Ever found yourself on the fence about buying a new game? This should get you off it! Watch the opening minutes of BioShock 2 after the break.

While Mass Effect 2 is still at large one game looks to change that. Giancarlo and Shaun at GameSpot sneak us an early peek at BioShock 2 just days before its release. So for those of you looking to keep what’s in store for Rapture under wraps, read no further. You’ve been warned!

This part of the game takes place in Ryan Amusements – one thing I noticed right off the bat is that the environments look much bigger, lighting is significantly improved and colour pops out at you more so than it ever did in the first game. It looks like the “Pipe Dream” system has been replaced with a new hacking mini-game which takes place in real-time at the bottom of your screen. New weapons like the Remote Hack Dart look to come in handy, especially when I don’t feel like being shred to pieces while attempting to make my way towards an activated turret. Once adopted, Little Sisters will hop aboard helping you locate ADAM-rich corpses before draining them right in front of your eyes *shudders*.

The voice acting is as great as I can remember and you’ll be pleased to know that Rapture looks and feels the same as it did back in ’07, albeit a little creepier. I guess all we’re waiting on now is for the Mass Effect 2 buzz to die down before 2K’s marketing kicks in overdrive mode and February 9th is upon us.

*Spoiler Alert* Someone doesn’t seem to know the meaning of “Highly Confidential” or even simple instructions like “Do Not Distribute”. Thanks to the idiot we’ve got the first five minutes of BioShock . At least the clip doesn’t give too much away and if anything it’s made me even more interested than I initially was, which is probably due to the teams involved, speaking of which, have you ever seen that many developers on one ident?

Just when it seemed the doors to Rapture were closed until 2010, along comes the official box art for a personal favourite of mine, BioShock 2. 2K Games have once again made it as inviting as can be while looking every bit as a filthy as the original did back in ’07. With a bunch of great titles out there to keep us company way into the New Year, February 9th doesn’t seem too far away after all!

High-res images after the jump!