BioShock 2 - Review After 100%

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Mortismal Gaming

Mortismal Gaming

Күн бұрын

Talking about my experiences with BioShock 2 after playing it for the first time and doing all of the things!
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:02 Development & Technical Details
03:24 Story Set Up & Thoughts
07:02 Difficulty & NG+
07:40 Progression Systems
10:50 Combat
15:20 World & Gameplay
18:50 DLC
20:37 Steam Deck
21:36 Positives/Negatives
22:42 Conclusion
24:05 Wrap Up
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@MortismalGaming
@MortismalGaming Жыл бұрын
KZfaq isn't time stamping the video correctly for some reason so here they are: Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:02 Development & Technical Details 03:24 Story Set Up & Thoughts 07:02 Difficulty & NG+ 07:40 Progression Systems 10:50 Combat 15:20 World & Gameplay 18:50 DLC 20:37 Steam Deck 21:36 Positives/Negatives 22:42 Conclusion 24:05 Wrap Up
@jvshotta8845
@jvshotta8845 Жыл бұрын
Would you kindly review Bioshock Infinite? 😆
@MADVILLAIN669
@MADVILLAIN669 Жыл бұрын
Bioshock 2 is a misunderstood and underrated game. People threw it under the bus because it wasn't trying to impress you with Shyamalan twists, imitating the original. It's way more a character-driven experience than the original, and I would say its more complex in terms of character development. Ironically, Bioshock Infinite has exactly what Bioshock 2 is lacking, but it's lacking all the other things Bioshock 2 has. You'll see what I mean when you play that game.
@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299
@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299 Жыл бұрын
Totally agree, now if they could just combine the 2 games... :P
@teeman7137
@teeman7137 Жыл бұрын
So that maybe why ive heard infinite was a let down when it came out
@MADVILLAIN669
@MADVILLAIN669 Жыл бұрын
@@teeman7137 oh the opposite, Infinite was touted as a masterpiece when it came out cause it was ‘so smart for a video game’ and all that artsy fartsy stuff, but over time people started thinking maybe they were just easily impressed by a story that was pulling pool over their eyes.
@alexadhs6296
@alexadhs6296 Жыл бұрын
@@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299 There is one section were they actually "combine" those 2 games ;)
@Nergalsama01
@Nergalsama01 Жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly. I like all games in the series, but just watching this video makes me want to reinstall Bioshock 2 and play it for the umpteenth time. :)
@main_stream_media_is_a_joke
@main_stream_media_is_a_joke Жыл бұрын
The art style and the setting of the 1st 2 Bioshock games is timeless. Infinite for me just felt soulless.........like a Disney themepark ride or fastfood......flashy but ultimately unfulfilling. Rapture being consumed and taken over by the ocean was incredibly atmospheric and it had a very tragic story but an utterly beautiful and haunting setting.
@Awarenesspm
@Awarenesspm Жыл бұрын
I consider bioshock 2 to be my favourite bioshock game. I liked the whole story with eleanor a lot more then the others and the gameplay was very fun. I believe when I first played it I did two runs back to back. One where I did everything with summoning security bots, mini turrets and all the trap stuff (proximity mines, electro spears and trap rivets) and one where I just used the drill. They both felt pretty different gameplay wise and both worked just fine as well.
@daman8492
@daman8492 Жыл бұрын
I agree. I played the 3 Bioshock games back to back a little over a year ago and my favourite was the 2nd game.
@saltycomet
@saltycomet Жыл бұрын
Minerva's den is the first dlc where after i finished it i just sat there even past the credits. I loved the story, especially because we've all in someway struggled with letting go
@InMaTeofDeath
@InMaTeofDeath Жыл бұрын
Watch 30 minutes later this man uploads 100% Tears of the Kingdom review.
@blackhammer5035
@blackhammer5035 Жыл бұрын
I'd watch Mort vs Korok Seeds.
@andrewstencel
@andrewstencel Жыл бұрын
Honestly, my favorite of the bunch! It combines the immersiveness and exploration of the first game with the intensiveness and versatility of what would become Infinite later on, plus a pretty good story to follow.
@alexadhs6296
@alexadhs6296 Жыл бұрын
Imo, i liked the Story more in Bioshock 2. The Ending hit me so hard, it inspired me to 1 of my only 2 Tattoos, roughly 10 Years ago. (A Big Daddy with a Little Sister on his shoulder). I loved it so much back then
@stuartmorley6894
@stuartmorley6894 Жыл бұрын
It's the best of the games for me definitely. I'm not sure why it doesn't have more of a stellar reputation like it should.
