Review of BioShock 2

I'm sometimes on the fence when it comes to sticking with what works regarding sequels. After playing Bioshock a while ago, I could still remember my favorite elements. The atmospherics, the weapons and plasmids, and exploring the story of Rapture. Those things made that game unique and dynamic to me. Kind of like when I saw the Matrix for the first time, complete step-change in the type of action I was used to seeing along with a mysterious story. Then I went and saw the sequels hoping for equally ground breaking story and action sequences. I did not leave the theater feeling satisfied... To sum it up I was generally happy with the second (in some ways a re-telling of) Bioshock because the story was still mysterious to me, and the weapons were new enough to make me want to upgrade and try them all. I felt like protecting the little sisters was pretty formulaic after the first level and was only motivated to do it because I needed the adam. The collect-em-all selling point usually is motivation enough to me when the plotline is also intriguing. By the end of the game I liked the change of pace with the unique plot-twist and enjoyed serving everything and everyone their own ass. In my eyes, the alternate antagonist wasn't that much different from Andrew Ryan except for a change in philosophy. Also I found her psychobabble by the end of the game was irritating. One last gripe was that I would have liked some kind of action or challenge in the underwater scenes that involved fighting. Despite all this, Rapture was still pure eye candy in my experience the second time around. Evidently more work was put into the ending, which was a lot more flashy than the first Bioshock. You could argue a lot of things could have been changed to make this game better, but I feel like the second trip to Rapture was still unique and enjoyable enough for me to press on. In this case, I would say that the ain't broke, don't fix strategy worked and the result was a decent sequel! The multiplayer online part of the game is really good not to mention competitive. I enjoy kicking other peoples asses as a big daddy. The only playlist I enjoy is Capture the Sister all others in my opinion suck. I hate 2 things about the online. First is that you are only able to have one upgrade on your weapon, and Second it takes way to long to get into a game when your alone if your with a buddy of yours you generally get straight into a game.