10 Video Games That Are Based On Novels
5. Bioshock
Bioshock is...fine. Look, I think it gets a bit more credit than it deserves. The gameplay is...just okay. The story however? Chef's kiss levels of good.
Much of Bioshock is influenced by - and a direct criticism of - the philosophy of objectivism put forward by Ayn Rand, a garbage writer who openly admitted to never having read philosophy beyond Plato. For those of you not clued in on philosophy: other stuff has happened.
Basically objectivism amounts to: everyone should look after themselves and needing help is a sign of weakness and capitalism is amazing.
Specifically, Bioshock was influenced by Rand's Atlas Shrugged. A gigantic mess of a tome with all the subtlety and nuance of Uwe Boll movies. It is a mass of contradictions and is indescribably bad. And it's so smugly sure of how smart it thinks it is - it ain't. And yes, I read it. All of it. Because apparently on a very real level I hate myself.
Just play Bioshock again instead.