BioShock 2

BioShock 2

Released: February 09, 2010
Type: Main Game

Platforms:

PlayStation 3 PC (Microsoft Windows) Mac Xbox 360

Genres:

Shooter Puzzle Role-playing (RPG) Adventure

Game Modes:

Single player Multiplayer

Themes:

Action Science fiction Thriller Open world

Player Perspectives:

First person

Ratings

User Rating

81.0
Based on 1011 ratings

Critics Rating

87.0
Based on 6 ratings

Total Rating

84.0
Based on 1017 ratings

Summary

BioShock 2 is the second game of the BioShock series and the sequel to BioShock. It continues the grand storyline of the underwater metropolis Rapture. BioShock 2 capitalizes and improves upon the high-quality effects, unique gameplay elements, and immersive atmosphere that defined the first game. It explores more brutal gameplay than its predecessor, with new enemies, weapons, Plasmids, and Gene Tonics.

Storyline

Set eight years after the events of the first game, BioShock 2 follows Subject Delta, a prototype Big Daddy sent on a quest to reunite with the Little Sister he was previously bonded to, Eleanor, across a changed and even more dangerous Rapture.

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Involved Companies

2K Games

Role:
Publisher

Take-Two Interactive

Role:
Publisher

D3 Publisher

Role:
Publisher

Arkane Studios

Role:

Feral Interactive

Role:
Publisher

Darkside Game Studios

Role:

2K China

Role:

2K Australia

Role:

Digital Extremes

Role:

2K Marin

Role:
Developer

Game Engines

Unreal Engine 2.5

Keywords

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Alternative Names

BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams

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