Bioshock: The Story & Characters Explained 

I’m so addicted to watching RU-vidrs explain darker games. It just always reminds me of just how well written these games have to be to be successful.

The "would you kindly" revelation was absolutely mind blowing the first time I experienced it

one correction if i may: Andrew Ryan didn't gamble when he orders Jack to kill him, he knew that he would die anyway, so he gives the order because he wanted to die a death in his own terms ( choosing his own path not obeying someone command ). He did it believing that this would be a death in a way of his beliefs: about freedom of choice, the very idea of what Rapture is about. A man chooses: andrew chooses to die, a slave obey: Jack obey a command to kill him.

I felt so betrayed when Atlas revealed himself to be Fontaine. I was doing this entire thing because Ryan killed his family...and his family wasn't even real

There's actually 3 endings. Good, bad, sad. The sad ending can be achieved if you harvest or save only one little sister. It's the same as the bad ending but Dr. Tannenbaums tone of voice is different.

Fun fact: the good ending is the cannon ending that's right, a horror like game where the good ending is cannon, enough to make an old man cry

I had harvested only one Little Sister just out of curiosity but realised that it was a mistake. Bioshock made me realise that even one mistake can lead to a terrible outcomw

Damn, he was a slave from the start. I never really understood those chain tattoos on his wrist until now.

So basically: Bad Ending: you become something worse than literally everyone else, transforms the children into monsters and have invaded the world. Good Ending: *_you save the children, let them have a life outside of the underwater world and becomes a real "big daddy"_*

You forgot to mention the fact that the real parents of Jack were Andrew Ryan and his mistress Jasmine Jolene.

Great explanation but you missed one of the most saddening and crazy revelations of the whole game. Jack wasn't just some nobody, he was the b****** son of Ryan. You get clues starting in the fisheries when you listen to the diary that explains that you have to be genetically related to Ryan for the bathyspjeres to work, you come across the room where you were conceived in Fort Frolic and finally in the Control Center before you face Ryan you literally get the dots connected for you. What makes this twist important is the juxtaposition of Ryan's ideals of exceptionalism and runaway capitalism being undone by his own flesh and blood who was a mindless puppet and slave. To watch the scene where Ryan is trying to use the bonds of paternity to break your mind control by ordering you to beat him to death or break free and be a man was gut wrenching and the most difficult scene to watch. It also was pivotal in subverting expectations. When Atlas' "family" is blown up by Ryan you truly do want to kill him and bring revenge but by golf club scene and the realization of who he is to you, you almost feel pity as he is cowering in his office. Whereas the kinship you feel for Atlas is immediately dissolved into rage as he becomes Fontaine. The Ryan father connection is the cherry to story Sundae!

The good ending makes me tear up constantly. It was so good to see that saving the children led to them gaining a life outside of rapture and Jack becoming a father to all of them. That last scene of them holding his hand while he was in the hospital, more than likely close to death from age, was beautiful.

My sister was playing bioshock, she was fighting the plastic surgeon, his health was low and we were out of bullets. We were health camping him, I suggested to hit him with a chair using the telepathy, I thought it was gonna hit and not do anything, but nope, one hit with the chair and the surgeon was face down in the water. We laughed for a following three minutes. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

The Good ending made cry in a good way when I first played it. After the little sisters went through so long being tortured, they can finally be free. The chains broke and they were loose, finally having a taste of freedom. The part that made me cry the most was when the person you were playing as was in the hospital. Having lived a full life, you raised the sisters to be regular people. But it could not last long because of age. As you are at your last moments the sisters held on to you, knowing that you will be gone soon but will still hang on no matter what..

I just replayed this game and enjoyed it as much as I did the first time around. The graphics still look great -- especially the water graphics! The acting and music were all incredible. The storyline, while a bit confusing at some points, is intriguing and somewhat disturbing. It's just a great video game, and I'm looking forward to playing Bioshock 2 one of these days.

Wait, my principal used the word "Would you kindly?" when we are told to do something. Oh shit.

