You're definitely a 90's kid if you remember this one. I happened to stumble over the actual Simpsons Sing the Blues album which I'll be putting up on Ebay sometime later.
Some people might remember these from the really old 'Top of the Pops' show. I'm unsure how much broadcast the Simpsons got for their music video. In any case here's two of the most memorable tracks for you! ~ (Unfortunately I can't find the official music video for 'Do the Bartman' on youtube).

*SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW* Don't read this if you want the Bioshock game series to be fresh for you!

You know... the first Bioshock was what made me buy the Xbox 360 console. As with my theory on anyone who has next generation consoles, it's because they don't have powerful geared gaming desktops or laptops. I don't have Alienware or a fortune to spend on overwhelming PC hardwares. So with that in mind, back to the land of hassle free - a console, a game disc and a HDTV. Returning to the depths of the murky deep sea, into the run down ruins of a once sophisticated utopia, Rapture. Ladies and Gentlemen here's a trailer for Bioshock 2:



As usual the settings are stunning, the feel of isolation, dark corners, it's all there and nice settings for events in the game. Although I feel there's quite a bit going on, sometimes I miss out on the dialogue of the characters or the diaries I find lying around.

So what is new and what could be more exciting from when we left off the first game becoming the oh-so-awesome 'Big Daddy'? More toys of war and super powers, a new plotline and enemies... sums up perhaps an additional 30% new feel to the game? I still only found myself using perhaps three at most of the many varieties of Plasmids (godly powers where you can throw lightning shocks, burn people, telekenetic, etc). The weapons I personally used ranged from around four different types too. I rinsed out the game with mostly:

PLASMIDS -
Winter Blast (great for cheap killing!)
Hypnotize (especially during ADAM gathering with the little ones)
Bolt (Stopping the plonkers from running around too much)

WEAPONS -
Rivet Gun (seemed to be the one most common for ammo pick ups. The trap rivets I used A LOT to save myself hassle during ADAM gathering)
Mini Turrets (ADAM gathering purpose)
Auto-Hack darts ('nuff said)
Machine Gun (seemed to be the best for on the move while wanting to keep people at more than arm's length from me)

Sure the massive harpoon gun was fun for like ... 20 mins. Felt like effort really unless you were enjoying torturing an enemy close up and picking up the spears straight from their body there and then!

Flying bots and auto defence systems were always my way to go. I'm lazy, they get the job done and I don't have to be colliding endlessly into enemies when I'm trying to get to somewhere.

*Small note* I miss the announcement you used to hear when you shop at the Circus of Value machine. :(



New enemies that teleport and throw fireballs were just annoying rather than scary. The big brutes running around were diet versions of big daddy's, those gorillas too became annoying rather than scary to deal with. Not to mention the awful screeching of the 'Big Sisters' - man I had to keep getting the TV remote and turning the volume down. It gave me more incentive to kill those gits to stop hearing them! Perhaps I've gotten so used to the atmosphere that I'm finding enemies annoying? Or is it a sign that there were too many enemies placed around?

Maybe I didn't go out of my way to try out everything new, would I really want to if I'm already given access to things that I've relied on the first time? Admittedly perhaps in the whole game I was more entertained from the new playing perspective of a small sister. Running around with a brainwashed vision of everything golden and puffy, the contrasting scene cuttings, I wish I could have been able to ride on a Big Daddy's shoulder and stab one a random goon with my needle (yes, I know it's just for ADAM but still they're evil little sh*tes), why not?!



In a way, I found myself feeling like I'm just playing the first game. The ending was similar (if you rescue small children instead of harvesting them) - I'd rather name 'Bioshock 2' as 'Bioshock (alternative)'.

The game is okay but only play it if you've had a long break from the predecessor. I'm disappointed I didn't get to play as a Big Sister, it would have brought the next level of excitement for Bioshock 2.