BioShock® 2 Reviews

this game is so good and has the best premise and story but i can't recommend it due to the constant crashing and changes you must make to the game files just to be able to play even on good hardware got to the point that the game wouldn't even open and would just crash on launch which is such a shame considering how good the game play is.

Riddle me this. How is the remastered supposed worse to play than the OG? Am I gonna install and find out? Hell no, lol. And further the riddle, how is Bioshock 1 (OG and RM) more stable than its sequel? Did I hear you want more riddle? Well hear you go, 2K would rather force a launcher than fix their games; at least the launcher is gone, too bad the fixes never happened, lol. This game is old and crashes at cutscenes and screen changes. Literally a weighted coin flip that you'll be fine, but 75% of the time of a crash not happening isn't 100%, if you get what I mean. The real psychological horror of this game is hoping that the game doesn't crash while saving. Welp, normally I do these "shit on a game not working" reviews and drop the game, never to touch it again. However, this is one of my favorite games, and I'm a masochist by heart, so I'll grit my teeth, be pissed for every crash, and rejoice when Eleanor puts on her armor and kicks ass... and hopefully it won't completely break down before that. You'll probably just buy this from the Bioshock Collection, so, read for your own entertainment, probably, lol. So I may as well do what I normally do for reviews of games I beat, even though I haven't done so on Steam yet. Pros -I mean, all Bioshocks have something good compared to the rest. 1 had a killer story and plot twist, Infinite had great talent behind it and more memorable character with a neat plot twist. --While 2 has less stressful hacking while also having remote hacking ---You're a Big Daddy... and that's just rad. ----I mean, you have a drill for your melee... that's f'ing cool ---Big Sisters look cool af ---Personally I think its an underrated story ---Multiple endings, which is determined by more than just healing little sisters Cons -It crashes... alot -Characters are the least memorable in this one. I do like the Lambs -No really, save, it crashes alot -The twist wasn't as great, not even comparable to 1 and Infinite -Crash... eh lot -Kind of a really easy game, honestly. -Did I mention it crashes, yea, it crashes. Super Con -It crashes way too much Super Duper Con -DO NOT SAVE IF YOU CHOOSE TO QUIT THROUGH THE GAME MENU, WHEN IT PROMPTS YOU TO SAVE, YOU LAUGH HARD AND SAY NO! FAILURE TO DO SO WILL CORRUPT YOUR ENTIRE GAME AND YOU HAVE TO COMPLETELY SCRUB THE GAME OFF YOUR COMPUTER, REINSTALL, AND START OVER. --so like, just Alt F4, or play until the crashes tell you to get off and you never have to worry about leaving of your own accord. lol Honestly, we should praise the crashes for tell us to get off for a bit. Lol

Crashes a lot, even with fixes. Got it on sale, but honestly game should be free if they can't be bothered to make it work like just about any other game made in the same time period. It being an older game isn't an excuse; tons of older games function perfectly fine on modern systems (even without remasters).

Bioshock 2 is a must play for fans of the franchise. But this classic version is buggy and broken. Way too many crashes. Yes I have tried a variety of fixes. And yet the crashes still occurred. The Fontaine Futuristics level is a nightmare to play in particular. I also faced microstutters and uneven FPS here and there. It is too much effort to make this game work. Plus the developers/publishers are not inclined to patch what is an amazing but broken game as it stands. Note on MP: More or less dead but there are servers and players still around. Some recommend doing solo play to 100% the MP achievements. We'll see about that. [h1] Overall Rating [/h1] [b] 3/10 Get the Remastered Version instead [/b]

This game is a stupid death simulator. Firstly, I completely cleared the territory, but the game doesn't care and it will shove enemies at you again, although there is very little loot and you are simply destroyed. Secondly, the main character is very large and immobile, which many bots take advantage of. Thirdly, the most important point is the crashes, which already start to bother you in the very first minutes of the game, but if you lower the graphics there are fewer of them (although my laptop can handle this game). As a result, I do not recommend you take it.

This game has insane storyline and a really good enviromental storytelling. A must play for those who finished the first game and a good game to enjoy.

i really liked the atmosphere and gameplay so far. 1 issue: Where can i adjust the controller "speed"? its sooooo slow 2. issue: Games crashed after 90min. Well okay try again. Cant be that bad. Second crash after 1min after restart. Third crash again after a few minutes... well i guess i will skip the second part... i really liked the first moments .. but that sucked.

Great game but even worse port than the first one. INI tweaks should not be necessary to run without constant crashing.

Despite the fact that Bioshock 2 is one of my favorite game of all time, I cannot recommand this PC port. Why ? Because, it's crashing ALL THE TIME. It's impossible to play more than 20 minutes without the game quitting. I've tried differents fixes and yet the issue remains. It's really unacceptable to sell a game in such state. If you want to play this great gem, you will have to go for the console version (xbox 360 or ps3) where the game play perfectly (maybe two crash in 80 hours of gameplay). Don't worry about not being able to play with a mouse/keyboard, Bioshock 2 feel way better with a controller. Also, the DLC "Minerva's Dent" is sold separately on Steam (for 10$!) but on GoG, the DLC come free with the game... So even if you want to try the PC port, Steam is the last place you wanna go.

To put simply: my favorite video game of all time. The first Bioshock is a great game, but it isn’t perfect. It suffers from odd level design and a messy final act. But despite its short development time, Bioshock 2 takes everything great about the first game and streamlines it. Gone are the old PC-era RPG elements and bullet-spongy bosses. The way research works in this game promotes more variety in gunplay, pushing players to try plasmid and weapon combos they might normally not. This makes 2 extremely replayable. The story here elaborates on a small but important part of Bioshock: the Big Daddies and Little Sisters. Putting you in the shoes of an “old-school” Daddy that supposedly existed before the events of the first game, Delta somehow manages to help us feel so much more than Jack ever did. Our relationship with Eleanor is moving and organic. Lamb feels like a great successor villain-wise to the loud and proud Ryan. Bioshock 2's story is weirdly similar to Neon Genesis Evangelion, but with a Socialism-fearing American twist. Through themes of fatherhood battling unrighteous use of equality and unity, our actions feel much more fleshed out than the black-and-white “choice” in Bioshock (which is ironic considering that game’s main message). This game makes your choices feel like they really matter. 2 abandons a plot twist and a final boss to focus more on its spectrum of endings, which feel natural based on our choices and their influence. If Delta is good, Eleanor becomes good. If Delta is evil, Eleanor becomes evil. If Delta made mixed/nonsensical choices, Eleanor becomes broken and confused. This is especially great with how thought-provoking some of the choices are: like does Gil deserve to live, or should he be mercy-killed as he previously asked? Not to forget the Mark Meltzer subplot, which is its own whole fascinating journey that was originally revealed through an ARG before 2 released. The multiplayer is pretty great despite how often people cite it as feeling "tacked on." Clearly a decent amount of love was put into it, even if it is unbalanced (all you need is Electro Bolt and the damage-upgraded crossbow). This was my first Bioshock game, but I think even if I had played the first game first, I’d know that this is the better game. And probably the greatest shooter of all time." Love is just a chemical, we give it meaning by choice." Wild that some people think this story is weaker...