It's seems like everyone is in love with this game. If you can get it to run on your system it's a good bet you will be too.
| Source | Date | Rating | X/10 |
| GameSpot | 2007.08.20 | 9.0/10 | 09.0 |
| GamePro | 2007.08.20 | 5.0/05 | 10.0 |
| Yahoo! Video Games | 2007.08.20 | 5.0/05 | 10.0 |
| GameSpy.com | 2007.08.16 | 5.0/05 | 10.0 |
| IGN.com | 2007.08.16 | 9.7/10 | 09.7 |
| Game Informer | 2007.08.15 | 10./10 | 10.0 |
| Xbox Magazine | 2007.07.30 | 10./10 | 10.0 |
| Maxim Online | 2007.08.21 | 5.0/05 | 10.0 |
Source: GameStats.com
BioShock is one of the very few Direct X 10 Games that are available now, or anytime soon.
Think you got what it takes to play BioShock? Read 'em and weep.
Operating Systems: Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or Windows Vista
Minimum System Requirements:
CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor
System RAM: 1GB
Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).
Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
Hard disk space: 8GB free space
Recommended System Requirements:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
System RAM: 2GB
Video card:
DX9: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better)
DX10: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
Sound Card: Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series (Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)
Vista Experience Score:
Processor: 5.0
Memory (RAM): 5.2
Aero Graphics: 5.3
Gaming Graphics: 5.4
Primary Hard Disk: 5.4
Important Note: Game requires Internet connection for activation
The demo for BioShock is 1888 MB alone! So right there you have a hurdle to overcome. You can try downloading it from one of the gaming sites, but most are overwhelmed right now. It is available on Bittorrent from what I read. I wanted to download it from Steam, but even they were maxed out. I ended up using GW Channel's PowerGrid application to stream it down at speeds averaging 3,912 Kbps. Whoo, hoo!