.
It actually makes sense that a lot of people use the audio logs as it’s an actual product in rapture, you can find several posters/pictures of ads for it throughout rapture
Definitely cover the sequel. It's an interesting game in it's own right, for trying to capture the same magic of BioShock. I would also recommend covering Furi, since that game is just great and seems to slip under most people's radar's.
It's so nicely tied together. The moment where Andrew Ryan says his final "OBEY", sounds like russian word "kill" (oobey). Given that he says "dasvidaniya" in the beginning of the game, it could be a nice word play
I think Atlas statue as well as the name of the character may be a reference to Atlas Shrugged, the book by Ain Rand, the filosopher who inspired Andrew Ryan's ideology
Hard to find a game with a better story than Bioshock. Also hard to find an analyzer of such art with quality greater than this. Excellent work, Gingy!
I saw a rumor of a possible remaster/remake of the original Bioshock, that would be an awesome idea! Although in my opinion the visuals still hold up today, such a beautiful game and art style.
I’m surprised people are still making videos about bio shock honestly other than the bio shock hub channel. Great video man, I love all the bio shocks. They aren’t perfect but they are immersive and they helped me through a tough time in my life so bioshock will always be close to my heart.
Played this for the first time when on summer holiday term and ending up eating through the whole series I’m about two weeks. Didn’t love the second as much but a hell of a trilogy. A true masterpiece.
Bioshock probably has my favorite asthetic in a video game. They really do an amazing job with the environment and giving you the feeling of really being within the world as you play through.
I have to put this out somewhere but I can’t believe it took me so long to realise that point Prometheus is a fun jab (hah) at how you kill Fontaine, when he’s chained down you stick the needle into his chest like Prometheus being tied to a rock and pecked in the chest
Bioshock was one of my favorite games as a kid I remember it was one of the few games that actually told a really immersive story, Portal another game that I played around that time was kind of empty compared to this but I loved the world and the characters.
I love how, since this game came out, I've beaten it countless times, and yet I still play it to this day. I also love how even tho I've beaten this game countless times, I still like to watch these 45 minute videos talking about stuff I've known for ages now LMAO
Yeah it’s also immersion braking and unrealistic that people irl writ in paper books about what they do on a day to day basis. Those audio logs are believable enough, just like people writing in a diary.
Besides they give a reason for it in game. Can't remember if he mentions it in the video, but Ryan specifically asked everybody to start making those recordings.
Thats so funny. I always played by harvesting the little sisters. I had no idea you actually got more for saving them! I also harvested in the sequel since I didn't wanna do the mini missions.
You don't get more ADAM in either game by saving. You get exclusive plasmids and tonics by saving , but you'll get 240 more ADAM harvesting in the first game. ( not counting any of the four possible extra sisters.) In the second game , you get the most ADAM by saving the first 4 sisters to get the Proud Parent tonic, then harvesting the last eight gives you 80 more ADAM than just all harvesting. (If you do all gathers) And you can skip all the Little Sisters , other than the first one, in both games.
Atlas hold the celestial spheres in his shoulders, not the world, is a common misunderstanding, also is a reference to Atlas Shrugged, a book written by Ayn Rand, who Andrew Ryan was base off, you spend this whole game no speaking of the elephant in the room, that this game and also Infinite is a critique of Ayn Rand "philosophy".
Video games have changed so much in a small amount of time and they truly show all the time how far they can go. The video game medium is almost limitless. Great video.
You fuel my nostalgia for games i couldn’t get enough of years ago and now my nostalgia is linked ti your channel so good job i guess for brainwashing mybass
One thing, until you fall down the vents in Ryan's apartment, you do have one choice. Harvest or rescue. It's the one choice you make, which means that it affecting the ending makes it much more memorable. Fontaine suggests going after them, but doesn't use "WYK." We have free will with the Little Sisters.
Such a gem of a channel and genuinely enjoying these videos so much ! Looking forward to what you have in store this year Gingy and keep up the amazing work !
