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Bioshock 2 Trailer Released, Platform Information Revealed
arcticstoat writes "If you've played Bioshock, you'll know it can be a tough choice deciding whether you're going to kill the cute (yet evil looking) Little Sisters and extract their ADAM, or let them live. Your choice even affects whether you're given one of three possible endings of the game, and their story will now continue to be told in the sequel. 2K Games has just released a trailer for the new game, showing what appears to be a grown up Little Sister, still clutching a toy, while the city structure of Rapture springs up around her. No gameplay is shown, but it does give a hint as to what the game will be about, and it looks as though the game may take you onto dry land."
Gamespot initially confirmed the trailer's authenticity after it was leaked last week. A representative from 2K Games also mentioned Bioshock 2 was "destined for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC platforms."
Seriously, they tell us nothing about the game. Think about how much time was probably spent on the trailer compared to how little it actually reveals. It's nice to know that such a game is in the making, but let's get a bit more information!
Three endings? Bullshit, two of those were the EXACT SAME ENDING with a different tone of voice reading the same lines. I don't count that as a seperate ending, if I did I'd need to say that every FMV ever is an infinite number of endings because i can change the volume on my headphones.
A bullet may have your name on it but splash damage is addressed "To whom it may concern."
If most games that came out today had a story half as good as the one in Bioshock gamers would be really spoiled. At least for me, Bioshock was the most fun game to come out in a long, long time and 80% of that was due to immersion factor. The gameplay itself was really nothing revolutionary at all. It was the great story and the feeling that you were actually influencing things (which ironically you were not!) that sucked you in.
I can't wait for the new one!
"If you've played Bioshock, you'll know it can be a tough choice deciding whether you're going to kill the cute (yet evil looking) Little Sisters and extract their ADAM, or let them live."
It wasn't that tough a choice.
Shai Schticks:"You don't make peace with friends, you make peace with enemies"
The hardest part of playing Bioshock was having to go through all those DNA tests to ensure that I was the one who purchased and opened the retail box before it would let me play. Then there was that whole thing about pouring gasoline over the second CD drive in my machine.
The GP just says that when given the choice between killing a child and not killing a child the choice ain't hard. Any sane person would conclude that the person did NOT kill the child. You on the other hand with no further info automatically seem to conclude that either the person killed a child for a minor reward OR that someone who does NOT kill a child for a minor reward needs to be taken into care.
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
I loved BioShock, as some have already mentioned, because of the atmosphere it generated. I know some people don't care at all, and simply run through every game they play, but I loved the fear and apprehension they included in the game as you start to learn about Rapture.
This teaser definitely appeals to me since I have a Little Sister themed ring tone and notification message on my cell phone. And yes, I may be a little disturbed.
I will shred my adversaries. Pull their eyes out just enough to turn them towards their mewing, mutilated faces. Illyria
I can't wait for Bioshock 2. This is one of the rare games where I simply couldn't play as evil, because it was just too gut-wrenching awful to hurt those little sisters, twisted as they may be by the Rapture genetic re-engineering. This game is basically the "Good" end of my gaming spectrum, opposing every Star Wars game I've ever played where I inevitably end up as a dark force warped being of Snidely Whiplash villainy. http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/7/23/
Make it an R-grade implant and a sack full of cybernetic modules and it's a deal. Inssssect.
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
How bad will the DRM be in this game? better or just as bad?
If you've ever seen the original BioShock teaser trailer, it was made before the game was, and much of the art/design was unique to it. The final game is significantly different than that teaser.
I beat the first Big Daddy without dying. I realized that what I had to do was NOT try to go up against him in melee. Shoot, dodge, stay WELL away, and all was fine. If you run at him like a lemming, sure you're going to end up with a drill planted in your ass: that's what he does.
Take a moment and use that grey matter between your ears. YOUR solution was to be like a lemming because you could just respawn. Some of us prefer to play intelligently instead.