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Bioshock 2 Hints

Clear the Rubble at the Sinclair Deluxe.

  • 1 of 8: Before you leave the Skid Row area, you should thoroughly explore it for extra combat and supplies.
  • 2 of 8: Head back to the glass tunnel, where you'll need to watch out for a small splicer attack in which one of them ignites the tunnel's oil spill. (Note that if you're quick, you can use Telekinesis to pull in the two explosive barrels on the oil spill before they ignite.)
  • 3 of 8: You now have two ways to get back to the Sinclair Deluxe tenements area. Way #1 is to go north in the glass tunnel and kill a couple of splicers, one of which tries to ambush you with a flaming barrel. Way #2 is to go back through the downtown and diner areas, each of which has a new brute splicer. (The downtown one even has a hacked security bot.)
  • 4 of 8: I recommend you take the longer way so you can get more camera research on brute splicers. Remember that Incinerate! and anti-personnel machine gun rounds work really well against them.
  • 5 of 8: After you take them both down, go for the second ADAM corpse so you can finish up with your little sister (and a big sister who attacks right afterwards).
  • 6 of 8: Visit the Gatherer's Garden machine to see if you want to spend any of your newly acquired ADAM (a new plasmid slot would be a good investment), then return to the Sinclair Deluxe area with the rubble blockage.
  • 7 of 8: Use the nearby fuel station to refill your drill, then do a drill dash at the rubble ahead.
  • 8 of 8: On the PC, that means pressing the left mouse button, then holding it down while pressing and holding the LEFT SHIFT key. Release both keys as soon as you hit the rubble.