It’s been a long while since I’ve talked about games on the Nintendo Switch. Mainly because life events meant I had to part ways with it. Boy have I missed it.

But events has bought one back into my life in the form of a Switch Lite.

I went with the Lite over the full blown Switch because of price, and when I previous had one I used it as a handheld only. I don’t remember ever connecting it to a tv.

One of the games I got with the Lite was an old favourite from the Xbox 360/PS3 days Bioshock The Collection.

For your money you get all three of the games that make up the Bioshock series. So that’s Bioshock, Bioshock 2, and Bioshock Infinite. Which instantly makes it great value in my eyes.

One thing I hate is as soon as you put in the memory card and click to play the game you have to download an update. Which is exactly what happened when I went to play the first game in the series Bioshock. For some reason this took an age (I left it over night along with downloading some of the digital games that I have). Which meant this morning was the first chance I had to return to the underwater utopia that is a now a crumbling dystopia, Rapture.

As Bioshock went through its splash screens it sinks in that it is approximately 12 years since I played the original on my 360, whilst living up in the North East, in a small town called Crook.

That’s long enough that whilst playing the game it feels familiar but also new. Sometimes I remember what but not how, or vice versa. There is still a learning curve but less steep. I think the best way to describe it is it’s like getting to know an old friend once more.

I will say Bioshock looks amazing on the Lite. With the Lite having a slightly smaller screen (5.5 inches) than the Switch (6.2 inches) I think this works in its favour. Both models have the same pixel resolution 1280 x 720, but the smaller screen gives the Lite a better pixel density, so it is a little sharper.

I can easily read the text on the screen. It is small, and I do have reading glasses these days.

The controls work really well with the inbuilt joycons of the Lite. And this is more a comment of the Lite but the position of everything button and joystick wise is great for me.

I’ve only spent a couple of hours playing the game this morning. But Bioshock is still a great FPS with RPG elements. Big Daddy is just as scary as I remember him. The little sisters are still unnervingly twisted. I still love finding the audio diaries of various occupants of Rapture left scattered around the place. They add so much to bringing Rapture and the story to life. It’s still pretty frickin cool getting plasmids and the “super power” they bestow. Who wouldn’t want to shoot fire or electricity from their hands?

And I love that some decisions I make during the game have meaning and impact the game later on. Back in the day I did manage to finish Bioshock with the good ending. I need to decide at some point soon do I try and repeat that feat or do I try for the other ending? I’m not sure which way I will go. That’s almost exhilarating thinking about it. How will I feel at the time will impact the decision. But will there be regret and wishing I had chosen the other path once I make the decision? Although switching to the ending I haven’t seen is possible at any point it’s that struggle then not to be tempted to go for it.

What’s nice about this edition of the game is that there is directors commentary for you to unlock as you play. There is a museum to explore with concept art, models etc. Plus there are downloadable missions/challenges that are separate to the main campaign.

An aside: since owning my previous Switch Nintendo have made getting screenshots off the Switch and onto a smart device a tad easier.

Right time to get back to exploring Rapture.