There was the odd time where I had a bit of trouble pinpointing exactly where a security camera or a gun turret was located due to a slight lack of detail, but on the whole, I would put BioShock Remastered up against pretty much anything else the Switch has to offer. Even playing the game on a handheld - as I did, for my entire playthrough - I was constantly awed by how good the game looks here. Few games have ever matched it for creating such a thoroughly fleshed-out world, and its Art Deco-inspired sunken city is breathtaking. Political commentary aside, the first thing you notice about BioShock Remastered is that it’s stunningly gorgeous.

Where some classics are very much of their time, there’s something about a game set in a failed Objectivist utopia that seems particularly timely today, probably in a way that it didn’t even back when the game was first released. But for someone looking at the game with fresh eyes, it’s a pretty impressive achievement, even more than a decade after it first came out.

Oh, and it’s an amazing game, as…well, as almost literally everyone in the world except me could’ve already told you.Ĭhances are, you don’t need me to tell you why this game is so phenomenal. Turns out, I had nothing to worry about, because BioShock Remastered runs just fine. A little nervous, too, since the Switch couldn’t handle a game like Close to the Sun, which was basically BioShock: The Walking Simulator, but still, I was keen to properly experience the game for the first time - while also hoping that the game could run properly on the Switch. As such, you can imagine how happy I was when news came that the game would be making an appearance on the Switch. It originally came out at a time when I wasn’t really into gaming, and even after I finally got a PS3 many years ago, I still never went back and played it for more than an hour or two. BioShock has always been one of my gaming blindspots.

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