Bioshock 2, BIG news

[Brokkr]

I really hope that this game is good. The first one is one of my favorite games of all time.

Edit: I don't really read GI anyway, but if this is just an April Fools joke it will piss me off greatly. There is no reason to do April Fool's jokes when you are trying to give the news.

 

[maskedsolitude]

A lot of people are saying that Bioshock 2 is going to be a let down. I can understand their point in the sense that Bioshock was a brilliant game however i believe it is going to ROCK for 2 reasons;

1. It is going to take all the bits from BIOSHOCK that made you say "i wish......" and is going to turn them into reality.

2. Playing as a BIG DADDY! I hope that's true!!

 

[gigastrike]

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That's all the evidence I need. Looks pretty good and I'm glad that you no longer have to wear that scuba helmet.

 

[sketchyshadows]

the people saying "you cant play the 1st big daddy if its set 10yrs in the future" arnt realizing tht maybe in the 1st game u just happened to never encounter the original big daddy? ever put that one through your mind? diffrent place diffrent time?
or sense you became a big daddy, u became model of one of the 1st, and thats what your playing,
so far enough details arnt let out and so many possible and probable outcomes can result from diffrent trains of thought.

im just gonna say it though, Cant wait!

 

[Grabtharr]

It's not an April Fool's joke. They have a whole section in the magazine full of April Fool's jokes called Game Infarcer. Bioshock 2, Resident Evil 5, and Dead Space Extraction (All the titles mentioned on the cover of the magazine) are squarely placed outside of the Game Infarcer section.

 

[will2k123]

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/694020/BioShock-2-Details-Confirmed.html

According to some scans from the upcoming April issue of Game Informer, Bioshock is going to be have:

* Players play as the "first ever" Big Daddy.
* You rescue Little Sisters from other Big Daddies and can either harvest or escort them on their ADAM harvesting trips.
* The game is set 10 years after the first BioShock.
* There will be a multiplayer mode, but no details were given.
* BioShock 2's enemies include the Big Sister, a grown-up Little Sister who is hunting you.
* Some levels take place on the sea floor outside of Rapture.
* The Big Sister will periodically pop up after you kill enough Big Daddies. Her arrival is apparently signaled by a Little Sister singing a song.
* The Big Sister is described as fast and "the hardest thing in the game." She'll utilize telekinesis to throw objects at you or use them as shields.
* Your drill overheats and cannot be used constantly.
* You play as a Big Daddy and you'll be able to do that nifty shoulder bash move.
* Upgrade trees are now more diverse.
* The Incinerate plasmid allows you to throw a fireball or shoot a stream of fire, depending on upgrades.
* Plasmids can now be combined. For example, mixing Incinerate and Cyclone Trap will result in a flaming trap.
* Weapons and plasmids can be used at the same time.
* You can now heal damaged turrets and bots.
* Players will explore Fontaine Futuristics which is where the Adam energy is harvested from Little Sisters. Through this, you will learn how the Adam is recovered.



...I'm speechless. It sounds awesome.

OH MY GOD THIS IS AWESOME OMG OMG IT SOUNDS LIKE...LIKE

It sounds like a goddamn April fools joke, check the month.

March?

 

[sketchyshadows]

i kno game informer's cover was bioshock 2, and they had details on it

 

[Grabtharr]

'First ever' must be meant in a different sense than we are all thinking.

maybe he wasnt clear, first time being able to play as a big daddy directly, atleast thats what im guessing.....

You're wrong. You play as the prototype Big Daddy, as many have already guessed.

Direct quote from the GI article: "You don't play just any Big Daddy in BioShock 2. You play the first ever." -Jordan Thomas, Creative Director.

 

[clarinetJWD]

Who knows? "Indigo Prophecy Syndrome" might ruin it for us, after all, it is a sequel...but has anyone noticed that they dropped the "Sea of Dreams" subtitle? (Awesome)

Maybe too many people noticed the acronym...

BSoD.

Anyways, this really ramps up my excitement for the game now!

 

[Brokkr]

OH MY GOD THIS IS AWESOME OMG OMG IT SOUNDS LIKE...LIKE

It sounds like a goddamn April fools joke, check the month.

Quite possibly. I doubt most people will read it on April fool's day though. I kinda hope that they are lying about the little sister escort missions. That one at the end of the first part was the least fun part of the game.

That was my least favorite part as well. I've never liked escort missions, and even though that one wasn't very hard, it just broker the flow of the game.

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

I still say that picturing fighting the Big Sister scares the shit out of me. In a good way.

 

[nmmoore13]

Finally got the GI issue, read the article, ripped out the poster. As has been said before, everything is now confirmed. I'm still super psyched but two main things worry me:

1. Will the Big Sister start to get annoying? The BS will be hunting the player throughout the story. When the player destroys enough Big Daddies, the BS takes notice and hunts you down. If this happens continually, I'm curious to see if this will get too repetitive. Also, I'm wondering if the battles will be too hard, and accumulating more ADAM will become too risky.

2. Multiplayer? It has been confirmed, but there are no details. It could be pretty cool, it could also suck hard. I'm gonna take a stab at some modes, probably the classics, death match, search and destroy, capture the flag (capture the little sister?), etc. Maybe they could include a mode where one player gets control of a Big Daddy and has to defend a little sister from the other players, who play as splicers. With the variety of plasmids and weaponry, this could be really cool.

 

[jigilojoe]

That sounds more like an RPG than Bioshock... good though

 

[Ace of Spades]

I read about this in GameInformer. My free subscription still hasn't run out yet. I am really looking forward to it now.
EDIT:

I'm betting this Big Daddy you play as will be sleeker and smaller, they wouldn't want the main character to be too powerful. This model will be less armored. I'm also guessing it will not have a drill/gun/mine with it, that way the normal gun-play will remain intact.

If GameInformer is to be believed, you will have the drill as your default melee weapon.

You've already read it? Isn't it in the April issue? Isn't it March?

Yes, yes, and yes. I've never really understood why they send me an April issue in March, but I'm not complaining.

 

[Deometran]

Sounds awesome, however
* "You rescue Little Sisters from other Big Daddies and can either harvest or escort them on their ADAM harvesting trips."
Sounds like flow-breaking escort missions are going to be a main part of it, and does anyone else find it odd that there is only one Big Sister? And that she is only hunting YOU?

*EDIT* You could heal sentries in the original.. just de-activate and re-activate them.

 

[Adventerous3]

i am interested to see them bring some new ideas into it. As far as the reliability of this source, I'm sure the developers SAID everything they are reported to have said. What wereally need tothink about is how much of hat will actually make it into the game. The original bioshock was going to have levels on the ocean floor as well, and have a much deeper system of choice with the little sisters and boss battles AND character interaction beyond what was in the final product. Get excited if this interests you, as it does me, but just make sure you take everything with a grain of salt...