Bioshock 2 – The Sequel That Shouldn’t Exist (But I’m Glad It Does)

Lawrence Sonntag writes: "Yep," I thought to myself in the months before release, "they’re killing the game I loved for money. Figures." Then I actually played the game.

As it turns out, Bioshock 2 is pretty damn good. Though the sequel lacks the novel twist and clever philosophy of the original, its mechanical superiority and subtle expansions of the setting work harmoniously with the original more often than against it.