BioShock 2 - All Endings (8) 

Delta: *finds a little sister* Deta: “I have only known her for a day and a half, but if anything happens to her, i will kill everyone in rapture and then myself”

I was the best Mr. Bubbles

I get emotionally attached to my little sisters so I can’t bear harvesting them

"Father..wherever you are... I miss you..." (That one had me crying..)

Number 6 (sad) is definitely the best ending narratively. The good ending is too good and the evil ending is too evil. The sad ending shows that you did what you had to in order to survive and made mistakes. They might be justifiable under a "i have to survive" context, but once you realize your daughter is looking to your as a moral example you're filled with regret. It might not even have changed what you did if you would have known, but you regret it all the same. When your daughter goes to absorb you, you deny her. You don't want her to be like you at all. She understands the implications of your decision and realizes the path she's been on is wrong. She's left completely morally lost, and with the death of her father. It's sad but that's life. All the other endings have you absorbed into her which is probably a tortured existence and doesn't allow her to grow up and become her own person. The other endings also have her attempt to go out and exert her influence and will over other people. Ken Levine said in an interview that the philosophy of Bioshock has always been about extremes, on either side of an ideology, just don't work. The first game was about extreme individualism and the second, extreme collectivism. The good and evil endings in Bioshock 2 similarly represent these 2 ambivalent extremes in my opinion. Both are kind of evil, and a bit unrealistic. The sad ending is far more complex and has a lot more emotional weight to me.

Finished the game again today after 9 years, I was about 10 when I played this on 2010, loved this game just as much as I did back then...

Just got the ending where Eleonor harvests Delta. It hurt

As much as I like the good ending the most, I love eleanors line about Lamb in the neutral ending. ‘Broken as she was, how could she hurt me? Now she will grow old and die, knowing that I rejected her’.

A lot of people are confused about this: Killing Gil ISN'T an evil option. And sparing Grace and Stanley aren't good options. The choices aren't about good and evil, they're about ethics. Eleanor has no developed ethical framework since much of her adolescence was spent either as a Little Sister or sedated with drugs, and she has no way of interpreting Delta's motivations behind his decisions. When you kill people who are no longer able or attempting to harm you, all Eleanor is able to glean from that is "killing outside of self-defense or protecting others is acceptable".

when you misclick once and harvest ONE little sister and it messes up the whole ending... hahaha

I was mulling killing Poole. I could forgive the selling me out, but then I learned that he drowned all of the Family in Dionysus Park and was conflicted. Even then, I was holding him at gunpoint until Eleanor spoke up and confirmed that it was him who sold her to Fontaine. He put Eleanor and Grace through all that grief and torture to save his own worthless skin and couldn’t even offer an apology. I put a rivet through his head. I spared Grace to prove I was more than the monster she insisted I was, but I slew Alex. He was another mass murderer, albeit out of his mind, unrepentant, and deteriorated from his former self. I honoured his living will. It seemed like the merciful thing to do: he sincerely wanted to die. I saved all of the Little Sisters, of course, because I’m not a monster (and you don’t really need much ADAM to breeze through this game). I was happy I got the best ending. This game feels like an improvement on the first in many ways. The more nuanced morality is a significant aspect of that.

Eleanor: "This one died alone, and afraid. Get in our way, and you'll share the same fate!" One of my favorite video game lines of all time.

Me when the little sisters compliment me: I do as the little sisters say Me when right after harvesting them : What have i DONE

I played this game twice and didn't understand it because I only went for the good endings. I thought the whole point was to save Delta, so the ending seemed like a major let down. Of course, I never wanted to play for the bad endings. I did that once in the first BioShock, and I can't stomach doing it again. Now that I've seen the bad endings, I'm playing it through again, and enjoying it more. Never even occurred to me that the point of the game was to save Eleanor's soul. I understood that her mother neglected and abused her; I never understood that she had no concept of right from wrong, until Delta teaches her. His death was inevitable, and he was the closest thing she had to a father.

