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."

Comments

What's the point of these teasers?

[TheSambassador]

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!

Re:What's the point of these teasers?

[esocid]

A: It's a teaser. From the verb to tease - to arouse curiosity without fulfillment.

It's a useful marketing tool. They aren't supposed to tell you anything about the game. They're supposed to arouse your curiosity and make you wait avidly for the next little tidbit of information. Hitchcock was great at marketing...wait, that's suspense.

Re:What's the point of these teasers?

[Anonymous Coward]

It's called subtlety. Here are some suggestions:
- It's about 12-15 years in the future (age of the girl who we are assuming is a little sister)
- The title that appears at the end if covered in sea crap, suggesting that Rapture has decayed
- The butterfly springs out of a friggin barnacle, suggesting that something weird has gone on with the sea-life
- We can make the assumption that the game will be similar; a run around, shoot things, gain powers, follow a story of some sort.

I thought it was quite an elegant teaser.

Re:What's the point of these teasers?

[feepness]

Don't tease me bro!

Umm

[Shadow of Eternity]

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.

Great Story

[fortunato]

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!

To save or not to save?

[Ostracus]

"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.

The hardest part of playing Bioshock...

[jo_ham]

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.

Re:The hardest part of playing Bioshock...

[meringuoid]

Apparently they're going to make the DRM less intrusive on this one. They've just written on the disc 'Would you kindly not pirate this game'.

Excellent

[Thyamine]

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.

Re:Playstation 3?? *Lightning strike + Orchestra h

[meringuoid]

PC - Requires you to let 2k Games insert a GPS into your arm.

Make it an R-grade implant and a sack full of cybernetic modules and it's a deal. Inssssect.

Re:Eh, you say a LOT about yourself

[meringuoid]

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.

Really? Because if you save them, you're missing out on a whole lot of Adam. I tried saving a few of them to see what the reward for being good was; the 'hypnotise Big Daddy' was useful occasionally, but on the whole I prefer to take the Adam and spend it on what I want, rather than letting it go in the hope of getting hand-outs later. I mean, am I not entitled to the sweat of my brow?

How bad will the DRM be in this game? better or ju

[Joe The Dragon]

How bad will the DRM be in this game? better or just as bad?

Re:Eh, you say a LOT about yourself

[elrous0]

Doesn't matter. Your free will was just an illusion anyway.

Re:Eh, you say a LOT about yourself

[Siridar]

Would you kindly retract that statement?

You just are unimaginative.

[Moryath]

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.