Bioshock 2 does seem to live up to the reputation of its predecessor and one would hope it would step past that, but has it?

Come see in the review of the game from OXCGN reviewers point of view. Some will agree, some will not, but has the inclusion of the Multiplayer dulled the game's actually concept, or added to it?

I think it has taken it away from it's original concept, simply for sales-sake. What will happen in Bioshock 3, as it was planned as a trilogy originally, will it see 3 episodes?

How do you follow up a game that seemed to be a once-in-a-console-generation experience that near-perfectly blended design, narrative and gameplay?

One would assume that the same team that worked on 2007’s Bioshock (Irrational Games, formerly 2K Boston) should be the team embarking on expanding the sequel and innovating on what had already been created.

But with Irrational visionary Ken Levine no longer at the helm and Bioshock 2’s development being shared by various divisions of 2K Games in different countries (with only partial input from Irrational), fans of the original had every reason to be apprehensive.

Thankfully, Bioshock 2 is a creation that retains much of the grandiose wonder of its predecessor and it stands confidently on its own two, lumbering Big Daddy feet.

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