Top 10 Games of 2007

Gamasutra is closing off their long list of lists with the “Top 10 Games of 2007”. Puzzle Quest comes in at #10, but other than that they skip the GB subjects entirely up until #2.

2. BioShock (2K Boston/Australia – Xbox 360, PC)

Not just the darling of the mainstream media who were thrilled to finally pack Ayn Rand references into a video game article, Ken Levine’s ambitious vision for the haunting, richly-realized underwater city of Rapture raised the bar for game worlds. BioShock showed us a city that lived and by its principles, and each detailed, decaying remnant tells a piece of the tragedy.

Not only does Rapture illustrate the consequences of pride and overidealism, but its remaining citizens do, too, the consequences stamped into the mad eyes of each eerily-masked face. Most of all, BioShock allows the player to decide how like them — or not — the mysterious protagonist becomes.