Bioshock 2

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Ken Levine apparently not involved in BioShock 2 at all. In fact, all of 2K Boston is working on something entirely different. BioShock 2 is being developed by 2K Marin.

That was pretty much all announced a year ago.

Obviously I missed that bit. As did Gamespot, who obviously wanted to get more Bioshock 2 info out of him.

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Early BioShock 2 footage.

That's a nice set piece involving the Big Sister.

[Dion]

I think that Bioshock 2 will be carried by the atmosphere established in the first game, the 2k team working on the game haven't managed to bring anything new to the table and honestly it looks more like a mod than a new game. That said, it can be some fun playing with Plasmids and the big fat drill 

[Engels]

Early BioShock 2 footage.

That's a nice set piece involving the Big Sister.

Can someone tell me what of that video is that different from the first bioshock? Maybe I don't have an eye for this sort of thing, but it looks nigh identical.

[Dion]

Early BioShock 2 footage.

That's a nice set piece involving the Big Sister.

Can someone tell me what of that video is that different from the first bioshock? Maybe I don't have an eye for this sort of thing, but it looks nigh identical.

It runs on the same engine, in the same city, with the same plasmids, with the same enemies...

In this game you play as a Big Daddy instead of a regular man.

[NiX]

I'm having a hard time playing the first. If it isn't crashing, it's just boring me to tears.

[Goreschach]

I don't really understand why they keep hyping the underwater sections. All that makes me think of are those awful fucking watersuit sections in KOTOR. Amusing for about 15 seconds, then mind numbing as you have to wade around at about 2 mph.

[Dion]

I'm having a hard time playing the first. If it isn't crashing, it's just boring me to tears.

I enjoyed it, especially the atmosphere. The story is decent until you reach a certain point when it just gets stupid.

[Sky]

Can someone tell me what of that video is that different from the first bioshock? Maybe I don't have an eye for this sort of thing, but it looks nigh identical.

Plasmids + weapon = great improvement.

Hopefully you won't have to jam a syringe into your arm every few minutes, that almost ruined the game for me.

[Velorath]

I don't really understand why they keep hyping the underwater sections. All that makes me think of are those awful fucking watersuit sections in KOTOR. Amusing for about 15 seconds, then mind numbing as you have to wade around at about 2 mph.

So you can't understand why they'd hype underwater sections, because one time you played a game that implemented underwater sections poorly?

[NiX]

He might be basing it off the in-game footage, but the Big Daddy is slow anyway, so maybe it's just the way the game is.

[DeathInABottle]

I'm having a hard time playing the first. If it isn't crashing, it's just boring me to tears.

Likewise.  I can't believe that this game STILL won't run in Vista.  I have to go to compatibility mode and play in DX9.  Is it too much to ask for a patch?

[schild]

I've never had a problem with Bioshock stability or playing it in Vista.

[NiX]

I'm running Windows 7, so the complaint is more about the boring part and not the crashing. It behaves very weird under W7. If it crashes it reverts to default settings and to be able to change them you have to turn off compatibility, change the settings and then turn on compatibility to get the audio to work.

[DeathInABottle]

I've never had a problem with Bioshock stability or playing it in Vista.

The 2k forums have a thread about sound issues that's 60 pages long.  I'm not the only one.

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BioShock 2 launch dated Feb 9 2010.

[Velorath]

I liked Bioshock, but there's too much stuff coming out early next year for me to really get excited about Bioshock 2.

[Azazel]

I held off buying it because of the DRM, then bought it when the price dropped and the DRM was removed, but never got around to installing (or even cracking the shrinkwrap), then bought it off Steam for 5 bucks, played it a little on and off, thought it was ok, then forgot I was actually playing it a few months ago until I saw this thread today.

So, clearly, I'm excited at the prospect of Bioshock 2 and it'll be Day 1 for me. 

[Sky]

Meh. Never thought I'd see an Irrational game as a bin purchase 

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I'm pretty sure I'll be disappointed in this title. Might still buy it day 1, but BioShock worked due to the atmosphere in the Medical Pavillion and was downhill from there; I'm not sure how being a Big Daddy is going to give me a whole new experience.

