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Haven't started it yet, but I wanna play Bioshock 2 first, although I know it doesn't matter.
I have such a huge backlog of games, Far Cry 3, Metro Last Light, many others untouched, GTA IV Ballad of Gay Tony, need to finish GTA IV Lost and the Damned, Saints Row IV, and I still need to finish Max Payne 3.
I played BS Infinite first and then went back and played BS 1 and 2 before playing the DLC because I knew they took place in Rapture. There was nothing in the main BS Infinite or any of the DLC that referenced anything in BS 2 in any way (that I saw at least). I'm pretty sure they just approached it as if BS 2 never happened, since it was made by a different developer. Completing BS 1 would be important for the DLC though (and would be better for a brief part of the main game).
tl:dr You don't need BS 2 before playing Infinite, only BS 1
It's worth playing for the story & soundtrack, though it's also definitely over-hyped. Personally, I thought the original was better. Just the feel of the combat, the plasmid's & tonics felt better than vigors & gears, eg, "Bucking Bronco" felt lamely weak after Telekinesis, and the original's chemical thrower (napalm / liquid nitrogen / electric gel) felt much more of a unique weapon than BI's essentially "14 firearms that all feel exactly the same in actual gameplay...". No quick-save on BI also smacks of yet more consolization dumbing down, etc. Mildly annoying - I'd give it 8/10 overall. Worth a play though just for the story.Sitting on my SSD, unused. Should I bother?
I guess I'm in the minority, but I thought Infinite stunk.
Had a really cool setting, but the combat was pretty weak; a sub par, mostly linear shooter with nice visuals overall.
It had excellent art and atmosphere, and is worth playing through just for those. I did finish it, and that's not something I can say for most single player fps games.
The story goes off the rails about halfway through. The gameplay/combat is tedious and not very fun at all but it's easy enough to get through. They should have spent less on marketing and more on developing some fun gameplay elements.
I played BS Infinite first and then went back and played BS 1 and 2 before playing the DLC because I knew they took place in Rapture. There was nothing in the main BS Infinite or any of the DLC that referenced anything in BS 2 in any way (that I saw at least). I'm pretty sure they just approached it as if BS 2 never happened, since it was made by a different developer. Completing BS 1 would be important for the DLC though (and would be better for a brief part of the main game).
tl:dr You don't need BS 2 before playing Infinite, only BS 1