When the first BioShock came out in 2007, it was a pleasant surprise. They have to keep you on the edge of your seat.īut even with this sharp criticism of one facet of the game, I have to also acknowledge that BioShock 2 lives up to the original in a big way. They can’t make it too easy, and they can’t make it too hard. This is a tiny flaw, but it shows that game designers really have to pay attention to the balance of power in a game. And, of course, I could have played the game on the absolutely hardest level. There are creatures, such as the Big Sister, which are immune to hypnotism, but they are beatable. If some of the enemies were immune to the hypnotism spell, then I would have had a tougher time getting through the final levels of the game. The hypnotism trick thus brings the game to a close a little too swiftly for me.Ī simple modification might have fixed this. The trouble with this is that the game play and environment of this game are so good, I wanted the experience to last forever. It was like I had a nuclear weapon and the other side did not I just had to use it, and nothing could stand in my way. But the game designers put a little bit too much power in the player’s hands with the hypnotism spell. I will take the underwater utopia-gone-bad environment of Rapture over any other game’s environment. The developers of the sequel brought a fresh eye to the experience of this world that the original creators came up with. It is a wonderful combination of horror, nostalgic art style, addictive game play, and an engrossing story. I just finished the game and loved the experience. It made finishing the game too easy.ĭon’t get me wrong. It’s a fun trick to play, but it wound up ruining the game in a lot of ways. I had to hypnotize the enemies so that they would shoot each other and not me. Register today.Īt a certain point in BioShock 2, I figured out what I needed to do to win the video game.

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