The form of story telling in Bioshock that I like is the idea of "thrusting you into the world with little explaination", as in you need to figure things out for the most part on your own but the game treats you as if you have an idea or like a lot of things are treated as everyday things, if bioshock was written today, you would be bombarded with the "oh your a new comer? Let us show you whats going on". I think that is why I sort of resonate with dead space in a way, its genuine and sincere, it presents itself as is, it also leaves our minds to run wild, rapture is one of those cities I would love as a sort of walking simulator with cases of the start, middle and after of certain events. Sure it sounds mundane but I am weird, however, I am part of those people who played Splatoon who became more curious with the world rather than the battle.
I'm referencing Our Flag Means Death here, but it's a common misconception that lighthouses are supposed to be a beacon to guide you in. Technically lighthouses are a warning to stay away, the light illuminates the rocks, stops you from crashing.
I think the bad ending was supposed to be pure insanity since thats more or less what happens to adam addicts and jack is seemingly the most powerful one
In regards to the rewards of saving or harvesting, I actually think it makes more sense than it first appears. Ryan on an audio log can be heard telling someone who's complaining about Fontaine that if he doesn't like it offer a better product. Tanenbaume does just this. And she's a very pragmatic women who isn't the most moral obviously. She's not going to appeal to the player's morality. She's going to offer a better product. She's also capable of offering a better product as she pioneered plasmids, adam, etc. Just my two cents
Really I’m a bit obsessed with this IP. Even went so far as to get the chain tattoos on my wrists with “a man chooses, a slave obeys”, and on my back next to Gutz sacrifice of the brand mark “No Gods, No Kings, Only Man”, all done in the Bioshock font. Some feel only one was the bomb but I liked them all though one will always be my favorite. The intro shook me and I often show it to people not into games as a quick pretext on why games should be considered art. Every time I see someone do one of these retrospective videos I get suckered in and watch them talk about the same insights and analyses of Andrew Ryan and Ayn Rands objectivism philosophy. I’ve even figured out how this series and my other favorite franchise Fallout could mesh together fairly cohesively in regards to story. It’s midnight where I’m at and I’m pretty baked off hash and edibles. I guess this is sorta like someone opening up with “I’m am alcoholic”. Still thanks for the content and feeding my addiction. If I ever get Isekai’ed, I hope it’s into a universe with these to IPs mixed.
Totally correct about the save them/harvest them execution. The choice for the player is non-existent since saving all the sisters is just as good as harvesting them. However I find this an interesting move by the dev, perhaps unintentionally. By making the rewards basically the same, they present a moral 'choice' which isn't much of a choice at all. Rescuing is basically the only choice, which plays to the free will themes of the game.
Also, it's weird that Jack doesn't wear heavy gloves after being transformed into a Big Daddy. I mean, they could have easily added some new hand model for this.
There's something I think it deserves to be pointed out. Did you notice there are at least 3 sites in the game of murdered families (the frozen one in Fort Frolic, the couple who commited suicide after their daughter was turned into a Little Sister and the family with the three daughters in one of the apartaments in Olympyan Highs) ? I might be far fetching, but I think there's a meaning behind those three families, which is connected to the endings. Regarding the bad ending, it's pretty obvious, you have to choose between power and the Little girls. And if you choose the Little girls, that leads to the question "Are you sure you're strong enough to protect them ? Sometimes, you gotta sacrifice some Little Sisters, to save the many girls you turned back to normal.". This could give a whole new meaning to the brutality Jack shows towards the Little girls in the "Sad Tenembaum" ending. Maybe, he's not choosing the city over them in that ending. His addiction, mixed with the need to protect the girls from the world's horrors, gave him a twisted and possessive wish to give them only the best. To build a better world for them. Just like Steinman, in this ending, Jack searches for an impossible perfection.
Like 9:45 mins in, you mentioned a critique something along the lines of, '~why would anyone say this mundane things' and '~none one does this'. I see your argument and bring up Twitter.
Great video , but i played all 3 games at first time just a year ago and my perseption was that the first game story was stellar, but the gameplay or soo the balance was not as good, but the 2 changed they master the gameplay part and made it much more balanced but the story also very good but the not the first 1.
Someone may have said this already. But at the end you say you don't know why he needs a nuke. Is it possibly a reference to a man chooses (save the lil sisters etc.) Or a slave obeys. And his final command was just "kill". Love your stuff man!
I know people will already ask you to cover bioshock 3 and infinite. So I ask to please cover the dlc's afterwards since they definitely deserve their own videos.
