I love the idea of a pyrokinetic having to stop several times mid-fight and stagger over to a vending machine, just so he can chug enough Gatorade to keep going.
He is like Chololate Moose as he chugs gasoline as refreshment. Then again how would Delta drink and eat things because he is wearing that bulky helmet. I know Alpha-series Big Daddies can remove their helmets, but he obviously doesn't do that.
Plasmids in Bioshock Two were what sold me on the series. The story of the original is great but the combat left a lot to be desired for me so the expansion of plasmids delighted me in the sequel. For what it's worth Infinite is also fun I just wish they let you keep your guns through the entire game instead of making you swap constantly until the endgame.
@@Sir.Slayer The hellfire grenades were a lot of fun and setting up water traps once you got undertow was brilliant. Possession was nice but I didn't use it that much compared to the more destructive powers purely because monkey brain like big boom as a kid.
Incinerate used to be more like a gimmick plasmid used to light cigarettes and candles and things like that. Most plasmids actually as most people didn’t have the concentration required to use them as weapons. The reason stated in the bioshock book that only a few splicers can use plasmids and hardly more than one plasmid is because A) most Splicers only bought the aesthetic mods and strength/agility mods. And B) those that can do weaponized plasmids hard to invest pretty heavily into mind mods in order to actually use them as weapons. That’s what makes Houdini Splicers so terrifying (besides the obvious in game junk) is that they’re already intelligent enough to use spell plasmids as weapons rather than just the gimmick that most people could.
Which this actually makes a lot of sense considering Jack's origins and the amount of experimentation Delta must have gone through to become a Big Daddy. The only protagonist this doesn't explain that well is Booker but I also think it'd be reasonable to assume that maybe Colombia's plasmids are more raw and generally powerful even for the average person.
@@IcepersonYT well that AND Booker is a hardened detective with both wartime experience and years of focusing his mind and intent on inflicting violence. Does it make sense he can pick up and use with no minor experimentation and at least initial limited use? Not really but that can just boil down to them not wanting to slow the game down even more with a plasmid shooting gallery section.
@@ghostwriter5685 My headcanon has been that Booker has gone through this song and dance enough times (As attested by the Lutece Twins) that he has a subconscious innate ability to use it now. The mind doesn't remember but the muscles do sort of deal.
the first little sister you harvest when you return her to the vent, you can harvest the future sisters immediately or gather additional adam with them and then harvest them/save them
did the same choices i did on my playthrough saved every sister. spared grace. could not forgive Stanley for his crimes. put alexander out of his misery.
I've always argued: Gil wanted to die. Alexander "Isn't Gil anymore". Ergo: Gil is already dead. Though I do like the ending for if you save all sisters, but kill all NPCs. Eleanor gets a "Protect the innocent, but Destroy those who harm you." mindset.
My first playthrough was actually a whole "pacifist" run. Saved all Little Sisters (obviously) and actually spared all NPCs. Grace was manipulated and lied to by Lamb like she did to all her followers and she actually helps you at some points via presents after you spare her and she realizes you're not some mindless monster that broke her jaw. Stanley is a piece of shit I spared not because of mercy but because I liked to imagine that Lamb and/or her followers would take care of him. Gil was more complicated. On the one hand, the former Gil wanted to die (which technically happened since there is nothing left of his former self), on the other his current self genuinely wants to live. Both personas ain't saints but I thought he would probably die outside his tank either way, considering he is basically a giant blob of intelligent, mutated flesh. Honestly the two people I wanted to save were Mark Meltzer (the giga chad) and Sinclair, but no, they gave me Stanley and Gil.
Telekinesis was always my favorite plasmid in these games. Aside from flinging the bodies of my enemies at their friends, I also took out big daddies by attaching proximity mines to explosive barrels and chucking my makeshift nuke at them from across the room.
That entire run gave me such a warm and fuzzy feeling, your parental instincts kicked in and it was a good experience. keep doing you Lemon and we will always enjoy it.
bioshock 2 made me realize that despite being set in an underwater city, there's very little that you actually do involving water or being underwater. did bioshock 1 even have a single underwater section?
The underwater theme is mostly for visuals and to make it so you are in a city that is isolated from the rest of the world like Systemshock 2 did but in space, Infinite does the same by being in the sky.
If anyone else is planning this challenge I recommend studying the spider splicers with your camera up to tier 4. You get a tonic that lets you cast plasmids for basically free as long as you are in any water. Great video as always Lemon.
It may not be the best written story but a father saving a daughter will always be a fantastic story to me, and I do prefer it over one for that very reason is one better written with better characters yes but I loved twos story so much more.
Fun Fact: With enough trial and error, as well as a lot of RNG- You can "technically" beat bioshock 2 without killing a single enemy. Specific methods via environmental kills, don't count as the player doing the dirty work. Big Daddies are good test subjects to figure out what counts as player damage and what doesn't (damage without aggro), thanks to them being neutral by default. It's an incredibly unfun challenge, due to it utilizing a lot of quick saving and reliance on enemy AI doing what you need... but the tricks like using phosphorus buckshot on oil to "accidentally" kill the required enemies, holding barrel's with telekinesis and getting enemies to shoot it (without throwing it), etc. are interesting.