@logansorrell8828
@logansorrell8828 Жыл бұрын
Great review! Bioshock 2 was the first game in the series I played and it's by far my favorite too!
@jesperburns
@jesperburns Жыл бұрын
BioShock 2 is my favourite in the series. I play games for gameplay, having a nice story is secondary. Books usually have wayyyyy better stories.
@saltycomet
@saltycomet Жыл бұрын
💯💯💯. Have platiunumed this game and done dozens of challenge runs for BioShock 2
@TiomesTheOne
@TiomesTheOne Жыл бұрын
I disagree. Both can be equally great. I like very much certain novels and essays, but after playing games I feel, think and cry a lot more when living videogames world/stories and think a lot more about em when compared to books. I felt strong emotions while reading 1984, but less when compared to the first Bioshock. That probably has something to do with the fact that you 1) INTERACT and LIVE in that world 2) you can SEE every corner of it Books in general have obviosly better writing, because that's their purpouse. But that don't mean always better story.
@jesperburns
@jesperburns Жыл бұрын
@@TiomesTheOne Well, you essentially preempted my response with the second part of your comment. It depends on what you consider part of the quality of a story. Just because you interact and live in the world, doesn't make the story itself better, it makes your connection to the story better. I've read hundreds of books, I'd go out on a limb and say 80% of them have, to me, better stories than any of the hundreds of games I played. That doesn't mean I wasn't more invested in some games, but story wise, they're all very derivative and formulaic.
@TiomesTheOne
@TiomesTheOne Жыл бұрын
@@jesperburns everything is derivative and formulaic. We're already at that point in time where 99% of things are a remix of something old. It's just that some authors are very good at hiding it. Videogames as a medium are inherently and internally castrated in the lack of offering extensive dialogues: because most players nowadays consider reading a slog. But does dialogue and writing = story? Not always. I consider The Wizard of Oz a masterpiece and it does not feature deep dialogue, it's just "how" well something is told. Everything already exists. It's the "how" you combine the elements. And some games are unbelievable creative in combining player actions and good story. Name me 3 totally original and completely not derivative books of the last 5 years. I'll wait.
@jesperburns
@jesperburns Жыл бұрын
@@TiomesTheOne I believe there's games that center completely or largely around dialogue, I think TellTale games are some, but again, I play games for the gameplay, I read books for the stories. Why should I limit myself to the books I read or mention? Last book I finished (a few days ago) was Glenn Cook's The White Rose from 1985. Only recent books I read (last year) were Joe Abercrombie's second trilogy The Madness of Crowds. Either writer is not generic or tropey. Another recent book I recently read is the Three Body problem, published in English in 2014. It's not very good but it's not derivative at all. Or the Witcher books, not very well written (imo, or perhaps badly translated), but quite "subversive". Let's flip it around, what makes you think books are derivative? Name 5 books that made you roll your eyes at the tropes or devices or events/characters. EDIT: I have one. Brandon Sanderson, very formulaic writer in the sequence/paragraph/event sense, but seems to at least be aware of a lot of the fantasy tropes and is quite inventive when it comes to his magic systems and characters (settings), which somewhat makes up for it. Not my cup of tea though.
@PapaPercules
@PapaPercules Жыл бұрын
YES! I’ve been sick all weekend and having such a difficult time sleeping. I spent all day yesterday in bed watching your Supercut story videos. I can’t sleep rn (4 AM where I am) and here I am, blessed with another Mortym video to watch :’) so thankful for your content. I haven’t played 90% of the games you’ve covered and it doesn’t matter! You make every video interesting!
@A_Bird23
@A_Bird23 Жыл бұрын
Wish you a full recovery.
@PapaPercules
@PapaPercules Жыл бұрын
@@A_Bird23 thank you 🙏🏾 I’m already feeling better
@pprot1337
@pprot1337 Жыл бұрын
FINALLY someone else who prefers the 2nd games story over the 1st. While I do respect everyone's preferences and opinions regarding favorite games and stories, I feel as if people often just have a one note explanation for why bioshock 1's story is this unbreaten masterpiece, namely the whole Andrew Ryan bit and twist. Don't get me wrong, those moments are awesome, bioshock 2 just has an overall higher quality story and writing, expanding on 1's message and parables in every way.
@UlissesSampaio
@UlissesSampaio Жыл бұрын
Hey Mortin, love your reviews! A small suggestion I would make is to add timetags on the timeline.
