BioShock™ 2 Remastered on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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In BioShock 2, you step into the boots of the most iconic denizen of Rapture, the Big Daddy, as you explore through the decrepit and beautiful fallen city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and your own survival.
BioShock™ 2 Remastered is a fps, action and singleplayer game
developed by 2K Marin, 2K China, Digital Extremes, 2K Australia and Blind Squirrel
and published by Feral interactive (Mac) and 2K.
Released on September 15th 2016 is available on Windows and MacOS
in 7 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.
It has received 26,622 reviews of which 18,860 were positive and 7,762 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.0 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Eneba.
The Steam community has classified BioShock™ 2 Remastered into these genres:
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System requirements
These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit. Platform Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
- Processor: Intel E6750 Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHZ
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7770 / 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 25 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Device
- Additional Notes: Software installations required including DirectX and Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 & 2012 Redistributable Package. Some system components such as mobile chipsets, integrated, and AGP graphics cards may be incompatible. Unlisted specifications may not be supported by publisher.
MacOS
- OS: macOS 10.15.4
- Processor: 1.1 GHz Intel Core i3 or greater
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2 GB AMD R9 M290, 1.5 GB Intel Iris Pro 5200 or better
- Storage: 22 GB available space
- Additional Notes: The game is supported on the following Macs. To check your Mac model and when it was released, select About This Mac from the Apple menu on your menu bar.
- All 13" MacBook Pros released since Late 2016
- All 15" MacBook Pros released since Late 2013 with an Intel or AMD graphics card (1)
- All MacBook Airs released since Early 2020
- All Mac minis released since late 2018
- All 21.5" iMacs released since Late 2013 with an Intel Iris Pro 5200 graphics card or better (2)
- All 27” iMacs released since Late 2014.
- All 27" iMac Pros released since 2017
- All Mac Pros released since Late 2013
- (1) Models with an Nvidia graphics card are not supported. (2) Models with Intel HD Graphics 5000/6000 graphics cards are not supported.
- All MacBook Airs released since Mid 2012
- All MacBooks released since Early 2015
- All 13” MacBook Pros released since Mid 2012
- All Mac minis released since Late 2012
- All 21’5” iMacs released since Early 2013
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Before you start playing Bioshock 2, i suggest you go into these particular files to fix the cause for Crashes in the game, and sensitivity issues to make your gameplay the most smoothest Fix for Crashing, caused by a VRAM texturestreaming leak within the game. The fix is to set it to either a bit lower than your max VRAM or to set it to your max VRAM. Locate to: AppData/Roaming/BioshockHD/Bioshock2/Bioshock2SP.ini TextureStreamingMemoryLimit=24000.000000 Fix for mouse sensitivity issues. The game has a wierd issue with sensitivy, putting this command in the section where you move forward the first time will fix the issue. Locate to: AppData/Roaming/BioshockHD/Bioshock/User.ini [Default] W=MoveForward | set Engine.PlayerInput MouseAccelThreshold 0.0 | set Engine.PlayerInput MouseSmoothingMode 0 Bioshock 2: Bioshock 2 follows closely after Bioshock, promising to improve upon what made the first game good by improving upon it while failing in other places where the first game nailed that better. However, as many others have noticed, this game is plagued by Extreme crashes that can happen at most at random place in the game that may hinder the gameplay experience. There's also a lot of grapichal bugs and audio issues that hinder the experience a bit, than what the remaster offers. Story wise the second game does it worse than the first game, setting you to be a Big Daddy to rescue the daughter of the Big Daddy putting you throughout various different new facilities in Rapture, however it doesnt particuarly inivate much and does not have much of a twist as the first game had to compel you to play the game to the end The combat improves a lot upon what Bioshock 1 did right, by amplifying that by 10x and doing it better, such as amplifying the plasmoids by giving them new abilities upon their usage, new upgrades that change the way the weapon you've used is being used and new sets of ammunition to improve the way certain weapons work. There's even now a quick headbutt for weapons that you can use with every weapon so you won't need to switch to your meele weapon. However there are still Meelee only perks and some new ones for those who only want to play with the Meele weapon. The graphical upgrades such as vibrate blood splats and ragdolling is more apparent in the sequel with the new combat mechanics Something however that