| curl-6 said: 7 years late to the party, but I finally got around to playing this one, and I just finished it last night. I'm really surprised nobody ever talks about this game. It's almost like it doesn't exist, even back in 2010 when it released I don't remember it getting much fanfare. It's a shame really, because I personally thought it was excellent. I mean yeah, it's not as original or mindblowing as he first game or Infinite, and Rapture isn't quite as impactful the second time around, but its story, characters, and combat are still top notch in my opinion. In fact, I'd actually say the combat was even better than the first game, thanks to the ability to use Plasmids and guns simultaneously instead of having to switch between them, and scenarios that offered more and better opportunities to make use of traps, turrets, and other such tricks. Sofia Lamb was a marvellous villain, in that she almost never came across as cartoonishly malicious or hateful, but more as someone who genuinely thought she was doing the right thing but ended up taking her ideology too far. Most video game villains rant, rave, sneer and scream, but her calm and analytical demeanor was a fresh change of pace. Other characters were similarly well done, in that they had nearly all had developed backstories and real motives for behaving as they did. I genuinely struggled over whether to kill or spare some of them when given the choice. Which is something else the game does very well; the moral choices, and particularly the way they inform the way the game's final hours play out. There may not have been the traditional "big twist" like in the first game or Infinite, and it takes a while to build up steam, but even so the story kept me guessing, and was overall intelligent, creative, and engaging. |
Was it really?! I dunno why...I loved the first to bits but the second threw me off quite early in the game. The whole idea of being the big daddy didn't really catch me.
Should I give it another go?! Hmmm..too many games to play anyway.
| forest-spirit said: First time I played Bioshock 2 I ran into the same issues I got when I first played Twilight Princess: I focused so much on similarities with previous games (Ocarina of Time in Twilight Princess' case) that I ended up hurting my own enjoyment with the game. I finished Twilight Princess and thought it was a good game but not on par with other Zelda games. Bioshock 2 I played for about half an hour, thought to myself that this was just more of the same with some female Big Daddies thrown in, and uninstalled it. Years later I played Twilight Princess HD, went in with a more open mind and discovered a masterpiece. Bioshock 2 also got another chance and apart from the 'Protect the little sister' segments feeling a bit repetitive and tedious after a while (I don't think you had to do them all though) it was a great experience. |
Thank you for this post..I had the exact same impression. It just felt too much of a rehash to me...I guess I really should give it another go. Had the same experience with Infinite btw...The fights just became so brutal and boring and I stopped caring..
