Bioshock -- the "sequel in spirit" to System Shock 2

Fort Frolic was the Sander Cohen level with the plaster people sculptures and hunting down those guys and taking photos of them for the collage at the center of the shopping mall. That and the first level are probably my favorites.

I got the impression that it takes place in the aftermath of the first game, so I doubt there's a society down there to drawn upon the art and music of 1970, unless they come up with a newly populated working city and all...

The visual especially towards the beginning of that level - when you're about to take the bathysphere out but then Cohen shuts it down, instructing you over the loudspeaker while an enormous purple curtain envelops the area and the plaster corpses rise from the floor on pedestals - almost seemed like something out of Mulholland Drive.

wow ok so the new commercial for this that focuses on the multiplayer features in game video that looks like the shittiest last gen stuff ever. wtf are they thinking?

AGREED, that ad took me from "day one purchase even though I have too many games to play" all the way to "let's give it six months and see if it comes down in price"

yeah my gf (who is not a gamer at all) turned to me after it and said "wait wasn't bioshock that game you liked? i dont remember it looking so shitty" o_O

if you're talking about that terrible gamestop ad, i'm totally with you

yeah the one with the creepy scarred lady and the sailor?

yep, that's the one

yeah why anyone gave the green light to in game footage where yer character looks more float-above-the-groundy than the shitty 3rd person view in fallout 3 is beyond me

jesus christ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvsGgCMHkrg it looks like a cheat code or shitty mod of the first

good lord

actual game looks a lot better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MObDsX7I8dY

MP and SP handled by two separate dev studios btw w/equal resources. SP helmed and written by jordan thomas, the designer behind the first game's best level

it's nearly here!

more like multigayer

^the succinct summary of my feelings about this game that i have been groping for

can't help but worry that the developers of the sequel have the same grasp of the appeal of the first game as george lucas had of the appeal of the og star wars movies going into the prequels.
see also - dead space 2 "less horror, more guns!"

can't help but worry that the developers of the sequel have the same grasp of the appeal of the first game as george lucas had of the appeal of the og star wars movies going into the prequels.

and that sir, Is why until a game of the year award is given, I will be staying away from this. My memory of the first one is too good to be sullied with an inferior sequel.

otherwise it'll be Ghostbusters II all over again....... :(

so yeah, this

anybody played yet?

i'm an hour in. a little samey, claustrophobic. loking forward to some fun plasmids.

how are the horror bits so far?

Nice game to fall back into. Im about an hour or so in as well and am taking my time with it. I like to poke around and look through all the windows and whatnot. Gameplay is samey. Ive already regretted my first weapon upgrade.

should i start with this if i didn't play the first one? that way i won't it being samey.

first one is a great game and can be had for pennies right now, I'd say go for that one and wait for the price to drop on this

say that having never played this one obv

yeah, i don't think you can go wrong with playing bioshock 1

It might not matter if you play 1 for story purposes. It feels like the new ringleader of rapture was kinda grafted into this. Like oh hey btw heres this new pivotal character that you heard absolutely nothing about in any of the 1000 audio tapes you found in the last game!

those audiotapes were the worst. really lame story device.

valve woulda done better

I disagree about audio tapes being lame. They just shouldn't take up important drama that you could watch or be a part of

Already stated, but don't skip the first game!

I loved the audio tapes - if you hated them you didn't have to listen to them, but if you did they way the story unfolded, with the different viewpoints and completely out of chronological or logical order was fantastic. There were plenty of in-game cutscenes/radio messages that pushed the primary plot.

thought i had opened on this thread and was confused: Cassettes

they need to stop treating the PC version like kind of hated stepchild
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/98214-BioShock-2-Blows-Widescreen-Support

yeah i would rather have the option of skipping the audio tapes than have to sit through hours of poorly done cutscenes

btw this game is uglier than the first one, right?

Yeah the textures dont seem as slick.. Could just be my memories tho.

I think its kinda lol that you spend the game cruising around rapture on a metro train just like in dead space.

ugh the combat is so clunky compared to MW2

yeah this game is mainly abt the ~story~ and ~atmos~

that's what put me off the first one, felt really clunky xp

yeah but if i have to ~kill~ these fucking splicers to get the story i'd rather not. someone make a movie.

jeff plz sell my copy on amazon thanks

if i could at least map it to MW2 controls i'd be a little more willing to continue :/

ok I got the sports boost a little less clunkers

ok i'm into this now. i think it is pretty important to play the first game or you don't understand the significance of being a big daddy and having a little sister on your shoulder.

just got it. still has a lot of charm in the setting and story and music. graphics look exactly like original i.e. a step behind the newer big releases. i am going slow as possible and playing on 'hard'.

this game is unforgiving with the ammo.

yeah especially with the respawns. be nice if you regen'd even 10% of your health/eve

maybe u 2 noobs wd be interested in this ~hidden gem~
http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/afm-style-files/wp-content/uploads/style-savvy.jpg

lol

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/askville/5030904_5475327_mywrite/fat_monkey.jpg
"iunno combats kinda clunky in bioshocks"

try the first big daddy on hard. you will die like a bitch and rage-quit. oh wait, you can't b/c you are still playing some mario bullshit on your ds.

lolz coz please report back to us