In fact, playing BioShock as a Big Daddy sounds more like it should be a player mod, not a fully fledged sequel.

[Yegolev]

I already played as a Big Daddy.  This is going to suck.

[Malakili]

I read about Bioshock 2's multiplayer in PC Gamer a while back, and it sounded like it had the potential for some neat gameplay and, IIRC, character unlock/developments.

[Samwise]

I already played as a Big Daddy.  This is going to suck.

Yeah, the Big Daddy parts of Bioshock 1 were actually the worst IMO.  Maybe it'll be better if they give us the drill hand this time.

[BitWarrior]

Lens of Truth has posted their cross platform analysis.

[Khaldun]

Just not interested in this, and I loved the art direction and design on the first one. It was just so lacking in gameplay, as per the general opinion here. Can't see why I should want to go through it again.

[Xilren's Twin]

Ill get it im sure as i enjoyed the original but not until they fix widescreen display, which was also broken in game 1.

Morons.

[Samwise]

I have to admit that I'm starting to lust after this game after seeing ads for it on Hulu.  However, according to PA the PC version has 3 kinds of DRM on it, so I feel pretty good about waiting a year or two for the cheaper non-herpes version.

[schild]

I have to admit that I'm starting to lust after this game after seeing ads for it on Hulu.  However, according to PA the PC version has 3 kinds of DRM on it, so I feel pretty good about waiting a year or two for the cheaper non-herpes version.

The Steam version does. The retail release is X activations and GFWL.

The special addition was too gorgeous for me to pass up. Canceled my AVP special addition preorder for it.

[Samwise]

What exactly did they add on to it to make it so appealing?

[schild]

It's just gorgeous and well put-together. I think more love went into the packaging than the game itself. The art book is SUPERB. The soundtrack on vinyl is just awesome. The entire box ITSELF is amazing. It's just neat to have.

[Bunk]

Can someone tell me what of that video is that different from the first bioshock? Maybe I don't have an eye for this sort of thing, but it looks nigh identical.

It runs on the same engine, in the same city, with the same plasmids, with the same enemies...

So, all three of them?

[Engels]

Is the story or gameplay any better?

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From what I've read, instead of an evil industrialist objectivist male (or evil opportunist criminal male, depending on who you saw actually running Rapture), we've got an evil religious socialist female in the main villain role.

Again, everything I've heard makes it sound like a fan mod rather than a fully fledged sequel.

[Synnoc]

Heads up.  If you buy it through steam you'll need to register the game before it even starts.  The serial is available via a right-click menu in the games list.  It's most definitely not the serial number that the retarded Securom application prints out for you underneath the input box.

Heads up x2.  In order to save your game, you must log into Games for Windows Live.  Whatever fuckstick thought that up needs to be tied into a potato sack and drowned in horse piss.

Heads up x3.  Once you log into GFW Live, it will download a patch of some kind.   It leads you to believe that it's an update of GFW Live, but it appears to do something to dig its scabrous hooks deeper into Bioshock.  Once you've signed in, you're literally boned if you try to sign back out.  It stops your game immediately and throws you back to the main menu.

I want my goddam money back.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Heads up.  If you buy it through steam you'll need to register the game before it even starts.  The serial is available via a right-click menu in the games list.  It's most definitely not the serial number that the retarded Securom application prints out for you underneath the input box.

Heads up x2.  In order to save your game, you must log into Games for Windows Live.  Whatever fuckstick thought that up needs to be tied into a potato sack and drowned in horse piss.

Heads up x3.  Once you log into GFW Live, it will download a patch of some kind.   It leads you to believe that it's an update of GFW Live, but it appears to do something to dig its scabrous hooks deeper into Bioshock.  Once you've signed in, you're literally boned if you try to sign back out.  It stops your game immediately and throws you back to the main menu.

I want my goddam money back.

They did shit like this with GTA4 as well, annoying as hell and makes me not want to even boot it up.