BioShock 2

Cosmic Sombrero

The good ending to the first Bioshock made me extremely happy. I've can't recall any other game that had such a sweet ending.

Dislexic

Would you kindly?

Neli

I thought the ending to Bioshock was pretty poor overall

The 'would you kindly' portion was amazing though

BYToady

I liked the good ending, I wouldn't like it as much if it was changed.

SwissLion

You can really tell where things got stupid, though.

A lot of people say that everything after the twist was bad, but the apartment place and especially Atlas' base in that area were some of the most interesting parts for me. (And actually, as a quite important part of the civil war subplot, Atlas's base was really poorly placed, they put it behind the exit to the level. That there is pure silly goosery.)

Really it's after that that everything falls apart.

Stupid bloody Point Prometheus. One of the very few audio logs in that place tells you where to get the boots for god's sake. My theory is that they were either rushed, or their climax guy got hit by a car.

Cosmic Sombrero

Neli wrote: »

I thought the ending to Bioshock was pretty poor overall

The 'would you kindly' portion was amazing though

The finale was pretty poor, but the ending cinematic filled my heart with sunshine.

BYToady

Of course, since they had to rip that suit off of you at the end, you're probably unable to speak. But you still get all the promotions, what with you being able to attack people with bees.

Grey Ghost

Kusuguttai wrote: »

Grey Ghost wrote: »

Also I don't think the player character was assigned a Little Sister because he sounds like the prototype that was shelved without actually being deployed

do you not know the basic plot of the game

I haven't read any of the recent material so I suppose my understanding of the situation is incomplete, yes

But I'm glad you decided to make this constructive and helpful response to me, Kusu

SwissLion

I know the OP was the first I had heard of most everything story-wise beyond the ten year gap, you are the first Big Daddy, being hunted by the Big Sister.

Even the title of the old video is Hunting the Big Sister. Not a big thing, but a thing.

Viscount Islands

The big reveal was the climax of the game.

It all went downhill from there.

SwissLion

Go back and play Apollo Square and Olympus Heights and then stop playing before going to Point Prometheus. Some of the most interesting parts of the game for me. Especially the (as I said) terribly placed Fontaine's Home for the Poor, which has some really good stuff, but is so easy to miss.

You'll change your mind.

Edcrab

The finale segment had its strengths but by and large it felt like the game had lost its way

Also Ori has paid me and it is a wonderful payment

The most sexual of character sheets

Orikaeshigitae

it's a pretty cool sheet, i admit

Balefuego

the lead designer for Bioshock 2 was the guy who made Fort Frolic in the first game

DOUBTS CALMED

UnbreakableVow

Balefuego wrote: »

the lead designer for Bioshock 2 was the guy who made Fort Frolic in the first game

DOUBTS CALMED

This is the worst argument, and the only one that defenders can come up with.

He made one cool segment

Somehow that means that he and his team are capable of filling an entire game with worthy content

Cosmic Sombrero

The first level of the original Bioshock was honestly the highlight of the game for me. I still remember hesitantly gearing up to take down my first Big Daddy, and how intense the ensuing fight was. After you beef up enough to the point where you can easily oneshot a Big Daddy, the game lost a lot of it's charm for me.

Balefuego

I dont see how the fact that the guy who made the best part of the first game is now in charge of the 2nd game is a bad argument

HeavyVillain

Edcrab wrote: »

The finale segment had its strengths but by and large it felt like the game had lost its way

Also Ori has paid me and it is a wonderful payment

The most sexual of character sheets

I want to see dammit

UnbreakableVow

Balefuego wrote: »

I dont see how the fact that the guy who made the best part of the first game is now in charge of the 2nd game is a bad argument

Because all that means is that there will be at least one awesome segment

Fort Frolic was fun because it was a change of pace.

If the whole game were like Fort Frolic, it would be an absolute mess.

UnbreakableVow

Also I've seen too many terrible sequels come out when they've changed creative hands, even if the people behind it were involved with the original and "understood the spirit" of the game or whatever.

The fact that they're even making a sequel shows that they don't understand the spirit of the game.

HeavyVillain

Orikaeshigitae wrote: »

it's a pretty cool sheet, i admit

Look what I found in my ibox. I think I owe you sex now, thats the law

Next step I draw a protrait that doesnt look like a toddler threw up in Flash

...also fuck me i sure over specialised, look at all those empty pips

Orikaeshigitae

welp. *unzips pants*

Squall

Cosmic Sombrero wrote: »

The first level of the original Bioshock was honestly the highlight of the game for me. I still remember hesitantly gearing up to take down my first Big Daddy, and how intense the ensuing fight was. After you beef up enough to the point where you can easily oneshot a Big Daddy, the game lost a lot of it's charm for me.

yeah pretty much once you get the grande launcher and/or crossbow everything is way less lethal

the first few big daddy fights are spectacular because you're literally throwing everything you have at them (kitchen sinks included)

Viscount Islands

Electricity sort of ruined big daddy fights.

Orikaeshigitae

everything ruined big daddy fights

the first time i saw one outside of the tutorial i broke my DVD in half in disgust

UnbreakableVow

Yeah, even on the hardest difficulty, a high stock of electric buck put down Big Daddies no problem

Squall

and then you get the chemical thrower and welp

ascot

Did anyone use the chemical thrower as their regular weapon?

Also, I just took part in some survery and one of the questions was whether I was more looking forward to Bioshock 2 or Pro Evolution Soccer [whatevernumber], hrmph

UnbreakableVow

I lightning-wrenched everything except Big Daddies and Houdini Splicers (which I used anti-personnel rounds against)

Squall

I'm hoping wrench-only run will be viable in bioshock 2

Balefuego

electric gel in the chem thrower was the best because it was like playing ghostbusters

Metzger Meister

Squall wrote: »

I'm hoping wrench-only run will be viable in bioshock 2

*drill only

Ashcroft

I hope the final boss in this game has the good sense not to attack you with loads of turrets and bots, when there is a Plasmid called Security Bullseye.

Mr. Henry Bemis

scrivenerjones wrote: »

and peggle

or maybe not, I have no idea because I'm not colorblind

but there is a special "colorblind-friendly" option in peggle so I just assumed

well, thats my post. thanks for reading

this is my favorite post of the day

Nuzak

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Balefuego wrote: »

I dont see how the fact that the guy who made the best part of the first game is now in charge of the 2nd game is a bad argument

Because all that means is that there will be at least one awesome segment

Fort Frolic was fun because it was a change of pace.

If the whole game were like Fort Frolic, it would be an absolute mess.

you're suggesting jordan thomas is only capable of designing fort frolic, over and over again?

you are wrong

Viscount Islands

Fort Frolic wasn't that great taken together. It just had some really great bits.

101

Fort Frolic for me was the best section of the game. Pretty happy the same guy has control of Bioshock 2.

Orikaeshigitae

i hated fort frolic and i hate every bioshock *kicks over a table*

Edcrab

DAMMIT ORI TAKE YOUR PILLS

scrivenerjones

wow calm down jeez louise. can we get a mod in here. cleanup on aisle six.