Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jan 21, 2022

  Great story and amazing gameplay!! now Would you Kindly agree with me?
• gamedeal user

  Jan 25, 2022

  No additional account, no unnecessary launcher, no denuvo, no epic exclusivity, no microtransactions, just a video game as it always should be.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 3, 2022

  Requires the 2K launcher
• gamedeal user

  Sep 5, 2022

  Go to the Bioshock folder and experience this masterpiece without the 2K launcher → Steam\steamapps\common\BioShock Remastered\Build\Final\BioshockHD.exe
• gamedeal user

  Sep 19, 2022

  The publisher 2K did a "Quality Of Life" patch which destroyed Bioshock's quality of life. As of September 2nd the 2K launcher is now a mandatory download in order to play Bioshock Remastered. The 2K launcher has a great deal of issues ranging from annoying to outright malicious. Exhibit A) The 2K launcher is incredibly buggy. Exhibit B) Linux users can no longer play Bioshock Remastered. (Possibly Fixed Now) Exhibit C) Steam Deck users can no longer play Bioshock Remastered. (Now Fixed) Exhibit D) In order to play, you must be connected to the internet. Exhibit E) Many of the games that now use the 2K launcher are having performance problems because of the launcher. Exhibit F) The 2K launcher conflicts with many mods including Steam Workshop mods. Though Bioshock does not incorporate Steam Workshop, games like XCOM 2 do. At this time, a sizable amount of mods out of the 7,524 Workshop mods for XCOM 2 do not function. Many mods outside of Workshop also do not function, and thus any mods that were made for Bioshock Remastered are now possibly incompatible. Exhibit G) The most malicious of the issues is the 2K launcher's data usage. Take 2 Interactive (the parent company of 2K) states the following in their privacy policy: "The information we collect may include personal information such as your first and/or last name, e-mail address, phone number, photo, mailing address, geolocation, or payment information. In addition, we may collect your age, gender, date of birth, zip code, hardware configuration, console ID, software products played, survey data, purchases, IP address and the systems you have played on. We may combine the information with your personal information and across other computers or devices that you may use." You agree that your data can be sent to "countries that may not have equivalent data protection". Exhibit G Continued) As you can read from above, they are collecting an obscene amount of data from you. The reason for the launcher's inclusion is not for "Quality Of Life", but instead to make money off of YOU. I was personally looking forward to playing the XCOM reboot sitting in my Steam library. Now, I will not be installing or playing any of 2K's games. Moving forwards, 2K will not get a single cent from me, even if they remove the launcher and make amends. The fact they so easily backstabbed their fans for data money is appalling. Even more appalling is 2K's utter disrespect for their own developers by making their work unplayable for many and marred by technical issues. Not to mention how many of the mods for their games have become null-and-void; directly spitting in the face of their dedicated modding communities. Edits: I have learned that the 2K launcher no longer opens on Steam Deck, allowing the games to be playable. Linux compatibility may have been fixed. Many people had problems using controllers due to the launcher, this has also possibly been fixed. Before editing I said that ALL mods were incompatible now, this information was wrong but still many are indeed non-functioning. I collected the information in my review from a handful of other Steam reviews strung through various 2K launcher infected games. Some of the information I had was outdated or incorrect and so I felt I had to clarify and edit my review as to not mislead. Thank You for reading
• gamedeal user

  Dec 11, 2022

  Why the F... did 2K games add a damned launcher.... You have like 4 games, you don't need a launcher.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 22, 2022

  Would you kindly add the following line to your launch parameters so you don't have to deal with that ridiculous 2K launcher: "BioShockHD" -run %command%
• gamedeal user

  Mar 11, 2023

  Love this game. Unfortunately 2K does not. The original game came out in 2007 (remastered in 2016), and in 2022 they push a quality of life patch. Bug fixes, improvements to performance? No, they have shoehorned a needless and buggy launcher that no one asked for in order to shill other products to you before you can play the game. I bought this game on Steam. Why the fuck do I need two launchers to play the game I bought? Who thought this would be a good idea? If you've ever bought an Ubisoft game on Steam you're unfortunately familiar with what I'm talking about. Props to the lads who spearheaded the workaround, but it shouldn't have been necessary. I don't recommend the Steam version, or any 2K game on Steam, until 2K removes their launcher.
• gamedeal user

  May 29, 2023

  Needlessly murder all junkies and turn children's blood into superpowers.
• SaraZ0mbie

  May 31, 2023

  Bioshock has always been one of my favorite game series. This game runs very well. If you don't have it on console I would recommend it. I have not had any kind of issue with it crashing or lagging. It's VERY easy to bypass the 2k launcher. Just simply follow these instructions (IN ORDER) Go to: 1: C Drive - Or wherever you put your steam games 2: Steam 3: SteamApps 4: Common 5: Bioshock Remastered 6: Build 7: Final 8: Make a ShortCut Copy of the BioshockHD Application and paste it to your desktop. TAADAAAA!