Zero Punctuation: BioShock 2

[Arkhangelsk]

Very funny review, but I disagree. Sure, it's a knockoff, but it's a fun one, and while the plot seems more like a side-plot rather than the real thing, it was still entertaining. The plot is kind of weak because it's not really about how Rapture got to be, how Rapture fell, and how it stood up again. It could be improved by giving a plot that matters, this just seemed like a villain who saw that everything was empty and set up shop. But the game play is still excellent, and controlling a Big Daddy is loads of fun.

Also, call me weird, but protecting the Little Sisters was one of my favorite parts of the game. I had to share the game with my brother since he was the one who bought it, so we took turns, so to make it fair, whenever a Little Sister showed up, I kindly said that if I could take the Little Sisters, he could play for longer. Maybe I enjoy escort missions, maybe I feel a strange compassion for the Little Sisters (I never harvested them. I can't harm those poor little girls).

One last thing, I was a ammo wasting hypochondriac, but I still managed to beat the crap out of the Big Sisters.

 

[Spooge2Luvs]

Agreed please bash i mean review heavy rain, I enjoy the piss out of it, but i doubt Ben will dig changing a diaper....

 

[Nomanslander]

Meh, I liked it better than the first.

I also liked playing as a Big Daddy more than Jack, although that might be because I'm also an emotionally dead robot that likes killing pretty things...=D

Anyways....

I can see Yahtzee mostly got pissed that they're trying to milk an FPS franchise that at least began with an original concept unlike the 50billion space marine shooters out there, even though the gameplay itself an the entire plot twist at the end was completely copy/pasted from System Shock 2...lol

 

[reg42]

The shameless knock off is a copy/paste? Suprising

I never really thought there would be anything to this game, I probably won't get it.

 

[JEBWrench]

I'm not surprised the sequel is not living up to the original. Every piece of info I've gotten about the game since it was first announced has made my head spin. "You play as the first Big Daddy but it's 10 years after the first game." (94 degree spin to the right) "You play as a Big Daddy but can still use Plasmids." (180 degree spin to the left) "There are older versions of the little sisters that fight you." (260 degree spin vertically)

Now tell me which direction my head is facing.

Toward the nearest Wendy's.

 

[johnman]

I to wondered how the hell Rapture is still standing, it felt like it was about to collapse at the start of the first game, with more water sloshing around than the recently thawed plains of Greenland.

 

[JokerCrowe]

Wow... is it just me or is he getting angrier with every video?
Anyway, I like Bioshock 2, it a solid shooter and I think it only gets a bad reputation because the first game was so good. Play it without having played the first game and it's quite excellent. I did play the first game, but unfortunately I had gotten the major plot twist spoiled for me, so I just thought "yeah, allright but when is it going to happen?" most of the time I played Bioshock. But I guess I'm just a bit hurt from his joke in the beginning of the video... or maybe I'm just thick.

EDIT: also: "Grrr! Your selfless compassion fills me with murder frenzy!" Funny Shit!

 

[soultwister]

oddly enough, this expresses what i though about the game

 

[joshthor]

i like how he says splicers.

 

[Well YOUR FACE]

I think Bioshock 2 is a good game, not as good as the first obviously but still good. Oh well should of knowen that Yahtzee would hate it the man has really high standards. Also just saying it has got soooo many sick reviews

 

[witchkid42]

I'm a huge fan of this series, don't get me wrong. I've agreed with Yahtzee, and I've disagreed with Yahtzee (I too thought Halo was a blandfest, but I genuinely enjoyed Mass Effect), but this time I just need to speak out. I know it makes me sound like a tool, but I have to say: I really disagree with this review. I mean, no redeeming qualities at all? I absolutely loved this game! Okay, I'm done ranting. Leave me to my shame...

 

[wooty]

hahaha, that review had me wetting myself in parts, especially at the end with the vending machine line.

Love the inclusion of the old "sploycer" gag, great work Mr Croshaw

 

[Klepa]

Some genuine RRAAAGEEE noticable there!
I was hoping he'd make a point about being a Big Daddy not really feeling much different, than being a normal human. I liked the game though, and disagree with some parts of the review, but it was a great laugh.

 

[gamegod25]

I actually liked the game but this still gave me a good chuckle.

 

[portal_cat]

"You can all call me crazy, but for some reason I liked the second one more, maybe it was the hacking, who know......" Argon14


I guess then we're both crazy because I thought the same thing. What I thought was cool was the part where you could control a little sister.

 

[Hybridwolf]

Eh....screw you yahtzee, I liked it, still like it, and looking forward to number three. Only points I agree with is the bloody little sister guarding system, and the whole "I can still speak to you, and every little sister thing". Everything else was fine to me, so money well spent.

 

[7ru7h]

Wow, the BF:BC2 background is a bit much isn't it? Am I the only one seeing that?

(edit: damned sneaky quote button)

Yeah... I actually came to comment about that, especially since I had to reload the fucking page just so I could do anything else on the site.

OT - I sort of agree with you Yahtzee, the game was pretty much just cut and pasted from the first one, but the second one did have enough differences and improvements that I wasn't bored before I managed to finish the game, although I only really played through the game once this time, since I really didn't care about seeing the other endings like I did in the first one.

Also, as for the whole "prototype big daddy" and "telepathic girl" bits, they do somewhat explain that, since the PC was an improvement over normal big daddies that ultimately failed, and the girl's telepathic abilities with you was because she was bonded to you before.

And on a barely related note, ***SPOILER*** was I the only one with mixed feelings about the stretch where you play AS a little sister? It was new and sort of creative and fun, but pretty boring since it was just one fetch quest after another.

 

[Stabby Joe]

The common idea for a sequel was actually a prequel... that would have kept the gameplay, themes and characters more or less the same but with a different enough environment...

...not to mention how the whole ruckus kicked off in the first place.

 

[TraumaHound]

Why is no one around when you do a perfectly good spit-take?!

Munching on my cereal, listening to Yahtzee go on about how the sequel is so great...then flipping a 180 and getting real *cue milky-munched-cereal spit-take*. All in under a minute.

And no one was around to see it.

Now where'd that roll of paper towels get to?