Bioshock is really one of the best games

There is a book called *Bioshock: Rapture* that explains a LOT as well. It's based on the events before the games events. Also, Splicers are Plasmid/Adam adicts, not soldiers made by Ryan.

"a monstrous all powerful being" A big daddy took up 6 of my medkits while the fontaine dude took up 2

Would you kindly like this comment? I've literally just finished playing the game for the first time today. Had to watch this video to make other things clearer since I failed to listen properly to other audio logs.

The good ending so hearth-warming

That good ending almost bought me to tears. So sweet.

That "... I chose... RAPTURE." Accompanied by the music will never cease to give me goosebumps. What a banger of a game.

The good ending had me crying when he died of old age and he has all the little sisters there holding his hand)

Replaying bioshock after the whole "would you kindly" plot twist, gave the entire game a whole new feeling. i', happy they are still re-releasing the trilogy onto new consoles, future proofing this masterpiece from being lost in time

I never played bioshock myself, but when i was younger (like, in kindergarden and 1st grade) i used to watch my dad play it all the time, so it still brings me alot of nostalgia. I remember one time my school had a little costume contest thing, and i went as a little sister (complete with a small doll of the big daddy, and glow in the dark facepaint on my eyelids), and my dad went as an actual big daddy... that was fun

I never noticed that the gift he has on the plane says "To Jack with love from Mom and Dad. *_Would you kindly_* not open until..." (the bow covers the rest of the tag)

Ever since I finished bioshock I start all my questions or requests with "would you kindly“ hoping that either they get the reference or are a mind controlled child from an underwater city that will do anything I want just by using a single sentence, which is also kind of hoping for them to get the reference

I could never bring myself to harvest the little sisters

Thanks for explaining it, every time I was paying attention to the audio logs, and character dialogs I was either being attacked by splicers, big daddies, torrets, hacking or dying so I missed a lot of the story. That's the only think I disliked of the game

When I first completed Cohen’s Masterpiece, I had a hypnotized Bouncer with me, so we watched Cohen appeared together, and subsequently killed him together. Besties!

I like the good ending. Giving those little girls a chance to live a meaningful life on the surface and them coming to see the main character in his old days is heartwarming. Thank you for sharing!

The first BioShock was truly amazing, slightly shocking and a bit creepy.

If you consider the "Rapture" novel canon (which I assumed you did since you used the book's cover art in the video), a few things in this video are wrong: -Frank Fontaine wasn't even his real name. He stole the identity of a fisherman who was delivering things to Rapture during the early years and eventually weaseled his way into the city. He then had a man surgically altered to look like him take his place as Fontaine and altered his own appearance to look like the character Atlas so that he could spread word of unrest and demand worker's unions just so he could tear Rapture up from the roots. -Ryan didn't create the Splicers nor did he control them. Fontaine's plasmids created the splicers unintentionally and their addiction to plasmids were one of the main causes of Rapture's downfall along with Fontaine smuggling bibles into the city and Ryan's "Free Market" not working well in practice. -Ryan had little to nothing to do with the creation of the Little Sisters and the Big Daddies. They were a direct result of Fontaine needing a way to produce Adam. They found that the sea-slugs that created Adam bonded best to little girls and the little girls needed protectors. -(You didn't mention this) Jack was actually Andrew Ryan's illegitimate son. The downfall of Rapture was so much more complicated than people realize. It wasn't just ONE event. It was a collection of little things that all snowballed into big problems that eventually ate Rapture alive. Ryan's belief in unrestricted business, Fontaine's influence and intentional actions to uproot the city and rally her people, the addictive nature of plasmids, Sofia Lamb taking control of Persephone and creating a religious rebellion under the promise of prosperity, Ryan never letting anyone leave. Rapture was a pipe dream from the start. She could never work the way Andrew intended.

That good ending might be the most heartwarming thing I've ever seen in my life... I FINALLY understand why this game became such a classic!

