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Bioshock 2 – The Wait Is Over

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 »

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Heavy Rain for PS3

Heavy Rain, a newer release for the PS3, has been widely speculated upon for a long time up until its recent release. Now that the game is out, you may find yourself asking what the fuss is about. Well, you will be pleasantly surprised. This game is definitely a change of pace as it is unlike anything else out on the market.

Heavy Rain is not your typical game. This game is about a story and watching it unravel. It isn’t about leveling up or recruiting teammates. It is a psychological thriller revolving around a hunt for a criminal called the Origami Killer. The mystery of the game unravels as you follow the story of 4 characters whose paths intertwine. Each of these people has their own story and path to follow as they each try to find clues leading to the Origami Killer. They all have their own perspectives, actions, and decisions that affect the path of the game.

The first character is Ethan, a troubled father whose son has gone missing and will soon be the next victim of the Origami Killer. Ethan must go through a series of trials the Origami Killer has left for him in order to get clues as to his son’s location. The other three characters that you will play are an investigative journalist, a private investigator, and an FBI profiler.

As you go through the game, you’ll switch between the 4 characters as you look for clues and try to track down the criminal. As you play, on screen prompts will appear letting you choose one decision or another. Some of these decisions seem simple enough, like whether or not to let your son win at a game. Other decisions will leave you biting your nails while trying to decide what is best, like deciding whether or not to fire your gun. These decisions in fact will dramatically impact the game in some situations. How they will impact the game depends on all of the other decisions you made previously. The possibilities seem almost endless.

It is possible for your characters to die in the game. If a character dies, due to some decision you made, you will just move on to the other characters. However, you won’t see the entire story, you won’t be able to get all of the clues, and you will only see the remaining character’s perspectives. It is actually possible for all of the characters to die! In this case… you probably will get a bad ending to the game. Speaking of endings, this game has multitudes of them. The ending you see will be decided on what decisions you made and what paths you chose.

Heavy Rain goes through chapters. Although it is possible to replay chapters to see different outcomes, I would suggest just playing all of the way through. The game can be beaten in about eight or nine hours. If you want to see another ending, play through it again and make different decisions! The replay value is high as there are so many paths to take and outcomes to see! Read the rest of this entry »

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