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BioShock 2 reviews go live, may surprise

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The reviews embargo for BioShock 2 just went, with scores starting to float in.

Get the round-up below.

Any links you’d like to add, do so below. We’ll add more reviews as they go live.

The first online reviews came pouring in on Friday, with nines across the board from IGN.

The sequel to the Levine classic is released tomorrow worldwide on PS3, 360 and PC.

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46 comments

#1

Psychotext
08/02/10, 5:09 pm

Two reviews (one minus a score!) isn’t a roundup. :P

#2

Johnny Cullen
08/02/10, 5:10 pm

Bare with me. :P

It did only go nearly ten minutes ago.

#3

SunKing
08/02/10, 5:11 pm

GiantBomb gave the game 4/5, Johnny, if you want to add that to the list. :)

#4

Eregol
08/02/10, 5:13 pm

Bare with you Johnny?
I don’t get naked round other dudes.

#5

Pysk
08/02/10, 5:15 pm

Dtoid gave it an 8, the 7 is just for the multiplayer.

#6

The Hindle
08/02/10, 5:17 pm

1up gave it a B+ Gameinformer give it a 8.3

#7

AHA-Lambda
08/02/10, 5:19 pm

You forgot the ign review which gave it 9.1

plus the destructoid score is wrong; destructoid gave the MP a 7 but the game overall an 8/10

#8

Gekidami
08/02/10, 5:20 pm

Seems as if the scores are nowhere near as high as the first game (which was the highest rated game of 06 if i remember correctly)

#9

onlineatron
08/02/10, 5:20 pm

Is it wrong of me to be put off buying the game with these scores?

I wasn’t too excited for it in the first place and was only going to buy it as I started to see glowing reviews… however, now, I’m not too sure.

#10

Transgenique
08/02/10, 5:21 pm

Jeuxvideo.fr (second or third french website) gave the game a 4/5.

Here’s the link : http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/jeux/bioshock-2/article.html#xbox360#xbox360

#11

NGCes26294BIV
08/02/10, 5:22 pm

So, another case of sequelitus, where an alternate developer makes a slightly less good follow up to a great game. Ala:

- IW-Treyarch (CoD)
- Bioware-Obsidian (KOTOR; NwN)

…sigh

#12

Gekidami
08/02/10, 5:25 pm

There are 2 ways to look at this:

-The game just isnt as good as the first one.

-Bioshock was a stellar game in 06 amongst alot of rather bland releases. Since then there have been ALOT of good games. Standards have simply raised and Bioshock 2 is atleast as good as the first one.

#13

DUFFKING
08/02/10, 5:30 pm

@NGCes26294BIV

Not understood the whole ‘only Treyarch CoD games are poor’ thing. They’ve all been successively worse than the previous one, aside from CoD 2.

#14

Johnny Cullen
08/02/10, 5:31 pm

AHA – I didn’t forgot the IGN reviews. We covered them on Friday.

We even linked to them underneath the rest of the reviews coming in today. ;)

#15

OnkelMaik
08/02/10, 5:31 pm

play3.de: 8.5/10

http://www.play3.de/2010/02/08/test-bioshock-2/

#16

NGCes26294BIV
08/02/10, 5:33 pm

@13 – You think Modern Warfare is worse than CoD3!?

Please. Pull the other one.

#17

Gekidami
08/02/10, 5:36 pm

WaW was better then CoD4 imo. CoD3 was a mess though.

#18

The Hindle
08/02/10, 5:37 pm

Geki

Bioshock came out in 07 alongside Cod 4, Uncharted, Mario Galaxy, Orange Box, and it still won most goty awards i think

#19

The Hindle
08/02/10, 5:38 pm

Gametrailers 8.8

#20

Dr.Ghettoblaster
08/02/10, 5:39 pm

Those are great scores for a sequel I wasn’t expecting much out of. My copy arrives today – can’t wait.

#23

SunKing
08/02/10, 5:48 pm

Guardian’s given it a 5/5, Johnny.

#24

El_MUERkO
08/02/10, 5:52 pm

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-bioshock-2/61280

GameTrailers gave it 8.8

#25

Johnny Cullen
08/02/10, 6:02 pm

Sorry. Didn’t see the score at the time.

Fixed.

