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BioShock 2 (2010)

2K Marin

Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

3.82 from 4544 ratings

13345 members have it in their collection · 243 playing now · 5566 backlogged · 1108 wish listed

How long? Main story 14h · with extras 19h · 100% 31h (from 62 logged playthroughs)

BioShock 2 is the second game of the BioShock series and the sequel to BioShock. It continues the grand storyline of the underwater metropolis Rapture. BioShock 2 capitalizes and improves upon the high-quality effects, unique gameplay elements, and immersive atmosphere that defined the first game. It explores more brutal gameplay than its predecessor, with new enemies, weapons, Plasmids, and Gene Tonics.

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Developers
2K Marin
Publishers
2K Games, D3 Publisher, Feral Interactive, Take-Two Interactive
Genres
Adventure, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Shooter
Themes
Action, Open world, Science fiction, Thriller
Franchises
Bioshock
Series
Bioshock
Event
Sony E3 2009 Press Conference
Steam
View on Steam

Release dates

  • Feb 09, 2010 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Feb 09, 2010 (North_America) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • Feb 09, 2010 (Europe) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • Mar 04, 2010 (Japan) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • Mar 29, 2012 (Worldwide) Mac

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/myFAV.GAMES/ by Enrico · 38 games · 2
The Chronolog: From History To Sci-fi by Jevnation · 360 games · 2
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Rating distribution

5 stars
1039
4 stars
1985
3 stars
1217
2 stars
259
1 star
44

Community All Reviews Statuses

guitarwolf5

Status guitarwolf5 Dec 23, 2024

Steam version crashes WAY too much. Good game but awful port even with the remastered version.

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Krahvata

Status Krahvata Jan 17, 2024

Man I forgot how fun Bioshock is. 15 minutes in and im already so excited to play the rest of this game. Its been quite some time since I played the first game so I cant recall all the details but enough to get the premise of the sequel, I hope.

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Arkalliant

Status Arkalliant Nov 3, 2023

Finally finished this one. It’s insane how much public perception has changed about this one.

Back in the day, people were convinced this one was the weakest BioShock, but nowadays, that honor seemingly goes to Infinite.

Personally, I still think this is under the first one. Most of the time it doesn’t do enough to differentiate itself, and, when it …

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Finally finished this one. It’s insane how much public perception has changed about this one.

Back in the day, people were convinced this one was the weakest BioShock, but nowadays, that honor seemingly goes to Infinite.

Personally, I still think this is under the first one. Most of the time it doesn’t do enough to differentiate itself, and, when it does, it isn’t for the best.

Like saving little sisters, it used to be just killing the big daddies and done, but now you need to do that + help her harvest ADAM, protecting her from a small horde. It becomes VERY tedious because it isn’t particularly hard, just time-wasting.

Also, it’s an absolute BUGS GALORE, make sure to save every 10 minutes or so. Small indie company 2K can’t muster a good remaster, apparently.

Still, I don’t think it's a bad game. I guess I’ll just have to play Infinite to properly rank the series.

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Endermace

Status Endermace Jul 7, 2022

First played 2019 (Age 13) 1 Playthrough (Easy 0, Medium 1, Hard 0, Very Hard 0)

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kupomog337

Status kupomog337 May 30, 2022

Is there anyway to play the BioShock 2 ARG 'There's something in the sea' saw this great video about it (I'll link it at the end) but the archive runs on flash, which isn't supported anymore, anybody know any other way to play it?

Video:

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SuperFieroStatus

Status SuperFieroStatus Feb 7, 2021

When BioShock 2 came out I, like many others, shot it down. I just played 1 and 2 back to back and for the life of me I can't recall why I didn't like it. The story is more mature, the gameplay is better in every possible way, it looks great it sounds great. The only thing keeping it from …

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When BioShock 2 came out I, like many others, shot it down. I just played 1 and 2 back to back and for the life of me I can't recall why I didn't like it. The story is more mature, the gameplay is better in every possible way, it looks great it sounds great. The only thing keeping it from being as good as the first is the ADAM gathering sections (I personally don't care much for timed enemy wave things), and the fact that it wasn't introducing Rapture, but rather was expanding upon it.

2010 is when I was beginning to get jaded by practices in games. DLC, shoehorned multiplayer (both of which BioShock 2 had), and plus it was a new team. Maybe I was just primed to not like it as much? But I had a blast playing it. I chewed through the game on Saturday. One of those "Fuck it, I'm not going to bed until this is done" sort of things. That doesn't happen often to me anymore.

See, THIS is why I went back and replayed them. 10 years is a long time, and I've changed a lot in what I value in a game (and also probably in life?). I'm bumping BioShock 2 up to a 4/5. It deserves to be remembered and played. If I'm being honest with myself, I would bump BioShock 1 down to a 4/5, but I just can't bring myself to do that. It meant so much when it came out it feels "wrong" but some of the games...lesser moments...really came to light when I played it this time around.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a date in Minerva's Den.

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credy

Status credy Mar 9, 2020

my status i played on all platform in this insane word aboc the worl of mana

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scbsocal

Status scbsocal Feb 25, 2018

Finally getting around to playing Minerva's Den after revisiting Gone Home recently.

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Smittyuk

Status Smittyuk Jan 5, 2018

Completed Minervas Den last night - good game but the mechanics haven't aged well.

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Bumpton

Status Bumpton Sep 3, 2017

Played through the main game and Minerva's Den

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gpkx45

Status gpkx45 Nov 19, 2015

Going to start from the first and work my way through this to Infinite. Standby... This is the one I never played.

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Big_Daddy_Bouncer

Status Big_Daddy_Bouncer Jul 27, 2015

Man do I miss this game.It's nice to be on holidays and all,but after seeing some game play footage,I really want to play as a Big Daddy and explore Rapture one more time.And,you know,actually finish the game.

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Phantomjest

Status Phantomjest Jul 3, 2015

Minerva's Den DLC

Made it to the second area. Not quite sure how I feel about this DLC.

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Phantomjest

Status Phantomjest Jul 1, 2015

I felt this game was so much harder than the first one. I suck at defending the Little Sisters while they're harvesting and didn't bother doing the Protector Trials. The story is good. I was very skeptical in the beginning because you play as one of the Big Daddy's. However, it is touching and a bit sad. I would almost …

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I felt this game was so much harder than the first one. I suck at defending the Little Sisters while they're harvesting and didn't bother doing the Protector Trials. The story is good. I was very skeptical in the beginning because you play as one of the Big Daddy's. However, it is touching and a bit sad. I would almost say that this story line was better than the first Bioshock game. I wish they kept the pause option to switch weapons, though. Hardly used the camera because of it.

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