The wait is over! Bioshock 2 is finally out! But does it live up to all of the hype and fame of its predecessor? Fans certainly hope so.
The bizarre story takes place 10 years after the events of the first game. This time you take on the role of a Big Daddy who is looking for the Little Sister he was originally paired with. Bid Daddies were featured in the first game and were heavy hitting enemies, as well as the Little Sisters. Big Daddies are seemingly human like creatures with their skin and organs grafted to an atmospheric diving suit. You will be playing the role of one of the original Big Daddy creations.
He searches for his Little Sister amidst the underwater city of Rapture, a utopian city gone wrong that is full of awful genetic experimentations. You soon learn of a new leader of Rapture, a psychiatrist named Sophia Lamb, who is soon to be the reason for the annihilation of Rapture. It’s up to you to find your Little Sister and to stop Sophia Lamb… if you can. Along the way you will learn new horrors about Rapture as well as discover the reasoning behind little girls being taken off the Atlantic coast and down to Rapture.
The feel of the game is the same. Dark, violent, and menacing environments, as well as constant battles with genetically engineered Splicers, other Big Daddies, Big Sisters, and of course Little Sisters.
You can destroy the Little Sisters so that you can harvest ADAM from them. ADAM is used to level up your Plasmids, which are special abilities. Or you can adopt the Little Sisters. If you adopt them, the Little Sister will help you look for corpses to harvest ADAM from. But if you adopt a Little Sister, be prepared to protect her from the vast and many threats found in rapture. Killing a Little Sister for their ADAM or saving them is a moral decision that does affect the game. Big Daddies were in fact originally created to protect the Little Sisters after all.
Some of the Plasmids you will be able to use are:
Hypnotize: Targeted enemy attacks another enemy
Electro Bolt: Electrocutes enemies
Decoy: Creates a decoy to distract enemies
Along with Plasmids you can also make use of tonics. Tonics can raise melee attacks or defenses. They can also raise the amount of ADAM your Little Sister collects from a corpse. There are even tonics that cause elemental damage as well as protect you from it.
There are many types of weapons and ammunition to destroy your foes with. Battle is engaging and quite frightening. But you will find the controls to be easily managed and as fluid as they were in the last game. You can gut them with a drill, or even blow them to pieces with a launcher. You will also have use of a hack tool that can hack security cameras and turn enemies into friends. Lastly make use of a research camera to give you bonuses to aid you in battle.
The environments of Bioshock 2 are gorgeously made. The soundtrack and voice acting is as superb as always. But where it will really shine is with the story, which gets creepier as you progress along. Read the rest of this entry »