#28

ecu
08/02/10, 6:27 pm

These are the scores the first game should have got. Everyone got so caught up in the hype for that game.

#29

ianos
08/02/10, 6:40 pm

Nowgamer give 9.2 on 360, 9.1 on PC and 8.8 on PS3. And the PS3 review definitely isn’t the best just because it’s mine…

http://xbox-360.nowgamer.com/reviews/xbox-360/9014/bioshock-2

http://pc-mmo.nowgamer.com/reviews/pc-mmo/9025/bioshock-2

http://ps3.nowgamer.com/reviews/ps3/9026/bioshock-2

#30

Psychotext
08/02/10, 6:42 pm

“Everyone got so caught up in the hype for that game.”

Yet they reviewed it much the same when the PS3 version rolled around… long after the “hype” had subsided.

#31

RGW1982
08/02/10, 6:57 pm

“9.2 on 360, 9.1 on PC and 8.8 on PS3″

Just Another Reason PS3 Owners Shouldn’t Buy Bioshock 2 Being An Inferior Port And All.

#32

get2sammyb
08/02/10, 7:04 pm

Can anyone even quantify the difference 0.4 points makes? I find that bemusing? Three scores? What makes the XBOX 360 version 0.1 points better than the PC version?

How bloody stupid. NowGamer should have just given all three versions a 9 and done with it. At least we’d all be able to understand their bonkers scale.

#33

GZ_Dave
08/02/10, 7:07 pm

GamerZines – 95%, Johnny.

http://www.gamerzines.com/xbox-360/reviews/bioshock-2-review.html

I’m about to get stuck into it now. Thanks, Zavvi. :D

#34

Mauller
08/02/10, 7:18 pm

I still loved the twist towards the end of the first game. I doubt that any sequel could hold up to that.

#35

ianos
08/02/10, 7:20 pm

As I explain every time, and as you’d see if you bothered to look: Nowgamer reviews are done by different people, they are different opinions held by said different people. It is not one monolith of opinion.

We all reviewed it completely independently of each other, as we all work on different mags. It’s telling that the general consensus is around the same mark though.

#36

G1GAHURTZ
08/02/10, 7:28 pm

Pants game.

#37

get2sammyb
08/02/10, 7:39 pm

@ianos – No need to get fucking snarky, mate. Perhaps the fact you keep needing to explain suggests you’re not making it very clear at all? Hmm?

All the same, thanks for clearing that up. That now makes sense.

#38

ecu
08/02/10, 7:44 pm

“Yet they reviewed it much the same when the PS3 version rolled around… long after the “hype” had subsided.”

Well they had to, didn’t they? As long as it’s a technically sound port, it’s going to score similarly. Never understood the fuss over the game.

#39

Patrick Garratt
08/02/10, 8:58 pm

Just added Kotaku’s there.

#40

Psychotext
08/02/10, 9:02 pm

“Never understood the fuss over the game.”

…and that’s why it’s overhyped, for you. Personally, I’ve never understood why people can’t understand that others have different likes, dislikes and opinions to them. :D

That you didn’t rate it, doesn’t make it overhyped.

#41

ecu
08/02/10, 9:37 pm

I rated it, it’s a decent shooter. Just not “best game ever” material. It falls apart after the reveal, they run out of ideas. Plus the combat is horrible and unsatisfying.

People can have different opinions to me, it just means they’re wrong. ;)

#42

SunKing
08/02/10, 9:38 pm

I think you both mean “overrated”.

“People can have different opinions to me, it just means they’re wrong. ;) ”

I often say that to people, but then they spit in my face and laugh. I’ll show them, the fools! *shakes fist*

#43

Psychotext
08/02/10, 9:39 pm

I know what I mean.

/stabs

#44

SunKing
08/02/10, 10:06 pm

You’re right. In the context of review scores, to accuse a website/magazine of overhyping something is effectively the same as saying they overrated it. My bad.

#45

Blerk
08/02/10, 11:37 pm

The review scores seem fine to me, I’ll certainly be picking this up. I thought the original was awesomes, so ‘slightly less awesomes than the previous one’ is still pretty awesomes. Or something. :-D

#46

Michael O’Connor
09/02/10, 12:28 am

Only in gaming could a string of 8s and 9s being considered “bad scores.” Dear lord.

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