Game Review: Bioshock - The Collection | Starburst Magazine

The title of these games is a falsehood. While they might tote the name “Remastered” a more honest publisher would have branded them “Retextured” as that really is just about all that has been done here. What we have here is akin to a very extensive graphical upgrade mod, boosting the basic visuals but doing little to nothing to fix long standing bugs or improve a number of very basic features.

[RedDeadLB]

This about outlines my satisfaction with the remasters. Barely any difference compared to the originals, which is a huge shame because both games deserve much more.

[blackblades]

Not all remasters are like that, kingdom hearts was one of those good remasters. Still your right, I wish they remade the game then remaster them. Same story, same gameplay but remodeled for the new system, fix every issue that was wrong with the original game and maybe change the bad parts of gameplay. Somethin like that.

[Yi-Long]

Sadly, That Ezio HD Collection Ubisoft announced also seems like a lazy port. Was looking forward to that, cause I loved AC2GOTY, and haven't played Brotherhood and Revelations yet, but I'll just wait a year until that collection is 10 bucks or something...

[mikeslemonade]

Now that's the score it should be. How can you reward a remaster just as high as the orginals. Makes no sense. You gonna reward a developer for improving something instead of making something new.

[DarXyde]

The Last of Us, Nathan Drake Collection, Master Chief Collection, and Valkyria Chronicles were pretty well done. no complaints there.

Otherwise, I can agree.

[Trekster_Gamer]

Uncharted was not anything different, not true remasters.. They look so very dated.

[DarXyde]

The resolution and frame rate were increased. The picture looks better and the game runs smoother.

....That's pretty much what a remaster is. Ever get those old VHS videos remastered? What's different? They run smoother and the image quality is cleaner. Still largely looks familiar though. Anything beyond that teeters on remake.

[The 10th Rider]

Wind waker HD as well. That fixed most problems with the original. Twilight Princess HD was okay, fixed some things but there was more that could have been done.

[DarXyde]

The 10th Rider,

I have no idea how I forgot about Wind Waker HD. Love that game.

Well said.

[andresegr]

What kind of nonsense is this review?!?!

What is happening to N4G...

[dotwithshoes]

the author sounds like a very unhappy person.

[Elda]

Interesting.

[Chaosdreams]

...Albeit the review and its score is at the end of the day, an opinion. I don't think "graphics" are reason enough to make a game have a score that's so low. You're essentially saying the game us unbearable, unplayable and sucks in many levels from story to gameplay mechanics. Yet you clearly only have an issue with the transition between the originals and the remastered version graphically.

So this score is...very questionable.

[fenome]

It seems more like they're just reviewing the quality of the remaster and not the actual games themselves.

[Chaosdreams]

That's essentially what's happening. But the title of the review gives the impression they are reviewing the game itself. So this'll get bashed by anyone who doesn't click/read. Even after reading it though, I think the score given is a joke.

[StrawberryDiesel420]

They are and it's not accurate. However, how can you be mad at a game that went from 30fps to 60fps and from 720p to 1080p? Not to mention improved in other areas as well. People are so entitled. Obviously this remaster on console was to make the games more on par with the pc versions. I'm happy with that. The feel of the controls alone going from 30 to 60fps was worth it for me, especially with Bioshock's combat/gameplay. It's so much more responsive. There is definitely some frame drops here and there on PS4 while playing Infinite, but overall it's a huge difference from the 360/PS3 versions.

[fenome]

People just seem to like to trash on everything now, it's pretty ridiculous. There's a lot of cool stuff going on now in the industry and people don't really seem to appreciate any of it. It's mainstream now, so I guess instead of actual discussions we just get tantrums and bullshit trying to be spread like gospel. The comment threads are pretty much what paint gamers into our bad stigma now..

I'm an avid gamer, have been my whole life and I love this form of entertainment above all else because I'm not just a spectator, I actually get to become a part of this story. I'm enjoying seeing the evolution of it and hope I stick around for a good while longer just to see where it takes us.

[fenome]

Oh, I agree 100%, I wasn't trying to defend it. It just comes across as misleading, every single one of these games is worth more than a 4/10 on their own, let alone a bundle with all 3 games on it.

[conanlifts]

It might be simply retextured, but i think the review is flawed. 3 of the best games of last gen, with graphical upgrades for 1 price. Yet 4/10! The review is flawed as they are still great games and 4/10 implies barely playable.

[SCW1982]

The games are amazing the remaster is disappointing. Pretty much sums up my thoughts.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Really might want to go back and actually look at the originals instead of relying on nostalgia. Bioshock had the most work done and looks so much better than the original,Bioshock 2 didn't get the same amount of care but Def looks better than its original incarnation and infinite might be a straight up port of the pc version set to high but it looks leaps and bounds better than the ridiculously blurry ps3/360 versions and all three run at 60 fps.

[EpicSandwich]

Proof that all reviewers are seriously brain dead

[Nathan_Hale53]

No, it is lazy.

[Nathan_Hale53]

No, it is a lazy port.

[FloydianAndroid]

I really don't care about the review score for this collection, even if the games looked the same as on last gen they're still some of the best games of last gen. To get all three in one collection at that price is awesome especially if you haven't played them.

[neutralgamer1992]

this is a review on the remaster not the games

games 9/10
review for lazy remaster 4/10

[Trekster_Gamer]

Not remasters at all, just like the Last Of Us! Except they charged full price for that as well. At least you get 3 excellent games. It's a shame they don't look at Halo 2, Gears Of War and soon COD4 as proper remaster examples.

[opinionated]

They don't call them remasters. It's the Bioshock collection, all 3 PC versions for 60 bucks. I've crushed bioshock 1 like 10 times, i can confirm this is the exact same. I really enjoyed it again with a better resolution and textures or whatever they did. I would have probably enjoyed it at 720p again lol.

They didn't touch the gameplay and I'm kinda glad. If it was the original team making changes they always wanted to I could understand but it's not. I think it was mainly a training exercise for this team to get used to making Bioshock games. Who took that mantle after irrational disappeared?

[thestarboy]

Stop the bias how can a game get 4/10 only if it not working or ther are 1000 bugs

[Lethaltare]

Even though the score is low, this review in general is poorly written and seems more of a rant than a review. What is going on with N4g recently?

[quent]

Reselling old games and re branding them as a remaster is seen as such because of the amount of effort put into making the game look "improved" vs the price of the normal version of the games that are slightly less good looking but at 1/5 of the "improved" versions price, the review score is understandable, its more about rating the business practice of re branding/re publishing games with as little effort as possible put in, but then also charging full retail.

The Original Bioshock is in my top 10 games of all time, its not a perfect game, but its a 10/10 considering and comparing to other great gaming titles, I don't it when a series of great games get cheapend by easy cashgrab, its happened a lot this gen.

[TKCMuzzer]

The review should reflect the quality of games for those who have not played them. This would represent grate value for someone new to the franchise. The frame rate alone makes a difference. Fully enjoying my return to Rapture.