<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
who do you play as in bioshock 1
who do you play as in bioshock 1
Jack
Jack