Kevin Shields
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Rewind to 2011, I'm just finishing Bioshock for the first time at like 2 AM and I'm looking up explanations on what just happened and generally happy I just finished an awesome game. After finally wrapping my head around the story, my next move is to obviously research Bioshock 2 to see if I was going to buy it or not. On several game forums and sites this is what I remember seeing.
B team. Not original creators
Cash grab
Stupid sequel. Not a true sequel
Made for tv sequel.
Totally nonsensical.
Now as I am in the middle of Siren Alley on the PS4, I am simultaneously thrilled with this game and pissed off at all the hyperbolic idiots who convinced me to never play this.
Frankly I was gonna skip to infinite but I noticed on Gaf that some people had changed their tune a bit so I gave it a shot
First off the game is really fun to play. The weapons and plasmid combos are so much better than the first. Gameplay is smoother and guns feel and hit so much better. Although my major complaint is my gun sounds are really quiet. Not cool.
The levels so far have been well designed. They are large with more layers then the first game (more verticality and such) and playing with the arrow off has made it really fun to explore.
Yes everything feels familiar, but I'm still loving exploring rapture. When I first got to siren alley and saw a shrine with a crashed plane I thought that was a pretty awesome callback. The story has me invested even if there is not as much mystery. Sometimes I don't need all these crazy twists with gene-age enhancing run arounds. A straightforward story is fine and so far this seems like that although there may be twists ahead.
I also think I love the locations that don't feel quite as bright and in your face as the first game. It feels like a real place with an angle on the more impoverished places of Rapture.
Long story short. I can't wait to play more and I can't believe I waited so darn long. I loved Bioshock and Infinite and this game seems to be as good if not better than those two gems.
B team. Not original creators
Cash grab
Stupid sequel. Not a true sequel
Made for tv sequel.
Totally nonsensical.
Now as I am in the middle of Siren Alley on the PS4, I am simultaneously thrilled with this game and pissed off at all the hyperbolic idiots who convinced me to never play this.
Frankly I was gonna skip to infinite but I noticed on Gaf that some people had changed their tune a bit so I gave it a shot
First off the game is really fun to play. The weapons and plasmid combos are so much better than the first. Gameplay is smoother and guns feel and hit so much better. Although my major complaint is my gun sounds are really quiet. Not cool.
The levels so far have been well designed. They are large with more layers then the first game (more verticality and such) and playing with the arrow off has made it really fun to explore.
Yes everything feels familiar, but I'm still loving exploring rapture. When I first got to siren alley and saw a shrine with a crashed plane I thought that was a pretty awesome callback. The story has me invested even if there is not as much mystery. Sometimes I don't need all these crazy twists with gene-age enhancing run arounds. A straightforward story is fine and so far this seems like that although there may be twists ahead.
I also think I love the locations that don't feel quite as bright and in your face as the first game. It feels like a real place with an angle on the more impoverished places of Rapture.
Long story short. I can't wait to play more and I can't believe I waited so darn long. I loved Bioshock and Infinite and this game seems to be as good if not better than those two gems.