PC Game Reviews 2010: First Person Shooter: BioShock 2

A return of continuity, but full of quality, to the underwater city of Rapture.
BioShock was a proposal of the most unique and powerful, born in the early stages of generation, and although it took a bit to get to PlayStation 3, this second part has been released and directly on the three platforms that housed his predecessor. It is often said that the time to launch new franchises is to first generation, because although the market is limited, consumers are much more receptive to something new, the lack of names enshrined in catalogs that are still under construction. There’s no doubt took advantage of the fact Irrational PC Games, and finished him off with a superb job in game play, atmosphere and history (although this, the truth, I had ups and downs in his narration).
Now a new study, 2K Marin, grab the reins and presents this BioShock 2 PC Game 2010 version, and although the work meets the quality expected in a production of this size, the fact is that is missing some more spark in the implementation of Title . Does many things very well, and those who were delighted with his first appreciate the multiplayer part (an important absence in the previous pc game), and the new story set in the shadowy world of Rapture before us with a much more elaborate narrative , but beyond that, the pc game has to offer little that is new or interesting.

The story tells us through the recordings that we find and, of course, are in perfect Castilian, in fact, the pc game has been localized into our language at all, except in the graffiti on the walls, which is all that you need to have a perfect location. This would not be something anecdotal if not for some of these facts painted wink to the first part (set ten years earlier), and the player with no knowledge of English is going to lose. But the point is that since there is so much to explain, because we know that the people left in Rapture are completely crazed by the genetic modification, which is why they are extremely violent, deformed cases, sometimes with powers that do not fall in the range of normal, the action picks up momentum from the beginning and is situated at a good pace playable soon.
As in the first part, we can play without thinking too much, or dedicate ourselves to seeking the tapes and find out what happened in Rapture during these ten years, and even before, and know who this strange woman who ordered us to kill us at the beginning of history , and why has so much interest in the Little Sister. In fact, the presence of these girls is key: not only the Little Sister with which our hero is very closely linked, but they generally. If the first part of what we did with them after defeating a Big Daddy was key to see an end or the other, here their role is no less and, in fact, the relationship is strengthened. Our character takes the protection of these girls its only raison d’etre, so it really will be willing to kill to get their Adam, and thus increase your power? That is your choice, and what you do will influence later.
But is there another possibility: that the Little Sister will join you. And then other issues come into play, as the need to defend from the insidious enemy attacks. The Little Sister seeks to extract the skull of the fallen their genetic material, harvesting it, but when she does it particularly susceptible to attack. To defend you have to use all our tools and weapons, involving direct combat, but also to maximize the operations of hacking defense systems (or machines of all kinds), which have been enhanced in this release.
Now we can hack throwing a dart, with a particular weapon type, and that leads us to a very simple mini game where we have to stop an arrow in the correct color range, green, to gain control over the machine try to hack, be a robot self defense or just a soda machine. If we do stop the arrow on a blue section we give also an additional benefit. Control the machines can become a crucial part for both passive defense turrets, as for other types of resources, through the aforementioned robots and security cameras.

Overall, there have been major improvements in game play, especially in the control, so now we use the plasmids and weapons with ease, without having to play with an alternation that serves little purpose, and that’s just what Highlights. When one takes a while playing, you realize that they have shaped many small things, and the hacking system of systems, of which we have spoken before (much lighter) is a good example. Also, the weapon system can enhance both traditional weapons such as plasmids: two updates to give more power and effectiveness, and a third that add a special function, which can be very useful. The most dramatic changes are linked to the plasmids, which increases exponentially effects, and makes the combination of weapons, plasmids and tonics (passive aspects that improve, giving us additional benefits) is much more relevant.
For the enemy has not been much emphasis, as many designs are drawn directly from the first part, and not delivers a remarkable variety, which also happens to the environment and the feel of the pc game. Efforts have focused on the concept of Big Sisters, who may know little, however interesting is the idea. The struggle against these opponents are demanding, and plays back in time to know, seeking a balance between the attacks, we are launching offensives, and when they get to attack and defend our task. However, the fact is that the difficulty can be a bit small for veterans in its default mode, but luckily we have the option of choosing an additional difficulty level, which gives more substance to all the action.
Visually, BioShock 2 PC Game adds improvements, but are marginal. The technical and artistic work is limited, mainly because it is seen drinking excess of the first part, and although this is not bad (especially since the original was already a great height), which surprised a few years ago, not makes it all today. Rapture remains an inhospitable place, and walks outside, outside the protection of the domes of the city underwater, are a good aesthetic experience. Continuity, can not contribute anything relevant in this field, nor on the aesthetic plane or coach.
The sound follows the same line: the voices in Castilian are good, and very successful audio setting, especially when we take a good stereo, but music will also continue in the end note. It is well adapted to the most tense situations, as the heaviest fighting, or the most mysterious and distressing, but could have opted for something different to look distinguished him from his first hand, and that was to recycle much of the work of environments, designs of enemies, and others.

Of course, one thing to keep in mind, and that speaks well of the work done by programmers, is that when we bet the multiplayer does not show any kind of step back in its technical aspect. The multiplayer mode we do not really propose anything new, but is determined to fulfill an old dream of the fans of the series, then takes us back in time to play in civil war of Rapture, the conflict that has left definitively in ruins. As is increasingly common has chosen to introduce ranges to get more powers (plasmids and tonics) and weapons for our character, that is no longer a Big Daddy, what we will come good in the tougher pc games. It has also worked to add more variety of weapons and plasmids, so it is a well-crafted way, with enough options to meet the needs of their buyers multiplayer, but hardly get imposed-or-match with other major titles multiplayer.

Conclusion

BioShock 2010 (PC) hides some surprises in its development, playable very interesting surprises, which, however, are not as striking as in the first part, nor so substantial. But there they are, and seems to be becoming the brand of the house in this saga. The pc game gives us a good story, and a cohesive single-player mode, well, but remains in excess, although many aspects debug. It is all too familiar to take us back to Rapture, back into the skin of a Big Daddy, back-with a moral decision not to be simplistic background more back-and many more things, changes and developments demonstrate that there has done a good job to improve the gaming experience in the diving, which occupied relatively little space of its first part, and-of course, needed a lot of debugging to function as the main playable element of this release. As for multiplayer, it fulfills what is expected but certainly not the most important point of the title, although it is a well-worked added and able to give many hours of additional game play.