@MortismalGaming
@MortismalGaming Жыл бұрын
They're in the description for some reason KZfaq isn't marking them correctly
@rusk3986
@rusk3986 Жыл бұрын
To explain for people who have never uploaded a KZfaq video before - KZfaq usually parses the time stamps from the description and then makes the timeline tags automatically. For some reason that didn’t work here.
@xkz92
@xkz92 Жыл бұрын
Game felt more like a Bioshock 1.5 for me, but I remember really enjoying it at the time - it's more Bioshock, more of Rapture, more crazy people, better gunplay, better mini-games ... I do agree it stays a bit too close to the original vs Infinite which is much bolder in that regard (but that one I enjoyed less because I found the gameplay much less enjoyable at times)
@jackelofnar
@jackelofnar Жыл бұрын
Bioshock 2 is my favourite game from the series. I felt infinite was a real let down.
@francoisvanhassel8412
@francoisvanhassel8412 Жыл бұрын
Great review ! Playing it atm before remake system shock arrives end this month.
@barryvercueil2346
@barryvercueil2346 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant review. This is my favorite Bioshock. Cheers.
@fabrio1996
@fabrio1996 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your review ! :)
@Cynndora
@Cynndora Жыл бұрын
The proximity mines in this game we're super fun to use, in general really enjoyed this one.
@Darkasasin80
@Darkasasin80 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video
@richard_n
@richard_n Жыл бұрын
I love all of the BioShock series, but Infinite is probably my favorite. You are in for a real treat playing that one.
@bigego503
@bigego503 Жыл бұрын
I have many fond memories of this game (and the whole trilogy, for that matter). Excellent review. Looking forward to last (Infinite). Good vid
@NeViKble
@NeViKble Жыл бұрын
Great review! Big agreement on Minvervas Den, it was an exellent story dlc. Now onto the last one. Kinda curious how you rate all 3 in comparison after playing Infinite.
@Webhead123
@Webhead123 Жыл бұрын
This is the best game in the trilogy. It's story doesn't have the same "punch" that the first game does but it is a more nuanced and better-told one. That combined with better combat, better systems, better AI and more meaningful choices and, yeah, BioShock 2 is where it's at. While I find talking myself into playing the original Bioshock a bit of a chore these days, Bioshock 2 is one that I find a lot easier to get back into.
@ThePhoenixTail
@ThePhoenixTail Жыл бұрын
Loved this game! I really loved the multliplayer, too. And Minervas Den is a fantastic story. One of the best DLC stories ever, I say.
@saltycomet
@saltycomet Жыл бұрын
💯💯. Minerva's den is legendary imo
@gremlinclr
@gremlinclr Жыл бұрын
Yea Bioshock 2 is my favorite in the series. It's fun to be the hero that saves the world sometimes but every game doesn't have to be that. This is just a story about a father trying to save his daughter and by the end of the the game inadvertently shaping her world view just like parents often do, for good or ill depending on your choices. It's just beautifully told and realized. Better gameplay than the first as well. That's the problem with both 1 and 3 though. Ken Levine is an excellent writer and world builder but he's not a very good game designer. The moment to moment gameplay and overall design in 2 is mechanically the high point of the series. While I routinely replay 2 I really have no desire to revisit the other 2. I'm obviously not saying they're bad games they're just not as good as folks make them out to be, for me anyway.
@basher55
@basher55 11 ай бұрын
I loved this review, thanku
@SergeantCrosss
@SergeantCrosss 11 ай бұрын
Watched this video last night while looking at the game credits. Was my first Playthrough and got the Savoir ending where you save all the lil sisters and the 3 side characters
@kingslead8369
@kingslead8369 Жыл бұрын
I honestly loved this title far more then the first game. I already knew everything about BioShock's twist, and had experienced a bit of it's world before. I wanted a difficulty on it that would challenge me while being fun, and turns out that their wasn't really an appropriate difficulty for that, so I just put it on the hardest difficulty and played through it. When I played this game, though, I got to put it on hard and that made me feel like I was really a big daddy, steamrolling through all the enemies and killing them like they were minor nuisances. It just so happened that I was also looking for something exactly like what the protector trials was providing, and that provided me quite a great deal of fun too. It's a shame how few people played this game. It honestly deserved far more, at the least the recognition that it exists, which I didn't even know until I looked at BioShock on steam.
@mang_0nim81
@mang_0nim81 Жыл бұрын
Fuck it Imma say it, Bioshock 2 > Bioshock Infinite
@gri22lybear
@gri22lybear Жыл бұрын
I’m convinced that you’re an AI bc you never sleep, but I love the amount of videos that you constantly post! 😂🎉
@rundown132
@rundown132 Жыл бұрын
Man plays and reviews game full-time and beyond, he is insane
@snakexdude11
@snakexdude11 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. I thought 2 was, hands down, the best overall game of the three. Great mechanics, a good story (though, as you pointed out, doesn't have the same peaks as 1 did), but overall better feel.
