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]
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.
- Allows access to
ForceGlobalLighting
, a setting left over from the original 2010 release that will cause the game to freeze in specific places if enabled.[citation needed] This is verifiable by examining the logs that can be found in the %APPDATA%\BioshockHD\Bioshock2\ShaderErrors
folder after at least one such crash occurs.
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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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, download. |
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, download. |
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 |
11 |
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Metal support |
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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 670 AMD Radeon HD 7770 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
Sound (audio device) |
DirectX compatible | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
- 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 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
- Steam version requires 10.15.4.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/409720/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (409720) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References