Always wanted to play bioshock 1 and 2. The first bioshock I played was Infinite. I think I got it for free back to when Xbox had monthly free games 2014(I think) I liked it and wanted to play the others but never had the chance for some reason. I finally played them and I can say that the lore is massive and is just perfect. I did play both on hard to struggle and put more time to the game and it was worth it. Although, the time-line is confusing.
There were only 2 sports boost tonics. There were 3 levels of the tonics for the first aid kits health restoration, and food consumption health restoration.
Something I didn’t hear you mention when it came to the importance of the term “Atlas” in Bioshock is that the entire game is pretty much one big reference to the book “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand. In the book, rebellious capitalists disgusted with how the government controls the business world and exploits their productivity plan to create a place where the world’s top business leaders can pursue their business and creative adventures freely, thus creating the perfect “individualist” paradise. The book ends with the planning of this place and Bioshock basically picks up where it left off, critiquing how the “perfect individualist paradise” would actually play out. There’s also no coincidence that “Atlas” was a politician before attempting to take over rapture, as it’s heavily implied in “Atlas Shrugged” that the perfect capitalist utopia could not exist because old world politics will seep its way in and cause history to repeat with attempts to control and limit power and creativity.
When talking about the reason for Rapture's existence during the prologue, I was also surprised he didn't mention the libertarian philosophy behind it.
@@s_t_e_v_e_n_ Rapture is literally a definitive Libertarian Society. They fled so they can practice there own beliefs of capitalism without any government interference. Idk how you could consider it a “Commune”.
Agreed, if you want a story analysis and how this fits into philosophy and political ideas, this is not that video
For sure 😊😊😊
Thank you for the concise summary of that book as I doubt I'd ever find the time to engage with such fantasy.
Furthering the critique with specific reference to Bioshock,
It's actually more disgusting that Frank is leading you around through the world of rapture while gaslighting you about who abused the discovery of Adam. His actions are directly responsible for the state of Rapture when you arrive.
Tenenbaum was a woman who saw the possibilities in such a miraculous discovery, while the other doctors had varying levels of unethical reactions, since this was a place where science wasn't fettered by morality, thus the little sisters.
Fontaine is literally the exploiter who set in motion the downfall of the "great man" society, saw the addictive nature of Plasmids as a good thing for business, and then created orphanages for the little girls he was totally ok with kidnapping from the residents of the working class families he was simultaneously agitating against Ryan, who was just a tycoon buying buildings and "fish futures," which were otherwise unregulated and wholly owned by the individuals of the city.
Is it any wonder the characters consider Fontaine on par with the Devil? Ryan only began to use the levers of society once it threatened his own prestige, like a hypocrite does, but he was correct in believing that the conman Frank Fountaine was a real threat. Just some sick sociopath stepping on everyone as he reaches for the top of the food chain.
Bioshock 2 is also very interesting as only when the kidnapping of the children affects the rich socialites like the Therapist villain, do the resources of society get spent in changing things "for the better."
As a guy that hasn’t experience this franchise, I appreciate the extra explanation to get a grasp of the story. Thank you.
As a guy who 100% completed the game, I also appreciate the extra explanation to get a grasp of the story. Thank you.
Play the game
Play it, 1&2 ( 3 was kinda lame )
Go play bioshock now.
@@Jesus_isA_man_AllahisGod 3 is my favorite game of all time
I will NEVER get over Ryan's vocal performance, the "a time for all things" speech was AMAZING
“Do you hear me, Atlas? Andrew Ryan offers you nothing but ASHES!”
"A time to live, and a time to die, a time to build and a time to DESTROY!" -one of my favourite pieces of dialogue in any medium
The Bible has much wisdom and Jesus offers it all to you freely by faith. Believe that Jesus died and rose again and ye shall be saved.
@@xavierthomas5835Ummm no
I think 'Bioshock' is quite literally referring to the act of our "Biological system going into shock". The stuff people injecting into their bodies, causes shock to their Biology, a jump, or whatever you want to call it.
I love when a title references something in the story that may seem mundane but is actually a big part of the overall story.
The part where you initially inject that stuff into our main character? That scene where he falls off the balcony and he is in immense pain from the stuff he injected? That's a 'Bioshock". His internal DNA and bodily functions are changing, I imagine that's painful.. a shock.
I got a bioshock from that explanation.