@soldier660
@soldier660 Жыл бұрын
Bioshock 2 is by far the best one for me ^^ !!! everything everyhting is great about this game ^^ !!! I will love it forever.
@user-xe3oh8fe8i
@user-xe3oh8fe8i 2 ай бұрын
I'm probably in the minority but two is my favorite of a series I love quite a bit. The thing I enjoy the most is that the motivation of your character changes depending on the choices you make. Good choices and he's a man in a suit who cares for his adopted daughter and wants to save her. Bad choices and he's a cold hearted machine who only wants to get to her to save his own skin.
@saltycomet
@saltycomet Жыл бұрын
27, didn't play these games when they released. So I don't have nostalgia goggles 2 is my favorite in terms of gameplay/mechanics. The improvements to hacking, dual wielding (plasmid in left and weapon in right= fluid combat), the camera for the enemies was VASTLY improved etc. Doesn't get enough credit for what it improved upon. Story was just serviceable, I personally love the gameplay. Sucks we didn't have new game plus AND the rivet gun is one of my favorite weapons in a game ever. BioShock 1 has much better atmosphere, scares, and stor Drill dashing will also always be fun
@joeivo911
@joeivo911 Жыл бұрын
2 is better than 1. I’m happy that is finally being known.
@saltycomet
@saltycomet Жыл бұрын
YES
@benvids
@benvids 10 ай бұрын
The big moments from the first game (meeting Cohen, the Surgeon etc.) are not quite matched and it doesn't do as good a job at introducing Rapture but... Bioshock 2 tells a more ideologically interesting story which by the end pulled on my heart strings. It has quieter big moments that usually involve walking the sea bed and Rapture is more compelling to explore. I got the good ending, very satisfying. I loved it.
@erikskoog8415
@erikskoog8415 Жыл бұрын
Good show sir
@DNDmaster29
@DNDmaster29 Жыл бұрын
Amazing video as always ,and there are 2 crpg from the same developer (serpent in the staglands and Mechajmmer) but they aren't divinity original sin level so keep your expectations in check and serpent in the staglands doesn't have achievements
@MortismalGaming
@MortismalGaming Жыл бұрын
Havent messed with staglands, but I did a launch review for mechajammer but haven't gotten around to getting 100% on it
@me36391
@me36391 Жыл бұрын
I think if you polled fans of the series you would be surprised most would agree 2>1 as it was what most sequels do in a lot of ways, its just better. However, it can never eclipse 1 in terms of the first time you enter Rapture and the twist, a reason its an iconic game.
@Jake-po4sp
@Jake-po4sp Жыл бұрын
Interesting. I passed over this when it came out, because I thought it was focused on multiplayer. Perhaps it was the marketing of the time. I quite enjoyed the first one. I didn't even finish the third one, however. It just felt like moving from one area to the next to kill the bad guys and did not disguise it at all. I'll have to give this one a shot, though. Thanks, Mort!
@DuyVo-zi4pu
@DuyVo-zi4pu Жыл бұрын
I love the bioshock series and I always thought 2 was better than 1, both narratively and gameplay-wise. Thank you for the video.
@HadesWTF
@HadesWTF Жыл бұрын
Honestly, played all the Bioshock games again a couple of years ago. This was the best one, hands down.
@JemyM
@JemyM Жыл бұрын
I played Bioshock 2 not too long after studying the History of Ideas at the University, a study focusing on the ideologies and how they develop. This fueling my interest in extremism. Each of the bioshock games explore one major ideology and I was pretty excited to hear how they presented the dominating ideology of 2.
@survivordave
@survivordave Жыл бұрын
I love BS2, but I'd probably have loved it even more if i wasn't consuming absolutely everything behind the scenes beforehand. Seriously Persephone is the *only* level in the game the developers didn't spoil (in an environment/backstory sense; they weren't really story spoilers) in podcasts and BTS videos. It made the game seem more abruptly short and a bit less impactful having only 1 completely unspoiled environment. I am careful not to dig too deep into games I don't want spoiled now. Also BS2 had an awesome promotional ARG called Something in the Sea which is the story of Mark Meltzer tracking his daughter and discovering Rapture. He wasn't originally going to be in the game but the fan response to SotS was so positive that they added him into the game to finish out his story.