The bond between delta and Eleanor was truly beautiful ❤️

Six is honestly the most emotional for me

I’m 28 and I just played bioshock 1 and 2 for the first time this month. I got into gaming pretty late. But man. These games. Holy cow. They really stick with you. I’m not trying to be corny but they’re kinda beautiful man. And the lore and shit is so fun to look into. Thanks for uploading all the endings! I played through and got the good” ending. The very first time you have to choose to harvest or rescue a little sister in bioshock 1 though I was totally caught off guard because I believed atlas when he said they were unsaveable. I figured it was like a zombie movie when one of the characters has to kill a loved one. But then I was thinking nah man I shouldn’t and ended up hitting rescue thinking “she’s probably gonna come back as a monster and try to kill me now” Pretty cool to have a game make you think that hard about a decision.

Not gonna lie, two things I'm not a huge fan of: Delta "dieing" in every ending makes sense, but is still pretty lame. He should be able to stand up and look out at the sunset with his daughter before starting a real life on land. Another thing, I would've loved if the little sisters during the good ending would all gather around and give Delta one last big hug before he died. He did save most of them from Rapture, after all. Small stuff like that makes a big difference to someone like me.

"Innocence is chrysalis, a phase designed to end. Only when we are free from it, do we know ourselves"

i have this weird obsession with this game. the music, the storyline, the CHARACTERS, EVERYTHING. it gives this strong sensation in my chest so strong it makes me just want to play the game over and over and over again. it’s extremely weird.

So... our moral choices affect the weather too. Also, damn i just realised all little sisters in bioshock 2 have the face it gave me the creeps

God, the "I miss you" line in the neutral/sacrifice myself ending gets me every time

I finished the game today and got the good ending. Love it so much

7:35, that stare makes me cry everytime. Even after so many years, that stare haunts me.

The sacrifice chose is so sad! Jesus, that's why I love and hate this game!

I'm gonna be honest, i'm crying by the endings, the first is the perfect ending, you where a good person who spared the evil ones an saved those who was in need, eleanor learned that and spared her mother's life, and to keep you in his side to live the life that whas denied to both, she makes you her "guardian angel" (meaning she makes you part of her conscience) to share a life and to make sure that you will always gonna guide her in the good way. This is the "ideal" ending, the "happily ever after" but i think the sad one is the best one being reallisticly, she learns that there are some people who doesn't deserve mercy, people who wont change, people who must die in order to keep the safe of those who you love or yourself, so, she kills her own mother. But this ending it's not about killing others, it's also about to learn that there are somes who you need to let them go, you fighted for her freedom that was denied since the moment she was born, from you she learned that even in the depths of the abyss, there is hope, but nothing come to you by free, there are some sacrifices you must be prepared to do, and that's was delta do for her. By sacrificim himself, he taught her that the life is not a fairy tale, even when you furfill your goal, that's not mean that you're gonna end with a happy ending, he fighted for her freedom, for being with her, they shared his las moments together and that's was his most valuable treasure, by chosing letting himself die, he made clear to her that she was going to be a good woman withouth him, that she wasn't a little one anymore, that she wasn't need her daddy to her side anymore, that she will change the world and all by her own hands.

Lots of people are saying 6 is the best ending. I disagree Delta being absorbed by Eleanor is the best outcome, as it symbolises the passing of wisdom and morals from one generation to the next. In that sense the neutral ending is truly the saddest. As eleanor is left without anyone to help her in the cold and merciless world.

I got the good ending, but I feel like #6 would be the most fitting for the story

Well. Now I feel good that I got the pure ending

Honestly ending #6 should be Cannon because it ain’t perfect but it is realistic. Eleanor is her own person the world is still a messed up place and Eleanor is given freedom knowing that she must define herself by herself

I just played this game. The first one, I didn't know there were multiple endings. I just played it. Ruthlessly. I got the bad ending. It broke my heart as a father of a beautiful little girl. Atlas led me to believe they were nothing... just a host to a child's innocent body. Not this game! I saved them all. I literally cried at the ending knowing I did good, and that my (provebial) daughter was watching.. I saved the little ones.. I had a good time playing this game, but I let my conscience choose. I chose right. The first ending in this game is the only one I would choose. If I had known otherwise playing the first, I wouldn't even be commenting on this one

I'm 36 and this is the first time I've played bioshock. I've finished the first and second this week. Such a great game, the story, the characters, the environment are crazy brilliant. Thank you for letting us see all the endings. I didn't know that spare/kill the "villains" had an incidence on the end. That's sad because the only guy that I really wanted to spare was Sinclair, it was heartbreaking that I had to kill him after all he's done for us.

