I know this is only my first impressions, but I’m going to prematurely call BioShock my game of the year. There’s a couple titles that may come close, but I don’t think anything will beat this.

BioShock is absolutely beautiful. The visual styling of the game is modeled with 1950s tones in a sunken undersea world. From the minute you enter Rapture, you’re overwhelmed by your surroundings and immediately filled with a sense of haste and nervousness. Something has obviously gone wrong here. From the sounds to the visuals to the gameplay, BioShock is the most complete single player experience I’ve seen in a game in a very very long time. I can’t wait to get through more of the game and find out what happened here in Rapture and try to fix things.

That feeling is what really immerses you into the world of Rapture. There’s always some tense fears as you play though the game, with it’s very tight control scheme. Choosing to use plasmids of weapons and the strategy behind that choice determines whether you live or die in this undersea world.

The only complaint I have with the game is there’s no multiplayer. I’m happy the development team didn’t just tack on something that didn’t feel right, but I would love to shoot bees at someone with plasmids online.

If you have an Xbox 360 and haven’t picked up BioShock yet, do yourself a favor and go buy it. This could be our first 5/5 game in the upcoming review…