Just finished the game, i trusted my moral values and daaaamn the ending was satisying, totally recommended to play this game even tho it was made in 2007 one of the best games i had

I think I finally understand everything about the bioshock series. Also if anyone knew me, if I played this game, I'd rather be a hero than villain. If this game world existed, I would give those little girl's a chance to live. Also superhorrorbro,I hope you do a playthrough of bioshock 2, if you have the time.

I just finished this game about 10 minutes ago (good ending) and now I'm watching this bc there were too many things i needed to be explained more to me. This video answered all my questions. Thank you.

Tells it hurts to kill him as he thinks of jack as his son Literally before tried to kill us in Ryan's office

I would love it if you could do a whole BioShock series (Bioshock 1-2, Infinite, and all DLC for each game) story explained. There's sooo much to this series and I absolutely would love to see you explain it! I play this series probably 3-5 times a year!!

Imagine if they remade bioshock Id buy it Id buy it right away

Is it just me, or does Big Daddy sounds wrong nowadays?

"Would they kindly" give us another bioshock? Like maybe to roam around in a apocalyptic ruined and abandoned city? Idk just wondered what it would be like to roam in a ruined city but bioshock style.

This game is a demenstration of the quote : Its never too late for a good game... Just finished it yesterday for the first time and it was so much fun and creepy in the same time, and with such a well wrote story that adds so much deep to the game...I only wonder the impact of this game back then in 2007 !!!

I clicked fast when I saw the notification for this BioShock video. Edit: 5:52 Just want to point out the is of Frank Fontaine not Atlas. Frank Fontaine had that painting done as part of his act to make people think he had a family.

i love the sound that it makes when jack catches the plasmid Bridget gives him

I played through this game with headphones on, listened to audio logs, and probably picked up less than 5% of the information in this video. Great, informative summary

0:00 Intro 1:58 What Happened to Rapture? 5:17 Story After Jack's Arrival 24:15 Outro

4:38 mr.bubbles just chilling and I'll love to see rapture in it's prime

This franchise was so amazing. I wish we could have another, but until then, I'll revisit the best little town at the bottom of the deep blue... Somewhere beyond the sea, they spell it R-A-P-T-U-R-E

just played through this game for the first time this weekend... so good. fort frolic might be one of my favorite areas in a video game ever

Just played the game for the first time, absolutely loved it. Thanks for making this comprehensive video, really helped to fully understand what every character was about and how everything was connected. Major props!

One of the best games ever, such a disturbing and rich atmosphere, great story too

The good Ending was Sad but great.

Sackboy: *exists* Big Daddy: *A N G E R Y*

I was playing this for the first time on the remastered version, 32 hours in. Just to the part looking through Suchang's apartment the game froze and quit and I lost all my saves! So this video was very helpful so I could know what happened without having to go back and play the whole thing again! thanks!

Whose here after PSN released Bioshock as this months Free Game lol

Am i the only one that killed Sander Cohen when i Saw him

I read the book, which tells you what happened to Rapture, but also how it started. If memory serves me right, Frank Fontain in the games is an imposter who murdered the real one. The mob boss knew of Andrew's plans and wanted in on the action.

This video is made to near perfection , right down to the Gameplay being so smooth it blended in with the cutscenes . We'll made dude you should be really proud of this one 👏

This is the best game i have ever played. No game made me to be so engaged with the story and everything. I might play it all over again.

When you notice would you kindly on the note :0

I found this video about 6 or 7 months ago. Not only did this get me into the Bioshock games but it's the video that keep me watching your amazing channel. I love how your voice can make stories that are so scary seem so calming🌊❤️

I love watching mike explain horror games, with damn good graphics, never knew they existed, and without swearing...then I go to my parent to explain it to them. You got me into the horror game fandoms

Would you kindly make more content like this?

BioShock is my favorite gave franchise and I'm glad you are covering it!

thank you! i kept running into a problem with the remastered version where the story couldnt progress, so this video was a nice way to see what happens and move on the the next one

I love this youtuber because he does a deep dive in all the parts and is voice is perfect for this job

Mike WOULD YOU KINDLY do the playthrough again

Mooooore bioshock content. This is literally my fave game series

Great job summarizing a very fascinating and complex (arguably over-complex) story line!

