Customer reviews:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Same as the original, but OK to play
Comment: As many people said, it is same as the original except the new melee and drill tools. It is OK even though you did not play the game as you would not miss much. Graphics are Ok too...

Pros: Playing against Big sisters, Big daddy
cons: not much new to offer, same as original,

I hope they change a lot in bioshock 3 (if they release it), bring new concept and new enemies

anyways, have fun

Cheers
Kiran

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Greater gameplay, lesser story
Comment: For the story-loving RPG fans out there, Bioshock 2 is not the thrilling sequel (prequel?) to Bioshock 1. There is not nearly the level of mystery and intrigue that made the single player of BS1 so enjoyable, and the characters seem stereotypical and trite.

Having said that, the gameplay is light-years ahead of the original. Plasmids (special powers, for the uninitiated) now have charge up abilities when you upgrade, including a beam-discharge type attack at level 3. Additionally, you no longer have to switch between a weapon or a plasmid, and can have one of each ready to go and swap between them without issue. The weapons have also undergone some upgrades, and now that you walk around as a Big Daddy, the drill and rivet gun are available to you. Combat has been refined, mostly due to having both a plasmid and a weapon out at the same time, and hacking is not the tedious Pipe Dream ripoff from the first, but rather a quick time-based event that does not stop game time (meaning you can't hack, get a break, and come back - hacking happens in real time!).

The multiplayer is definitely the highlight of this game. You start out at rank 1 of 40 and as you 'rank up' you gain access to new weapons, plasmids, and tonics. While it might seem that higher rank players have a significant advantage over lower rank players, you can only have two weapons, two plasmids and three tonics at any time - so higher rank players have more choices, but not necessarily more power. The progression as you rank up also provides an excellent reward system to encourage you to keep playing, and restricting access to all the options at the outset helps acclimate players to the much faster paced online arena.

I can't wait for Bioshock 3! (And yes, they are making it)

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Customer Rating:
Summary: bioshock 2
Comment: i bought this game used and was happy with the condition and speed of delivery it came with everything in the case the game was grwat it was differant from the first in the ease of gameplay but it is still a good game it had the element of spooky abandondment as the first

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent...
Comment: If you loved 1, you'll love 2! Simple as that as far as I'm concerned!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good, but lacking in suspense
Comment: Bioshock 2 is more of the same Bioshock greatness. However, it is missing a lot of the suspense and the sense of danger that the first on had. Running around fully armored where even the water isn't a danger anymore takes some of the fun out of it.

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