2K Games takes us to Rapture.

And rapture it is for fans of the Bioshock trilogy and Nintendo Switch owners.

As they have done with the Borderlands series, the entire Bioshock saga has released on Nintendo’s hybrid console.

Timewarp back to 2007 – console and PC gamers were first introduced to Big Daddy within a dystopian 1960.

You are Jack, a survivor of a plane crash. Making your way to a lighthouse you are warped in to a surreal and alternative existence in a place called Rapture.

The first Bioshock game solidified the Sci-Fi series that was to eventually become a trilogy.

Played in first person the gripping narrative gave PS3, Xbox 360 and PC gamers an alternate experience of their own.

Three years later (real world) Bioshock 2 was released. Again for PS3, 360 and PC opening on New Year’s Eve 1958.

In Bioshock 2 you encounter the very creepy Little Sister – Eleanor who is protected by Big Daddy.

You will harvest ADAM, adopt Little Sisters at certain intervals and even at gameplay specific times play as a Big Daddy yourself in this underwater environment.

Bioshock 2 also has varying endings, depending on how you have played through.

Then it’s off to the clouds in Bioshock Infinite, released again released in 2013 on PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Mac OSX and later Linux (2015).

The series takes us even further back in the beginning of the game, to 1912. Again, as with the predecessors it plays out in first person. You are Booker De Witt and have been sent to the airborne city of Columbia to find a young lady by the name of Elizabeth.

Elizabeth has been held captive in Columbia for the majority of her life and yep, you’re the one tasked with her impending freedom.

But in this very segregated cloud city there are warring factions and Elizabeth is not the young innocent girl that she seems.

Infinite was a step away from the narrative of the other two games but no less enjoyable.

Now all have released on Switch with their respective DLC’s.

Being that they are ports from last gen their visuals are on par with their original releases – even when the Switch is in docked mode and on a larger screen.

I am always amazed though at what the Switch is able to handle given it’s size and presumable scope.

The Bioshock Trilogy (all games can be bought separately from the eStore) is something that all gamers must experience. It’s creepy, dark and for the most part damn difficult. My fav in the series, like many other players, has always been Bioshock 2.

A flawless series of ports.

Put some rapture in your bag and take on Big Daddy’s at home or on the go.

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With the number of remasters these days I have come to feel like any series that has not been remastered yet, will certainly be at some point.  Finally, the extraordinarily received Bioshock trilogy has come to new consoles via The Bioshock Collection, which is all three games, tidied up and with all the DLC as well.  The question is if it is worth revisiting for people who missed it or returning for people who have.

For those who were too young or have lived in cave for the last nine years, Bioshock is the story of a man who survives a severe plane crash.   Swimming from the plane he enters a lighthouse with an elevator that takes him down to Rapture.  Rapture is an underwater dystopian city which was created and populated on the promise of true freedom but has become a terrifying and creepy place.  This is heavily influenced by the lack of restrictions on science which has among other things, developed gene mutations and made formulas to give powers such as the ability to blast electricity, fire or bees from your hands; taking the ideas of what science can complete when it is not limited by conscience to its extremes.

You power yourself up using Adam, which is carried inside little sisters who are young girls protected by Big Daddies.Big Daddies are large submarine inspired mechanical men who will protect the little sisters with their lives.  The story unfolds as you try to track down the founder of the city as the story twists around as the nature of this city and your existence there comes into question.

This, the delude of creepy enemies, the old music, the wrecked city, the creepy messages coming over the speakers and being spoken by the residents as well as the darkness result in a very suspenseful game which most importantly of all holds up so well now.  The tidying to the first game is significant enough that I could easily have believed the game could have had its first release this year. It is not cutting edge but it is still gorgeous.

Bioshock 2 also takes place in Rapture and tells another story, but from the position of a Big Daddy.  This story adds a lot to the narrative of the first game and as such it is tough to discuss without spoiling the campaign of the first game.  This game is also fantastic with a fantastic story and graphically it has been tidied up fantastically as well.

Bioshock Infinite is by far my least favourite of the series, which I struggled to get through upon release as it tells its own story, in the above the sea world.  For the most part while it played like Bioshock, taken from Rapture and its aesthetics really was disjointing from the story, though the DLC is especially good which is included inthis package.  Having said that when I played the game the second time around, straight after the other games I did find it more enjoyable.  As to whether that is due to having just played the first two or if enough time has passed and I changed my mind.  Graphically there was not really any noticeable change but that is a very recent game and it looked really good on launch so that is no surprise.

Even with the average Bioshock Infinite the three games and their great story DLC make Bioshock Collection a fantastic package, especially for the price and anyone who likes first person shooters who has not played these games would be crazy not to pick this up.  But for returning players there really is not much more too it especially if you have already played the DLC.  But if you have there is concept art and a commentary from the director, neither of which were especially great.

But if you thought of revisiting these games this is definitely the best way to replay them with the new tidied up, shiny, gorgeous graphics.  For two fantastic, tense, creepy and dark games, one OK game set in the same universe and great DLC from the three games, at its price point it is a bargain.