Why don't I like Bioshock 2? Should I give up?

[Trolldor]

Bioshock 2 is not as horrible as the bandwagoners like to claim.

Play it on the easiest difficulty and cruise through the game, experiment with weapons and plasmids, and when you get the research Camera use it at every opportunity.

As for harvesting adam, each little sister can harvest three corpses, meaning 120 Adam on top of what you get for harvesting/rescuing them. That's not 'fuck all' in the long run.

 

[Nomanslander]

Wow, I thought you people had settled down with all the Bioshock 2 bashing since it came out a year ago.

BS2 is a pretty good game, but the story and combat picks ups more at the ends, BS1's story was good since the beginning.

In the end, BS2 is a lesser game, even though the gameplay is better. But they could have done so much more with it. Kinda like what they're doing with BS:I.

I will say this though, BS2 end game is better.

=)

 

[Outright Villainy]

The main problem with Bioshock 2 is that the character's story is not at all tied in with the main plot. Jack's story WAS the story of Bioshock. Delta's is just...there, not really all that important so it's just a shallow tack on.

There is little to no emotional investment, especially when the basic story is essentially the same but with a new person in charge and communism instead of a corrupt free market system.

If you haven't played the first Bioshock, go back and play that instead. You'll see the difference immediately.

I would say take what you said, and then completely reverse it.

Delta's story was the one I was emotionally invested in, the first one was all about the city, and to a lesser extent Ryan. Jack has no motivations, his use is solely as a puppet. He serves a vital role in the meta twist by being such a blank slate, as the player can feel more controlled, but he's just like Gordon freeman, a non character.

Delta has a real reason to push on, whilst also subtly suggesting it could just be psychological bonding too. It's extremely effective anyway, and I actually cared about Elanor. Jack's revenge on Fontaine, I couldn't care less about.

 

[Ekit]

Play BioShock first. BioShock 2 is inferior in almost every way.

Also, you don't have to let the Little Sisters gather ADAM before you rescue them. You can just kill the Big Daddy and then carry the Little Sister to an exit vent and rescue her.

You will get less ADAM but you will still be able to buy basically any tonic you want and the ending will be the same.

Thank you for pointing this out to me. I read the replies a while ago and when I read this I couldn't believe it had never crossed my mind. I had so much adam because I had been doing thee whole harvesting thing with dead bodies with every little sister. By the end of the game I didn't need anything else upgraded but had 700 adam left! It was such a waste of time harvesting all that.

So by now I have beat the game. The only reason why I kept going was because I found out I could just save the sisters. I figured, what the hell...I'll just go a little further and see if it's less frustrating and will move quicker.

Also, now that I wasn't harvesting so much I wasn't putting all my resources into getting adam. Thus, the game became far easier and I was able to defeat it on the medium difficulty.

Also, the game was very short. When I wrote the initial post I didn't realize that I was already so far into it.

But yeah, in the end I'm going to sell it and I really wish that I never started it to begin with. It was as I feared...the levels or places really don't look any different. When it comes to games I really need a change of scenery at some point. But all the areas looked the same and it became very dull.

So the reason I got this game was because a friend told me to get it. At least I thought he did...he had actually said to get the original Bioshock and had never even played Bioshock 2. Guess I misheard him. So whatever, the reason for buying the game never existed.

I'm happy that so many here seem to have the same problems with the game as I do. I might try another first shooter at some point. I saw a demo for KillZone 3 and that looked so much better (as far as graphics).

Conclusion: It was entertaining for a couple hours but then became redundant. Good voice acting but I couldn't care about the story for some reason. The people in the game looked terrible. They were too gangly and their faces were terrible. It's ok if the graphics aren't the best out there but I can't stand it when computer animated humans have bad proportions and super stiff faces.

I think I got the "good" ending but that wasn't so great either. It was only a few minutes long but I still managed to space out on it due to lack of interest.


P.S. SixVI06-M, you really should try removing the stick from your ass and the cock from your mouth before you post on forums. It might help you be less of an ass...

Glad I could help.

And if you feel that BioShock 2 had potential then I strongly recommend playing BioShock. If you want a unique and immersive experience and if you like FPSs and RPGs then it's right up your alley. And it has the best story in any game I've ever played.

But if you don't care that much for story and you play games for gameplay, then I suggest you don't bother with BioShock. The only aspects in which BioShock is inferior to BioShock 2 is in the gameplay and in the endings.

Captcha: "Bario Hispanian"... That's sounds racist somehow.