Aw I liked Sinclair. Sure he wasn't as much of a driving force as Atlas was in the first game, but he felt far more like a fun support character to me. Like a snake oil selling otacon.
He was as ruthless as any successful businessman in Rapture had to be, but he saw workplace morale as something to invest in. He wouldn't murder his employees to save on severance packages. Man openly greedy and self-serving is more honest than one hiding their intentions behind pseudo-religious anarcho-capitalism (Ryan) or fake compassion.
You should have maxed out electrobolt, it’s final form is incredible. I also don’t know if you got it but drill specialist makes plasmids use way, way less EVE. Also also, you should have just kept doing research because you can do it infinitely since it doesn’t cost any ammo and the bonuses you can get are awesome.
Their more appealing design fits into narrative as well. Big Daddies must see their subjects as appealing and worthy of protection. It still is creepy how quickly they accept Delta as their new protector after he has killed their previous guardian.
@@calemr honestly i wouldnt call grace a villain. she was misled by sofia into doing her dirty work and shes the only one i will always spare no matter what
I love the blend of the "roleplay" elements (like how he talks to the little sisters) and the actual gameplay explanations. I have this "fanon" interpretation of Lemon's persona for these as this mild dimensional being, one foot in the fiction and in the role of the guy who plays the games and produces the videos. A cosmic anomaly that feels both sides. I like it especially in the Bloodborne molotov only challenge run where he has the entire "delving into madness" portion, but it also shines beautifully with how he talks to Elenor.
I want to be able to play this on my old XBox so much right now. This is one of those games where the father-child bond really spoke to me, and your interactions with the Little Sisters and Eleanor rekindled something within. When I played this game, I spared everyone, because I wanted Sophia to survive. At the time, I didn't think much about it, I just always wanted the villain to get away unharmed. Now, I would do so again, because I wouldn't want Eleanor to lose both of her parents on the same day. Everyone is hurting, the wounds are deep and gaping, but I believe together, and with the little sisters, they can start the healing. Thank you for this video Lemon! I love listening/watching your content, and I'm excited to see you playing other games than Dark Souls (massive Souls fan here, who also loves other games as well). I'm just happy for the variety.
I have no idea how viable such a run is (since it’s a little into the game to even unlock it) but I think a psychic-neuromod only run in Prey could potentially be pretty interesting
Did you find the drill only plasmid, the one that massively reduces your eve costs for only being able to equip the drill. I had fun with that one on my 2nd playthrough
Drill specialist is my favourite gene tonic. It let's you spam plasmids in exchange for making me only use the drill -- the best and most satisfying weapon. Win win😁
Just did a run with it myself! Killed all NPCs, saved all sisters. Eleanor learns "Do no harm, take no shit". Protect the innocent. Through extreme violence.
Drill specialist can be found as early as paupers drop at a gatherers garden. I think he doesnt use it specifically because its MEANT to allow you to beat the game with plasmids only as if youre a wizard since it makes plasmids cost next to nothing to cast
@@everythingsalright1121 No , unfortunately Drill Specialist is not available in Pauper's Drop. I truly wish it was. You can buy it at a GG in Fontaines Futuristics and Persphone, but not in the early levels of the game.
It had the villain be the complete opposite of the first one. So instead of extreme objectivism of one, two has the villain obsessed with collectivism.
(A few months late, but...) While that was a nice idea in theory, in practice it didn't work because Andrew Ryan is an incredibly wealthy (but otherwise pretty normal) libertarian who decided to create Galt's Gulch (with predictable results once you add in the wizard powers), and Sofia Lamb is a just a cult leader with a paper-thin ideology dressed up as extreme collectivism. The entire first game takes place in the ruins of Ryan's "grand vision", while Lamb just... talks to you about it sometimes?
I'm one of the few that haven't crashed once in the game, when I took the Rivet gun in Bioshock 2 "classic", I crashed, and then I kept crashing after this point because my graphics were set too high, so for some reason, it kept crashing. What's the point of graphic settings then? Point is; the remastered has done me good. I guess it depends on whatever computer you're using when playing those games?
Bioshock 2 is my favorite one of the series only due to the polished gameplay and the Little sisters' dialogues. I can't tell you how much my heart swells with pride when they say " I'm gonna tell the other girls that I have the best daddy!" Hnnggggghh.....
It still lacks visceral satisfaction of seeing all those victims of Frank Fontaine get their brutal, personal revenge on their bully. He had it coming a long way and it finally reached him in Rapture.
I was going to recommend trying a challenge like this in Octopath Traveller, using Alfyn’s Concoct skill to create a suite of elemental explosions, but after some research, I’m not actually sure it’s possible.
cyclone trap is great once its upgraded to two you can combine it with other plasmids so far incineration THE BEES and telekinesis are the best for me but i put lighting in the water just for extra murder power
Man he became so powerful that the game couldn’t handle all that fire power! Though I don’t remember the game having this many issues with crashed when I played it. Then again I didn’t play the remastered I played the original.
