Reviews: BioShock 2 Video Review

Could never get into the first game...

Is a man not entited to see the heavy rain quick look?

" The whole advertisement issue is weird to me. I don't see how anyone could so blindly correlate the fact that just because you have an ad deal it means you can't be impartial. Yes, I realize it does happen, but by no means is that the truth. Advertisements keep these things afloat, more specifically, money does, and I'm willing to bet it cost 2k a decent amount of money (relatively) for all of these advertisements, and I don't blame them (GB) one bit for accepting it.   I trust GiantBomb, of all people, to make the best decisions with their advertisements, and so far all of their decisions concerning ads have been within reason. Ads don't bother me, we need them. I fear what would happen to tv without commercials actually, better they stay a separate entity than find their way into the actual show. "

I just clicked on a link in Google Reader to watch the Heavy Rain demp quicklook and it brought me here instead. 

" Is a man not entited to see the heavy rain quick look? "

 @Zaph said:

" RSS feed trickery! I was expecting a quicklook at the Heavy Rain demo. Drew, to the gallows with you! "

Why has the Heavy Rain quick look been pulled? Don't really care about coverage of a dated, mediocre, 10 year old game being re-released on XBL or a review of a sequel that nobody actually wanted made. 
Cheers all the same! Get to work Drew.

I want Heavy Rain quick look dammit!

"bioshock 2 is not biosock 1" 
that reminds me of a famous quote  by the president of romania
"winter is not like summer" 
he won a second mandate...

" @Scambug told:

a long story about his acquisition and impressions of the game.

Good post.  What about if I didn't enjoy Bioshock tooo much? I liked the setting, story etc but the gameplay felt really clunky. Does the shooting still feel kind of... last-gen? And is it much better with duel plasmids and weapons? "

meh seems boring

" @RocketCoinT: the game is just like part one pretty much.....its cool how they set up the story but the game has the lamest weapon set  and the damage they do dont make sense....sure i can shoot you with a rivet yet it only takes of a certain % of damage...yet some of the other weapons and ability are super overpowered....u really ony need 3 skills in this game to run through a game that has already been played before a few years before now....i liked part one for a what it was and the first time experiance....this game just is mediocre at best. "

So it's more like an expansion pack or Bioshock 1.5, than a 2.

Good to know.

" "Bioshock II is a successful package", says the website with a promotion deal. "

This is a much better review than the majority out there.  But then it's Jeff, so it goes without saying.  Before Blue Screens Of Death rendered my PC version unplayable, I too got the impression of an expansion pack, and and all-round inferior game, at that.  I'll wait till B2 for Xbox 360 is down to about a tenner, then maybe get it.  

I would've liked to play the first game with these enhancements...but I can't imagine I'd like to play the sequel at all.