BioShock still has a brilliant opening, full of dark, foreboding moments and one of the best twists following some of the most wonderfully written foreshadowing in games from that era. What we’ve got here is a very nice looking (though obviously not 4K) set of BioShock games that run smoothly with nary a frame-rate hiccup that I spied in my time across the three games.įirst up, the one that started it all. Ported by a developer with previous for getting the most out of Switch ports and, indeed, the other collections in XCOM 2 and Borderlands run well, too. BioShock: The Collection can add to the list on the other side of the spectrum, then, as this is a cracking package that is well worth investing in.īut the BioShock collection had already been remastered for Xbox One, PS4 and, I suppose, PC. Doom looks rough as a badger’s arse, Overwatch has half the frames, and The Outer Worlds has multiple problems, though it’s admittedly a miracle it runs on the hybrid handheld-home console at all. It shouldn’t startle anyone to learn that a thirteen year old game that was on Xbox 360 and PS3 runs well on Switch, but it’s rare you see these kinds of games on the console without some form of concession. This trilogy is best played while docked and with a Pro-Controller due to the unfortunately short joysticks of the Joy-Cons, however, they aren’t entirely unplayable in handheld mode.Now and again, Nintendo’s bundle of joy throws up a surprise that, in all honesty, shouldn’t actually be that shocking. It’s linear narrative and gorgeous set pieces keep the story rolling forward in a way that many modern games can’t quite seem to recapture. Each game pulls you in and won’t let you stop, as something new is always around the corner.
Whether you have played the games before or this is your first opportunity to jump into Rapture and Columbia, these games still stand the test of time in gameplay and narrative.īioShock: The Collection is made up of three brilliant pieces that can stand on their own, but are worth so much more as a whole story. Despite taking its own direction, these three games together tell one of the best and most compelling stories from a gaming trilogy in quite some time, with each game contributing its own piece to the puzzle of such a great narrative.
As the final entry in the trilogy, BioShock Infinite is a beautiful example of how the series has grown when compared to the first game which launched six years prior.
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