One of the games that I bought used (or cheap) over the Christmas break was Bioshock 2. Having played, and really enjoyed, the original Bioshock I deviced to get this game. I also decided to focus on this game (and Prince of Persia) over my vacation as I was interested in learning what happened to Rapture after the events of Bioshock.

Bioshock 2 was quite an engaging game. The game mechanics were quite similar to Bioshock, the only difference was that this time around you were taking up the role of a Big Daddy, so you ended up finding information not just about Rapture, and what happened to Sofia Lamb and the little sisters after the original Bioshock, but you also got found out more about how and why the Big Daddies were developed (it's a bit messed up if you ask me).

There are differences between the enemies in the original and the second installation. There are of course the standard leatherhead, houdini and spired splicers (as well as annoying security measures), but there are some new splicers and a Big Sister to contend with (similar to a Big Daddy but more agile). I can't believe how long it took me to work out what a Big Sister was - D'oy!

The one interesting thing, near the end, is that you can actually take control of a little sister and view the world through her eyes (by the way, why are there just little sisters? do people in Rapture not have boy children?). It's interesting that they see things as they were in 1959, before things went to hell in a handbasket, and it's only when one of the splicers goes after you that you see the decay that has occurred over the years (and the deformation of the residents of the city)

At the end, just like the end of the original, I was left wanting more. I am interested in knowing what is happening on the surface! At the end of the original splicers come up and attack a submarine, at the end of the second one Eleonor makes it up to the surface with little sisters (being optimistic). It should now be the beginning of the 1970s in "normal reality", so how do the events in Rapture effect the real world?

I hope Bioshock 3 solves some of these questions.