BioShock

Violence Bioshock is bloody. Most of the violence is perpetrated with guns, and there is some blood spatter when enemies are hit. There is also some level of body horror. People who take too many plasmids are deformed in various ways. Creatures called "Big Daddies" use giant drills to take out foes.

Scary Imagery Bioshock pays homage to horror games, pitting the player against psychotic drug addicts with mutated features in a dilapidated underwater city. The game features some jump scares, as well as generally scary imagery associated with the collapse of society.

Sex & Nudity There are inferences to sex in Bioshock, but no graphic sexual content. There are also sequences that take place in a strip club called Eve's Garden that has long been out of use; advertisements for it are still on the walls, but like real-life advertisements for strip clubs, they are not explicit.

Strong Language There is standard adult language in Bioshock.

Substance Use Bioshock takes place in a city where the player runs into lots of alcohol and cigarettes lying around. The player is not encouraged to drink or smoke. In fact, in Bioshock getting drunk can be a nuisance, as you can accidentally drink alcohol while rummaging through crates. When you’re drunk, your vision becomes blurry and the camera wobbles.

Drinking alcohol raises your health and lowers your EVE (resources that determine your secondary attack power). Smoking cigarettes lowers your health and raises your EVE. The games take place in the 1960s, when smoking was considered healthy, and tongue-in-cheek advertisements depict people (sometimes children) smoking cigarettes—the player is meant to understand that this is historical ignorance, but it is not explained.