This series is drawing me in like Skyrim… I thought I could put Bioshock down I got drawn into Bioshock 2, not the remaster but the original. It runs better than the first Bioshock and I look forward to comparing it to the remaster when I finally get around to it. At a glance I can already tell one difference, the original has more achievements than the remaster. Not entirely sure why as of yet.
One of the things I had to do throughout my gameplay was remap the keys constantly. I’m not sure why they switched it up compared to the original Bioshock apart from assigning different buttons to new abilities, but to me it would make more sense to leave them on their original buttons. Like E to use or T to listen to recordings. I had to make multiple trips to the control settings, but it’s far better now than when I started. Also the mouse sensitivity was set at 0.4… DaFuq? Who was the genius that decided the 0.4 would be a good start? I mean I know you play as a Big Daddy, and Big Daddies tend to be slow as fuck unless they’re charging directly at you, but seriously…
As I stated above you play as a Big Daddy, an early prototype called “Subject Delta”. For those unaware of the Bioshock lore a Big Daddy is a genetically enhanced human being who has had their skin and organs grafted with a deep diving suit, like an underwater cyborg tweaker protector of spliced drug addict children kind of thing. You, the protagonist are an early build of a Big Daddy, probably the most horrifying one to imagine too considering unlike regular Big Daddies you can use Plasmids to wreak all kinds of chaos, like shooting lightning from your hands, and bees apparently. O_o
Big Daddies have a bond with little sisters, which are little girls who were also genetically altered and mentally conditioned to get ADAM from dead corpses, a drug of sorts. In the Bioshock games you use ADAM to enhance yourself and EVE to use the powers given to you by the ADAM usually. This has left me wondering one thing, is there a powerup called STEVE?
But anyway… You’re a Big Daddy, and you have your own little sister. At least you do until the new leader of rapture forces you to pull your helmet off, killing yourself with a pistol she gives you. I’m guessing some kind of hypnosis? You’re revived what I’m guessing is years later in a vita chamber. I’ve made it into the 2nd level, chasing a big sister. Like a Big Daddy but much more ninja like…
Why couldn’t there be a game where you play as a big sister too? That could actually be kinda fun running around doing ninja stuff with guns and drills…
Hacking got an overhaul from the previous game. No more fucking pipe dream, instead you have to wait for the needle to get into a green or blue area to successfully hack into something. Landing on blue gives you an item bonus.
I’m only a little over an hour in, it takes some getting used to but I’ve really enjoyed it. It’s been fun drilling and electrocuting my enemies, though you have to find fuel constantly to use your drill. Makes sense I guess, and it’s a mechanic I’m familiar with in other games. Fuel, Food, Electrolytes, Blood. It all balances out. Different games call for different ammo and sustenance.
Ok, enough Bioshock… I’ll do something else tomorrow. I promise! Kinda…