So I've been replaying the Bioshock series this week after not playing them for a few years, and I really forgot how much I fucking love these games.
I am so utterly fascinated with Rapture (and Columbia too, but I just started game 2). The idea of an entire city underwater, devoid of natural light, air, rain, animals. When the 1st and 2nd games first released, I was constantly looking at fan art of Rapture and just so freaking obsessed with it all. I still think it's such a cool concept and I really love what they did with the story, but I think it could have gone so so many different ways and it's just all so fascinating to think about.
I've always been a really big cultural history fan, I love learning about the sociology of cultures and how people interact with each other. My favorite thing about video game worlds is often their own lore and finding out more about why and how exactly we got to this point that we're playing and exploring with our characters. It's just super cool that a team of people thought up all of this stuff and made an entire world from the ground up.
And Bioshock is definitely a game that draws a lot of empathy from you if you really take the time to explore and pick up all the diaries and such. I think it's both incredibly unfeasible and completely believable at the same time, and that's why it works and pulls me in so strongly.
Anyways I have no point except I fucking love Bioshock ✌️
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