BioShock 2

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  1. Rassane
    Sep 11, 2023
    7
    Está opacado por Bioshock infinite y Bioshock 1, por ello se "cree" que es muy mal juego la gente pero realmente es un juego que está bien, obviamente es el más flojo pero tiene una historia entretenida y la jugabilidad para mi es mejor que los otros juegos.
  2. co3676
    Jul 1, 2023
    7
    Yedi. .
  3. Quazder
    Jun 27, 2023
    5
    (+) When you start the game the feeling of that game and atmosphere really amazes you but soon you will find the gameplay very very repetitive and boring

    (-) Graphic is trash (-) Story is boring. (-) Repetitive gameplay. And very big (-) is that you need to constatly loot literally everything otherwise you will find yourself dying many times. SO looting is extremely boring and    (+) When you start the game the feeling of that game and atmosphere really amazes you but soon you will find the gameplay very very repetitive and boring

    (-) Graphic is trash

    (-) Story is boring.

    (-) Repetitive gameplay.

    And very big (-) is that you need to constatly loot literally everything otherwise you will find yourself dying many times. SO looting is extremely boring and repetitive    … Expand
  4. Nick7000
    May 29, 2023
    7
    Заметно проигрывает предыдущей части, но тем не менее остается крайне приятной игрой.
  5. Magical_Viktor
    Apr 30, 2023
    5
    Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»Существуют просто Зло и Большое Зло, а за ними обоими в тени прячется Очень Большое Зло. Очень Большое Зло, Геральт, это такое, которого ты и представить себе не можешь, даже если думаешь, будто уже ничто не в состоянии тебя удивить. И знаешь, Геральт, порой бывает так, что Очень Большое Зло схватит тебя за горло и скажет: «Выбирай, братец, либо я, либо то, которое чуточку поменьше»
  6. MrOldModern
    Apr 10, 2023
    5
    По суті все теж саме, що у першій частині, але якість сюжету менше. Ну й сетінг під водою вже набрид.
  7. KolesAdlerov
    Apr 9, 2023
    7
    Better action, worse story, revolting radio. Thanks to Arkane's level-design, it's not a bad game.

    Gameplay: combat mechanics 7/10 stealth (with powers) 5/10 atmosphere [goddamn radio!] 7/10 Gameplay as RPG & im.sim [goddamn radio!]: 7/10 Story 4/10 Graphics 9/10 Sounds & music [goddamn radio!] 8/10 [good RU localization] . Radio and audio diaries, which muted all the    Better action, worse story, revolting radio. Thanks to Arkane's level-design, it's not a bad game.

    Gameplay:
    combat mechanics 7/10
    stealth (with powers) 5/10
    atmosphere [goddamn radio!] 7/10
    Gameplay as RPG & im.sim [goddamn radio!]: 7/10

    Story 4/10

    Graphics 9/10

    Sounds & music [goddamn radio!] 8/10
    [good RU localization]

    .
    Radio and audio diaries, which muted all the sounds, ruined the immersion. Again. Cloud Chamber, please, hire a writer and designer instead of sjw-clowns.    … Expand
  8. klaaz
    Jan 26, 2023
    7
    A setting as beautiful and perfect as its previous installment. Despite being considerably inferior to its predecessor, it is still a highly recommended game.
  9. EVIL_UJIN
    Oct 15, 2022
    7
    More of the same. Но повторение не значит плохо, если оригинал был качественный.

    +Визуальный стиль как всегда на высоте - локации разнообразные, яркие и наполненные деталями. +Оружия стало больше +Вместо фотоаппарата у теперь нас видеокамера:) +Появилась возможность "удочерять" Маленьких Сестричек, чтобы с их помощью добывать АДАМ. Правда этот процесс привлекает толпы сплайсеров, так    More of the same. Но повторение не значит плохо, если оригинал был качественный.

    +Визуальный стиль как всегда на высоте - локации разнообразные, яркие и наполненные деталями.
    +Оружия стало больше
    +Вместо фотоаппарата у теперь нас видеокамера:)
    +Появилась возможность "удочерять" Маленьких Сестричек, чтобы с их помощью добывать АДАМ. Правда этот процесс привлекает толпы сплайсеров, так что ваша задача - защищать девочку в процессе добычи.
    +Появились Big Sisters - прыгучий аналог Big Daddies, владеющий плазмидами, с которыми также предстоит сражаться.

    Из минусов:
    -графика, визуальный стиль и игровой процесс абсолютно идентичны первой части.