Love these videos, I mainly put them on in the background while I’m working
Me too, I also enjoy Boulder punch and Avalanche too for these videos.
@@wyattgeorge9696 hey man, I thought his halo reviews were good, he put in his thoughts about certain things and nit picked about things. After watching this I’m definitely going to buy these bioshock games
@@wyattgeorge9696 the name of the video is literally says its a look back at the story of bioshock, says nothing about it being a review or analysis of the game what did you expect exactly
Bro deadass these videos get me thru my night shifts!!
@@rS7N777 lol he deleted his comment💀
It's actually so meta. So often in games the suspension ceases and we stop and ask why the main character has to follow the game's story. Bioshock's MC reasoning is actually written into the story! Very clever.
Would you kindly...
Would you kindly...
I didn't appreciate this game back then because as a kid, playing this game was just another horror game, but now I'm older and this game hits hard although the second still is my favorite one
The art direction of Bioshock is absolutely brilliant. A truly timeless game.
Seeing you destroy the robots and turrets hurt my soul lol. I always hacked them and used them as backup against the enemies. Great video
Yeah, I think it's far more constructive.
Yeah I hate to destroy what I feel like belongs to the city lol
I did that for half my play through and then the hacking minigame bored the hell out of me
I remember reloading my game back 40 or so minutes since the last save because I accidentally destroyed one after hacking every single one before then. I was certain there would be a chieve for hacking them all.
If I recall, there wasn't.
I think they're was one for hacking 15 times but not for hacking each one.
after like the 3rd level hacking gets too difficult to justify, takes too long only for the rpg turrets to just blow themselves up I'll hack a machine gun turret though
Omfg I forgot how this game started, "I chose, Rapture!" CHILLS. Also the soundtrack is amazing
Bioshock 1 and 2 are masterpieces! I always saves the little sisters so the "nuke" i did not remember
“You ooze in like an assassin, and then you try to sneak out like a thief! You're no CIA spook. Who are you! Why have you come here! There's two ways to deal with mystery: uncover it, or eliminate it.”
One of the most memorable lines in the game for me. Bioshock will always be my favorite game. Changed my perception on gaming and storytelling.
Just played this, great game, a Jurassic Park quote from Ian Malcolm kept coming to mind “your scientists were to preoccupied with whether they could, they never stopped to think of they should” 🦖
I love BioShock so much. When I see retrospective videos on it, I have to atleast check them out a little! I'm about 5 minutes in, and I'm loving this so far.
I always have to put whatever I'm doing down when the last Andrew Ryan speech comes on! So freaking epic!
I actually appreciate the audio logs instead of the usual NPCs explaining stuff to you because most of the time those are being used to advance the story while in case of audio logs you get to choose if you're interested or not
agreed
If you love bioshock so much I can't recommend the book enough, reading about rapture and it's areas in its prime is stunning
@@edwardliebert4478 Right on, thank you.
@@mattheww9656 No problem!
I am usually a fan of game tie in books so I expected to like Bioshock Rapture, but it ended up unironically becoming one of my favourite books ever. If the games didn’t exist, it would honestly still stand on its own
@@edwardliebert4478 thanks!
I see u in a lot of bioshock places, I can tell you're a true fan aswell
2:26 To be fair, a third option would have been to try camping out at the lighthouse proper. Admittedly I'm unsure if search and rescue would ever show up. You could also possibly fashion a boat out of something present, might even been Jack's plan with the Bathysphere at first.
Though, how I interpret it from Jack's perspective is that he was simply poking around and didn't quite realize where the Bathysphere would take him. Once he pulled that lever though, he was stuck in Rapture and had to fight his way out.
The letter is like "Would you kindly hijack this plane?"
So i don't doubt that somewere in the letter were the lines "Would you kindly go to rapture?"
I was around 8 year old, watching my older brother play bioshock 1 late at night. The only thing I remembered was the fantastic audio logs voice acting and the game was very disturbing. I'm 18 now and having played all bioshock games + DLC, it was a great experience.
I did the same thing back when the game released. I watched my brother play it from start to finish and I what stuck out vividly was the music, the audio logs, and the visuals. When I’ve beaten all 3 games and the dlc many many times over and 100% every game many times over. I’m glad you shared similar feelings to mine, because this game is really really special.