@@Aphickey263 you're a lucky one. I had it crash like 3 to 5 times per stage, had to quicksave after every goal, every rescue, every Big Sister... you get the idea. Luckily, it didn't crash in the ending elevator too. That happened on console instead.
Bioshock 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, and while the gameplay, visuals, and story are good. The thing that won me over was the little sisters voice lines
The way you took out Stanley was incredibly cold in the best way... 10/10 lemon lore, never touch the man's wee citrus filled children on pain of firebomb
I Just did a Drill Specialist run the other day! It can Rip through people when you've got all the right tonics. I went with saving all girls, killing all NPCs, for a change. Only way to get the Good ending but still kill Sophia Lamb: Eleanor learns to protect innocents, but to still be fully willing to kill the bad guys. Shame you have to kill Grace for it... I Love how the moral choices you make affect Eleanor's actions, NOT your own in the ending. You may have had any reasoning for what you did, but she learns from watching you, not reading you mind for justifications.
Honestly 2 is my favorite bioshock out of any of them, I love it’s story, it’s DLC is amazing, the good ending made me cry the hardest, the game is so fun, I could go on and on if I was able to remember everything, heck even when I died all the time it was fun
Story is definitely cliche and suffered in the second game but the gameplay was an overall improvement. Might be an unpopular opinion but I like the second game better than the original. And the relationship between Delta and Eleanor is the best part, and he doesn't say a single word.
I love this game and was my first introduction to the bio shock series. I loved being a big daddy! I even got the best ending, saving all the little sisters and sparing the people
Honestly, I feel like while this video was good, it could have had a good twist if you had secretly been killing all the little sisters when you said you were saving them, then played it up as having not known.
Bioshock used to be one of my favorites to play. After losing my little one, I haven't been able to pick it up again. It was nice to rewatch this, though. Maybe someday I'll play this one again.
Even though this was meant to be a Plasmids Only Run. . . . . I only see a run where Lemon does what it takes to make sure his daughter is safe. . *Vin Diesel Crying*
Just a first tip for the first sister, she cannot kill you. She will deplete your health to 1 and it’ll stay that way no matter if she hits you again and again. Also with telekinesis it’s probably the most over powered plasma in both games. Occasionally you can one shot enemies with other bodies, it just seems random at times. You can also use it against melee characters, by deflecting there attacks… only you need an object to do this and again it really depends how close the enemy is too you. It’s not a useful tactic but it does have its effects if it works. The good thing about it is that you can change the map loot locations. You can put them in a corner if you’re gonna come back to an area and basically it’s just free restock without having to memorise each location you saw the item. It’s unbelievably a fun plasmid.
So abt the complaints of the villains: all of the characters in bioshock are actually meant to represent the extreme ends of specific philosophies. Lamb is meant to represent the evil of extreme altruism, the idea of giving up entire personhood for the good of others, which of itself can be a type of evil when forced upon someone else. Similarly, Andrew Ryan represents extreme objectivism and individualism. Frank Fontaine is the opposite of objectivism as he is also the opposite of Andrew Ryan, his foil, not necessarily in ideals, but in what objectivism stands for. Objectivism specifically calls out some of his methods for achieving greatness as opposing the true ideals of objectivism. Similarly Lamb and Tenenbaum are equally opposites of the same coin.
I think that's why the second one is so weak, one is a really good takeover of ayn rand and the nonsense of libertarian freedom market capitalists and how it always must be inherently devolve into feudalism, but Lamb isn't a good deconstruction of any kind of collectivism. Altruism isn't an ideology as much as it's just a part of human nature, if it was a commentary on how révolutions can be hijacked by authority figures or cults of personality sure but I just don't think the writer hearts were in it but they felt they had to do the opposite side for the sequel
I know Lamb sounds silly, but I mean so was Ryan and Fontaine. She's pretty much the counter opposite, if Rapture and all of its insanity was brough about by radical freewill, then Lamb is the opposite, a radical collectivist who don't even think humans should think or act individually with a goal of creating a collective consciousness. I think the reason why she seems "evil for evil's sake" or so silly is because that idea is so counter to the human narrative, and at the very least what Ryan sells Rapture as in a little infomercial as you enter it at least sounds on paper like it has some sort of positive principle. Lamb is just an insane reaction to the terribleness of Rapture.
"fire bombs? i don't care what anyone says, youre definitely my daughter." "you mean, you still wanna celebrate bring your daughter to work day with me? "
"eh some people say the DLC is pretty good, let's check that out I guess.." "ZEHAHAHAHA I HAVE A LASER WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT ZUEHEHAHAHA!" "Yeah the DLC is pretty okay."
Man watching this reminds me just how good this game is. Having fun with my first playthrough of xcom because of you. But I'm thinking after that it's time to replay bioshock 2. Honestly BioShock just had such a unique style to it. The big daddy was an absolute icon of gaming, the design of it and rapture is just so unique. For me it was also a much more pure time in gaming. An era before games as a service, before games were updated and patched constantly. An era where games that were good were proper masterpieces and everyone would play it just to experience it. Thanks man, you've reminded me how pure gaming used to be and exactly what made me become so enraptured with games in the first place.
