Which to start with? Bioshock 1 or 2?

[Talvrae]

You're not missing much with the first.
Mediocre gunplay. The campaign is comprised of annoying fetch quests and one long escort sequence. Couple that with a forgettable story and a shitty last boss and you're not missing much.
Bioshock was really overrated.

I completelly had forgotten that escort mission....
But no Bioshock 1 wasnt overrated at all

It really was.
It was hailed as one of the best FPS games of all time. The mission structure sucked, the objectives sucked harder. The gunplay was even worse.

Well i disagree on all your point

Mind explaining why? The game made you do monotonous fetch quests for annoying characters. The game never gave you an incentive to push on (I honestly forced myself to the end). The gunplay was piss poor, the guns also never felt as powerful as they looked. The same kind of splicer I could take out by hitting them with a wrench twice takes 2 Shotgun rounds at point blank range to die later on?
Seriously?

I really liked the story, and the atmosphere of the game, at the opposite of you i taught the characters where interesting. (yeah the last boss was a let down, but that's a minor point. And it's a bout the only first person shooter i sucesfully played on console... I usually ahte FPS on console favoring them on PC all the way

 

[brabz]

I can certainly see the appeal of playing the second one first given it's place in chronology.

The second one takes place a decade "AFTER" the events of the first with the exception of the multiplayer, which is set in the Civil War that embroiled Rapture before the first game.


The the OP; I think that it's worth it to play the first for storyline, and to appreciate the changes and adjustments in the story presentation/gameplay.

 

[Axolotl]

Geez you dont have to be such pretentious arses about it :I. If you actually think about it, the second one is a different senario than the first, not a continuation. So before you get up on your high horse think about the damn facts

I'm playing the second one and it is a direct continuation both in story and gameplay. If you play it first you will be lost as to whats going on and how to play.

 

[Sky Captanio]

I haven't played Bioshock but I've seen gameplay. It seems pretty basic to me. Shooting lighting and fire from your hand is the same as shooting a gun. So it looks like a generic (Though very good-looking) game. Of course I could be wrong.

 

[Axolotl]

I haven't played Bioshock but I've seen gameplay. It seems pretty basic to me. Shooting lighting and fire from your hand is the same as shooting a gun. So it looks like a generic (Though very good-looking) game. Of course I could be wrong.

Except it works in a different way with a gun doing damage and Fire/Lightning/Ice inflicting status effects. AS well as a large ammount of Plasmids to choose fromk.

 

[Hiphophippo]

I can certainly see the appeal of playing the second one first given it's place in chronology.

The second one takes place a decade "AFTER" the events of the first with the exception of the multiplayer, which is set in the Civil War that embroiled Rapture before the first game.


The the OP; I think that it's worth it to play the first for storyline, and to appreciate the changes and adjustments in the story presentation/gameplay.

Yea, noticed that when I started playing. I avoided info on this game like the plague.

 

[Emphasis]

Well.. In the end bought both 1 and 2 today for $140 total (au). I thought $90 for a new release was good but $50 for the original quite steep. Anyway, thanks for the posts guys

 

[Cowabungaa]

Thats all this game really has going for it, Atmosphere. It doesn't have a good mission structure or missions. And the gameplay is poor.
No amount of awesome Atmosphere can make up for a shitty mission structure and gameplay.

It did here. Fort Frolic was one of the most disturbing things ever. The Bunny poem...*shudder* True, the gunplay isn't that woopydoo, hence why I like playing with plasmids, but the setting, story, everything outside the gunplay and mission structure made me love that game so much.

It wasn't as if the mission structure was broken by the way, it worked, it just didn't do as much as many people hoped for. As for the incentive to push on, hell I never wanted to kill a boss that bad as the last one. Hence why I hated the fact that it was such a let down. The Big Sisters in 2 are already more challenging.

 

[glitch388]

I loved bioshock 1 and 2. bioshock 1 was awesome because it was cool to be in this underwater, dystopian, utopia. Bioshock 2 isnt as awe-inspiring, because we have now been to rapture. Definetally play the first then the second. various parts of the second will make much more sense after playing the first. and beating it. i believe that the voice acting in Bioshock 1 is better, because they are easier to listen to, while some of the voices in Bioshock 2 are kinda annoying (like the entire voice cast of Darksiders except for Mark Hamill). I too didnt like the final boss of bioshock 1, because the big daddys you fought at the begining of the game were MUCH harder. and the big sisters are brutal. i do enjoy fighting them, cause they are quite a chalenge. especially on hard in one scene in Persephone (completers will know what i mean).

 

[idlemane]

hey hey now. stop picking on the lad. now what did starwars do? yes thats right. blew us off our heads by starting with the 4th and 'expanding' from there. now because i do not have BS1 i was forced to play BS2 first. i have no problem. i have played once BS1 and found it fun but there really is no chronology between the two stories as yet, so it doesnt matter. maybe 1 could ease you a bit more into the world of 2.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

1 first, 2 second.

This is a case of two great games, on the same system. So, chronological order is viable here.

 

[Thaius]

Definitely play 1 first. Both are fantastic, but it's true that your experience will 1 will lower your experience with 2 a bit. But the fact is, it would work both ways: the world and atmosphere of 2 would mess with your appreciation of the first if you play them out of order. It's unavoidable.

So, what matters here is the story. And for that, you most definitely, absolutely, unquestionably want to start with the first game.