BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams

[MC Fatigue]

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I've put about 4 hours into the 1st one and in the beginning I was starting to like it but I don't think this series is for me. I have not opened the Bioshock 2 that my wife gave me for Valentines Day and I don't think I will.

Some games just are not for me and this is probably one of them. I did pay $20 for Bioshock 1 so I will probably just trade it in for credit in the future and just return Bio 2.

I tried and it's not for me. Peace!!!!

I told you not to buy Bioshock The story is amazing, but the gameplay is completely meh.

I don't know how the second plays, though. Is there a demo yet? Give that a try before you trade it in.

[Flightwhite24]

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I told you not to buy Bioshock The story is amazing, but the gameplay is completely meh.

I don't know how the second plays, though. Is there a demo yet? Give that a try before you trade it in.

The gameplay was probably the biggest knock for me. Something just did not click for me on this one.

I throw in ME2 and that game keeps me floored/on the edge of my seat. I simply love that game. Glad to see others are enjoying Bioshock 2 wish I could have been part of that group. I'm just glad I did not open the 2nd one so I can get my full refund

[Miles_Yuhas]

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I told you not to buy Bioshock The story is amazing, but the gameplay is completely meh.

I don't know how the second plays, though. Is there a demo yet? Give that a try before you trade it in.

There is no demo. I liked the gameplay in the first one, but I will say that from a pure gameplay standpoint, I think the second one is an improvement is just about every way.

[mgoblue]

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I'm maybe an hour into the 2nd and not totally feeling it. Seems well done and all, but not sucking me in like other games.

One thing that annoys me is that the Big Daddy was so awesome and tough in the first game, but now it seems like instead of being a Big Daddy i'm a Big P***y...Doesn't make sense and just feels off. I shouldn't be dying with 4 shots to some puny splicer. I don't feel like a Big Daddy should.

It's like they copped out and just swapped out the characters and didn't give a damn about the meaning of it.

[Miles_Yuhas]

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I'm maybe an hour into the 2nd and not totally feeling it. Seems well done and all, but not sucking me in like other games.

One thing that annoys me is that the Big Daddy was so awesome and tough in the first game, but now it seems like instead of being a Big Daddy i'm a Big P***y...Doesn't make sense and just feels off. I shouldn't be dying with 4 shots to some puny splicer. I don't feel like a Big Daddy should.

It's like they copped out and just swapped out the characters and didn't give a damn about the meaning of it.

I was just "meh" the first few hours of the game. I urge you to stick with it.

I just finished it and like I said I wasn't feeling it too much at the beginning (probably just cause I didn't want a sequel to this game). Anyways, the game really picks up. The last half of the game was simply awesome. Great set pieces, very engaging story. It was dark, gripping, and tragic.

I was pretty sketchy going into this game, but I came away absolutely loving the experience.

[Cebby]

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One thing that annoys me is that the Big Daddy was so awesome and tough in the first game, but now it seems like instead of being a Big Daddy i'm a Big P***y...Doesn't make sense and just feels off. I shouldn't be dying with 4 shots to some puny splicer. I don't feel like a Big Daddy should.

It's like they copped out and just swapped out the characters and didn't give a damn about the meaning of it.

I agree.

It's funny because you're even way underpowered when you fight other Big Daddys.

[av7]

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I agree.

It's funny because you're even way underpowered when you fight other Big Daddys.

The only reason I could come up with is that we're playing as the original Big Daddy and the later versions are obviously upgraded so they're going to be stronger.

But I agree, way too weak compared even against splicers

[Miles_Yuhas]

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I agree.

It's funny because you're even way underpowered when you fight other Big Daddys.

The only reason I could come up with is that we're playing as the original Big Daddy and the later versions are obviously upgraded so they're going to be stronger.

But I agree, way too weak compared even against splicers

I agree guys, but if they would have made it realistic against the splicers, the game would have been very very easy, so I wasn't complaining about it although I did notice it.

[mgoblue]

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I was just "meh" the first few hours of the game. I urge you to stick with it.

I just finished it and like I said I wasn't feeling it too much at the beginning (probably just cause I didn't want a sequel to this game). Anyways, the game really picks up. The last half of the game was simply awesome. Great set pieces, very engaging story. It was dark, gripping, and tragic.

I was pretty sketchy going into this game, but I came away absolutely loving the experience.

