A Big Daddy is a fictional character in the BioShock series of video games. Big Daddies are heavily spliced (genetically mutated and altered with ADAM) human beings who have had their bodies directly grafted into antiqued, heavily armored atmospheric diving suits. They are armed with a rivet gun, heavy drill, rocket launcher, or ion laser. Alpha series Big Daddies are equipped with any of several other weapons as well. Though they make low-pitched groaning noises similar to whales, Big Daddies have no voice actor attributed to them. Designed by Irrational Games (then under the supervision of 2K Boston/2K Australia), they first appeared in BioShock and were promoted heavily. A six-inch Big Daddy action figure was included in the limited edition version of the title. In its sequel, BioShock 2, the player controls a prototype Big Daddy.
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BioShock is set in 1960. The player guides the protagonist, Jack, after his airplane crashes in the ocean near the
bathysphere terminus that leads to the underwater city of
Rapture. Built by the
business magnate Andrew Ryan, the city was intended to be an isolated utopia, but the discovery of ADAM, a genetic material which can be used to grant superhuman powers, initiated the city's turbulent decline. Jack tries to find a way to escape, fighting through hordes of ADAM-obsessed enemies, and the iconic, deadly
Big Daddies, while engaging with the few sane humans that remain and eventually learning of Rapture's past. The player, as Jack, is able to defeat foes in a number of ways by using weapons, utilizing plasmids that give unique powers, and by turning Rapture's own defenses against them. BioShock includes elements of
role-playing games, giving the player different approaches in engaging enemies such as by stealth, as well as moral choices of saving or killing characters; additionally, the game and
biopunk theme borrow concepts from the
survival horror genre.
BioShock received critical acclaim and was particularly praised by critics for its
morality-based storyline,
immersive environments, and its unique setting, and is considered to be one of the
greatest video games of all time and a demonstration of
video game as an art form. It received several Game of the Year awards from different media outlets, including from
BAFTA,
Game Informer,
Spike TV, and
X-Play. Since its release a direct sequel has been released,
BioShock 2 by 2K Marin, as well as a third game titled
BioShock Infinite by Irrational Games. A remastered version of the game was released on
Microsoft Windows,
PlayStation 4 and
Xbox One on September 13, 2016, as part of
BioShock: The Collection, along with BioShock 2 and Infinite.
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A
postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin
cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an
envelope. Shapes other than rectangular may also be used. There are novelty exceptions, such as
wood postcards, made of thin wood, and copper postcards sold in the
Copper Country of the U.S. state of
Michigan, and
coconut "postcards" from tropical islands.
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