Bioshock 2 was my first bioshock experience, and I'm glad it was. Because it shows off this grand epic story going on all around you, but you have no fucks to give, because your only goal is to get to the person you care about most, and make sure she's okay. Everyone else is either a help or a hinderance on your personal journey through this harrowing world, and the idea caught me better than Bioshock 1's "you have no idea who you are or why you're here or why you're working with these people and taking sides in a war you should have no stakes in". Frankly, Bioshock 2's story succeeded for me for the same reason that Fallout 4's failed. A compelling reason to march through a linear narrative is necessary, whereas an exploratory open world game needs no highly compelling personal reason to jog to the next cave or town or fortress or dungeon. You go because it's there and you are exploring.
Ghhshdhsgdhd watching Lemon be a dad has awoken my lack-of-father issues and every time he said something sweet to the little ones I teared up a little XD. Excellent video as always-❤
I love the idea of a pyrokinetic having to stop several times mid-fight and stagger over to a vending machine, just so he can chug enough Gatorade to keep going.
He's not chugging Gatorade. He's chugging lighter fluid
@@maskedsalesman2020 living marlboro lighter
i too would chug gatorade to keep summoning the msot dangerous creatue, *BEES*
He is like Chololate Moose as he chugs gasoline as refreshment. Then again how would Delta drink and eat things because he is wearing that bulky helmet. I know Alpha-series Big Daddies can remove their helmets, but he obviously doesn't do that.
*Injecting windex.
Nobody is talking about how natural he sounded when talking to Eleanor like his own child. True Father moment.
He is called father Lemon for a reason
yes
It would feel wrong if other challenge runners are to say the exact same words, but it's just perfect with Lemon
Role-playing always has being a bit cringe.
Dad goals.
I love how they expand Plasmids in bioshock 2 by making them more seamless and better to use in general combat then just hard and special fights.
Plasmids in Bioshock Two were what sold me on the series. The story of the original is great but the combat left a lot to be desired for me so the expansion of plasmids delighted me in the sequel. For what it's worth Infinite is also fun I just wish they let you keep your guns through the entire game instead of making you swap constantly until the endgame.
@@khaeldranis2564 yeah I get what u mean. I just wished there were more memorable vigors in infinite I can only ever using one and it was possession.
Bioshock 2 never got the right attention it deserved, I swear.
@@Sir.Slayer The hellfire grenades were a lot of fun and setting up water traps once you got undertow was brilliant. Possession was nice but I didn't use it that much compared to the more destructive powers purely because monkey brain like big boom as a kid.
@@Sir.Slayer The Crow one was cracked both in terms of being really strong and what it looks like.
Incinerate used to be more like a gimmick plasmid used to light cigarettes and candles and things like that. Most plasmids actually as most people didn’t have the concentration required to use them as weapons.
The reason stated in the bioshock book that only a few splicers can use plasmids and hardly more than one plasmid is because A) most Splicers only bought the aesthetic mods and strength/agility mods. And B) those that can do weaponized plasmids hard to invest pretty heavily into mind mods in order to actually use them as weapons.
That’s what makes Houdini Splicers so terrifying (besides the obvious in game junk) is that they’re already intelligent enough to use spell plasmids as weapons rather than just the gimmick that most people could.
Which this actually makes a lot of sense considering Jack's origins and the amount of experimentation Delta must have gone through to become a Big Daddy. The only protagonist this doesn't explain that well is Booker but I also think it'd be reasonable to assume that maybe Colombia's plasmids are more raw and generally powerful even for the average person.
@@IcepersonYT well that AND Booker is a hardened detective with both wartime experience and years of focusing his mind and intent on inflicting violence.
Does it make sense he can pick up and use with no minor experimentation and at least initial limited use? Not really but that can just boil down to them not wanting to slow the game down even more with a plasmid shooting gallery section.
@@ghostwriter5685 My headcanon has been that Booker has gone through this song and dance enough times (As attested by the Lutece Twins) that he has a subconscious innate ability to use it now.
The mind doesn't remember but the muscles do sort of deal.
@@PanzerIVAE that actually makes a lot of sense as there been trained martial artist who had amnesia who could still fight
"Ey bro what mod you rocking?"
"Elder scrolls patch mod"
The amount of quiet rage in that "you've gotta be fucking kidding me" soon followed by multiple non quiet variations gave me a good chuckle
Yo do you remember when that is
ive got no idea mate sorry @@quinnlee-miller9792
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Glad to know I'm not the only one who had strong paternal instincts awoken in them by the Little Sisters
I couldn't harvest them in the second game. How are you supposed to harvest them in the second game
the first little sister you harvest when you return her to the vent, you can harvest the future sisters immediately or gather additional adam with them and then harvest them/save them
did the same choices i did on my playthrough
saved every sister.
spared grace.
could not forgive Stanley for his crimes.
put alexander out of his misery.
@@thegreatestdane8978 yep that's more or less my reasoning
I've always argued: Gil wanted to die.
Alexander "Isn't Gil anymore".
Ergo: Gil is already dead.
