BioShock® 2

Masterpice !
From music to art style to characters wordl class!
would reccomend 100%

only reason i dont recommend, it crashed too much- probably around 30 crashes in my play thru. verified integrity of files and everything. just. too messy to get into.

but the game itself is cool! 1st was better tho imo

Played the first game with minimum to no problems and enjoyed a lot. Was excited to play the sequel. However, This game ruined my experience. It seriously has a issue with CRASHING. Tried several hacks yet nothing worked. Don't buy this game.

So here’s the thing: I loved BioShock. Like, “still think about it while brushing my teeth” loved it. So when BioShock 2 came along, I braced for disappointment. Everyone told me it was the “weaker sequel,” the “unnecessary cash-in,” the “awkward middle child.” But you know what? Those people were wrong. BioShock 2 slaps—and I will die on this rusted, leaky, underwater hill. From the moment you boot it up and realize you’re a Big Daddy, the tone shifts. You’re not a confused outsider stumbling into Rapture—you’re part of it. You know its decay, its cruelty, and now you’re stomping through it with a drill arm and a deep sense of regret. It’s like BioShock, but from the other side of the porthole. The combat? Vastly improved. Dual-wielding plasmids and weapons? Yes, please. The drill? Incredibly satisfying. The hacking mini-game? Thank you for not making me play pipe dream again. Everything just felt smoother, tighter, and more fun. I was still setting things on fire and electrocuting Splicers in puddles, but now I did it with the confidence of a genetically modified scuba dad. And the story? No, it’s not as twisty as the first game, but it has heart. Actual, emotional heart. Sofia Lamb is a fantastic antagonist—ideological, manipulative, and terrifying in a cold, clinical way. The Little Sister dynamic? Beautifully expanded. The ending? Genuinely touching, depending on how you played. I didn’t expect to feel things while stomping around in a diving suit, but here we are. Sure, it reuses assets. Yes, it doesn’t have the same surprise-factor the original had. But it builds on the world, gives you a new perspective, and actually manages to say something different about morality, identity, and choice. That’s not “less than”—that’s impressive.

I'm just tired on take two shenanigans.

All take two games are getting negative reviews until T2 stop attempts to undermine player control over their games and information.

9/10

It good (:

crap port, can't recommend any game that requires you to fix it for yourself. this version has multiplayer, the remastered version doesn't.

Ok, yea, this one has a crash problem. The remastered one was fine for me tho.

I find Bioshock 2 underrated as I think this title is more emotionally interesting for the main character and evolves the main concept of Bioshock 1's gameplay by making you a prototype big daddy with magic hands. Still much like the original in terms of horror shooter nature but the narrative is more compelling than before. In 1 it's more issues with unregulated capitalism, addiction, and player agency in video games. now it's the aftermath of it all, similar to post capitalism like today but I wasn't paying attention to that as I was looking for my little girl.

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Bio-crash 2

peak game, first one still better tho

Amazing story in my opinion.

great game my favourite of the series

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I like this, pretty good gameplay

A dad joke in the making. "Why did the Big Daddy get promoted at work?”
Because he really knew how to drill down on problems.

Without fixes of any sort, this game is near unbeatable due to crashes. But since it comes free with the Remastered version, and has the multiplayer mode. Along with two sets of achievements to 100%. And for that, I can recommend it.

Edit: Turns out the Remastered isn't any better. As much as I love this game, it's very hard to suggest to the average person considering most people want nothing to do with patching or fixing a game, regardless of difficulty.

It crashed every 5 minutes or so. but i'm so hooked in the gameplay loop that I ended up finish it. the worst experience in the package. Maybe try the remastered version.

This game is fantastic.

Game crashes after only 15 minutes for me. cannot progress any further. Same with the Remastered version.

Gameplay is an improvement over the first one. The story is great. The characters are all interesting and compelling, It takes everything good about the first one and makes it more fun to play. The game does crash often though.

Games good, i don't get why some people hate it, it still had a good story, gameplay was fun and i liked how the game gave you more opportunities to shape the story besides the gather or rescue little sisters.
Also the ADAM crackheads take less bullets to go down

If =you've played the original, it's gonna be a familiar experience. It's one of the rare instances where the sequel lives up to the original. Enjoy!

The game is very good! I played Bioshock 1 and I can say both games feel super! I can recommend Minerva's Den - the Bioshock 2's DLC!

ToS PoS

Crashes felt like part of the gameplay at some point. It happens so frequently. Couldn't tell how many times i restarted same area again and again. The game itself by no means is bad, actually it's the other way. In terms of gameplay mechanics Bioshock 2 slaps and overall i enjoyed this game more than a first one. Bioshock 2 repeats almost every aspect of previous game but executes it much better. Cooler weapon designes, tougher enemies, being able to use plasmid+weapon combo makes Bioshock 2 look lively as an FPS (can't say anything about lore, wasn't invested in story in either of them). Now, with that being said, even though up until last couple chapters i enjoyed this game, i couldn't grow not to hate it. As i progress further, the game crashes even more often (i tried fixing it and it worked for a while). That's not to say i couldn't even beat Bioshock 2 and not because i gave up on crashes during my game, but because i can't launch the game anymore. The main reason I'm so upset is that i really like this game and not being able to finish it is kinda sad

Feels like a very responsive and emersive experience. I love the direction the game took!

My personal favorite of the series. Played on a different system.

I'm Bioshocking it

This one crashes for some reason .. But The remaster was playable and good !

WE WILL BE REBORN IN THE COLD WOMB OF THE OCEAN.

i love this game but it crashes quite a bit requiring you to redo levels if you don't save enough. it seems many people have the same issues with certain levels across many hardware configs so its the game. some of the suggested fixes seem to help for a while but could be just random. be warned gamers!!!

Absolute masterpiece!

the underrated and ignored middle child of the bioshock franchise. gameplay wise Id say this one has the most depth of the series but narratively it just feels boring, like they are checking off boxes. the dlc is fantastic though and the multiplayer while simple and clunky is a fun experience. if you buy this game at all get it purely so you can play the multiplayer seeing as its not available in the remaster.

good

This 15 year old game keeps crashing and I don't even like the gameplay, it feels like a downgrade from the first game

BioShock 2: Ah yes, the sequel nobody asked for but we all secretly played anyway. Because who doesn’t want to experience the joys of underwater single parenting while being constantly harassed by philosophy majors on bath salts? Truly the dream.

The Best BioShock game.

Good game, multiplayer is still fun after all these years!

It's Bioshock 2

Bioshock if it was good:

Awesome game!

Put it down very quickly as a kid and went back to see if I was being uncharitable - I was not.
The new dual wielding is clunky with button bloat compared to the tighter controls of the first game.
New antagonist is a lazy counterpart to Ryan.

KEEPS ON CRASHING

Fantastic blend of action/puzzle oriented gameplay with an intellectual twist about the dangers of political philosophies when they are executed to the extreme. Extremely stylish, great looking. Big fun!

It keeps crashing, I want to play the game though but it seems impossible to how many crashes it has in one specific area of the game

greatness