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The publisher 2K did a "Quality Of Life" patch which destroyed Bioshock's quality of life. As of September 2nd the 2K launcher is now a mandatory download in order to play Bioshock Remastered. The 2K launcher has a great deal of issues ranging from annoying to outright malicious.
Exhibit A) The 2K launcher is incredibly buggy.
Exhibit B) Linux users can no longer play Bioshock Remastered. (Possibly Fixed)
Exhibit C) Steam Deck users can no longer play Bioshock Remastered. (Fixed Completely)
Exhibit D) In order to play, you must be connected to the internet. (Fixed Completely)
Exhibit E) Many of the games that now use the 2K launcher are having performance problems because of the launcher.
Exhibit F) The 2K launcher conflicts with many mods including Steam Workshop mods. Though Bioshock does not incorporate Steam Workshop, games like XCOM 2 do. At this time, a sizable amount of mods out of the 7,524 Workshop mods for XCOM 2 do not function. Many mods outside of Workshop also do not function, and thus any mods that were made for Bioshock Remastered are now possibly incompatible.
Exhibit G) The most malicious of the issues is the 2K launcher's data usage. Take 2 Interactive (the parent company of 2K) states the following in their privacy policy:
"The information we collect may include personal information such as your first and/or last name, e-mail address, phone number, photo, mailing address, geolocation, or payment information. In addition, we may collect your age, gender, date of birth, zip code, hardware configuration, console ID, software products played, survey data, purchases, IP address and the systems you have played on. We may combine the information with your personal information and across other computers or devices that you may use."
You agree that your data can be sent to "countries that may not have equivalent data protection".
Exhibit G Continued) As you can read from above, they are collecting an obscene amount of data from you. The reason for the launcher's inclusion is not for "Quality Of Life", but instead to make money off of YOU.
I was personally looking forward to playing the XCOM reboot sitting in my Steam library. Now, I will not be installing or playing any of 2K's games. 2K will not get a single cent more from me, even if they remove the launcher and make amends. The fact they so easily backstabbed their fans for data money is appalling. Even more appalling is 2K's utter disrespect for their own developers by making their work unplayable for many and marred by technical issues. Not to mention how many of the mods for their games have become null-and-void; directly spitting in the face of their dedicated modding communities.
Edits:
I have learned that the 2K launcher no longer opens on Steam Deck, allowing the games to be playable.
Linux compatibility may have been fixed.
Many people had problems using controllers due to the launcher, this has also possibly been fixed.
Before editing I said that ALL mods were incompatible now, this information was wrong but still many are indeed non-functioning.
A comment below said they had no problems launching Bioshock while offline as the launcher now goes into offline mode. I have changed Exhibit D's status to "Fixed Completely".
I collected the information in my review from a handful of other Steam reviews strung through various 2K launcher infected games. Some of the information I had was outdated or incorrect and so I felt I had to clarify and edit my review as to not mislead.
Thank You for reading