Though I do like the ending for if you save all sisters, but kill all NPCs. Eleanor gets a "Protect the innocent, but Destroy those who harm you." mindset.
My first playthrough was actually a whole "pacifist" run. Saved all Little Sisters (obviously) and actually spared all NPCs. Grace was manipulated and lied to by Lamb like she did to all her followers and she actually helps you at some points via presents after you spare her and she realizes you're not some mindless monster that broke her jaw. Stanley is a piece of shit I spared not because of mercy but because I liked to imagine that Lamb and/or her followers would take care of him. Gil was more complicated. On the one hand, the former Gil wanted to die (which technically happened since there is nothing left of his former self), on the other his current self genuinely wants to live. Both personas ain't saints but I thought he would probably die outside his tank either way, considering he is basically a giant blob of intelligent, mutated flesh. Honestly the two people I wanted to save were Mark Meltzer (the giga chad) and Sinclair, but no, they gave me Stanley and Gil.
Telekinesis was always my favorite plasmid in these games. Aside from flinging the bodies of my enemies at their friends, I also took out big daddies by attaching proximity mines to explosive barrels and chucking my makeshift nuke at them from across the room.
I can tell this channel has allowed your editing skills to improve and your personality to come out. Keep being a good egg, Lemon.
Egg.
Joe, shush!
Ägg.
*ÆGG*
That entire run gave me such a warm and fuzzy feeling, your parental instincts kicked in and it was a good experience. keep doing you Lemon and we will always enjoy it.
bioshock 2 made me realize that despite being set in an underwater city, there's very little that you actually do involving water or being underwater. did bioshock 1 even have a single underwater section?
Nope, because you aren't a big daddy for most of the game
I mean technically the whole game is an underwater segment
Oh yeahhh good point, its honestly ironic
I’d argue that you’re underwater for fifteen seconds after your plane crashes, haha!
The underwater theme is mostly for visuals and to make it so you are in a city that is isolated from the rest of the world like Systemshock 2 did but in space, Infinite does the same by being in the sky.
The way you treat and speak to the little sisters is genuinely adorable
I love your fursona!
@@lechugaenlabiblioteca3298 Aw thank you
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@@crablion847 wanna add me on discord? :3
If anyone else is planning this challenge I recommend studying the spider splicers with your camera up to tier 4. You get a tonic that lets you cast plasmids for basically free as long as you are in any water.
Great video as always Lemon.
It may not be the best written story but a father saving a daughter will always be a fantastic story to me, and I do prefer it over one for that very reason is one better written with better characters yes but I loved twos story so much more.
Literally, if they had Minerva's Den and it's plot twist part of the main story, that would've made it amazing.
Same.
Fun Fact:
With enough trial and error, as well as a lot of RNG- You can "technically" beat bioshock 2 without killing a single enemy.
Specific methods via environmental kills, don't count as the player doing the dirty work. Big Daddies are good test subjects to figure out what counts as player damage and what doesn't (damage without aggro), thanks to them being neutral by default.
It's an incredibly unfun challenge, due to it utilizing a lot of quick saving and reliance on enemy AI doing what you need... but the tricks like using phosphorus buckshot on oil to "accidentally" kill the required enemies, holding barrel's with telekinesis and getting enemies to shoot it (without throwing it), etc. are interesting.
Y tho...y did u figure this out
Aw I liked Sinclair. Sure he wasn't as much of a driving force as Atlas was in the first game, but he felt far more like a fun support character to me. Like a snake oil selling otacon.
He was as ruthless as any successful businessman in Rapture had to be, but he saw workplace morale as something to invest in. He wouldn't murder his employees to save on severance packages. Man openly greedy and self-serving is more honest than one hiding their intentions behind pseudo-religious anarcho-capitalism (Ryan) or fake compassion.
You should have maxed out electrobolt, it’s final form is incredible. I also don’t know if you got it but drill specialist makes plasmids use way, way less EVE. Also also, you should have just kept doing research because you can do it infinitely since it doesn’t cost any ammo and the bonuses you can get are awesome.
I really loved Bioshock 2. And yes, the Little Sisters screams also awakens my "KILL'EM ALL! SAVE THE GIRL!!" Papa wolf mode.
I am pretty sure that is just parental instincts kicking in to protect the future of the human species
Ok
Their more appealing design fits into narrative as well. Big Daddies must see their subjects as appealing and worthy of protection. It still is creepy how quickly they accept Delta as their new protector after he has killed their previous guardian.
@@vksasdgaming9472 What do you mean by "appealing?" That term's problematic when applied to a little girl, m8, whether that was your intent or not.
@@Malkontent1003 By "appealing" I mean they look a lot less like malnourished junkie children.
i never really cared for any of the villains in 2 but goddammit if sinclair's death doesnt get me choked up every time
Does Grace count?
During my "Save all girls, kill all NPCs" run, she was the one I regretted.
