BioShock 2
2010 · First-Person Shooter · PC / Steam
BioShock 2 is the sequel that time has treated better than its launch window did. The combat is a genuine improvement over the original, with the dual-wielding of plasmids and weapons creating a fluidity that the first game never achieved. The father-daughter narrative at its center provides emotional grounding that gives your choices real weight. It doesn't match its predecessor's power of revelation, the shock of discovering Rapture for the first time can't be replicated, and the story plays it safer than fans hoped. But as a shooter set in one of gaming's most iconic locations, with combat that finally lives up to the setting's potential, it deserves the reassessment it has been receiving.