Criticisms included a slow start and failure to distinguish itself from its predecessor. Garry Schyman, who composed BioShock 's soundtrack, returned for the sequel he expanded the game's sonic palette to include more blues and religious music to parallel its themes.īioShock 2 received positive reviews, with praise directed at its narrative, themes, art style, characters, endings and gameplay. The story received major changes throughout development. The developers focused on improving gameplay elements from the first game, and return to the Rapture setting to explore a new perspective of the city. 2K Australia, Arkane Studios, and Digital Extremes provided additional support. The game includes a story-driven multiplayer mode that takes place before the events of BioShock, during Rapture's civil war.Īfter the success of BioShock, 2K Games formed a new studio, 2K Marin, to create the sequel. In the single-player campaign, players control the armored protagonist Subject Delta as he fights through Splicers-the psychotic human population of the city-using weapons and an array of genetic modifications. The game takes place in the dystopian underwater city of Rapture, eight years after the events of BioShock. It was released worldwide for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 on FebruFeral Interactive released an OS X version on March 30, 2012.

BioShock 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by 2K Marin and published by 2K Games.

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