@@calemr honestly i wouldnt call grace a villain. she was misled by sofia into doing her dirty work and shes the only one i will always spare no matter what
Sinclair dies a pretty bad death but he WAS NOT a good person in the history of rapture. He was a ruthless businessman plain and simple
Bioshock 2 is a game I never get tired of, the power fantasy of lunging across the entire room to send a splicer back to the stone age is irresistible
I love the blend of the "roleplay" elements (like how he talks to the little sisters) and the actual gameplay explanations. I have this "fanon" interpretation of Lemon's persona for these as this mild dimensional being, one foot in the fiction and in the role of the guy who plays the games and produces the videos. A cosmic anomaly that feels both sides. I like it especially in the Bloodborne molotov only challenge run where he has the entire "delving into madness" portion, but it also shines beautifully with how he talks to Elenor.
I want to be able to play this on my old XBox so much right now. This is one of those games where the father-child bond really spoke to me, and your interactions with the Little Sisters and Eleanor rekindled something within. When I played this game, I spared everyone, because I wanted Sophia to survive. At the time, I didn't think much about it, I just always wanted the villain to get away unharmed. Now, I would do so again, because I wouldn't want Eleanor to lose both of her parents on the same day. Everyone is hurting, the wounds are deep and gaping, but I believe together, and with the little sisters, they can start the healing. Thank you for this video Lemon! I love listening/watching your content, and I'm excited to see you playing other games than Dark Souls (massive Souls fan here, who also loves other games as well). I'm just happy for the variety.
It’s great watching Lemon’s parental instincts kick in in this game
I have no idea how viable such a run is (since it’s a little into the game to even unlock it) but I think a psychic-neuromod only run in Prey could potentially be pretty interesting
I didn't realize how bad that would be if it was "take your child to work day" but could only take one and you had at least two.
Your bioshock 1 with only plasmids is how I found your channel. I've been waiting for this for months now. Absolute fantastic job lemon.
You know the old saying: "Your real father is the one who teached you on how to use Firebombs."
Did you find the drill only plasmid, the one that massively reduces your eve costs for only being able to equip the drill. I had fun with that one on my 2nd playthrough
Drill specialist is my favourite gene tonic. It let's you spam plasmids in exchange for making me only use the drill -- the best and most satisfying weapon. Win win😁
Just did a run with it myself! Killed all NPCs, saved all sisters. Eleanor learns "Do no harm, take no shit". Protect the innocent. Through extreme violence.
Drill specialist can be found as early as paupers drop at a gatherers garden. I think he doesnt use it specifically because its MEANT to allow you to beat the game with plasmids only as if youre a wizard since it makes plasmids cost next to nothing to cast
@@everythingsalright1121
No , unfortunately Drill Specialist is not available in Pauper's Drop.
I truly wish it was.
You can buy it at a GG in Fontaines Futuristics and Persphone, but not in the early levels of the game.
the way you said "its water under the bridge, just like you said, nothing personal." loved it
There's also a gene tonic called drill specialist that you called have found in Dionysus Park that SIGNIFICANTLY reduces the cost of plasmid.
It had the villain be the complete opposite of the first one. So instead of extreme objectivism of one, two has the villain obsessed with collectivism.
(A few months late, but...)
While that was a nice idea in theory, in practice it didn't work because Andrew Ryan is an incredibly wealthy (but otherwise pretty normal) libertarian who decided to create Galt's Gulch (with predictable results once you add in the wizard powers), and Sofia Lamb is a just a cult leader with a paper-thin ideology dressed up as extreme collectivism. The entire first game takes place in the ruins of Ryan's "grand vision", while Lamb just... talks to you about it sometimes?
Glad to see the best bioshock game getting some much needed attention, keep up the good work!
I cant believe nobody replied to you to trash on your opinion lmao
Oh no, we got an Infinite simp in the replies
@@yharr3789 Bioshock 2 is the best bioshock game and I will die on that hill.
Awesome to see you play this!
Bioshock 2 is awesome and deserves more love!
21:03 I can relate, my entire playthrough on the remaster had me saving alot because of the stability of the game.
Yeah when I replayed Bioshock 2 a few months back I looked at the Steam reviews and just reinstalled the original instead.
I'm one of the few that haven't crashed once in the game, when I took the Rivet gun in Bioshock 2 "classic", I crashed, and then I kept crashing after this point because my graphics were set too high, so for some reason, it kept crashing. What's the point of graphic settings then? Point is; the remastered has done me good.
I guess it depends on whatever computer you're using when playing those games?
Eesh, joys of computer gaming I guess
Can't go around insulting Sinclair like that, he's litterally my favorite character in the game
man hearing dearly beloved at the end was a heart warmer. kingdom hearts challenge video? soon? yes?
Bioshock 2 is my favorite one of the series only due to the polished gameplay and the Little sisters' dialogues. I can't tell you how much my heart swells with pride when they say " I'm gonna tell the other girls that I have the best daddy!" Hnnggggghh.....
It still lacks visceral satisfaction of seeing all those victims of Frank Fontaine get their brutal, personal revenge on their bully. He had it coming a long way and it finally reached him in Rapture.
I was going to recommend trying a challenge like this in Octopath Traveller, using Alfyn’s Concoct skill to create a suite of elemental explosions, but after some research, I’m not actually sure it’s possible.
cyclone trap is great once its upgraded to two you can combine it with other plasmids so far incineration THE BEES and telekinesis are the best for me but i put lighting in the water just for extra murder power
Man he became so powerful that the game couldn’t handle all that fire power! Though I don’t remember the game having this many issues with crashed when I played it. Then again I didn’t play the remastered I played the original.
