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.