@St_AngusYoung
@St_AngusYoung Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed it when it came out on the Xbox 360 in 2010. But trying to play the remastered version on the newer consoles just became a hassle with the constant crashes. Ended up giving up on it.
@ThomasPaine01
@ThomasPaine01 Жыл бұрын
One of my faves.
@Space_Ghost91
@Space_Ghost91 Жыл бұрын
This video made me decide to play Bioshock 2 again since it first released. One thing I've noticed since playing it again, and I think it's why I didn't enjoy it much the first time is that the level design doesn't feel as tight or as well crafted as the first game. There's a lot of empty space, apartments that don't look lived in, rooms that don't really go anywhere and don't seem to have a purpose etc. The original had so much environmental storytelling, every inch looked lived in, but for some reason 2 just doesn't seem to have that same level of atmosphere. Some of the levels even look pretty rushed in my opinion. The city of Rapture itself is like one of the main characters of the game so for me it's a big flaw that it doesn't live up to the levels of the first game in terms of level design and attention to detail.
@markula_4040
@markula_4040 Жыл бұрын
Watching some of your gameplay, I'm reminded of the one thing I really didn't like in BioShock 1 & 2 (at least I think it was in both games) and that's taking pictures. I wish they found a different way of letting you improve your prowess against enemies.
@bubuasqw123
@bubuasqw123 Жыл бұрын
The second can be done recording a video while fighting, not taking pictures
@dermeistefan
@dermeistefan Жыл бұрын
Don`t know if it still works but in bioshock 2 freezing the enemy and using a mini-turret at the same time worked wonders.
@A-Dubs398
@A-Dubs398 Жыл бұрын
I thought it was odd he didn't address the picture aspect whatsoever in this video. Easily my least fav part in both games. 2 improved it, but still wasn't a fan.
@dbib9754
@dbib9754 Жыл бұрын
YOU ARE A MACHINE!!
@jayt4533
@jayt4533 10 ай бұрын
I like some parts of this game, but honestly I felt the Adam system in this game was so tedious and annoying. Kill the big daddies then pick up the little sister and look for several corpses which makes you play through a horde mode while she harvests them, then do it all over again two more times then you get the big sister. After a couple of stages I was so fed up.
@friendlyreaper9012
@friendlyreaper9012 9 күн бұрын
Exactly, my main problem with this game. Way too repetitive. In the original all you did was kill 2-3 big daddies and that was it. Now they add 2 more side objectives for no reason other than artificial game length. Don't get me wrong the gameplay is good, but it's not that good and those infamous "defend the area" objectives overstay their welcome in almost any game.
@KaguroDraven
@KaguroDraven Жыл бұрын
I'll be real, I enjoy Bioshock 2's story more than 3. Edit: As an aside, I've always loved the joke summary of the story "An abusive mother and a loving father get into a custody dispute" Edit 2: 13:20. For years, I shit you not years, guides for the game insisted Big Sisters spawned randomly whenever you finish up with any given Little Sister, and never acknowledged "No, they spawn when you've finished off all of them on the level"
@bnutz3k
@bnutz3k Жыл бұрын
I finished it. Therefore, was good. I remember playing the first game and the first time seeing a splicer dodge behind a pillar to get out of danger and then peek around and cackle at me. Really great AI mechanics, especially for the time. Being the same engine and general design, all of those eye-popping, unscripted moments carried over. I really loved the first Dishonored, as well, for the same reasons, more or less.
@PunmasterSTP
@PunmasterSTP Жыл бұрын
I probably liked the story more in Bioshock 2 because there were more choices and because I genuinely cared about rescuing Eleanor from her evil mom. Then the gameplay, especially the hacking, was better as well. That was a very nice review 👍
@intuitionedits2.032
@intuitionedits2.032 10 ай бұрын
As a person newer to the Bioshock games I prefer the originals over the remastered versions. Don't get me wrong, the remasters look GORGEOUS. But there's a kinda charm in the older graphics
@lordsnot9540
@lordsnot9540 Жыл бұрын
Another very fair, balanced and interesting review of this underrated gem, thank you. So, the question remains - are you going to tackle Resident Evil 4 Remake? Would be fascinated to hear your thoughts on it.
@MortismalGaming
@MortismalGaming Жыл бұрын
Probably not, but it looks pretty good
@rotony1
@rotony1 Жыл бұрын
For me this game is one of the best ones I played and this will remain.
