Bioshock: Second "Chapter" Thoughts

You have chosen....poorly

We need a word to describe the second “unit” of our playthrough.

So this part was much more seamless and less angst-ridden than the first chapter. I knew how to handle my weapons and plasmids, but STILL had a tendency to frantically and unnecessarily use my health when in a fight. I also learned that I have been twitching a lot more when I sleep so this might be my new reality.

So where do we go? The availability of audio tapes have ramped up tremendously. I would walk into a room and there would be about 2 audio tapes per room; a veritable olfactory orgy! I love, love the audiotapes. It does something to my imagination and senses, gives a depth to Rapture that just seeing “it” doesn’t.

My favorite characters, like Wallaby mentioned, have come to be Fontaine and Sullivan. Ryan vs. Fontaine would have been something to have lived through. Almost a Game of Thrones-like quality to the proceedings. What was the tipping point and why did Ryan need Fontaine down there to begin with?

While playing through Neptune’s Bounty, I nearly crapped myself in the “red room” that was in the bar area. It was up the stairs, and there was a guy chained to the bed. There was a splicer hiding by the bed, and playing it on a late Friday night, I nearly twitched myself out the window.

Regarding weapons and plasmids, I absolutely love controlling Big Daddy’s, enraging splicers, and manipulating situations. I’ve used all available Adam to open slots and add smaller abilities. I still am really low on Plasmid “blue” stuff, but I make up for it with enough Frag grenades (I love the sound effect of picking them up).

On the Rescue vs. Harvest question, I have no idea about where or how this game is going to end, but dammit, I will bring a level of humanity to this horrible place. It’s seen enough death and despair. I am their Jesus (I just accidentally used health again).

So why is there so much shit in Rapture. Being underwater sure helps. But think of the flawed people that would follow someone into this underwater city. It’s so fucked up because of the alcohol and mental instability. Just notice how much alcohol there is in this game. The people who came to Rapture were beaten and defeated by the outside world in their past lives. When you bring a bevy of destroyed people together, chaos will ensue. So no, I’d probably want to avoid being anywhere near this place.