It actually makes sense that a lot of people use the audio logs as it’s an actual product in rapture, you can find several posters/pictures of ads for it throughout rapture
'Bioshock' is a spiritual successor of the game System Shock which the devs worked on previous
Definitely cover the sequel. It's an interesting game in it's own right, for trying to capture the same magic of BioShock.
I would also recommend covering Furi, since that game is just great and seems to slip under most people's radar's.
They say the audio logs are unrealistic yet tiktok exists...
It's so nicely tied together. The moment where Andrew Ryan says his final "OBEY", sounds like russian word "kill" (oobey). Given that he says "dasvidaniya" in the beginning of the game, it could be a nice word play
Some of the best sound design ever. Playing this game with a nice pair of headphones and the lights low doesn’t get any better.
I think Atlas statue as well as the name of the character may be a reference to Atlas Shrugged, the book by Ain Rand, the filosopher who inspired Andrew Ryan's ideology
First time playing Bioshock I uses up all the Electrobolt shots and softlocked myself before I could open the door
From the first time I played it to this very day, Bioshock remains one of my favorite games. I loved it so much that I began reading Ayn Rand...
This was so good, please consider doing Bioshock 2 & infinite!
Hard to find a game with a better story than Bioshock. Also hard to find an analyzer of such art with quality greater than this. Excellent work, Gingy!
I saw a rumor of a possible remaster/remake of the original Bioshock, that would be an awesome idea! Although in my opinion the visuals still hold up today, such a beautiful game and art style.
I’m surprised people are still making videos about bio shock honestly other than the bio shock hub channel. Great video man, I love all the bio shocks. They aren’t perfect but they are immersive and they helped me through a tough time in my life so bioshock will always be close to my heart.
Played and beat it for the first time last month and it was awesome. Thanks for the video! I had trouble following some of the story.
One of my favorite video games of all time. Can't wait for the soon to be movie, and I hope it's good.
hahahahaha the term "colleagues" is doing some heavy lifting in the sander cohen part
Bioshock 1 is one of the most underrated games of all time... classic 🐐
Played this for the first time when on summer holiday term and ending up eating through the whole series I’m about two weeks. Didn’t love the second as much but a hell of a trilogy. A true masterpiece.
Bioshock probably has my favorite asthetic in a video game. They really do an amazing job with the environment and giving you the feeling of really being within the world as you play through.
You produce such quality content in such a short amount of time! You're incredible, dude!
"...it was not impossible to build Rapture at the bottom of the sea. It was impossible to build it anywhere else."
I have to put this out somewhere but I can’t believe it took me so long to realise that point Prometheus is a fun jab (hah) at how you kill Fontaine, when he’s chained down you stick the needle into his chest like Prometheus being tied to a rock and pecked in the chest
Bioshock was one of my favorite games as a kid I remember it was one of the few games that actually told a really immersive story, Portal another game that I played around that time was kind of empty compared to this but I loved the world and the characters.
I love how, since this game came out, I've beaten it countless times, and yet I still play it to this day. I also love how even tho I've beaten this game countless times, I still like to watch these 45 minute videos talking about stuff I've known for ages now LMAO
This is the first video I've seen from you and loved it. Easy subscription and would LOVE to see videos on both Bioshock 2 and Infinite.
The sounds that come from the Big Daddies are so creepy.
Yeah it’s also immersion braking and unrealistic that people irl writ in paper books about what they do on a day to day basis.
Those audio logs are believable enough, just like people writing in a diary.
Besides they give a reason for it in game. Can't remember if he mentions it in the video, but Ryan specifically asked everybody to start making those recordings.
Thats so funny. I always played by harvesting the little sisters. I had no idea you actually got more for saving them! I also harvested in the sequel since I didn't wanna do the mini missions.
Well you can save them quick finding the vents and that will skip the mini missions too lol.
You don't get more ADAM in either game by saving.
You get exclusive plasmids and tonics by saving , but you'll get 240 more ADAM harvesting in the first game. ( not counting any of the four possible extra sisters.)
In the second game , you get the most ADAM by saving the first 4 sisters to get the Proud Parent tonic, then harvesting the last eight gives you 80 more ADAM than just all harvesting. (If you do all gathers)
And you can skip all the Little Sisters , other than the first one, in both games.