Ending #6 Has got to be the best out of all the endings. The ultimate good and ultimate evil ones feel very cliche, and in ones where she harvests you she becomes you. It's the best outcome that the daughter lives on to surpass the father, even if ultimately she must face the world alone.

Sad ending is the best, we're delta isn't locked in her and gets his freedom to die.

Bioshock 2 has, in my opinion, truly mastered how to deliver the same lines with different emotions in different fashions. From heartwarming and tear triggering emotions to goosebumps causing and ice cold emotions used for the same lines.

The ending where you sacrifice yourself is by far the best one

when she says i miss you in 6# end I'm about to cry thank god to have the good live lamb ending and how monster can harvest a little sister

Since 2010 i never had the guts to do a evil playthrough. But Jesus Christ dude, Eleanor is intimidating and scary looking on the evil endings.

I would pay the price of the whole remastered collection just for a dlc that puts you in a room with Sofia Lamb, with every weapon fully loaded and that just said “you know what to do”

Ending #6 is the true ending as far as I'm concerned. Emotional, with a better message than any of the others, and doesn't turn to inexplicable lovey dovey happily ever after perfection like the "good" ending. That irritated the crap out of me in the first game, where you're either a nuclear terrorist or you're a nice guy who saves the day.

This is the best Exposition of the possible endings I have seen. Thank you for including all the informations in such a compact and easy to digest way. And well done.

''They will never see me coming'' gave me chills

played this again in 2022 remastered. this game was still everything i remembered, all bioshock games were amazing. the atmosphere of 1, the story of 2, and infinite i actually found a lot of fun and different.

For how dark and twisted it seems like, Bioshock really plucks the heart strings.

who else always chooses the best options because they think it's too sad to get the bad endings

It was only after I understood how Eleanor was raised that I understood the story for this game. They were telling it backwards like Ken Levine did in the first one; they just didn't do it as good. However, they understood the Soviet Union extremely well. It was like reading Ayn Rand's Anthem again.

I always liked the detail that Delta is in the "Sleeping angel" pose in the good ending.

Managed to get the good endings for 1 and 2, these games are incredible and very underrated. Big up all Mr. Bubbles out there

MAN, the writers of this game did a great job! So did the graphical design and mechanics folks for that matter!

Ah... the sweet feeling of gratitude, when you have to forgive you forgive, and then you can sense how you did everything correctly and the other loving you.

I love the fact of the weather is related to the ending, at good ending there is sunlight, at choice is cloudy and could rain or see light and at bad ending it was raining from the beginning

Thank you for uploading this!

This game is really beautiful and poetic. Sad more modern games can’t be like this. Bioshock is a classic that gets better with age. It also teaches you same hard truths about ethics. How far are you willing to go to survive? If given the opportunity to get revenge, do you take it? What is right? What is wrong? This game makes you question it and I find how interesting it is that Eleanor was watching you and learning the entire time.

One of my favorite childhood games will always live in my heart ❤️

Bro all of the scenes made me cry

Oh the difference in music on the endings. OH ITS SO GOOD.

