Bioshock 2 has always held a special place in my heart: I was about 14 when it came out (Bit of backstory me and my dad never really understood each other it wasn’t that he was neglectful or anything we just sort of drifted apart as we grew)but me and my dad were HUGE fans of the first game, we would take turns over Sessions and we bonded over it more than we ever had before, I think the themes of fatherhood and how the people that we love influence us definitely helped with that. So I’m a really dumb way, Bioshock 2 saved my relationship with my dad

I prefer 2 over 1. I just like the gameplay and being a Big Daddy. I like how you can carry the little sisters around and harvest Adam. The first one is a masterpiece but I always find myself wanting to play the second one again and again.

I love how Bioshock 2 was ahead of the curve completely on the upcoming “AAA dad simulator” wave of games that would come into the market in the 2010’s. Not just by beating them to the punch, but by parodying and critiquing the gimmic by perverting the parental love into an obsession, for both Eleanor and Delta

the combat in bioshock 2 is very fluid and has remained relevant to this day. the improvements aren't much, but they make the game much better.

I agree. Bioshock 2 is a fun game and it showed despite Andrew Ryan's death, Rapture continues and it's slowly decaying and we get to play as a Big Daddy.

Bioshock 2 was the first game i played in the series and after playing all of the games + DLC, i can easily say that Bioshock 2 is the better game. Not only just for the combat improvements but also the story it tells. It tells a very intimate story of a father putting everything on the line, including his own life, to save his daughter from a tyrannical mother. This is only reinforced by a headcanon (which is both corroborated and denied by unused audio logs) that Delta is Eleanor's biological father. Delta also feels incredibly human. He moves as human as a big daddy can move, in cutscenes he acts like a human, in gameplay he fights and reacts like a human would without losing that powerful feeling of being a big daddy. I'm biased, i know, but i really do love Bioshock 2 far more than Bioshock 1. Its just an overall better experience for me

Bioshock 2 is definitely better than infinite. I’m not sure I’d put it over the first one even the the combat is better in 2.

honestly even at the time on release I was so HYPED when bioshock 2 was announced when i played it i loved it through and through. I was so excited to revisit rapture and to just play more in that world. I was intrigued at the introduction of the big sister and the new factions. I thought it was peak gaming at the time. But watching this video ( which was great btw!) I see not everyone felt the same way which is a hugeeeee (bio) shock to me.

Minerva's den is the best Bioshock game yet

Not gonna lie, the part where you said Big Sisters were fan-fiction material made me laugh pretty hard

Great video! Definitely deserves more views, it's super well put together! One interesting point to make: you mentioned numerous times that you wished there were sections involving underwater combat. Concept art actually showed prototype ideas for an underwater splicer that had its own mechanics and looked shockingly different from the more humanoid-type splicers we are used to. Cool to see that the developers thought very similarly at one point!

This game was defoes under the radar when it came out... like I only ever played the first Bioshock, and am kinda annoyed I never got round to the sequel...

From one Bioshock fan to another.. I respect your opinion. Solid video, my guy 👌🏻

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One thing I found cool about the ending though is it allows for a middle option between the good and bad endings. Within it you can choose wether or not you want Delta to be saved.

I adore bioshock 2. never understood the harshness behind some peoples criticisms. love the video.

Drill Dash is literally the best ability in the entire franchise don't @ me

Bioshock 1 and 2 is like Terminator 1 and 2, you could argure the first is more original and maybe you prefer the story, but the second has better action and feels more polished and tighter. I think Bioshock 2 gets underrated because Ken Levine was not involved but seeing how Infinate turned out maybe that's a good thing, he seemed to go a bit "m. Night shamylan"

I never understood at the time bioshock 2 came out why it was hated. When i played it i thought the gameplay was far better then the first and sure like you said the story is on a smaller scale but it still pretty good. Now looking at it, i understood that yeah this came out to cashgrab on bioshocks success but with what they had to work with here its still a good game

BioShock 2 is what got me into this franchise and it's my favorite by far but I don't think I'm a very trusty source since I personally prefer these smaller scale stories. I completely fell in love with the idea of a deep sea diving dad looking for his daughter in a creepy world. Not to mention that it fascinates me that Delta is nothing like other big daddies... he's a man, he thinks and acts like one. That makes it all a lot more interesting, lovable and tragic to me.