Atlas hold the celestial spheres in his shoulders, not the world, is a common misunderstanding, also is a reference to Atlas Shrugged, a book written by Ayn Rand, who Andrew Ryan was base off, you spend this whole game no speaking of the elephant in the room, that this game and also Infinite is a critique of Ayn Rand "philosophy".
your content has been awesome to watch, thank you. do you have any plans on covering Oblivion?
Such a well done video, this game was incredible in so many ways
BIOSHOCK has a special place in my heart ♥️
Thank you for a well put video essay. Bioshock is one of the best games I have ever played. 1+ sub.
Surely there's a mod or something for the half rescue reward because that actually sounds pretty interesting
Video games have changed so much in a small amount of time and they truly show all the time how far they can go. The video game medium is almost limitless. Great video.
34:06 "ALL MY JUICES" I can't unhear.
You fuel my nostalgia for games i couldn’t get enough of years ago and now my nostalgia is linked ti your channel so good job i guess for brainwashing mybass
Awesome video mate keep up the good work Gingy. You do real good 👍😎😊
One thing, until you fall down the vents in Ryan's apartment, you do have one choice. Harvest or rescue. It's the one choice you make, which means that it affecting the ending makes it much more memorable. Fontaine suggests going after them, but doesn't use "WYK." We have free will with the Little Sisters.
still a great game and sadly I doubt we will see the like again
great video as always
best wishes
I love the audiologs. It tells the story through a both optional way and it doesn't force you to sit through a story dump cutscene
Such a gem of a channel and genuinely enjoying these videos so much ! Looking forward to what you have in store this year Gingy and keep up the amazing work !
Originally Levine wanted NO reward fpr saving the lil sisters and it being only morally rewarded
would have liked that
Do the sequels! So everything is fresh in the mind
Hey Andrew Ryan foreshadowed Joel's death in the last of us part 2 xD
Love these video essays.
Didnt even had to think twice about subbing!!
I laugh in the face of your spoiler warning even though I'm in my slow first playthrough.
The form of story telling in Bioshock that I like is the idea of "thrusting you into the world with little explaination", as in you need to figure things out for the most part on your own but the game treats you as if you have an idea or like a lot of things are treated as everyday things, if bioshock was written today, you would be bombarded with the "oh your a new comer? Let us show you whats going on".
I think that is why I sort of resonate with dead space in a way, its genuine and sincere, it presents itself as is, it also leaves our minds to run wild, rapture is one of those cities I would love as a sort of walking simulator with cases of the start, middle and after of certain events.
Sure it sounds mundane but I am weird, however, I am part of those people who played Splatoon who became more curious with the world rather than the battle.
Great video.
100% one of the best stories in video games. Up there with Pathologic and Fallout 1
Another great video Gingy
I am a simple man. I see Bioshock. I see an Analysis, I subsribe :)
Compare audio logs to social media and everything will make sence 😉
I'm referencing Our Flag Means Death here, but it's a common misconception that lighthouses are supposed to be a beacon to guide you in. Technically lighthouses are a warning to stay away, the light illuminates the rocks, stops you from crashing.
Reminiscent of Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground. Great vid.
I think the bad ending was supposed to be pure insanity since thats more or less what happens to adam addicts and jack is seemingly the most powerful one
In regards to the rewards of saving or harvesting, I actually think it makes more sense than it first appears. Ryan on an audio log can be heard telling someone who's complaining about Fontaine that if he doesn't like it offer a better product. Tanenbaume does just this. And she's a very pragmatic women who isn't the most moral obviously. She's not going to appeal to the player's morality. She's going to offer a better product. She's also capable of offering a better product as she pioneered plasmids, adam, etc.
Just my two cents
That’s crazy, I just re beat infinite for the millionth time. Started up bioshock again too.
This dudes style : “we’ll get to that later”
It didn’t hit me that I was supposed to listen to the logs so I didn’t listen to a single one and I still loved the game
Really I’m a bit obsessed with this IP. Even went so far as to get the chain tattoos on my wrists with “a man chooses, a slave obeys”, and on my back next to Gutz sacrifice of the brand mark “No Gods, No Kings, Only Man”, all done in the Bioshock font. Some feel only one was the bomb but I liked them all though one will always be my favorite. The intro shook me and I often show it to people not into games as a quick pretext on why games should be considered art.