This is a list of explaination for the endings, I got this from the Wiki The "Good" Ending (Sofia lives): Save all the Little Sisters. Spare at least one choice character (Grace, Stanley, Dr. Alexander). Eleanor saves her mother's life by giving her an oxygen mask, allowing her to breathe in the flooded lifeboat. She reflects on the things Delta taught her, how "evil is just a word" and that "under the skin, it's simple pain." When they reach the surface, she carefully drains Delta's ADAM, transferring his memories and consciousness into herself. This way, he will always be with her, lending her his wisdom and guiding her along the path to becoming a good person. The "Justice" Ending (Sofia dies): Save all the Little Sisters and kill all the choice characters. Eleanor believes in saving the innocent and punishing those who have committed terrible sins. She kills her mother and muses on the nature of innocence, which she describes as "chrysalis, a phase designed to end." She then drains Delta's ADAM, hoping that with his help, she will be able to judge people correctly and honestly. The "Neutral" Ending (Sofia lives): Harvest at least one Little Sister and save at least one. Spare all the choice characters. Eleanor saves her mother but is confused by the conflicting nature of Delta's choices. Before she can drain his ADAM, the player is given a choice: allow Eleanor to absorb Delta's ADAM, meaning that he will live on in her, or push the needle away. To get the neutral good ending, choose the latter ("Sacrifice Myself"). Eleanor sits down next to her old Protector, crying silently as he dies. She wonders why he chose to make a monster of her and then leave her to fend for herself. She grieves his passing, but she also feels hope, because for the first time in her life, she is truly free. The "Neutral" Ending (Sofia dies): Harvest at least one Little Sister and save at least one. Kill at least one choice character. Eleanor drowns her mother and prepares to drain Delta's ADAM. Once again, the player is given the choice to allow her to do so or have Delta push her away. To get the neutral good ending, choose the latter ("Sacrifice Myself"). The remainder of the cutscene proceeds as above. The "Evil" Ending (Sofia lives): Harvest all the Little Sisters and spare all the choice characters. (Alternatively, get the neutral ending (Sofia lives) and let Eleanor drain Delta's ADAM ("Save Myself"), which triggers the last half of the evil ending.) Eleanor saves her mother, but by killing the Little Sisters, Delta has created a monster who cares for nothing except her own survival. She forcefully drains his ADAM and, smirking, looks out over a churning ocean filled with dead bodies. The "Evil" Ending (Sofia dies): Harvest all the Little Sisters and kill all the choice characters. (Alternatively, get the neutral ending (Sofia dies) and let Eleanor drain Delta's ADAM ("Save Myself"), which triggers the last half of the evil ending.) Eleanor kills her mother, and the rest of the cutscene proceeds as above.

Thanks. I really didn't feel like replaying the game just to see alternative endings. I just saved all the little sisters and spared that old lady earlier.

Just finished my third or fourth playthrough. Decided to harvest and kill everyone and anyone i came across because I'd never done it before. I gotta say, the ending was amazing. I liked ending 6, but the sheer ambience of ending 8 takes the cake for me. Delta harvesting all the little sisters only to be harvested himself in the end is ridiculously poetic. Add in the raging storm and foreboding music in the background, and you have yourself a truly menacing ending. Thanks for the video :)

The evil ending #8 gave me the creeps. The music that plays makes it even more terrifying.

Finished the game literally 20 mins ago and got the pure ending :)

I never died my city was never destroyed I rebuilt it and living in my city in my office

The look over the city while the rocket goes up is just jaw dropping!

I keep coming back to this because it was so beautifully done. The music and quotes hit home so deeply in the endings. In the good ending "Your memories, your drives", she inherited the best parts of her father. In the sad ending "my freedom" but at a heavy cost, as she struggles to drag the body of her father.

Oh dude i finished game 1 and 2 recently. It was the art of the pure beauty. The lines, music, atmosphere can't describe. Reading the comments and it said Elanor dont have conscious awareness and we taught him. This is marvelous thing in the story

I liked the good ending where Eleonor harvested Delta, seems like a good choice to be the guiding conscience with her.

Thank you for putting in not just the endings but the monologues too! After watching, really glad I got the best ending. Although I wanted Lamb dead, seeing what that does to Eleanor makes me glad she didn't go through with it like I didn't go through with killing Stanley. At the end of the day, mercy does more good than murder. Fantastic game

I love how all the different ending dialogues are just shuffled and varied a little, giving a different meaning to the whole narrative.