@BlackDumble
@BlackDumble Жыл бұрын
I always loved Bioshock 2, it's a great game. Most fans wanted the story to be as impactful as the first one and that's where it failed. It's story didn't blow your mind like Bioshock 1 so many fans feeled let down by it, but I still think they did a great job. Playing 2 feels like 1 but better, nothing insanely new but without many flaws the first game had. Also exploring Rapture wasn't as new and exciting as in the first time (as you said), but it was nonetheless exploring more of Rapture, something I loved doing and always will love. Part 2 is mostly overviewed because it wasn't a great impactful story as 1 and 3, but still a very good game, just in a row with 2 other very good games.
@coconutologist
@coconutologist Жыл бұрын
I think my problem was that 2 didn't add anything to the story. It was more of a retread. Onward to 200k. All glory to the algorithm.
@Demetrius900000
@Demetrius900000 Жыл бұрын
Will you do system shocks too? I played them some years ago for the first time and loved them!
@MortismalGaming
@MortismalGaming Жыл бұрын
I plan on covering the upcoming remake for sure, no plan on the originals currently
@Demetrius900000
@Demetrius900000 Жыл бұрын
@@MortismalGaming well, I'd say you'd be missing on good games =) Which are playable today with no problem I might add.
@C0T0HA
@C0T0HA Жыл бұрын
I got into Bioshock late and all I knew was that the original was regarded as this amazing masterpiece, which it certainly was in terms of world building. But Bioshock 2 genuinely impressed me as a GAME, and it offered a much better gameplay experience within this world, while expanding it in beliveable ways. I never understood why people hated it.
@kaidorade1317
@kaidorade1317 Жыл бұрын
Save for the plot twist of the original and having to return to Rapture a second time, I actually believe that Bioshock 2 is a better game In almost every way than the original. Also Minerva’s Den? One of the best story driven expansions I’ve experienced in gaming!
@FloydFp
@FloydFp Жыл бұрын
Bioshock 2 is my favorite of the series. Touching story, improved gameplay, and great DLC's. Infinite was just ok. It didn't feel like a Bioshock game and just made me miss Rapture. The DLC went back to Rapture but it didn't like the story.
@poopmonkey48
@poopmonkey48 Жыл бұрын
Bioshock 2 is a fun game. That's more than I feel I can say about the first.
@SageofStars
@SageofStars Жыл бұрын
Interesting. I do agree too. Bioshock 1 is about Rapture, that's why the final quarter of the game, post Ryan, is a bit stilted, as we know Rapture by that point. Bioshock Infinite is about the multiverse and Columbia, and how choices make us, but sometimes we aren't really given a choice, because the world forces us to act a certain way no matter what we want. Meanwhile Bioshock 2 is a character study, for Elanor Lamb, Sophia Lamb, and the player via the skin of Delta. We are made into the mirror held up to them, and they are found out who they are from that, Elanor defining herself by our actions, Sophia defining herself in opposition to those actions. BTW, since we're below the break, spoiler question to you my good video maker. Do you consider letting Alex the Great go or ending his life the moral thing to do?
@MortismalGaming
@MortismalGaming Жыл бұрын
I'd say kill him, he's on limited time anyway given he's stuck in that chamber and clearly at a point where just being 'alive' is probably torturous.
@SageofStars
@SageofStars Жыл бұрын
@@MortismalGaming According to the dialogue he can get out of there...somehow. That said, yeah, I feel it's probably best to not let him live, since he's clearly insane by this point, and ADAM has deleterious effects on the flesh, as we see, so it's almost like he's rotting from the inside out.
@ronniewhitedx
@ronniewhitedx Жыл бұрын
Can't wait to hear what you think about infinite! Still one of my favorite games of all time, but I completely understand why some people might not like it.
@mehmetokur1150
@mehmetokur1150 Жыл бұрын
Bioshock series are one of the best games I ve played. For their time they had great atmosphere and story. I guess for me the first one always going the best one because it was something truly uniuqe and new. Although the last game Infinite took the game and made it better in so many ways. Maybe it is the best game but I had very high expectations knowing the first two games. I am curious what will you have to say about the story and the gameplay elements of the last game.
@Noct_Snow
@Noct_Snow Жыл бұрын
Based Mortim
@quillerszasza
@quillerszasza Жыл бұрын
And here we go ... I knew it wouldn't last 'til next week :D
@penttikoivuniemi2146
@penttikoivuniemi2146 Жыл бұрын
Are you planning on reviewing the other "Shock"-games too now that System Shock 1 remake is getting close?
@MortismalGaming
@MortismalGaming Жыл бұрын
Eventually
@davidlivermore5392
@davidlivermore5392 Жыл бұрын
Despite the AI in the first game seeming really stupid, it had a very sophisticated system where it would try to guess if you had seen a particular enemy, and if not, that enemy would shoot near, but not at you to give the player a heads up as well as the feeling that the player got a lucky break.