The best thorough explanation I've seen for the game.

It's so exciting to see you upload a video about one of my favorite games in the world so quickly after I started following you! I thoroughly enjoyed watching the video, but I do have small corrections to some of the things you've mentioned (none of these are very big errors, however, and I'm just being nitpicky because it's my fave)... 4:41 Andrew Ryan did not create the Splicers, Splicers are normal human beings mutated through ADAM addiction (so they technically 'created' themselves). Though he DID end up using pheromones that he spread through the air condition to take control of them, so I'll give you that one! 8:13 While I understand why you might perceive him as 'unhinged', I actually think his actions are completely understandable when considering the circumstances. Not only is he Paranoid, but he is also Completely RIGHT in the end. (But I also understand you couldn't bring it up yet at this point in the video, I just think it's an interesting fact to point out.) 16:11 One of the best 'enemy encounters' in gaming history and icb you left pointing out the fact that Jack was Andrew's son from the video. x'D The Good Ending is the best Ending! I love it so much.

the good ending: you and ur 5 children watching as their father gave it his all, - THE BAD ENDING: *massacre*

Love this game, the city, the story, the music... everything is perfect.

This game is one of the best i ever played and watching this was like a candy on top of a sundae. Thanks! Great video!

Ooo! BioShock is my favorite series of all time, I’m excited to watch! :)

One of the greatest twists in gaming history

I just want to say thanks super horror bro you Introduced me and told me the story of this game and I love it thanks you

I love these types of vids so much cause you explain everything in a timely manner type of thing but i can never stay focused 😩🤣 i look away for two seconds and the vids halfway done 😂😂

I bought the hd collection this weekend to play for the first time ever holy crap what a rollercoaster

I just realized something. In the end of BioShock, a Frankenstein got to make a family. Think about it, Frankenstein and Jack were both engineered biologically and ended up having feelings. Beautiful story!

Perfectly explained. I completed bioshock infinite. After watching this i Fully understood the bioshock setting. Thanks man 😉

That ending was beautiful! Thanks for this!

The only sad part of this game for me was that I knew atlas was evil from the get go. He said something which sounded evil and then wanted me to harvest the sisters and I was just like “stop acting you are a villain” But the game is beautiful to me.

Y’know, watching you play Bioshock was fun to watch. It was fun until during the live stream when it crashed while you were in Arcadia. I haven’t played or watched the entire game of Bioshock, same for the second and the other one. Your gameplays were fun to watch as I said before. I was sad that no one else decided to watch you play it. I would’ve liked to see your gameplay of it. Now, I would kindly like to see what new/old horror news you come with to post. (p.s: do not be controlled by this phrase please)

Exactly what I was looking for and then some - thanks

This video is nicely edited!

The first one was really good. I played this game when I was like 5. I peed my pants 3 times. The first one was about before rapture. Itwas so good, I loved it so much one of the best games I've ever played and I've played about 200.

20:35 “mission objective become big daddy” Bioshock 2 : *takes it too literally

Aside from the would you kindly reveal, the second part of this story that never ceases to amaze me is the good ending. Because it branches off way more than the bad ending and its an actually good ending. Its amazing how this game can make you tear up at the good things.

This is a perfect and well done format. I wish you made another one for the second game. It's so bad on PC I cannot play it due to crash/corrupt saves but I'd love to enjoy the story anyway.

Wow there are so much things we still don’t know about other games like Bioshock

Funny story my first name is Andrew and my middle name is Ryan I was interested in this game because of this weird Coincidence

Every time I go back to this video I always seem to enjoy it

Thanks mate for the awesome explanation. I wanted to play bioshock 2 and here I am just to recap the story of Bioshock 1...

The good ending is so amazing bioshock is one of the best games to be made

The good ending is wholesome af

I've completed this but had no idea what was going on thank you for clearing things up

Please do one for BioShock 2 also. I missed out a lot of details when I first played through the first one. So now I wanna know about the 2nd too, but not enough time to play it all myself again. Thanks!