BioShock PC Demo

I was fearing the demo won't run on my system when I saw the minimum specs asked for a 2.4 Ghz as I have a only 2.1 GHz processor. In graphics power I have more than what the game recommends though, the Nvidia 7950GX2.

So I just launched the demo, the game put full graphics by default but reduced my resolution to 1024x768. It was running good and more than playable.

However, I couldn't cope with such a bad resolution, so I just ran the game again with 1600x1200. Anti-aliasing was not there as a feature, so I just let that go. There was DX10 features thingy turned off as I was playing in XP. The game was still playable, not much sluggish.

The demo got over in some minutes as it had just a level or probably less than that. Took some screenshots. Click them to see in full resolution.



This is the starting of the game (set in 1960) where your plane crashes over mid Atlantic and you have to swim to the only land, which is the entrance to Rapture, an underwater city. The design of water etc. is done really well.


As you enter the underwater city, you get attacked by some unforeseen enemies. So have to pick up something as a defense. Visuals are beautiful and the city looks wonderful. The graphics probably accompanies volumetric lighting, can be seen near the windows.


You are contacted on radio by a person stuck in this city and wants to protect its family. Asks for your help and also promises to help you get out of Rapture. You can see the vibrant choice of colors the game displays.


As you proceed you get something called plasmids. Plasmids are capable of changing your genetic code and give you powers. You can see my left arm is on fire, it can shoot fire at enemies to stun them, and then they can be killed easily. Another power which I got was lighting.


Apart from these turrets are installed at various locations. These are hackable, i.e. you will have to approach it, disable it, and turn it on and play a small 2D game to hack it and use as your ally.

The Demo as ends, features a video, displaying all possible ways you can kill your enemies. Mostly the types of plasmids that you get and hackable items etc.. The game is seriously going to be really good.