Welcome to yet another Swamp!

Awaiting my MMO updates, I dusted off my Bioshock 2 from the shelf to get myself something to pass some time with.

And the feeling of being back in Rapture definetly got me going to analyze just why it’s such a huge success.

2K games definetly knew what they were doing when developing this epic campaign. The multiplayer wasn’t a very hot topic for me, but as usual it mattered little as an epic campaign was included.

Awakening in a strange but yet familiar place does raise some questions, and as such the only option were to pursue the answers. Navigating through the many floors and rooms that completes the city of Rapture is certainly a challange at first. But since it’s quite liniar at first, it gives a new player a fighting chance not to become lost in this vast sea.

Now, there’s certainly one big difference to the previous game. You’re not just somebody, you’re a Big Daddy. That’s right, a  metal scuba diver who’s seriously pissed off!

About the plot of the story-line… it’s a bit sad, and a bit odd (which co-incidently could work well for a Tim Burton movie). You’re an earlier series of a Big Daddy, more specifically you’re one of the Alpha Series. An earlier experimental Big Daddy, tied to a single little sister for your entire life. Straying away from her weakens the Big Daddy’s body, and either kills him in the process, or blinds him in an endless rage if it survives.

So your goal is to re-unite yourself with your Little Sister. But as you progress you start to see a bigger picture of the story-line, as it’s not as simple as you thought when you launched the game.

Now there’s obviously the combat, and not much has changed since the predecessor. A few new weapons came along, and also a few new plasmids. But there’s one obvious weapon that you notice right from the beginning; The Drill.

With this insanely awesome Drill of Doom, it surely can’t get any better! So what uses does a drill have? Several, and most are gory and fun! Let’s look at our options; We can obviously upgrade it for even gorier executions, and we can certainly clear some of that pesky rubble with it. While there being several other weapons such as the Shotgun, Machine gun, Spear gun and so forth, the Drill is definetly my personal favorite.

There’s little point in me trying to compress every aspect of Bioshock 2 into one single post, but I will continue with another part (possibly part 3) in a near future. Until then you’ll have to bare with me as I’m still relatively new to reviews and blogging!

- Spuxy