I ran this game on my Windows 10 PC. There were regular crashes when the screen got too full of enemies and mines, causing the game to shut down. Environment & Setting: The world of Rapture feels just like that from the original, albeit with a graphical update. The atmosphere is again spot on, but doesn't feel as shocking or new as it did in the first game, rather familiar instead. The tape recorders dotted around the underwater rooms provide a lot of the back story and are fun to listen to, especially since the voice acting is so good and you don't have to pause the game to hear them. Gameplay: The guns all handle differently and have various ammo types. This game comes with the addition of a Big Daddy drill, which is fun to use. The plasmids (super powers) are quite varied, allowing the player to find their own style of play for tackling enemies. Most can be upgraded, causing meaningful changes. Due to the large quantity of them, I didn't get around to trying every single one out, but rather used the ingame currency (Adam) to buy supporting buffs. Story: You are an early version of the Big Daddies, a brainwashed man inside a hulking weaponised diving suit reminiscent of those used by deep sea explorers of the early 20th century. You are searching for your daughter, a little sister (genetically altered child who bonds with the Big Daddies, withdrawing Adam from the drug addled psychopaths wandering raptures halls). With your ever expanding arsenel of weapons and guidance from a cast of NPCs, you set off to save her from the clutches of her mother, Doctor Lamb, the fanatical religious ruler of the Splicers running amok in Rapture. All in all I found this single player to be a fun romp, which I looked forward to playing in my free time.
The gameplay is varied yet focused. The story is witty and interesting. Characters are funny, voice acting very good. The world is dark and enjoyable to play through. A lot of developers should look to this as an example of a great piece of work. If they were to learn from it we might have a much better selection of modern games.
This game is brilliant. I had played some of Thief 2 when I was younger but I had always been too impatient and had gotten frustrated and tired after some long playing sessions. But with this game, I enjoyed the vast majority of it to a high degree. This was on sale for a ridiculously low price (less than a bottle of Coke) so I gave it a chance just for the experience. I didn't think I'd finish, given my previous experience with Thief 2, but I thought it would be interesting to play a couple of levels nonetheless. To my surprise, I started got really into the game after around the 3rd level. The story was very interesting, the world had incredible atmosphere (with regards to architecture, the immediate scenes, the lore, the dialog and the level cutscenes), the gameplay was very diverse and the missions were challenging yet satisfying to complete. I foundbthe different factions and their various scriptures to be fascinating. They made me want to read each book/scroll and continue through the levels. It's nice that the books generally just have a couple of interesting paragraphs to read, and not an A4 page of a story. You can just read them quick and then move on. Their bits of lore are brilliant at giving the surrounding world a sense of depth, preventing any blandness in the experience which the flat planes and textures of the geometry could cause. The end mission was fantastic in my opinion. I just finished it there 15 minutes ago. To those considering trying this game, I would recommend short sessions at a time. I found it all just became too frustrating after long sessions, as my patience gradually ebbed away and I became more reckless. If you find yourself getting to this point, just put the game away for half a day or so and come back to it when you feel like it. I think I appreciated the aspects of the game much more with this method. I'm going to try Thief 2 again with this mindset, and hopefully I'll be able to get through it all aswell :)