<P> BioShock 2 is a first - person shooter video game developed by 2K Marin and published by 2K Games . A part of the Bioshock series, it is the sequel to the 2007 video game BioShock and was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360 on February 9, 2010 . Feral Interactive released an OS X version of the game on March 30, 2012 . Set in the fictional underwater dystopian city of Rapture, the game's story takes place eight years after BioShock . Assuming control of Subject Delta, a hulking Big Daddy, players are tasked with fighting through "splicers", the psychotic human population of the city, using weapons and an array of genetic modifications . The game also introduces a story - driven multiplayer mode called Fall of Rapture, which takes place during Rapture's 1959 civil war, before the events of the first game . </P> <P> BioShock 2 was mainly developed by 2K Marin, with 2K Australia, Arkane Studios, and Digital Extremes providing additional support . 2K Boston, formerly Irrational Games, also assisted the game's development, with series creator Ken Levine providing input . The story received major changes over the course of development . Garry Schyman, the composer of the first game, returned to create the score for BioShock 2 . </P> <P> The game received critical acclaim upon release, with praise particularly directed at the game's narrative, art - style, characters, ending and gameplay . However, the game attracted criticism for having a slow start and being too similar to its predecessor . The game was supported with downloadable content upon launch, and a new single - player campaign, titled Minerva's Den, was released in August 2010 . The game sold more than 3 million copies, but did not meet Take - Two Interactive's sales expectations . A remastered version of the game was released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 13, 2016, as part of BioShock: The Collection . </P> <P> BioShock 2 is set in the fictional city of Rapture, hidden from the rest of the world underwater . Rapture was the realized vision of Andrew Ryan, who built the city to escape the tyranny of governments . Despite the apparent utopia, class distinctions grew, and former gangster and businessman Frank Fontaine used his influence of the lower class to plan a coup of Rapture . Fontaine created black market routes with the surface world, and together with Dr. Brigid Tenenbaum, created a cheap plasmid industry by mass - producing ADAM through the implanting of the slugs in the stomachs of orphaned girls, nicknamed "Little Sisters". Fontaine used his plasmid - enhanced army to attack Ryan, but reportedly was killed in the battle . </P>

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