BioShock 2 Disappears From All Digital Marketplaces - Update

[BloodRed Pixel]

'the weakest Bioshock game' still means a whole lot better than 85%of the rest out there.

 

[P-89 Scorpion]

Hooray for physical copies! Boo to the dodgy rights of digital games ownership!

Just to clarify, if you already own a digital copy of the game, you still get to keep it. It's only for NEW copies being bought.

Until your HDD dies and you need to redownload the game for the 3rd time and you can't because you have exceeded your install limit. sniff bye forever X-Men Origins: Wolverine the game.

 

[Mister K]

And that's why I prefer either having a physical copy of a game for consoles, or GOG version of the PC game. When Internet inevitably crashes, most of my PC and PS3 games will be untouched. Good bye Demon's souls and all classic FF's though. Bummer.

 

[Doom972]

These problems with licensed soundtracks are really becoming a pain. I'd hate it if people won't be able to purchase Vampire TM: Bloodlines or Fallout 3 because of such a stupid reason.

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I know that it's obvious to many of us, but it might be worth mentioning that people who already bought it on Steam can still download and play it.

 

[Denamic]

"Breath easy?"
That is the second most infuriating error in existence, trailing closely behind "could of."

 

[Flammablezeus]

It's easily the strongest of the three games. Anybody who thinks differently is either kidding themselves or expecting the same fresh experience that they had when they played the first one for the first time.

 

[Teoes]

"Breath easy?"
That is the second most infuriating error in existence, trailing closely behind "could of."

You can still understand the point he's trying to convey, though. It's not like your overall understanding has been effected.

;D

OT: Well it was only temporary so no real harm done. Maybe one day I'll give Bioshock 2 another go. I dropped it after half an hour[footnote]Edit: or was it a couple of hours? I can't remember. I was probably on drugs.[/footnote]; same as Infinite, actually. Ah well, the first game was good.

 

[RaikuFA]

Rather have this one over Infinite.

 

[Strazdas]

Maybe its because of the shameful PC ports Bioshoch 1 and 2 are and the shame of it is starting to get to them.!!!!!!!!
...I really wish I could play Bioshock 1 and 2 without the CTD every 15 minutes.

really? i never played 2 but i hadnt have a single crash playing bioshock 1 on my laptop. though this might be same case as with civilization 4 where i played it without problem for years only later to find out that for majority of people there were horrible issues.

 

[The Bucket]

These problems with licensed soundtracks are really becoming a pain. I'd hate it if people won't be able to purchase Vampire TM: Bloodlines or Fallout 3 because of such a stupid reason.

snip

I know that it's obvious to many of us, but it might be worth mentioning that people who already bought it on Steam can still download and play it.

The worry is however that they'll pull a GTA San Andreas and resolve the licencing issue by putting out a mandatory update that removes the problem songs, even for people who'd already bought it

 

[Doom972]

These problems with licensed soundtracks are really becoming a pain. I'd hate it if people won't be able to purchase Vampire TM: Bloodlines or Fallout 3 because of such a stupid reason.

snip

I know that it's obvious to many of us, but it might be worth mentioning that people who already bought it on Steam can still download and play it.

The worry is however that they'll pull a GTA San Andreas and resolve the licencing issue by putting out a mandatory update that removes the problem songs, even for people who'd already bought it

I know, and I hate the thought of a game being modified to become inferior because of petty licensing issues.

 

[zumbledum]

just registering my annoyance that its not considered the best, ill agree 1's story was a bit better but 2 had by far the best gameplay. and infinite was a massive disappointment in all regards.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Personally I thought 2 was good. Not as good as Infinite, but better than 1. I have a physical Xbox copy of it, might pop it in right now. As for this, standard copyright bull. We really need to sort these laws out...

 

[Thaluikhain]

Censorship! Will New Zealand never learn?

The problem with Copyright Law is that they keep changing it because companies like Disney don't want to lose their copyright hold on their material such as Mickey Mouse so it will always keep changing to keep those folks happy.

I was led to believe that it wasn't companies "like" Disney and material "such as" Mickey Mouse, so much as Disney getting teh rules changed for the intent of keeping Mickey Mouse specifically.

 

[shrekfan246]

While it sucks to hear about it being digitally pulled, I've always thought the only reason BioShock 2 gets so much hate from critics is because it's main villain is more on the left whereas Andrew Ryan was more on the right. Same thing with most game critics practically having orgasms whenever they talk about BioShock Infinite despite gameplay wise it's just Call of Duty with magic while BS2 had better gameplay and more choice than 1 or 3.

You know, it's entirely possible that politics have nothing to do with it.

I, for instance, don't think that any of the antagonists in Bioshock 2 even come close to approaching the memorability of Andrew Ryan. While it had a few more genuine character moments, particularly with Gil Alexander and Mark Meltzer, 2 had a considerably weaker story because it didn't have the same charismatic qualities of Ryan, Atlas, or bit-parts like Sander Cohen.

That having been said, Bioshock 2 is at least consistent throughout and doesn't take a sharp downward spin three-quarters of the way through.

 

[RealRT]

Damn son!, I'm glad I bought it along with the Minerva's Den DLC before it got pulled out, I hope it gets resolved soon.

You do realize you can access your digital copy at any time, right? When a game gets pulled from digital stores it means it cannot be bought anymore. The existing owners still get full access to it.

And for all who go all "GLAD I GOT MY PHYSICAL COPY" - you can make a backup of any Steam game you own and burn it to a DVD, thus making your own physical copy.

That's what I meant, I'm glad I bought it before it got pulled out of the store, I know I still have it in my library.

Ah. Sorry there, mate. Just that it seems that not many people realize that.

 

[zombiejoe]

I'm glad it's coming back soon. Personally I find Bioshock 2 to be a very underrated game, not as memorable as 1, but stronger in many respects than Infinite was in terms of general gameplay.

And I proudly believe that it has one if the best examples of narrative multiplayer out there, surpassing games like Brink and Titanfall in what they tried to do.

 

[mitrovarr]

I was a little bit worried when I read this, because I had an old 2k humble bundle copy that was sitting unredeemed. Went and redeemed it; seems to have worked ok.