I'm gonna give it some more time for sure...though Tuesday Heavy Rain's out so this'll get pushed back...glad it's only a GF rental.

It's weird, I loved the first but really never cared about the sequel...I know it's decent, but maybe Levine and the other guys behind the first leaving has gotten me "meh" about the series...

[Kearnzo]

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I'm in the same boat mgo. LOVED the first, but put a few hours into the second over the weekend, and just don't have the desire to play it anymore. I tried, and want to give it another shot, but with The Show next week, and GOW3/RDR in the next couple months, I just don't see it happening. On top of that, I just got Shadow Complex and Trials HD today, and both are flat out awesome.

Like others, without the HOLY **** factor of seeing Rapture for the first time, this just seemed like another generic shooter to me. Even with everything else mostly the same, it just seemed boring to me. Who knows, maybe I am just so pumped for The Show that it's all I really want to play at this point.

[Cebby]

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I agree guys, but if they would have made it realistic against the splicers, the game would have been very very easy, so I wasn't complaining about it although I did notice it.

I was kind of hoping for that though.

Given that you can't actually die in the "game over" sense, they might as well make you a tank and then increase the challenge by limiting the first aid kits and such. That would make more sense story wise since nothing has been produced for the last 10 years or so.

However, when I'm way underpowered compared to the main character of the first game, the point of being a Big Daddy doesn't really exist.

[Miles_Yuhas]

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Multiplayer DLC. No release date yet.

Available "soon" for 400 ($5) on Xbox Live and $4.99 on PSN, the pack will include:

• Rank Increase to level 50 with Rank Rewards
• New playable characters Louie McGraff and Oscar Calraca
• 20 new trials (some only available after a player achieves a rank of 41 or higher)
• A third weapon upgrade for each weapon
• Five additional masks (some only available after a player achieves a rank of 41 or higher)

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/02/22/bi...ons-test-pack/

Also states that there will be DLC for the single player game as well in the future.

[elgreazy1]

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Just ordered the Special Edition on Amazon today for $87 - I'm a big fan of concept art. Man, I'm so stoked, I've been waiting for this game a long time and now with an upcoming break in school for about a week I can log some time to it.

So I have avoided reading a lot about the game mainly because I want to be as surprised as when playing through the first, but I do have a question: how is multiplayer? It's not make or break because I want to play the story, but if the multiplayer is pretty solid and has some replayability I'll be happy to bury some of the games who've been holding onto my time. I guess my real question is: is it buggy/glitchy? lagged matches? good team balance? punish players for dropping early, etc? I hear it has RPG'esque attributes to the multiplayer side as in customization & upgrades. That should be addicting and cause me to come back for more.

[sportsdude]

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Just ordered the Special Edition on Amazon today for $87 - I'm a big fan of concept art. Man, I'm so stoked, I've been waiting for this game a long time and now with an upcoming break in school for about a week I can log some time to it.

So I have avoided reading a lot about the game mainly because I want to be as surprised as when playing through the first, but I do have a question: how is multiplayer? It's not make or break because I want to play the story, but if the multiplayer is pretty solid and has some replayability I'll be happy to bury some of the games who've been holding onto my time. I guess my real question is: is it buggy/glitchy? lagged matches? good team balance? punish players for dropping early, etc? I hear it has RPG'esque attributes to the multiplayer side as in customization & upgrades. That should be addicting and cause me to come back for more.

The multiplayer is actually pretty fun. There's a leveling system where you get extra experience for completing certain challenges (pretty much a ripoff of the Call of Duty system but it's fun) and you can make three different custom loadouts, also known as a class in CoD. You choose a loadout and use that for the rest of the game unless you want to switch classes, which you can only do while you're dead. Each loadout consists of two weapons, two plasmids and three tonics. Picking and choosing different combinations of all these things is a lot of fun and something I'm still experimenting with at level 19.

The level cap right now is 40 but the DLC on the way will raise that to 50. You can dual-wield meaning you can shoot a plasmid and a weapon at the same time, unlike the original where you had to switch back and forth.

It's a matchmaking system though you can party up with friends. The team balance could work better, just like in CoD. In fact the only game I've seen with a matchmaking system that picks teams appropriately based off of rank is Halo 3, but I digress. I have noticed lag in some games but for the most part it's been alright.

[elgreazy1]

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SWEETO! Thanks!

C'moooon postal service, don't fail me (again).