Bioshock is my bitch….

…which can be translated as “I completed it this weekend”, and all I have to say is that I stand by my comments made in my last post. Bioshock is definitely a contender for Game of the Year. It has everything you could want – fantastic graphics, incredible sound, well designed maps, a thoughful and deep story (with a twist I didn’t see coming), all molded together in such a way as to make one of the most immersive games I’ve ever played. As much as I wanted to finish the game, I was almost sad to see it end. I just wanted it to carry on for another 25 hours or so. That was roughly how long it took me to complete it, and as thorough as I was going through each level, I still missed off two achievements I hoped to get – Historian (collect all the audio diaries) and Weapon Master (upgrade all the weapons). I’ll be waiting a couple of days for a full guide to the location of the audio diaries before going through it again on Hard, I can knock off the final 3 achievements then (the other is finishing the game on Hard).

In the mean time, I’ll be spending my time playing God of War 2 on the PS2. I’ve had hold of it for ages from Swapgame, but despite loving the original, I never really fancied playing it, even though my girlfriend loves watching me play it (which means I can play it in the evenings without her complaining). Last week I decided to finally give it a go, and was very thankful that I did. It’s everything the first game was, but even better with it. The action is top notch, with some very brutal and inventive kills against the various enemies and bosses. I’m about partway through it now, so by the time I’ve finished it, there should be a full guide up for Bioshock, which will be nice timing. Till then, I’m more than happy with God of War 2