@HeadsFullOfEyeballs
@HeadsFullOfEyeballs Жыл бұрын
I am currenty replaying this game, and I'm wondering if I can get through it if I just skip the rest of the little sisters and do without the plasmid upgrades. Because the whole "defeat Big Daddy, find body, fight off splicers, find vent, fight off Big Sister" thing multiple times in each level is getting _really_ old.
@muffintop9120
@muffintop9120 Жыл бұрын
Listening to you say you enjoyed the choices in this and then say you’re looking forward to trying Infinite... oh boy 😅
@ceetruth4709
@ceetruth4709 Жыл бұрын
Wait for sale, because I got the remastered collection on Xbox for about $15
@sadmarinersfan8935
@sadmarinersfan8935 Жыл бұрын
I love 1 and 2 they are both all time greats but for me 2 is better that DLC for 2 puts it over 1 it’s so so good
@Legather
@Legather Жыл бұрын
If anything, I'd say Bioshock 2's star has risen over the years where Infinite's has fallen.
@bigt4135
@bigt4135 Жыл бұрын
The dlc was awesome
@onatgz
@onatgz Жыл бұрын
free comment.
@stephencartwright8355
@stephencartwright8355 Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed bioshock 2 though it is my least favourite though. Looking forward to see your thought on infinite
@jlindsa
@jlindsa Жыл бұрын
I'm curious, since your USP is you review games after 100% completion, how important is it to you, that you are enjoying yourself? I don't 100% most of my games (if any) and I find my self often thinking "Da*n, this game is really dragging."
@MortismalGaming
@MortismalGaming Жыл бұрын
I pretty much just cover whatever I want, so nothing really shows up on the channel that I didn't make the effort to choose. Generally I'm having a blast outside of some tedium here and there.
@itssitcomstupid
@itssitcomstupid Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed 2 but i gotta say you don't really feel imposing or much of a threat as a big daddy. My biggest gripe is that you die so easily, a single splicer can shoot you a couple times and youre at like half health. Never made sense to me. The Big Sisters are still some of the coolest designed enemies in gaming though.
@RicoDias69
@RicoDias69 Жыл бұрын
I also think that BioShock 2 is underrated. Very good game indeed. But, to be honest, I love everything about this franchise, and aside from Clash in the Clouds for BioShock Infinite, which sis crappy as hell, the entire trilogy was pretty cool to complete. Some of my favourite games ever.
@omarsabeur9039
@omarsabeur9039 Жыл бұрын
Out of all the bioshock games this one I played the most , I haven't completed any of them , but I noped out of the first one , and infinite after one play session. This one I came back to multiple times , but for some reason the aesthetic and gameplay loop are not for me , felt very clunky for an FPS.
@Flamestormq
@Flamestormq Жыл бұрын
Minor comments: 1. I disliked there wasn't a NG+, at least for the photo progression system. It's been years since I played (on release xbox 360), and so if it changed then disregard this. However, like BS1 BS2 did have achievemtnts I believe for not dying and only using the drill. It was much easier than 1 for obvious reasons, and I enjoyed drill only more than actually having other weapons in 2. What made me sad is I believe if I remember correctly the final tier of the big sister line gave you vamp drill attack (life steal with melee). However, by the time you could possibly get maxed out, you maybe had 20 minutes of the game left. It made me pretty sad you only got to feel like a god briefly. 2. Isn't there only 1 big sister? And isnt that the only one we fight? (trying to avoid plot spoilers, not sure if it matters though given how old this title is). cool review though, brought back memories.
@MortismalGaming
@MortismalGaming Жыл бұрын
There's definitely more than one, last boss fight so to speak is against two of them
@AbsalomIndustries
@AbsalomIndustries Жыл бұрын
I think the story of Infinite is the weakest, but I do appreciate the characters in that game. Gunplay is mixed, because I really like what 2 did with combat, especially the plasmids being always on hand, as well as the shift in narrative focus. I wasn't super focused on the gunplay from Bioshock 1 so it didn't matter too much to me that it wasn't that strong in either game. Unfortunately I don't really like the changes to combat in Infinite, but it does have its moments.
@saltycomet
@saltycomet Жыл бұрын
I wish infinite had better sights on some of the weapons like the carbine lol
@brankoStrings
@brankoStrings Жыл бұрын
would you kindly focus on a bioshock infinite review? ;)
@ayuvir
@ayuvir Жыл бұрын
Mortismal I have to ask, since you 100% all your games, why don't you also review the achievements?
