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Heavy Rain, BioShock 2 Delayed

Posted by Soulskill on from the pulling-a-duke dept.

Quantic Dream has announced that their much-anticipated thriller Heavy Rain is being pushed back to 2010. Co-CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere said that the game is on-time and on-budget, but also that they don't want it to come out at the same time as many other high-profile games. "Most publishers today realize that it's not ideal to release a new IP or a new genre just before Christmas. It's a very crowded place to be, and certain games need more space to live their life. Everybody at working on the project, both at Quantic and Sony, believe this is the right time." Meanwhile, Take-Two announced that BioShock 2 would be delayed as well, backing off from their October 30th EU release date and saying it will come out during the "first half of calendar 2010."

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  1. Will get over it. by mjwx · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Bioshock was not that good of a game. It removed the best parts of System Shock, consolised the gameplay and removed any challenge to the player.

    Bioshock had no replay value as both choices you could have made led to exactly the same ending. There was no need to ever alter your style of play as you could carry every weapon and every power in the game at once and there were two or three over powered attacks which made it pointless to use anything else, not that it mattered as you simply just couldn't die no matter what you did. 2K completely removed any RPG elements and dumbed down the FPS elements in order to make the game accessable to consoles. If Bioshock 1 is any indication on how Bioshock 2 will turn out I'm not holding my breath for it.

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    1. Re:Will get over it. by alienunknown · · Score: 4, Informative

      Bioshock had no replay value as both choices you could have made led to exactly the same ending.

      Thats not true. The game has three endings that are determined by if you rescue the little sisters or harvest them.

      Overall, I think it was a good game but we all have different tastes.

    2. Re:Will get over it. by wild_quinine · · Score: 4, Funny

      If Bioshock 1 is any indication on how Bioshock 2 will turn out I'm not holding my breath for it.

      Well, you might as well hold your breath anyway. It's not like you'll die or anything. The worst that will happen is that you'll respawn six seconds away from your current position.

  2. Good! This is a GOOD THING! by MrMista_B · · Score: 4, Informative

    A rushed game will be bad forever.

    Take the time to get it right, and it will /suck less/.

    Please, before all the bitching and moaning, remember - what would you prefer? A good game, or a rushed game?