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Correct.These are excellent reasons as to why. The only things the first game does better aside from this are atmosphere and level design, but its not like 2 is bad at those, and its worlds better in everything else.
Metal_Gear_Raxis posted...

The first one just isn't as good on repeat playthroughs, it depends wholly on the spectacle of introducing you to Rapture and the big twist at the end. Take both away and the game doesn't have as much. The gameplay in 1 is woefully worse than 2 and I think 2's themes hold up better.

Also, I despise Andrew Ryan as a character, so the fact that Bioshock 2 has 3 different characters that constantly mock him in their audio diaries (Sinclaire, Lamb, and Fontaine) is just lovely.

Story wise, they were damned if they did, damned if they didnt with 2. If they did another big twist, it wouldnt have landed because people were expecting one, and theyd have been accused of copying BioShock. So they chose a more character focused story and got lambasted for not doing a big twist.

Also, Minerva's Den is so fucking good. I played it for the first time a year or two ago.

Infinite is so fucking bad. I finally got all the achievements so aim never touching that shit again.