    Я бы дал 7,5 из 10 за вторичность
    В общем, фанатам первого Bioshock точно зайдет:)    … Expand
  10. MaxieZeus
    Sep 20, 2022
    7
    If the first Bioshock was the brain this is heart of the Bioshock universe sadly there aren't much improvements on the first game but still you may like this more depending on your preferences.
  11. BenzoSt
    Jul 12, 2022
    6
    Although I found the action of Bioshock 2 to be a bit better than Bioshock 1, this game was slightly disappointing because the plot and characters weren't nearly as interesting as those in the first Bioshock game. And since it also took place in the same location - the ruins of the undersea city of Rapture - it felt sort of recycled, more like a Bioshock 1.5 than a true sequel. So,Although I found the action of Bioshock 2 to be a bit better than Bioshock 1, this game was slightly disappointing because the plot and characters weren't nearly as interesting as those in the first Bioshock game. And since it also took place in the same location - the ruins of the undersea city of Rapture - it felt sort of recycled, more like a Bioshock 1.5 than a true sequel. So, although Bioshock 2 wasn't necessarily bad or sloppy, it felt ... unnecessary.… Expand
  12. Grizvill08
    Jun 20, 2022
    5
    Very good game but it keeps crashing and it only autosaves every hour so i often lose a lot of progress because of that.
  13. Izoeros
    Jun 6, 2022
    7
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  14. Jackie_Jackson
    May 26, 2022
    5
    Нет ну вы конечно большие молодцы что сделали вторую часть но лучше бы не делали кто сейм
  15. handheldfever
    Jan 15, 2022
    7
    Though this game was an unfortunate step down from the first, it still holds up alright in it's own regard and was a lot better than even Bioshock infinite.

    The new gun system was an improvement. Now each weapon gets 3 upgrades at power to the people stations, which adds a little more variety. I really like the ability to combine cyclone traps with other plasmids. Though the method of    Though this game was an unfortunate step down from the first, it still holds up alright in it's own regard and was a lot better than even Bioshock infinite.

    The new gun system was an improvement. Now each weapon gets 3 upgrades at power to the people stations, which adds a little more variety. I really like the ability to combine cyclone traps with other plasmids. Though the method of doing so is a little clunky unfortunately.

    The new plasmid system is also good. Plasmid upgrades are more interesting and contribute more than the first game. The down side is that there might be times where plasmid upgrades get in the way of others. And the need to charge plasmids is annoying sometimes. Like electro bolt for example. I think it would have worked better if the chain lightning was passive without the need to charge, and the big storm move was more like the way Infamous did arc lightning. Especially if you have to charge for both the level 2 and 3 conditions to be met. I'm also not a fan of the scout plasmid and would take a returning sonic boom over that one any day. Either way, the new plasmids are a great new addition.

    The new hacking tool is a good addition. It helps to avoid the repetitive pipe minigame from the first Bioshock. However, after a while, I kind of started to miss the old system. I think it would have been cool is if hacking the normal way would have used the original method while doing it with the hacking tool would have used the new one

    Some of the mechanics carried over from the first game also unfortunately don't work as well here. While I like the idea of the new research camera, I feel like it created more problems than it solved. Not only is it disorienting to switch between the camera and other weapons, but it's always so hard to try to remember which methods I used to beat an enemy before so I can use a new method. And because you have to use it in a fight, you can't take pictures of little sisters or stand back and take pictures. You also can't take pictures of multiple subjects. I feel like the research camera should have been dropped. It was cool in the first game, but by the second, it was overstaying it's welcome.

    The new story is cool, but unfortunately it creates problems and plot holes.

    The med kits and eve hypos also could have been improved. Unlike the first game there's no way to manually use an eve hypo. So I have had many times where I was over capacity and I just fired plasmids in order to drain my eve and force a hypo to be used.

    Unfortunately, there have been a lot of technical issues. This game has crashed on me a lot. Apparently it has something to do with DirectX10 or draw distances or something. I don't know. But it's bad. Sometimes it will crash as soon as it opens. Even after I lower the graphical settings and shut down every background task on my computer. Because, I guess the PS1 graphics were just too much for my RTX 3070.

    In it's defence, this game was designed for Windows 7, which no one uses anymore. So, a little leniency is fair. Plus, I'm sure that if I made the game emulate windows 7 in launch, that might also help.

    In general, this is still a solid follow up to the original Bioshock.    … Expand
  16. Kemp
    Mar 1, 2021
    6
    My reviews for Bioshock 1 and Infinite capture my views on the series. I'd say the first one is the only one really worth playing. Bioshock 2 is still better than Infinite (because of Infinite's garbage story), but it does not really have many new ideas and the story is lackluster. Also, what happened to Tenenbaum?

    When I was playing this game, I was enjoying it at first, but I quickly    My reviews for Bioshock 1 and Infinite capture my views on the series. I'd say the first one is the only one really worth playing. Bioshock 2 is still better than Infinite (because of Infinite's garbage story), but it does not really have many new ideas and the story is lackluster. Also, what happened to Tenenbaum?

