Comments on: I just accidentally completed a BioShock 2 permadeath run.

By: red ring of death

red ring of death — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:40:53 +0000

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By: HaVoK308

HaVoK308 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:00:36 +0000

My wife is on her 3rd play through…lol. She started multiplayer and loves it. I suspect she loves it because she did pretty well. I think it draws in the more casual shooter fan rather then the hardcore types. I tend to fall in the latter. I have to play BS2 simply because Im just about to finish up the first one. I know..I know. Why am I just now playing it?!?! BS2 looks amazingly fun and I cant wait to dive into it. I know my wife can not wait because she is growing tired of not being able to discuss the game with me because I like everyone hate spoilers…lol

By: beefpelican

beefpelican — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:30:34 +0000

Heh, drill that guy.

By: Pointy160

Pointy160 — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:31:32 +0000

Me being the non thinking ahead type, I usually took the respawn. Forgot that there was an achievement attached. It’s funny though, most, maybe all, of my deaths came early on and stemmed from forgetting how Bioshock was played. I did not prepare and just went in, guns-blazing like it was Left 4 Dead or a paintball match with mentally disabled children. Ol’ Rosie the Riveter quickly spanked me usually and I learned (or, being a veteran of the first game, relearned) that in Rapture, that kind of play doesn’t float.

Although in my defense, playing as a Big Daddy really puts you in a somewhat false sense of security. I mean, where in some places I’d be freaked out in a dark room in Bioshock 1, electro bolting anything that moved or looked at me funny, in Bioshock 2, I walk wherever with no problem. Your a goddamn Big Daddy, you’ve got a drill, who the fuck do you fear? Not Big Sister, that bitch can’t handle my shit.

Of course, I know there probably isn’t any real difference between Jack and Delta in damage and health, but it’s great role playing material. And yeah, of course the game definitely can handle you, except till the end, which was probably one of the most enjoyable (and so awesomely broken) end game sequences I’ve had the pleasure of playing.

And I am going back in for that achievement too, on hard, without the vita chambers this time, because I like the challenge, and because I’m a goddamn Big Daddy and nobody in that town can handle my shit.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:33:28 +0000

I thought every single detail of Bioshock 2 was far superior to the first. Especially the story. Now true, it was quite shocking when in the first one, you found out the big twist (I’m not going to be the guy that spoils it for anyone who hasn’t played it yet), but this one had just an interesting of a shocker, and felt like it was much more thought out.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:34:09 +0000

Just finished the game last night, died far more times than I care to admit. Shouldn’t have started the game on hard, I think. Once I scaled it back, the deaths were far less frequent.

I think I was a bit spoiled for choice, honestly. When confronted with the chaos that occurs every time you get into a firefight, I’d just use winter blast every time because it gave me more time to think. Then it was just a matter of shattering everything that got in my way. I set traps, sure, but mostly just the basic trap rivets, speargun traps and cyclone traps. And I just spammed them everywhere, nothing too elaborate.

Still, I never finished the original BioShock (lost interest after having it so thoroughly spoiled), and I’m now worried about going back. The gameplay won’t be as fun, I know, but after BioShock 2′s story kind of disappointed me, I’m wondering if it’ll be worth it.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:27:48 +0000

Chambers:
The sequel is definitely worth it for the gameplay improvements.

beastrn:
It means you start the entire game over.

By: beastrn

beastrn — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:32:53 +0000

When you say “permadeath” – you just mean if you die you have to load a savegame, right?

Not actually start the whole game again.

By: Mr Chambers

Mr Chambers — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:57:23 +0000

Now in fairness I knew the main twist going in (thanks to the Bioshock HAWP) but I wasn’t blown away by the first game. It had some great little moments and a wonderful setting but I never felt compelled to see the game through. The Big Daddy aspect to the sequel does intrigue me though and as I only played Far Cry 2 and Half Life 2 thanks to your enthusiasm for them, I was wondering do you reckon the sequel’s worth playing on it’s own merits? Thanks

By: Lucas

Lucas — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:08:41 +0000

I don’t know when I went completely retarded, but I died about 4 times before even finishing Ryan Amusements. I think I’m going to go with the excuse that I am too used to Mass Effect 2 combat, although there are probably very few people who didn’t play 20+ of that game in the last two weeks, so maybe I am just retarded.