has made the combat worse is the fact that they removed the weapon wheel, making it a lot more difficult to navigate your weapons in time in high tense situations The Research mechanic is now less rewarding than it was in the first game but more difficult to do, as to get the full research of Splicers, you must first take a picture of them, reel them like a camera, then take them out in order to get the research. You can no longer efficently just kill a splicer and research them that way. Compared to the first game, hacking is more comfortable and relaxed but less stress punctuated towards the reward you are getting by doing hacking. Before as Vaults we're very difficult and timed accessed rewards, they can now be unlocked way more comfortably with the new system. The new hacking tool you unlock early in the game also has a new auto hacking dart, that makes most hacking situations particuarly useless. The fallback to this, is that items are now more scarce, and you can only carry a certain amount of items, than what you could before The we're a few things i did not personally like with Bioshock 2, but im gonna list two of them. the Big Sister Random Encounters, you can't prepare for them, they happen mostly when you rescue or harvest a little sister, and if you die, they will contiune to follow you to the respawn tanks where you could be camped and won't stop til you take them out. They reduced the max carry wieght of Health Kits and EVE from 10 to 5, and can be ugraded to 6, which considiring you are a big hulk of a man in a suit rather than a normal man in a sweeter, it is quite a downgrade. You are also more vulnarable this time, and it is easier for you to do even at the lower difficulties.
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A 10/10 shooter. Bioshock 2 may not match its predecessor in terms of story, atmosphere, art design or that spooky factor, but definitely provides a much more fast paced and refined combat. The Minerva DLC was what I expected from the base game. That plot twist and sadistic nature of npcs/antagonists. We do not get games like this anymore. Honestly years later, the gameplay and graphics still hold up. If you want to play something from the previous generation without sacrificing comfort of modern games, this is for you.
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Really good improvement gameplay wise. The story in this one didn't hit like it's predecessor, but the game world it's still amazing and it's fun.
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Ah yes, Bioshock 2. The black sheep of the family if only because it wasn't directed by daddy Ken Levine. Some people argue that "it's just not the same", others say that Bioshock 2 is actually the best game in the series. I personally think it's the latter. Bioshock 2 does everything Bioshock 1 did but better. Combat feels much more refreshing and dynamic. The story feels more personal and emotional. And we get to see Rapture not only in different places but from different angles too: be it ocean floor, or through Little Sister's eyes, which is, mind you, probably the coolest thing the game did. I also think Sofia Lamb is a more complex antagonist than Andrew Ryan and Frank Fontaine and through her presence the game tackles the other extreme of political and social ideology as opposed to Bioshock 1. As usually, there's quite a lot of people who had problems with the remaster. I did not really have such issues in my playthrough (my game crashed only once in 18 hours I spent in game), so it might be individual. Really the only downside is the lack of multiplayer in the Remaster.
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They remastered my childhood trauma, and it still hits just as hard. Now with better graphics, smoother gameplay, and the same emotional damage. 10/10 would cry in Rapture again.
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Frequently Asked Questions
BioShock™ 2 Remastered is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.
BioShock™ 2 Remastered is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.
BioShock™ 2 Remastered received 18,860 positive votes out of a total of 26,622 achieving a rating of 6.99.
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BioShock™ 2 Remastered was developed by 2K Marin, 2K China, Digital Extremes, 2K Australia and Blind Squirrel and published by Feral interactive (Mac) and 2K.
BioShock™ 2 Remastered is playable and fully supported on Windows.
BioShock™ 2 Remastered is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
BioShock™ 2 Remastered is not playable on Linux.
BioShock™ 2 Remastered is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for BioShock™ 2 Remastered. Explore additional content available for BioShock™ 2 Remastered on Steam.
BioShock™ 2 Remastered does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
BioShock™ 2 Remastered does not support Steam Remote Play.
BioShock™ 2 Remastered is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for BioShock™ 2 Remastered.
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Online players
182
Developer
2K Marin,
2K China,
Digital Extremes,
2K Australia,
Blind Squirrel
Publisher
Feral interactive (Mac),
2K
Release
15 Sep 2016
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