Harvest or Save?
September 11th, 2007 by 
Andrew
I’ve been spending some time lately playing a newly released game, Bioshock. This is definitely one of the best shooter-style games I have ever played. You get thrown into this under water world, Rapture, that was created for people to get away from the controls of government and other regulatory bodies. Once the people discover the genetic power of “Adam”, they begin to mutate and destroy the city. Adam is gathered from corpses around Rapture by the “little sisters”. In order to survive in the game, you must find these little sisters. In order to get near them, you have to kill off their big daddy(see above), which is far from an easy task.
Once you finally take out the big daddy, you have to make a decision with the little sister. You can harvest her or save her. If you harvest, you receive more Adam from her than if you save. But, if you save her, you are promised to be rewarded in the end. I have played through just a couple of levels and I have been harvesting them so far. Yes, it sounds a bit cruel, but I wanted my Adam! I have really enjoyed the game play and immersion. Just ask Katie, she scared me a bit when she walked up behind me last night and simply put her hand on my shoulder.
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