Thirty Days of Video Games Day TwentyOne – A Game Sequel that was a Disappointment

After spending a lot of time in Rapture I was extremely excited for the second installment of Bioshock. I was a bit worried that 2K Boston wasn’t heading the project but instead 2K Marin took over. Was this small change in developer caused this game to not be better or as good as the first?

I was very disappointed as I played Bioshock 2 that I wasn’t getting the same feeling that I got while playing the original. I didn’t feel that Rapture was reinvented nor that something new was added to the world of Bioshock. For me, Bioshock 2 felt like a slightly longer than most DLC and something that 2K wanted to release solely for online play. I’m still going to try out Bioshock Infinite but I’ll be renting it before buying just in case.

Another sequel that really let me down was Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2. I started to hear news that the game was short and beatable in about a day or two. This worried me and I didn’t want to spend sixty dollars on a game that I can beat that fast, even if it’s a Star Wars game.

Turns out the rumors were right and the Force Unleash 2 was a very short game and felt even more of a DLC than Bioshock 2. I was left sitting with my control in my hand thinking, “wait, that’s it”. The best thing that came out of Unleashed 2 was the trailer done by the guys of Robot Chicken.

About the Author

Jen

Writer and one of the oldest members of TGF, Jennifer has been playing video games since the young age of four when her parents got her a Nintendo Entertainment System. Currently she plays whenever she can on any of her fourteen different systems. Video games and everything that it embodies is in her blood. The majority of the time Jen can be found on XB360 under the gamer tag of Next Jen but does play her Ps3 under Next_Jen every once in a while. She plays anything from casual to FPS games and you can check out what Jen is currently playing via Raptr and she is highly active on Twitter (@Next_Jen), with tweets about games, Doctor Who and other random silliness.