    When I was playing this game, I was enjoying it at first, but I quickly found myself just trying to steamroll through to get to the end. I'd give it a miss.    … Expand
  17. Lorack
    Apr 29, 2020
    6
    Pro
    +Improved hacking mechanic
    +Decent story
    +New weapons are fun

    Con
    -Too similar to the first BioShock
    -Some characters don't feel fleshed out enough
    -Too short
  18. Relkad
    Apr 18, 2020
    7
    Not a must-play but explains the game's environment in a beautiful way.
    Also,kinda story-driven
  19. sscott0829tw
    Feb 19, 2020
    7
    + Combat is better than the first
    + Interesting story with memorable characters
    + Better ending than the first + Great Graphics + Big Sisters are so fun to fight - Feels a bit like a DLC for the first game, a lot of UI and Items are exactly the same. - Too short to beat - No new powers to use, weapons feels like a reskin of the first game - Fighting with your daughter is amazing    + Combat is better than the first
    + Interesting story with memorable characters
    + Better ending than the first
    + Great Graphics
    + Big Sisters are so fun to fight

    - Feels a bit like a DLC for the first game, a lot of UI and Items are exactly the same.
    - Too short to beat
    - No new powers to use, weapons feels like a reskin of the first game
    - Fighting with your daughter is amazing but you can only do that for like 30 minutes.
    - though the NPC's are interesting, you don't see them or interect with them very much.
    - no final boss fight, and reuse boss fights too many times.    … Expand
  20. Vanco
    Jun 4, 2019
    7
    Not as fun as the first Bioshock but still a good game. Improved combat mechanics.
  21. KingJailson
    Apr 10, 2019
    7
    Excelente jogo, não o melhor de todo o BioShock, mas um bom jogo, apesar de ainda rolar crashes durante a jogatina.
  22. njja02
    May 15, 2018
    7
    A sequel that ends up feeling too much of the same. Still has that amazing atmosphere and world. But its story and characters failed to fully grip me.
  23. zimmer600
    Nov 20, 2017
    7
    Comparing the first and second parts of BioShock, I definitely give the palm of the championship to the original game. From the continuation, after all, I wanted to get much more vivid emotions and rich impressions. But it is important to understand that it is with unreasonable expectations that most of the claims to BioShock 2 are connected. If we consider it in isolation from itsComparing the first and second parts of BioShock, I definitely give the palm of the championship to the original game. From the continuation, after all, I wanted to get much more vivid emotions and rich impressions. But it is important to understand that it is with unreasonable expectations that most of the claims to BioShock 2 are connected. If we consider it in isolation from its predecessor, we get a very atmospheric, deeply worked shooter with complex non-ordinary mechanics and a tolerable script. It all depends on which side to look at.… Expand
  24. dandalis
    Oct 10, 2017
    7
    Bioshock 2 is quite an imprvoment gameplay wise over the original, story and narrative is also pretty good if not on same level with first one, its only fault is having number 2 on the box which for many people means returning to an already explored setting, but for me who never completed original Bioshock, the sequel felt like a pretty fresh experience.

    Where it falls short for me    Bioshock 2 is quite an imprvoment gameplay wise over the original, story and narrative is also pretty good if not on same level with first one, its only fault is having number 2 on the box which for many people means returning to an already explored setting, but for me who never completed original Bioshock, the sequel felt like a pretty fresh experience.

    Where it falls short for me personally and why i cant score it higher than i'd like to is down to its PC port with constant crashes if you run the game in DX 10 mode, even then in DX 9 game can crash, it even crashed right when i was saving which corrupted and deleted my save file. If you dont manually save every 5 - 10 minutes you risk losing progress and waste the time of your life by doing it again.    … Expand
  25. NP-complete
    Oct 25, 2016
    6
    Similar to the game: a great story, but the environment is too dark and repetitive for my taste. In terms of gameplay, it doesn't add too much to the previous installment (and, personally, I don't like FPS too much).
  26. PrincessRose
    Sep 8, 2015
    7
    Even though I disliked Bioshock, I thought I'd at least try this game though it's sort of more of the same, I liked playing as a Big Daddy at the end of the first game so I thought it may make me enjoy this game more.

    I enjoy this game more, overall the game is much more fun. I don't feel bored playing it like I did with the first Bioshock. I like the story of being a Big Daddy, the    Even though I disliked Bioshock, I thought I'd at least try this game though it's sort of more of the same, I liked playing as a Big Daddy at the end of the first game so I thought it may make me enjoy this game more.

    I enjoy this game more, overall the game is much more fun. I don't feel bored playing it like I did with the first Bioshock. I like the story of being a Big Daddy, the story is very interesting and gameplay has improved you can now use both a plasmid and weapon at once, it makes things quicker instead of feeling so sluggish like the first Bioshock was so slow having to switch between a plasmid and a weapon.

