BioShock Preview

The folks at Games Radar have whipped up a three-page preview of Irrational Games’ upcoming sci-fi FPS/RPG hybrid, BioShock.

BioShock, though, revolutionizes the relationships between you and your foes. Enemies mourn one another, go into a sulk when their partner dies – or, worst case scenario, go on a killing spree. One of the eeriest parts of BioShock is hearing the voice of a far-off splicer talking soothingly to their off-spring – and then turning the corner and realizing that her child has long since left the land of the living.

When your enemies are actually able to evoke emotions other than anger – of pity, disgust, sadness, empathy – then you begin to realize what the developers at Irrational mean when they say they’re creating an (AI ecosystem.) With around 30 to 40 inhabitants per area, you get the impression that anything could happen in this warped and warping Davy Jones’ Locker.