Key points
- Remastered version of BioShock 2 and its add-on, Minerva's Den. Released as part of BioShock: The Collection, which also includes BioShock Remastered.
- Free to owners of BioShock 2 on Steam.[2] Purchasing this version likewise gives a free Steam copy of the original.
- Does not include BioShock 2's multiplayer mode.[2]
- Some players may have issues with crashes to desktop on Windows 10. Possible fix here.[3][4][5]
- It should be stressed that the
ForceGlobalLighting
INI file parameter cannot ever be set to anything other than the default of False
in either this game or Bioshock Remastered, as when set to True
it will cause the engine for both to attempt to load a non-existent HLSL shader file, which in turn will cause the games to consistently soft-lock at specific points. Furthermore it should be stressed that ForceGlobalLighting
was in fact a performance-boosting measure for low-end PCs in the original releases that reduced visual quality by forcing the engine to use heavily simplified one-source-per-scene lighting. Thus, the majority of users with even vaguely recent hardware would have no logical reason to enable this setting in any scenario regardless.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Minerva's Den Remastered |
Also unlocks a copy of the original Minerva's Den. |
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Essential improvements
Fix audio balance issues
The game does not use the original audio mix, causing some audio balance issues; most notably, gun fire is much quieter as well as other sound effects. The sound effects can be restored by downloading a modified .ini file:
Skip intro videos
Restore uncompressed FMV audio
Download and install this mod.
- Allows you to change settings that are not normally adjustable from the options menu (i.e. custom resolution). Point the program at the game's configuration file location.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
System |
Native |
Notes |
GOG Galaxy |
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OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Steam Cloud |
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Up to 128 save files (and no more than 512 MB) can be synced. |
Video
Advanced graphics settings
- Settings[citation needed] are located in the configuration file location folder, named
Bioshock2SP.ini
Option |
Values |
Description
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Shadows |
True/False |
Shadow Maps
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UseHighDetailPostProcEffects |
True/False |
High Detail Post Processing
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HighDetailShaders |
True/False |
High Details Shaders
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ForceGlobalLighting |
True/False |
Force Global Lighting False is a higher setting
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UseHighDetailShadowMaps UseHighDetailSoftParticles |
True/False |
Use Detail Surfaces Enabling soft particles has no effect
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HighDetailActors SuperHighDetailActors |
True/False |
Actor Detail Set both to false for low, only first option to true for medium, both to true for high
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TextureDetail |
Low/Medium/High/UltraHigh |
Texture Detail
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Input
- Controllers need to be unplugged or disabled in game settings for mouse to work.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Confirmed up to 7.1 output.[7] Audio mode is set to Stereo by default. |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Simplified Chinese |
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Added in PC Patch 3.[8] |
French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Fan translation. |
Italian |
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Japanese |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Fan translation, download. |
Polish |
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Fan translation here. |
Russian |
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Ported from BioShock 2. Available here. |
Spanish |
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VR support
Issues fixed
Game overwrites desktop color profile
Frequent crashes
- A new fix attempt for frequent crashes on modern PCs has been proposed on Steam limiting the game to run on 4 CPU cores max, which seems to work fine for many users.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9, 11 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
7 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66 GHz AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz |
3.0 GHz Quad Core |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
25 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 7770 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 ATI Radeon HD 7970 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX compatible | |
- Mobile chipsets and integrated/AGP graphics cards may be incompatible.
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.14.6 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i3 1.1 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
22 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
AMD Radeon R9 M290 Intel Iris Pro 5200 1.5 GB of VRAM |
- Steam version requires 10.15.4
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References