Every time I see someone do one of these retrospective videos I get suckered in and watch them talk about the same insights and analyses of Andrew Ryan and Ayn Rands objectivism philosophy. I’ve even figured out how this series and my other favorite franchise Fallout could mesh together fairly cohesively in regards to story. It’s midnight where I’m at and I’m pretty baked off hash and edibles. I guess this is sorta like someone opening up with “I’m am alcoholic”. Still thanks for the content and feeding my addiction. If I ever get Isekai’ed, I hope it’s into a universe with these to IPs mixed.
Check out American' Krogan's Bioshock analysis if you want to know more about this series.
those graphics were way ahead of their time
Agreed
Totally correct about the save them/harvest them execution. The choice for the player is non-existent since saving all the sisters is just as good as harvesting them. However I find this an interesting move by the dev, perhaps unintentionally. By making the rewards basically the same, they present a moral 'choice' which isn't much of a choice at all. Rescuing is basically the only choice, which plays to the free will themes of the game.
7:13 The music from the Fallout 3 Vault 101 radio can be heard in the background of this audio log. Still, it's uncredited.
Also, it's weird that Jack doesn't wear heavy gloves after being transformed into a Big Daddy. I mean, they could have easily added some new hand model for this.
Do you intend to do one about Bioshock 2 and the DLC? people usually forgets about them, even if i personally like them both
I love that people are still talking about Bioshock in 2022
There's something I think it deserves to be pointed out. Did you notice there are at least 3 sites in the game of murdered families (the frozen one in Fort Frolic, the couple who commited suicide after their daughter was turned into a Little Sister and the family with the three daughters in one of the apartaments in Olympyan Highs) ? I might be far fetching, but I think there's a meaning behind those three families, which is connected to the endings. Regarding the bad ending, it's pretty obvious, you have to choose between power and the Little girls. And if you choose the Little girls, that leads to the question "Are you sure you're strong enough to protect them ? Sometimes, you gotta sacrifice some Little Sisters, to save the many girls you turned back to normal.".
This could give a whole new meaning to the brutality Jack shows towards the Little girls in the "Sad Tenembaum" ending. Maybe, he's not choosing the city over them in that ending. His addiction, mixed with the need to protect the girls from the world's horrors, gave him a twisted and possessive wish to give them only the best. To build a better world for them.
Just like Steinman, in this ending, Jack searches for an impossible perfection.
Except I wouldn't call launching a nuke building a better world.
Excelent rundown ^^
Like 9:45 mins in, you mentioned a critique something along the lines of, '~why would anyone say this mundane things' and '~none one does this'.
I see your argument and bring up Twitter.
Great video , but i played all 3 games at first time just a year ago and my perseption was that the first game story was stellar, but the gameplay or soo the balance was not as good, but the 2 changed they master the gameplay part and made it much more balanced but the story also very good but the not the first 1.
Someone may have said this already. But at the end you say you don't know why he needs a nuke. Is it possibly a reference to a man chooses (save the lil sisters etc.) Or a slave obeys. And his final command was just "kill".
Love your stuff man!
He's free of the conditioning long before either ending though. There's no imperative biological or otherwise to follow that order.
I know people will already ask you to cover bioshock 3 and infinite. So I ask to please cover the dlc's afterwards since they definitely deserve their own videos.
After the success of the Last of Us, I started praying a studio would give Bioshock 10 one hour episodes.
Why?
Can't get enough of your vids
I need to play these games.
Great video man
the name bioshock is a reference to system shock. Which is the primary inspiration for the game, just in an inferior dieselpunk setting
14 years old nooo remember playing on release lol
Always wanted to play bioshock 1 and 2. The first bioshock I played was Infinite. I think I got it for free back to when Xbox had monthly free games 2014(I think)
I liked it and wanted to play the others but never had the chance for some reason.
I finally played them and I can say that the lore is massive and is just perfect. I did play both on hard to struggle and put more time to the game and it was worth it.
Although, the time-line is confusing.
Can you follow up to this video with BioShock two
I remember stacking all 3 sports boost together and being OP. The less Adam you spent the stronger you were.
There were only 2 sports boost tonics.
There were 3 levels of the tonics for the first aid kits health restoration, and food consumption health restoration.