Head-To-Head: BioShock

Graphics

BioShock remains one of the most atmospheric and evocative games of this generation. It's lavishly detailed art deco environments and ghoulish enemy models have become as instantly recognizable as Mario's mushroom kingdom. All three versions of the game are terrific technical achievements that continue to impress. That said, the PC version of the game remains the best looking and most fluid version. With a good video card and RAM to spare, BioShock will run smoothly and with an extra textural crispness that can't quite be matched on the consoles.

2K games says the PS3 version has been visually upgraded with some higher-resolution textures made possible by the added storage capacity of the Blu-ray disc. In motion the PS3 version does look just a slight bit sharper than the 360 version, but I experienced more aliasing issues. So for its one improvement, the PS3 version has a matching drawback. The PS3 version of the game shares all of the old graphical issues from the 360 version, like occasional slowdown, texture pop-in, strange clipping issues, and occasionally glitched animations on dead bodies. Ultimately, neither console version looks better than the other.

Overall

1. PC

2. Xbox 360 & PS3