Last month I bought Bioshock 1 and 2 on steam when they were on offer for £3 each. It's fun to actually play these games rather than watch someone else play them, yay for having a powerful PC now. I completed Bioshock 1 and moved on to Bioshock 2... Both are quite awesome and immersive with some of the best storytelling I've seen in a game series, even though Bioshock 2 is simply a refined version of its predecessor and doesn't really offer anything new. However, it remains one of the only games to have made me cry, since the good ending is really touching. Heh.
Whatever you do though, do not buy the PC version of Bioshock 2. Even if you download it through Steam, you'll still have to play it through Games for Windows Live or else you won't be able to save your progress. And GFWL sucks. Hard. It steals all your system resources, and then conflicts with Steam.
For example I have an issue with some missing textures and sounds. I verify the downloaded files through Steam, it re-downloads 60 files that are broken - After which I verify the files again, which Steam says are fixed. However, on launching the game, GFWL updates itself and I have the same problems. So I verify the files with Steam and it again says that the files are corrupt. Viscous cycle. I have to run Bioshock 2 with GFWL or else I can't save my progress.
So yes, don't make my mistake. Fortunately the game isn't broken to the point where it's unplayable, but that's still annoying. Glad I didn't pay full price, and it's a big shame because the problems ruin the immersion, even though I know what I'm missing out on. Bioshock 1, however, runs perfectly fine.
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