Tomas Chlebek
Steampunk sci-fi horror Bioshock is considered by many to be the best game of 2007, and it is certainly not unique that it is one of the best games in general.
Bioshock is a game ideologically combining elements of Ayn Rand's Objectivist philosophy and George Orwell's dystopian novels and aesthetically inspired by Art Deco art style combined with steam-punk, which together create a bizarre, futuristically obscure atmosphere of underwater "cities of the future" Rapture. In 2007, it was released on PC and Xbox 360, the following year on PS3, and a year later, Mac also received an official port.
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Now the game's developer/publisher, 2K Games, has announced that Bioshock should also be playable on the iPad and iPhone later this year. It will not be a simplified version or a spin-off. Players will get to see the game in its full form (minus the reduced level of shadow effects and steam) and scale on iOS. On Touch arcade, where they had the opportunity to try out the iPad port, they also said that it will be possible to control the game both using the icons on the display and through additional hardware controllers.
As you can see in the attached video, at least on the iPad Air, the game works without stuttering. Article on Touch arcade also mentions the much more intimate, personal experience that gaming on a small hand-held display provides.
Neither the release date nor the price have yet been announced, estimates point to the not-too-distant days of the current summer and 10-20 dollars (in-app payments will not be present).
Another game in the style of "oh look what I have on the ipad". I wonder how many masochists will play this game on touch controls or how many idiots will buy game accessories because of it (go ahead and buy that junk and don't make a tablet/phone into something it isn't). It is better to play it on an older NTB and the experience will be better. As a tech demo that the iPad can do, it's good, despite the choppy graphics, it's still top of the rest of the mobile apps. But in reality, playing it the same way as, for example, Max Payne makes me feel masochistic.
play it on the train and you'll run out of battery in an hour.
Max Payne on iPad is absolutely fine, I finished it on my old iPad 1 without any problems. The Fling joystick served me very well.
I agree with Mark, but still… having Bioshock and an iPad is just brave! :D
finally some decent game on iOS, a welcome change compared to flappy bird, it's a shame that games of this level are not programmed for iOS, ports are often harder to control, but every 3D game is welcome on my iPad, I think I played the best mobile games on my old htc desire sa new iPad games are 2D crap