Both the good ending and the neutral ending made me tear up but the bad ending is just a chill down the spine... Just made you shiver, sad and feel disappointed in her for becoming like this.

To not do all the game again save In Ryan's amusements to not bother through the Atlantic Express

Thanks for doing this, so I didn't have to play all those endings myself!

Masterpiece.

I finished the game for the first time 10 minutes ago and it brought me to tears honestly one of the best games I've ever played

Ending 6 was the one I got and honestly... Its my favourite. In my first playthrough I was initially confused due to the fact that I harvested one little sister by accident but honestly now I love that ending. Its the most neutral and it just feels right compared to the rest.

I didnt feel like replaying all these endings and this video saved me so much time

Thanks. I first I saw a video that said there were 2 endings, then 6, then 7, now 8 and 8 seems to be the correct number.

the good ending was so emotional i cried to the end

Finished the game today for the first time ever. I got the good ending. It’s a bittersweet ending and I’m so happy I saved everyone. What an incredible game.

imagine in the sacrifice myself ending delta fell back into the ocean. that'd make me so sad

Today i finished whole bioshock series... I enjoyed every single minute of it.

Best singleplayer series EVER!

I know that many prefer Infinite and the Original, but Bioshock 2 will remain my favorite Bioshock. The bond it shows between Delta and Eleanor is really something. This was always severely under rated.

I just finished the remaster, didn't realize there were this many endings until I looked at the wiki on Delta, I got the good ending of course, I already couldn't bring myself to harvest the little sisters in Bioshock 1, and after they say stuff like "are we gonna be together again Daddy?" in this one, I might literally cry if I did. This is really interesting because it's not just good and evil endings, there is an actual moral framework around the various possibilities that changes based on your actions

Okay I'm glad I got all the good ones. Came here to check.

I got the good endings - that is, saved all the sisters and spared all the side characters. Two reasons. The first was because if I've learned ANYTHING about games with multiple endings, it's that the less brutal choices always end up giving you the best endings, and mercy is always the key if you can give it. The second was because... well, it's not my job to murder little girls and give judgment to people I have no jury over. Revenge is something I want, but it is not my place to obtain. No point in killing those people. Besides, I'd be setting a bad example to the one person I exist for in this game. And you often have to dig two graves when it comes to getting vengeance. I kinda wish I could've killed Gil, tho, he really wanted to die...

The good ending is the only ending but the line where she says that mother wk grow old and die knowing that I rejected her was a great line that should have also been present on the ending where you rescue all and kill no one

been a while since I played story games and I have to say the bioshock series is very satisfying to finish. Wish there was more >.

Just finished this game! I got the good ending. Thanks for letting me see the other endings.

I just finished it and going for platinum after getting Plat on bio 1 and I'm proud to say that I have not harvested a little sister once. I don't even know the animation

11:52 you can actually see eleanor waking up wach little sister and teleporting them away in that nursery place Like u cant go into the nursery but u can see through the ceiling

"I'm gonna tell the other girls that I have the best daddy! 😊" *2 seconds later she's being harvested*

So the first time I ever played through bioshock 2 I got the choice sad ending and oh my god it was the first video game to ever make me actually cry for longer than I'd like to admit

First time getting the good ending it was pretty emotional

When your forced to harvest a little sister "sad delta noises"

I swear father and daughter stories are the best stories ever. Last of Us, Witcher 3, Bioshock 2 and many others. Tugs on your heart strings as a father. Hit you really close to home. Maybe that's why they are so good.

Ending 6 is what I got the first time around and it is by far my favorite ending

Men, I got the bad ending just because I harvest a two little girls by accident and killed the man at the screen. But you know, he was literely beging for the player to do it.

Anyone who harvested? Did you have to do the mission of getting the girls in the end to boil water or just skip it?

That violin play works like tumor building pressure inside my skull making me unable to hold back tears.

I love that in the good endings she removed the harvester and the weather is nice and sunny, but in the evil endings she keeps the harvester on and the weather is rain and thunder