History YMMV / BioShock

* {{Narm}}: Some of the Little Sisters' lines were probably conceived as creepier and less silly than they come off. "ALL YOUR FACES ARE MELTED!"
** The evil ending of Bioshock. [[spoiler: Jack shaking the Little Sister back and forth a few times to [[KickTheDog demonstrate his evilness]], and the spider splicers jumping 100 meters into the air, basically falling out of the sky and onto the deck of the submarine. If more ominous music was playing, it might have been more effective, but barely any music is playing at all.]]

* CrazyAwesome: Gilbert Alexander was pretty awesome before going mad (leaving behind messages and robots allies to help whomever found him kill him, knowing he was about to suffer WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity) but he still pulls off some cool stuff afterwards (such as singing the Fontaine Futuristics jingle at the top of his voice to prevent you from accessing a voice activated door lock, or hosting a live demonstration of Fontaine Futuristics products...[[spoiler:that try to kill you.]])

** "YourMileageMayVary applies, but [[spoiler:giving the player bad karma for what looks like a clear act of [[MercyKill mercy]]. Makes a lot more sense when you remember that ''Gilbert Alexander'' effectively is already dead. '''Alex the Great''' clearly wants to live and the just wants to go to the sea.]] The Player has no right to decided that his quality of life is unworthy for him.
** In Bioshock 2, it turns out the ADAM-producing slugs eat a type of polyp that has the effects of an Enrage plasmid when thrown at Splicers. So ''that's'' why splicing up induces a mental breakdown! Not to mention why Little Sisters become homicidal Big Sisters as their conditioning wears off...''and'' why doing too much harvesting grants you a bad ending!

** One has to wonder what it's like for Gil Alexander, having [[spoiler:been drafted in for experiments which have made him into a monstrous, immensely disturbing foetus-alike creature through feeding him gigantic amounts of mutagenic gloop and now not even being recognisably human, let alone having friends, conversation, a love life or anything he (may have) had as a human. All after having his body contort into something vomit-makingly disturbing, which is probably not the most enjoyable process.]] That fucking sucks, damn near putting him on a [[TheWoobie Woobie]] level. Then, for extra Fridge Horror, try imagining what he'd do [[spoiler:should be be released free into the ocean as part of him begs to be allowed]]. How, precisely, do you think it would end up having THAT floating around?

* HypeBacklash: The overwhelming acclaim the game received from the mainstream gaming press has led to a few cases of "''BioShock'' is overrated!!" outcries from some gamers and independent reviewers.
* InternetBackdraft: After having waited for weeks, the announcment that Minerva's Den DLC wouldn't come out for PC anyway was taken... [[{{Understatement}} less than kindly by the fanbase]]
** As of December 2010, Minerva's Den has finally been announced for PC as well, along with Protector Trials. The latter is slated for a 2011 release.
* InNameOnly: The Minerva's Den DLC is more a sequel to the original game than Bioshock 2 was.

* MostAnnoyingSound: WELCOME TO THE CIRCUS OF VALUES! HAHAHAHAHAAAAA! Though it's missing the sequel [[GoodBadBugs thanks to a bug.]]
** BIENVENIDO AL AMMO BANDITOOOOO!!!!

** Grace Holloway's life in ''BioShock 2'' reads like a checklist of misery and misfortunes.

** "YourMileageMayVary applies, but [[spoiler:giving the player bad karma for what looks like a clear act of [[MercyKill mercy]]. Makes a lot more sense when you remember that ''gilbert alexander'' effectively is already dead. '''Alex the Great''' clearly wants to live and the just wants to go to the sea.]] The Player has no right to decided that his quality of life is unworthy for him.

* MoralEventHorizon: If it wasn't already obvious, you know Suchong has crossed it when you find an audio diary in Rapture Central Control containing him testing [[spoiler:Jack's mind control by forcing him to break a puppy's neck against his will - when Jack was a little kid, no less]]! There's also [[spoiler: Suchong slapping a Little Sister whilst lashing out at her]], but that audio diary has a [[KarmicDeath happier ending]].

** While [[YourMileageMayVary]], and in spite of being a Complete Monster, much of 2K forums agree Sofia Lamb is damn sexy.

* WallBanger: In spite of the YourMileageMayVary below, the game is quite willing to tell you that [[spoiler:killing Gilbert]] is "bad" (despite [[spoiler: the game and sane Gilbert encouraging you to kill him]]) and [[spoiler:saving Sofia]] is "good". Players were not amused.

* LargeHam: Atlas [[spoiler: and Fontaine]] ham it up a bit, especially when it comes to those GODDAMN SPLOICERS.
** Some audio diaries come to mind. For example, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQls88y-i6w/ Pierre Gobbi is practically chewing on the scenery when expressing his unhappiness about the watered-down wine.]]''
** How come no one's mentioned [[MadArtist Sander Cohen]] yet? He is quite possibly the most hammy character of the bunch.

* ExcusePlot: As pointed out by fans of the first game, the second has only [[{{Sequelitis}} one reason to exist]], and the plot, though better than some, is generally not as good as the first game's. The Minerva's Den DLC, however, averts this.

** There's a unique quirk of the Lot 192 MacGuffin that you come across in Olympus Heights/Apollo Square- when you take the first dose of Lot 192, your plasmid structure will start randomly changing. You won't be able to control what plasmid you have equipped and you can't use Gatherer's Gardens or Gene Banks, but every time your current plasmid randomly shifts, your
'''''entire''''' EVE bar will be refilled. Every single time, until you receive the 2nd dose of Lot 192. Not to mention that you can randomly gain access to plasmids you don't ordinarily possess, like Hypnotize Big Daddy 2 if you're on an Evil playthrough.

** One has to wonder what it's like for Gil Alexander, having [[spoiler:been drafted in for experiments which have made him into a monstrous, immensely foetus-alike creature through feeding him gigantic amounts of mutagenic gloop and now not even being recognisably human, let alone having friends, conversation, a love life or anything he (may have) had as a human.]] That fucking sucks, damn near putting him on a [[TheWoobie Woobie]] level. Then, for extra Fridge Horror, try imagining what he'd do [[spoiler:should be be released free into the ocean as part of him begs to be allowed]]. How, precisely, do you think it would end up having THAT floating around?