History VIdeoGame / Bioshock2

* {{Hypocrite}}: The architect hired to build Ryan Amusements had a lot of ideas that he thought would delight children, but Ryan vetoed them all in favour of making the amusement park one big propaganda-fest preaching about the general awesomeness of Rapture and the terrible evils of the surface world. One of those evils? Authorities demanding that creators alter their vision to serve an ideaology...

** Alternatively to KarmaHoudini above, [[spoiler: if you save all the Little Sisters but kill any of the three [=NPCs=], you get the Justice Ending where Eleanor gives Sofia Lamb a well-deserved death for all the evil she has done to not only you and her, but also to other innocent lives. Probably a much more preferred ending to any player who believes in good and loathes Sofia a lot.]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The bare bones pitch the game gives you is as follows; "You are a Big Daddy. Sofia Lamb took your Little Sister. They are on the other side of this underwater city, and there are hordes of splicers and machinery in the middle. ''Kill everything that gets in your way.''"
* PsychoPrototype: The Alpha-series Big Daddies. All except Subject Delta went bonkers after losing their bonded Little Sister, making them quite effective as soldiers but not suited for anything else.

* AGodIsHe: Jack, unknowingly, is seen as a god by some denizens of Rapture in the sequel. Particularly evident by Father Wales.

* {{Cult}}: Lamb's "Family," complete absolute fealty to their leader, messianic figure, and suicidal "ascension" ceremonies. The Saturnine from the first game count as well.

--> [[spoiler: '''The Thinker''': Mainframe reactivated. Confirming user's identity: genetic identity confirmed. Alpha series: Subject Sigma. Former identity: Charles Milton Porter.]]

* AGodAmI: Jack, unknowingly, is seen as a god by some denizens of Rapture in the sequel. Particularly evident by Father Wales.

In August 2010, 2K released two [=DLCs=] for ''BioShock 2'': ''The Protector Trials'' and ''Minerva's Den''. In ''The Protector Trials'' Tenenbaum activates another Alpha Series Big Daddy and asks him to save several Little Sisters from Sofia Lamb. ''Minerva's Den'' follows another prototype Big Daddy "Subject Sigma", who is tasked with obtaining a copy of Rapture's computer mainframe, called The Thinker, by one of it's creators Charles Milton Porter. The latter is an actual story, while the former was a series of challenges with limitations, like using only certain weapons or plasmids.

* ArtShift: In the sequel the Splicers' exaggerated models changed to more human looking ones, while the Little Sisters were changed from their CreepyChild models to ones that evoke our paternal instincts better - there's even a difference in their reactions to being saved. The Little Sisters in the first game near-tearfully thank you, but the ones in the second act as if nothing much happened.

* CorruptTheCutie: Eleanor Lamb is [[spoiler:watching everything you do through your empathic link with her, even when you choose the [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential evil path]]. [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope And she wants to be just like Daddy]]]].

* MakeMeWannaShout: Big Sisters announce their (incoming) presence with metallic screeching, but it's not a weapon, thankfully for you.

* DarkerAndEdgier. It may seem impossible, but ''BioShock 2'' [[BeyondTheImpossible manages to get even darker and edgier]] than the first game, at least in some respects.

In February 2010, 2K Marin released a sequel set eight years after the end of the first VideoGame/BioShock. In this new game, the player is the {{super prototype}} Big Daddy "Subject Delta". Delta wields plasmid abilities and some nifty new tools as he attempts to track down Eleanor, the Little Sister with whom he was originally bonded. There's a new, very dangerous enemy called the Big Sister, and another romp through Rapture, now run by Andrew Ryan's collectivist foil Dr. Sofia Lamb. All accompanied by ''another'' {{viral marketing}} [[http://www.somethinginthesea.com campaign]].

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