Zero Punctuation: BioShock 2
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
- Start date
Recommended Videos
Ok, I haven't played Bioshock 2 yet, so I can't say as for how fun or not the game may be or indeed whether or not the story is any good, but I do have to say that the prototype big daddy being better then the rest makes sense to me. The big daddies were more than capable of killing most any other splicer, Jack (wasn't that his name in the first game? doesn't matter)on the other hand was made into a superhuman death machine right quick and isn't too crazy to hold a gun straight.
The big daddies are basically Bioshock's super soldiers. They are actually a prime example of Yahtzee's own much-belabored point about superhuman fighting forces: without their free will and pretty much incapable of rebellion, they work. The prototype, on the other hand, can do all the things he could do as a normal human, only now he's a big daddy and can rape you with a giant drill. Having a whole set of dudes just like the prototype would have been very BAD for Ryan, as I doubt they'd have but up with his bullshit for long before becoming the rough'n'tumble gang of thugs that would run Rapture if this were any other game.
But yeah, I didn't and don't expect much from bioshock 2
The big daddies are basically Bioshock's super soldiers. They are actually a prime example of Yahtzee's own much-belabored point about superhuman fighting forces: without their free will and pretty much incapable of rebellion, they work. The prototype, on the other hand, can do all the things he could do as a normal human, only now he's a big daddy and can rape you with a giant drill. Having a whole set of dudes just like the prototype would have been very BAD for Ryan, as I doubt they'd have but up with his bullshit for long before becoming the rough'n'tumble gang of thugs that would run Rapture if this were any other game.
But yeah, I didn't and don't expect much from bioshock 2
The only thing the first game really had going for it was the intro, the subtly and pacing as Jack first arrived at Rapture, by the mid point the game became a succession of fetch quests that really began to get boring all the way up to the twist ending which you either loved or hated.vortexgods said:
Bioshock 2 makes you feel like you're being dumped into the middle of the first game where you're just running around doing the same old, and that's why many people felt deja vu playing the second game.
All the subtly and pacing was gone, the game needed a way better intro to make Johny Topsides character more presentable as a protagonist and that just wasn't to be.
Plus, it would have been more interesting if he started off human and ended up a Big Daddy, that would have giving the game the tragic sense the game was going for.
The story had a way better premise than the first one's "let's make another test tube super solider protagonist a la Solid Snake and save that bit of info until the M. Night Shyamalan ending," it just wasn't executed well. By the time the story started to get interesting, I'm pretty sure a lot of people didn't care considering how boring the intro was.MrOrange said:
The combat and ending was this games saving grace for me, but you have to be a fan to get that far to enjoy it.
I enjoyed Bioshock 2 for the most part but it did have it's flaws.
You can't kill Sophia Lamb
She's so aggravating throughout the game but the most you can do is determine whether Elenor kills or saves her through the bad or good ending.
Adam Gathering
What was wrong with saving or harvesting on the spot?
Disapointing Ending
The original had a climactic tussle with Frank Fontaine. This just has a bit-bigger-than-normal splicer fight.
You can't kill Sophia Lamb
She's so aggravating throughout the game but the most you can do is determine whether Elenor kills or saves her through the bad or good ending.
Adam Gathering
What was wrong with saving or harvesting on the spot?
Disapointing Ending
The original had a climactic tussle with Frank Fontaine. This just has a bit-bigger-than-normal splicer fight.
I asked last week, but I'll ask again, since once again you have a game that works on PS3 and X360, and around the time of writing the first Bioshock you said in the console wars that your X360 was broken, so did you play the original on PS3, or was it not out for it then? But do you have a prefered system between the X360 and the PS3? Do you tend to choose either of them over the other sometimes, or it's nothing personal if you choose one over the other?
NOBODY likes escort quests. They are the bane of gaming. Especially when the thing you're escorting is a fragile little glass figurine, and protecting it for an hour before having it accidentally die on you gives exactly the same benefits as protecting it for 5 minutes before having it die on you. i.e. NONE.Talcon said:
i, personally really enjoyed BioShock 2. the joy of slamming a splicer up against a wall from fifty feet away with the drill dash is just satisfying. your prototype model that you play as was probably replaced because even splicers can kill you easily. last i checked, the splicers were killed within moments of coughing on a bouncer or rosie in the first and second games, so why can you take lots of damage from the lowlofe splicers? the best examples of these are the alpha big daddys. they were too easy to kill, and since you are basically the same thing, you are easy to kill.
he totally forgot to talk about multiplayer inn this game!
I think the multiplayer was the best part of this game, cuz the story was, meh-.-
I think the multiplayer was the best part of this game, cuz the story was, meh-.-
Sad that it was just a copy paste job, and didn't do anything interesting with the property. It felt like there was enough room in its mythos to have at least an interesting prequel. But sadly they went the cheap and lazy route and tried to sell us the same game twice while taking out the interesting bits. I remember 2k talking about how you could use two plasmids together to get whole new attacks (like put fire on a wind trap, and make fiery tornadoes) and it seems to my disapointment that they scrapped the idea (cause it would have been cool and interesting).
I was thinking about getting it cause i liked the first (and what 2k was betting on for my 60$), and i wanted to try the multiplayer, but at this point i'm going to save my money and practice other games I'm actually going to play in the near future. (note to self: Need to get 150 apm before SC2 comes out)
I was thinking about getting it cause i liked the first (and what 2k was betting on for my 60$), and i wanted to try the multiplayer, but at this point i'm going to save my money and practice other games I'm actually going to play in the near future. (note to self: Need to get 150 apm before SC2 comes out)
I'm not very far into Bioshock 2 yet, but I think Yahtzee's being a bit unfair. I played the first Bioshock solely for the storyline, but I've been playing Bioshock 2 for the gameplay. I like that the plasmids actually change their use after you upgrade them instead of just being a more powerful version of the previous, and I think the enemy design has improved greatly. Contrary to what Yahtzee said, I found the fights with the big sisters to be very enjoyable, and the big daddies learning new attacks as they get tougher to be a good move. I also think the new hacking system is an improvement since it's real time, which makes for more strategy. I agree that the storyline and atmosphere have worsened, but compared to half the games you buy, it's above average.
The glimpse into the developer design process was a little tame this week. By which I mean it just wasn't as funny as usual.
Never played a Bioshock game, just didnt appeal to me. He should review Metriod Prime Trilogy or something.
yes, advertising is how the sight raises money, I think, cant really remember but im pretty sure thats why