I’ve played the remastered I’ve never seen it crash tbh that’s really weird
@@Aphickey263 you're a lucky one. I had it crash like 3 to 5 times per stage, had to quicksave after every goal, every rescue, every Big Sister... you get the idea.
Luckily, it didn't crash in the ending elevator too. That happened on console instead.
I've been here since the potatoes(ALL HAIL THE MIGHT TATER) and it amazing to see the growth in all area keep it up .
Bioshock 2 is so underrated. It easily has the best gameplay in the series, great story and was a fantastic sequel.
I cannot stress enough how much I love the Bioshock series. Hoping you can get a few more runs in!
Bioshock 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, and while the gameplay, visuals, and story are good. The thing that won me over was the little sisters voice lines
I really love the humor in these videos, it’s nice to be constantly chuckling watching these.
The way you took out Stanley was incredibly cold in the best way... 10/10 lemon lore, never touch the man's wee citrus filled children on pain of firebomb
Lemon makes such a good father, he has my support
that kh piano theme always brings me back to my ps2 days when I was a kid without a care in the world and it is just magical, lovely chills every time
Funny and very touching. You are a good man, Lemon ❤️
I am so glad I am not the only one that feels that primal "Don't you DARE touch my daughter!" Whenever the poor things cry!
Backlogs overwhelming paternal instinct is honestly quite touching
After a long and hard day at work, coming to one of Lemons videos always makes the day better, cheers mate.
Once Loneliness started playing, the tears started running.
You can't drop loaded music like that on me man
“Is that a torpedo?” Famous last words
This video reminded me how much I'd love to be a dad a few too many times.
I Just did a Drill Specialist run the other day!
It can Rip through people when you've got all the right tonics.
I went with saving all girls, killing all NPCs, for a change.
Only way to get the Good ending but still kill Sophia Lamb: Eleanor learns to protect innocents, but to still be fully willing to kill the bad guys.
Shame you have to kill Grace for it...
I Love how the moral choices you make affect Eleanor's actions, NOT your own in the ending.
You may have had any reasoning for what you did, but she learns from watching you, not reading you mind for justifications.
I want to try this playthrough but I'm dreading killing Grace
@@bismuth8394 Yeah, she Really doesn't deserve it. I wish you could get it for just killing the other 2.
What is it? What is it? What is that, what is that, what is it? Oh no, not the bees! Not the bees! Aaaaah! My eyes! My eyes! Aaaaah! NOT THE BEES!
OMG. 17:31 I WAS SCREAMING AT THE SCREEN FOR YOU TO KILL THIS TRAFFICING FOOL. 😢😢😢😢
Big Daddy is too nice. ❤❤❤❤
Honestly 2 is my favorite bioshock out of any of them, I love it’s story, it’s DLC is amazing, the good ending made me cry the hardest, the game is so fun, I could go on and on if I was able to remember everything, heck even when I died all the time it was fun
this guy needs the best dad mug, with Eleanor on the cup, that outta be nice
Story is definitely cliche and suffered in the second game but the gameplay was an overall improvement. Might be an unpopular opinion but I like the second game better than the original. And the relationship between Delta and Eleanor is the best part, and he doesn't say a single word.
it's bring your daughter to work day lemon ... not bring any daughter with you to work
I love this game and was my first introduction to the bio shock series. I loved being a big daddy! I even got the best ending, saving all the little sisters and sparing the people
only a true monster would harvest even one little sister
I always cry playing this game. The ending music choice for the video didn't help me from crying.
I agree with you dearly beloved is the best song to play at the end of video for a game that has sad or melancholy ending
Honestly, I feel like while this video was good, it could have had a good twist if you had secretly been killing all the little sisters when you said you were saving them, then played it up as having not known.
In order to have done that, he'd have needled to omitt the animations
Bioshock used to be one of my favorites to play. After losing my little one, I haven't been able to pick it up again. It was nice to rewatch this, though. Maybe someday I'll play this one again.
Everytime i used the swarm plasmid i would yell "DR BEES"
Even though this was meant to be a Plasmids Only Run. . . . .
I only see a run where Lemon does what it takes to make sure his daughter is safe. .
*Vin Diesel Crying*
Bioshock series are my favorite games of all time
Havent played them more than 4 times but the stories are fantastic
I can't belive he called elenor sweet pea . And from the walking dead this shit is gonna hunt me forever . We miss you Lee.
As a parent the urge to pick up a child is VERY strong every time you pick up the girl lol. (Mine is gonna six so like a little younger)
Just a first tip for the first sister, she cannot kill you. She will deplete your health to 1 and it’ll stay that way no matter if she hits you again and again.
