BioShock PC Remasters Having Issues; Only Slightly Better, Steam Reviews Say

No problems on my end, running the game at 3840x2160. Just got to Arcadia, its been a great return so far

Just installed the remaster last night. With the exception of the typically poor characters models of the time, the game looks pretty good at 4k on PC. I haven't played it in several years so I can't directly compare it. It's still visually acceptable. Thankfully, the story and the level design add a significant deterrent to any graphics issues. In other words, the game is so good it doesn't rely on the graphics like most games do, they are only a bonus.

I wish I could say I'm surprised, but it seems like almost every other pc release this last year has arrived somewhat broken.

Now this is a fine example of genuine video game journalism as opposed to vapid clickbait (I'm looking at you, Eddie Makuch; albeit you have improved in recent months). Good video game journalism should help the reader make an informed opinion about where to spend his hard earned dollar. I was tentatively interested in the Bioshock remaster but now I think I'll pass or wait for a bargain bin sale. Thank you, Mr. Paget.

When devs creativity dry up and they have no games to release, they remaster.

idk but in my bioshock 1 remaster there is a FOV slider. so... yea

Whatever. They were free.

Another "remaster" same story: same graphics, but introduces new bugs, problems and inconcistancies.

Rule of thumb: stay away from anything with a "remaster" blurp on it.

i cant evan play the first one crashes all the time it's a real shame

Let's be honest, the console remasters are the PC version from 2008 or whenever it came out.

I've only ever bought one remaster. Last of us. I have a rule that I don't rebuy games or movies (dvd to bluray)

These remasters highlight how much they are fucking over console gamers. There is little to no change on the pc version of the games so they give it to us for free as they know no one will buy these updates because they are almost none existant. Yet they happily charge console gamers for these while also not offering BC for Xbox gamers.

The definition of remaster has changed the past year, the lack of effort is staggaring and it will continue.

This is the remaster generation and the worst gen i have experienced in my gaming life.

We've tested BioShock: The Collection on PS4 and Xbox One, and they run well with infrequent frame rate drops. You can read our preview of the console version here, which called them "gorgeous monuments to a beloved series."

Well maybe you should make it your responsibility to test all versions of the game before you write your damn reviews. Sites like this are the reason Batman Arkham Knight fucked PC gamers then you report like "the game is perfect and works fine! Go buy it!" Then the next day "pc versions fucked not our fault, we didnt know".

Steam fucking blows. They need to stop wasting time on Biocock and get to fixin' Quake 2 so it works on windows 10 machines.

Impossible, ALL GAMES run at 120fps in 4k on PC!!

( That's what we hear all the time, how amazing and perfect PC gaming is. )

Played about an hour of it on PC yesterday.

I also noticed a bit better textures and lighting. Perhaps that is the biggest dissapointment, not the mouse/keyboard controls, not all the bugs left intact... But the fact that they chose to rerelease this, but only making the game look 0.000001% better and calling it a day.

It's lazy, it's half assed. And if 2K had respect for their Bioshock franchise they wouldn't have done it like this.

These problems were expected, unfortunately. The remasters and the DLCs are the biggest scams in this industry for me. This PS4 generation had the worst first half of releases compared to every past generation. Just think about it... The Wii-U is a joke, but nintendo kickstarted this generation. The only great game released since 2012 is Witcher 3. Bloodborne, Uncharted 4, MGSV, etc... All good games, but the only one really great was Witcher 3. Sony and Microsoft announcing big releases in the E3 which will only be released 1 some even 2 years later. Not the whole 4k upscale bullshit. It is clear how flawed this generation is, the DLC and the remasters are just a bonus. We were happy and we did not know, lol The last generation was not that great either, still, it was much better than the shit we have now.

And I rest my case about how remastered games are really the industry's biggest scam. It's absurd how many games get the remastered treatment, especially those that nobody even asked for, and people still flock out to get them even though they probably already own the original. A lot aren't even 10 years old, and some, like Last of Us and the PS3 to PS4 version of FF10, weren't even 3 years old.

Well, the people on Steam who owned the originals don't have to pay for the updates, which is great, and I know the PS4 and XBOX One get the PC version of Infinite, but for console owners, it's a good bump up. Hope the crashed get fixed.

What did ya'll think a game that was already HD was gonna look like?

I'm just glad that I still have the original. Crashing is the worst thing a video game can do.

<in nazi voice> My, What are odds of that?

It's crashed twice for me so far, and the physics seem a little off, but overall I like it, the textures, after comparing, do look a fair bit better, and the water looks great, it's pretty good, but if they don't fix the crashing soon, I'll be a little pissed, but at least it was free.

I got it for free by owning the games already so I'm not complaining much but I really noticed that mouse acceleration. How many games have to be released with that crap and everyone hates it before developers realize it should be OPTIONAL. People shouldn't have to jump through hoops to turn it off or have to dive into INI files or other methods to adjust the FOV.

PS4 version also has some issues, it'll freeze often if you let the game pause for a few minutes or go to dashboard and back to the game (bioshock 1, didn't played 2 or infinite yet)

It's pretty rough. I played through BioShock 1 just a couple years ago, and found the visuals hadn't aged very well. The remaster does look better. The graphical improvements aren't night and day or anything, but it's enough to make it look like I remember from 2007.

The real problems are on the technical side. Sounds are off (nitro splicers are totally silent for me, audio logs sometimes stutter, some voice lines are sound strangely distant when they aren't), settings reset themselves after you relaunch the game, decals (like blood splatters) flicker when you move. None of these are all the time things for me (except those mute nitro splicers), but they're all noticeable.

If you played BioShock on the PS3 or 360, then this remaster will be a nice upgrade, because you've got further to go from your original version. But on the PC ... it's just kind of disappointing. I got these remasters for free, so that's great, but for $20? I think I'd pass unless I'd never played BioShock.

If the technical stuff gets patched up, these remasters will be fine (if not exactly amazing); until then, they're nice freebies you probably wont play all the way through.