10 Addictive Video Game Collectibles You HAD TO 100%

While it’s spiritual predecessor System Shock 2 is seen as one of the pioneers of environmental storytelling, it was 2007’s Bioshock that arguably perfected it.

A tense trudge through a doomed underwater city, picking up story beats as you go, Bioshock’s core narrative –with the exception of a few cutscenes—is told entirely through interacting with the world around you, which makes the collectible audio Diaries essential if you want to truly uncover the secrets that lie within Rapture's walls.

Be them hidden in plain sight or in places that require a little more digging, they all serve to flesh out the city and garner a greater understanding of who its major players are. We rarely see some of the game's superb cast of characters, so becoming more familiar with their audio diary portrait is important if you want to be fully engrossed in the grossness of Rapture’s crumbling architecture.

Audio Diaries in Bioshock offer collectibles that are more than a mere side activity. Each is a new opportunity to get more out of its twisted tale, and as Bioshock does nothing if not pique your curiosities, you’ll want nothing more than to scoop them up.