    And I like that hacking seems better and you can now hack cameras as well instead of just destroy them.

    I reccomend having several saves as saving can be glitchy. I saved my game and it crashed in the process deleting the save that I was saving over, I previously had 4 saves and now had 3, so it must of deleted the save which caused it to crash or the crashing caused it to delete?? Iam not sure.
    It's a joy to be able to alt tab out of game without getting a black screen of death.

    When you open a map, you can't close it again by pressing the map key, but by clicking on a button at the bottom of the screen that says close or by pressing B on a XBox controller with no way to remap the key for PC controls. Controller exclusive controls on a PC game is annoying.

    I like this game much more than the first Bioshock.    … Expand
  27. alanmacd
    Nov 19, 2014
    7
    After the joy of the original I was ready to like this game. A lot. Back to Rapture! And, to its credit, game-play is smooth, the enemies are more varied and, in many cases, tougher and the weapons are inventive. However, it seems like the game lost its soul somewhere. The haunting, beautiful visuals of the first were lacking. The story was simply less compelling, absent the wonderfullyAfter the joy of the original I was ready to like this game. A lot. Back to Rapture! And, to its credit, game-play is smooth, the enemies are more varied and, in many cases, tougher and the weapons are inventive. However, it seems like the game lost its soul somewhere. The haunting, beautiful visuals of the first were lacking. The story was simply less compelling, absent the wonderfully crafted Ryan. I cared about the characters less. I felt like I was playing a competent, first person shooter. The first time around, I felt like I was taking part in a masterpiece. This...was just a video game. A good one, but just a game.… Expand
  28. dan2600
    Aug 25, 2014
    5
    As a "game" 4 as an interactive experience 7

    I got this game on a steam sale after pasing it up 4 years ago. I played System Shock as a kid and loved bioshock as well. Game-play is boring, simple shooter style. Trick the dumb AI, played it on hard wasn't challenged at all. No penalty for dying. Lots of ammo, even though it's all nerfed, finding enough medkits is another story.    As a "game" 4 as an interactive experience 7

    I got this game on a steam sale after pasing it up 4 years ago. I played System Shock as a kid and loved bioshock as well.

    Game-play is boring, simple shooter style. Trick the dumb AI, played it on hard wasn't challenged at all. No penalty for dying. Lots of ammo, even though it's all nerfed, finding enough medkits is another story.

    The story is nice, made-for-tv movie level good, but still very "video-game". Voice acting, is great, music is wonderful.

    Overall a snorefest through mudsville, watch the cut scenes on youtube and buy the soundtrack and save your time.

    about to give bioshock 3 a go...lets see if it is any better.    … Expand
  29. Akadrud
    Jun 2, 2014
    7
    First Bioshock was a masterpiece and, if i didn't play it, i would give the second chapter a higher score. But.. there's some new things but not so many and though we have another really good story behind the game.. i don't think it is involving as the first. Graphic is the same, looks like recycled. And it's short, but if you can buy it ina bundle for cheap (like i did) it's a good experience.
  30. NikoLinni
    Feb 21, 2014
    5
    I really. Really wanted to like this game.

    Techincal side of things: What the hell? Is it because I'm running a lower end computer? Suddenly BS2 didn't like my computer, forcing me to put BS2 into DX9 and making everything look poorly. Then there was *No Manual Plasmid Reload* which meant that you'd either have to edit a config file or fire off what little EVE you had left so Delta    I really. Really wanted to like this game.

    Techincal side of things: What the hell? Is it because I'm running a lower end computer? Suddenly BS2 didn't like my computer, forcing me to put BS2 into DX9 and making everything look poorly. Then there was *No Manual Plasmid Reload* which meant that you'd either have to edit a config file or fire off what little EVE you had left so Delta would reload. There's NO Weapon/Plasmid wheel, and coming back from Bioshock Infinite, that was ridiculous. What genius decided to have it in console releases, but not on PC? And multiplayer, don't make me laugh. Obvious console port is obvious (especially when the prompts for what buttons to push >>Are Xbox 360, not PC, buttons    … Expand
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#5 Best PC Game of 2010
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#12 Most Discussed PC Game of 2010
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#13 Most Shared PC Game of 2010

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Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 36 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. PC Gamer
    90
    Similar and slightly improved mechanics make this a worthy sequel, despite a sadly less-memorable story. [Mar 2010, p.70]
  2. Vandal
    86
    A conservative return to Rapture, but full of quality.
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  3. VideoGamer
    90
    If 2K had managed to tell a story that equalled or bettered that found in the original, we'd have been left with an unquestionably better experience, rather than just a more exciting, smarter shooter.
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