This is a game I have been waiting for some time. When I first saw the initial screen shots and images from the game I was stoked. It just looks like a game that has had a lot of care and detail built into it which it certainly does. I love the 50's futuristic era theme in games. I first saw this in Stubbs the Zombie which I thought was super fun to play. That same idea is carried out in Bioshock in a much much darker manner. This time the new futuristic 1950's style city is underwater. The idea was to have a "perfect" city. Perfect through gene manipulation which of course turns bad. Now the mutated creatures run the town and are hacking away at anyone who comes to close.
For a details description of the plot go here. First off the game is stunning. The graphics are very good. You will almost get your highend video card money's worth here. The one thing I noticed is that you can't save by simply using F5 on the keyboard. You have to use the options menu. No biggie, but I save often. The other thing I noticed is how hard the game is. I am playing on medium difficulty and getting it handed to me every turn. One of the tough things about this is that you never know where a Splicer is going to jump from. The weapons run low on ammo really quickly and so does your Eve (powers your genetically altered abilities). Also, the controls for selecting weapons are a lot different from most straight shooters. The reason is that you have one hand for your guns, crowbars etc, and the other for shooting your Plasmid powers. This causes some confusion from the usual scroll up\down for weapons selection.
That being said the atmosphere is pretty intense and you are in the action immediately. The game is fun and cartoonishly gorey. I prefer that over trying to make the gore so realistic that it just turns your stomach. I will probably keep playing the game but in god mode so that I can actually make it through it in this lifetime. I am looking forward to the next Call of Duty and Medal of Honor as well.