BioShock 2 single-player DLC announced

By Robert Purchese Published 1 July, 2010

First batch: swarm-based Protector Trials.

BioShock 2 will welcome new single-player add-on the Protector Trials on 3rd August, 2K Games has announced.

This has been developed by 2K Marin's core team and will be the first in a series of single-player BioShock 2 elongations.

In the Protector Trials you, as a Big Daddy, must repel swarms of splicers from laying their murderous mitts on your ADAM-gathering Little Sister.

It takes place on six new maps each with three difficulty levels. There are previously unseen pieces of art and videos to unlock plus several new Achievements and Trophies to collect.

The Protector Trials will cost 400 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live (£3.40/€4.80). PlayStation 3 owners will pay $4.99 - no GBP or Euro price was given.

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Comments (31) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Eraysor #1 2 years ago

    So basically more of what you do for most of the game. Surely I could just play the story again if I wanted to do more Little Sister-protecting?

  • reelbigkris #2 2 years ago

    Just to note, If anyone has not allready picked this up... GAME are selling it for £12.99 brand new... and £9.99 second hand for 360... (14.99 for ps3 new, 12.99 used)

    Got it yesterday, played it for bout an hour a few months back and didnt want to spend more than £20 on it, so a good time tog et it if you've been holding back

  • Eraser #3 2 years ago

    I'm wondering how and if this actually ties in to the Bioshock storyline

  • Old_Books #4 2 years ago

    So they have taken the worst part of the game and decided we want more...genius.

  • darleysam #5 2 years ago

    Uhhhh... no.

    To anyone taking note, this is how not to handle DLC.

  • thewool #6 2 years ago

    Exactly what I was thinking - uuuuuhhhh... no.

  • menage #7 2 years ago

    I don't like arena's and trials so I'll pass, but I fail to see how the combat is the worst part of the game.

  • metalangel #8 2 years ago

    I think the article's subheader highlights the contempt in which this DLC will be held quite well.

  • FuzzyDuck #9 2 years ago

    This is just lame. Glad i got rid of the game months ago. Still have the first title but wish i never touched the second.

  • sneetch #10 2 years ago

    @menage
    I don't like arena's and trials so I'll pass, but I fail to see how the combat is the worst part of the game.

    I don't think they mean the combat is the worst part of the game, rather the protecting a little-sister from waves of enemies is the worst part. I didn't particularly enjoy that bit anyway.

  • Darren #11 2 years ago

    It would have been nicer if this single player DLC had been a sub-plot from the main quest, something that fleshed the story out a little more, because, as it reads above, the trials thing doesn't sound that interesting really. In fact, it's pretty much the very thing I hated about the main game, having to fight off loads of overpowered Splicers... in the end I ended up harvesting the Little Sisters as I just could not be arsed to defend them. It was just too tedious IMO.

  • muscleblade #12 2 years ago

    The DLC for this game has been a disaster. Please stop!

    @Darren

    I agree
    Edited by 1 at 01/07/10 @ 15:05

  • bad09 #13 2 years ago

    Christ so much DLC on those discs I'm surprised they got the game on...

  • thewool #14 2 years ago

    By the way, I was also holding off on buying the game until it was cheap - just bought the Ltd. Edition PC version from Game for £17.99 with free p&p!!

  • menage #15 2 years ago

    @darren

    I quite liked it, not all the time, but setting up elaborate traps with turrets and stuff really kicked in when all hell broke loose. They were ridiculously overpowered at times though. But it was pretty hectic.

  • GreyScale #16 2 years ago

    Single player DLC GOOD: extensions to the main plot, maybe a spinoff character/plotline, or a different point of view, new items and features

    Single player DLC BAD: single items just added to the main game where you need to play it all over again to use them, 'arena'/'trial' things which just throw larger amounts of enemies at you

  • ignatiusjreilly #17 2 years ago

    PC version was £10 on Steam a couple of days ago. Might be again on the last day of the Summer Sale.

  • sonicyoda #18 2 years ago

    I love the Bioshock games but giving you the option of defending something from waves of splicers is just adding more of the same to a game chock-full of that already.

  • Hunam #19 2 years ago

    I like the idea of single player trial/challenge room DLC but that mechanic was fully realised in the main game and I don't think it warrented more exposure.

  • sonicyoda #20 2 years ago

    The other thing is if you just amp the difficulty level up don't you just get this anyway without having to pay extra for it?

  • dudefella #21 2 years ago

    Why on earth would I want more non-storyline single player DLC? good lord

  • Machetazo #22 2 years ago

    The most unappealing thing about this game that I've seen is this boring take on swarm, where you camp in the arena, and AI run in to traps you've set. It looks so boring, goodness knows why they think there needs to be more. I continue my "say no, to paid PC DLC" stance (they made it so easy, this time, though.)

  • RedSparrows #23 2 years ago

    I rather enjoyed the defense sequences. You didn't have to do them, either.

    Also, B2 is a great, great game. It's just in an unfortunate position. To say/imply it's bad is just silly.

  • alcides #24 2 years ago

    why, there sure is room on those DVDs.

  • TadejVig #25 2 years ago

    DLC is just the most stupid thing ever in general, so meh.

    And Bioshock 2 was awfull, I regret playing it. Too bad, because the original was great.

  • Jonny5Alive7 #26 2 years ago

    I echo what people have already said, I found protecting the little sisters the worst part of the game and ended up harvesting them all because I couldn't be bothered.

  • mushroomyakuza #27 2 years ago

    You know what, I'm just gonna come out and say it. Bioshock 2 was shit.

  • jbrollse #28 2 years ago

    A lot of people here are talking crap. Bioshock 2 wasn't rubbish, it was technically competent and playable.

    However it totally lacked the amibition of the original (going to Rapture for the first time was breathtaking, going back it became ho-hum). Playing as a Big Daddy didn't feel right - the original made it epic, with slowed down movement and distorted vision. In 2 it was just a skin with no impact on gameplay. Add in linear progression that guided you to the end with no chance to return to mop up previous areas, too little time spent underwater (why not give us the ability to smash through glass corridors to create ambushes? why no underwater conflict? I want to kill sharks and giant squid), and the fact that the new areas of Rapture just didn't feel different enough to the original, and you can see why the game was less successful than expected.

    Adding in Horde/Firefight/Onslaught (with extra escorty-ness) isn't going to change that. I'd assume that most people have already traded in their copy - this isn't going to persuade anyone to hold onto it.

    Edited with paragraphs
    Edited by 1 at 02/07/10 @ 10:38

  • itsfuzzy #29 2 years ago

    Ive been playing the multiplayer on this for the past week.
    Its a very masochistic experience. I dont understand why i keep playing it.
    Kind of the same feeling i got, when i just had to complete "Alone in the Dark"

  • AgentBalti #30 2 years ago

    Sheesh, Single-Player DLC which is essentially replaying THE most irritating part of the game? Christ on a skateboard, what have we done to deserve this? Glad I traded mine in whilst the price was still hot.

  • evilrobot #31 2 years ago

    People love a moan on here! oh...nearly left without the obligatory; fail/oh wait/genius/cool story bro/good lord/no thanks. Please take your pick from the list.