Also with telekinesis it’s probably the most over powered plasma in both games. Occasionally you can one shot enemies with other bodies, it just seems random at times. You can also use it against melee characters, by deflecting there attacks… only you need an object to do this and again it really depends how close the enemy is too you. It’s not a useful tactic but it does have its effects if it works. The good thing about it is that you can change the map loot locations. You can put them in a corner if you’re gonna come back to an area and basically it’s just free restock without having to memorise each location you saw the item. It’s unbelievably a fun plasmid.
Dude I literally finished same type run yesterday on hard, that's so cool xD
Love how Lemon acts like a dad. I also order a shirt and I'm very excited to get it!
*hears dearly beloved at the end* so is that foreshadowing of a Kingdom Hearts Challenge Run?
Dearly Beloved at the end fits so well. Good music choice 👏🏼
Am I the only one hearing the soft relaxing music on the background? Such a beautiful melody
So abt the complaints of the villains: all of the characters in bioshock are actually meant to represent the extreme ends of specific philosophies. Lamb is meant to represent the evil of extreme altruism, the idea of giving up entire personhood for the good of others, which of itself can be a type of evil when forced upon someone else. Similarly, Andrew Ryan represents extreme objectivism and individualism. Frank Fontaine is the opposite of objectivism as he is also the opposite of Andrew Ryan, his foil, not necessarily in ideals, but in what objectivism stands for. Objectivism specifically calls out some of his methods for achieving greatness as opposing the true ideals of objectivism.
Similarly Lamb and Tenenbaum are equally opposites of the same coin.
I think that's why the second one is so weak, one is a really good takeover of ayn rand and the nonsense of libertarian freedom market capitalists and how it always must be inherently devolve into feudalism, but Lamb isn't a good deconstruction of any kind of collectivism. Altruism isn't an ideology as much as it's just a part of human nature, if it was a commentary on how révolutions can be hijacked by authority figures or cults of personality sure but I just don't think the writer hearts were in it but they felt they had to do the opposite side for the sequel
I'd honestly suggest a drill playthrough. It's difficult at first but ends up really powerful and a lot of fun
Honestly Lemon, you're spoiling us with all of these recent videos!
God I love this so much. Who would ever hurt those little angles, freaking psychos.
I don't know if you have a kid, but when talking to the sisters you sound like someone who does
I know Lamb sounds silly, but I mean so was Ryan and Fontaine. She's pretty much the counter opposite, if Rapture and all of its insanity was brough about by radical freewill, then Lamb is the opposite, a radical collectivist who don't even think humans should think or act individually with a goal of creating a collective consciousness. I think the reason why she seems "evil for evil's sake" or so silly is because that idea is so counter to the human narrative, and at the very least what Ryan sells Rapture as in a little infomercial as you enter it at least sounds on paper like it has some sort of positive principle.
Lamb is just an insane reaction to the terribleness of Rapture.
"fire bombs? i don't care what anyone says, youre definitely my daughter."
"you mean, you still wanna celebrate bring your daughter to work day with me? "
Linking the first flame... on splicer faces. I'm here for it.
"eh some people say the DLC is pretty good, let's check that out I guess.."
"ZEHAHAHAHA I HAVE A LASER WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT ZUEHEHAHAHA!"
"Yeah the DLC is pretty okay."
Funny thing it you don’t have to do the protection missions just take them to a vent.
Man watching this reminds me just how good this game is. Having fun with my first playthrough of xcom because of you. But I'm thinking after that it's time to replay bioshock 2.
Honestly BioShock just had such a unique style to it. The big daddy was an absolute icon of gaming, the design of it and rapture is just so unique. For me it was also a much more pure time in gaming. An era before games as a service, before games were updated and patched constantly. An era where games that were good were proper masterpieces and everyone would play it just to experience it.
Thanks man, you've reminded me how pure gaming used to be and exactly what made me become so enraptured with games in the first place.
"Spooorts boost....the hell is a sports?" Might just be might favorite Lemon quote so far.
Bioshock 2 was my first bioshock experience, and I'm glad it was. Because it shows off this grand epic story going on all around you, but you have no fucks to give, because your only goal is to get to the person you care about most, and make sure she's okay. Everyone else is either a help or a hinderance on your personal journey through this harrowing world, and the idea caught me better than Bioshock 1's "you have no idea who you are or why you're here or why you're working with these people and taking sides in a war you should have no stakes in".
Frankly, Bioshock 2's story succeeded for me for the same reason that Fallout 4's failed. A compelling reason to march through a linear narrative is necessary, whereas an exploratory open world game needs no highly compelling personal reason to jog to the next cave or town or fortress or dungeon. You go because it's there and you are exploring.
I've been inspired to finally finish this game
Thanks for being so genuine always Lemon❤️
I really want Lemon as a Big Daddy in sticker form lol
10:09 No matter the universe, the Goddess of Firebombs shall always find followers to spread her flaming, volatile love.
the moment you realize theres donkey kong country music in the background....
Those protection missions really do bring something primal out of you xD
Ghhshdhsgdhd watching Lemon be a dad has awoken my lack-of-father issues and every time he said something sweet to the little ones I teared up a little XD. Excellent video as always-❤
you did not pull dearly beloved on me near the end :0 the feels
As, someone who's very recently had those... fatherly instincts awoken, the little sister screams definitely trigger something in me.