@MortismalGaming
@MortismalGaming Жыл бұрын
I talk about that in the video I point people too at the beginning, but simple answer is most people don't care about that in a review which means I'd have a significant portion of the video that people aren't watching. The 100% before the review is more about establishing some trust that I've played the game to it's fullest in a landscape where reviewers barely touch a game before coming in with absolutist takes like what happened with Redfall recently for instance.
@ayuvir
@ayuvir Жыл бұрын
@@MortismalGaming I see. Could I suggest you talk about notable achievements instead? I don't mean a rundown of all of them just "this game has some really tough achievements like completing all hidden content in one max difficulty run, I especially liked this one" or "this game doesn't have any notable achievements most of them being complete X or kill X of Y". Just something quick on something you liked but not quite quick enough to just be "achievements on this one are hard/easy".
@GrailSeeker
@GrailSeeker Жыл бұрын
Bioshock 2 is great. It is more fast-passed than the first one but the story is a bit weaker.
@saltycomet
@saltycomet Жыл бұрын
Yes
@aliquidcow
@aliquidcow Жыл бұрын
I always felt with this one's story, that they had just kind of gone 'hey, we did neo-liberalism in the first game, so what if the second game was about communism!' That said, apart from the story itself not being as memorable at all (I barely remember any of it to be honest), it is most certainly the better game.
@maximnewman2483
@maximnewman2483 Жыл бұрын
I actually preferred 2 in terms of gameplay to bioshock 1 and infinite. Really felt disappointed by bioshock infinite. Everything felt underbaked to me at the time.
@nicodimus2222
@nicodimus2222 Жыл бұрын
I got completely stuck a few hours into Bioshock, and eventually gave up on it after searching everywhere repeatedly for where I was supposed to go. So, the sequels were never something that I felt overly motivated to try, because why would you want to trust these people to make a competent game again, after getting burned once?
@saltycomet
@saltycomet Жыл бұрын
Not being rude but what did you get stuck on? And what difficulty?
@nicodimus2222
@nicodimus2222 Жыл бұрын
@@saltycomet Beats me, that was 6 years ago and I don't remember the details, only that I got stuck and wandered and wandered and never found a way to move on, and it greatly pissed me off. I didn't change the difficulty at all, so whatever the default is.
@saltycomet
@saltycomet Жыл бұрын
@@nicodimus2222 I gotcha. I play these all the time so if it was a current situation of being stuck I was gonna give a detailed explanation 😂
@nicodimus2222
@nicodimus2222 Жыл бұрын
@@saltycomet Thanks anyhow.
@rotyboty7046
@rotyboty7046 Жыл бұрын
Bioshock 1 has different endings to
@puregibberish
@puregibberish Жыл бұрын
How freaking timely. I bought a steamdeck to make progress through my backlog of unfinished games. Bio shock 1 : great. Bio shock 2: technically impressive for its time, but damn the little sister mechanic is so freaking boring.
@nomercy8989
@nomercy8989 Жыл бұрын
Infinite has a lot of rather grindy achievements so I wonder how long it will take you to review that haha
@MortismalGaming
@MortismalGaming Жыл бұрын
Initial research tells me two playthroughs plus the DLC puts 100% at around 30-50 hours so we shall see
@Houldey
@Houldey Жыл бұрын
I replayed 1 and then played 2 for the first time a year or so back, first one left me underwhelmed (it was mostly just kinda dull to play, paying lipservice to immersive sim ideas), second one then blew me away. Similarly, i much preferred the story to 2 - i prefered the much expanded worldbuilding and getting in amongst the other inhabitants, also whilst yeah the story didn't have it's shyamalan style twists - I felt it was consistently interesting. Especially the little sister sequence - it was really neat to see through their eyes for a time.
@pqfire0950
@pqfire0950 Жыл бұрын
Im one of the weird ones who thinks 2 is the best one. Not to say that 1 and infinite aren't amazing. Its just my preference.
@Poet482
@Poet482 10 ай бұрын
A quality game. Too bad Infinite was awful after it.
@ponponpattapon
@ponponpattapon Жыл бұрын
I completely forgot about the multiplayer in this. It must not have been very good 😂
@markula_4040
@markula_4040 Жыл бұрын
It was fine, it was just that this game came out during Call of Duty's explosion of Modern Warfare's 1 & 2 so MP in a lot of other games were just an afterthought.
@Usernamehear
@Usernamehear Жыл бұрын
Infinite is no where near as good as the first 2
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