Bioshock 2- \'He\'s a Killer\' Multiplayer Trailer (HD)

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[size=+1]Bioshock 2- \'He\'s a Killer\' Multiplayer Trailer (HD)[/size]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ut-rJHiVKc&feature=player_embedded

Yeah, that\'s multiplayer? I still haven\'t beat the first one yet with all the other badass games I was playing at the same time... I will have to definitely beat the crazy 1st game before I think of picking this one up.

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The first BioShock 2 reviews have arrived, via both PSM3 and PC Gamer magazines... and it\'s good news.

PSM3 awarded the follow-up 93%, saying it "tops the original in terms of storytelling and combat."

 
PC Gamer meanwhile went with a lower but still impressive score of 90%, concluding that "the mechanics that made the original BioShock such fun return, better than before," and "it\'s still better written than pretty much anything else out there."

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=231532


I didn\'t like so much the 1st, waiting for more reviews and impressions.

hah that looks sweet.  never played the first, should have picked it up for $5 or so on Steam the other weekend

$5?! That\'s a steal.. What else were they offering for that price? I wouldn\'t mind grabbing some old games that I thought of getting some day but forgot about..

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IGN Review

BioShock 2, unlike its predecessor, is split into single-player story and multiplayer competitive modes, so in that sense it\'s a bigger title. The gameplay, at its core, is largely the same. You use a combination of weapons and special powers called plasmids to battle your way through freakish enemies on a quest that leads you deep within Rapture\'s recesses, uncovering all manner of ghoulish secrets on the way. The progression structure remains intact as well, so you\'ll move through a number of discrete stages where you\'ll be assigned tasks unique to that area before getting back on the path to the story climax. While it\'ll feel initially very familiar, it won\'t be long before you start to run into some of the changes 2K Marin has made, all of which are welcome and help refine the gameplay formula to make for a better play experience.

What a weird world.

The story picks up 10 years after the events of BioShock. Jack, the unfortunate soul from the first game, is out. This time you play as a totally different character, a Big Daddy that\'s searching for a specific Little Sister. It\'s a tale that lacks some of the bite-your-tongue chaos and panic of the first and, because Rapture is a familiar place now, some of the mystery. But it makes up for that by being more tightly wound and digestible. While Rapture\'s still packed with lunatics, a lot of what you encounter, from the audio logs stuffed under soaked refuse to the hastily scrawled messages on the walls, for the most part directly refer back to the main events of the game. For the sequel, where there are fewer questions about what a splicer is and why the city failed and more about who you are and what you\'re doing, it turns out this kind of approach works well, driving the action with a more coherent momentum.

And let\'s not forget about the multiplayer, which is actually set before the events of the first BioShock while a civil war was raging in Rapture. There are story bits built into this as well, and people familiar with the fiction will be pleased to see how the Modern Warfare-style leveling and unlock structure is bookended by cinematics. As you dive into battle against others, you\'ll be able to rank up and unlock a variety of weapons, plasmids and tonics to customize your character loadout during a match. Depending on whether you\'re doing free –for-all deathmatch or playing defense in a team-based mode, the styles of loadouts you bring with you can be swapped around to play most effectively. A number of new weapons and plasmids have been added here as well, and the simple interplay between shocking, igniting, and shooting is actually a lot of fun, even if it isn\'t the primary draw of the product. Whether or not it\'ll have much staying power remains to be seen, but if you buy the game for the single-player, Digital Extremes\' well designed online suite should easily provide hours of entertainment beyond the core single-player story.

 [size=+1]Closing Comments :[/size]

It\'s going to be a familiar experience for anyone that played the original, but BioShock 2\'s improvements to gameplay and its more focused storyline make for a game that\'s more playable and easier to digest. Some of the sense of awe and mystery is lost in transition, but the strength of the setting and more interesting implementation of moral choice make for an experience that\'s more consistent and rewarding. Anyone looking for a first-person shooter that offers more than flat, stereotypical characters and copy-and-paste supersoldier plots, one that attempts to establish a sense of right and wrong and loops you into the decision making process, and one that\'s set in one of the most vividly realized settings around should pick up BioShock 2. It\'s a game in which story, setting, and gameplay are expertly blended to create an experience that\'s as thought-provoking as it is entertaining.

Presentation 9.5

Graphics 9.0

Sound 9.0

Gameplay 9.0

Lasting Appeal 9.0

[size=+1]Overall 9.1[/size]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/106/1066917p1.html