BioShock Team Working on "Huge Surprise"

[Erana]

Survival horror, whoo!

I'm not sure about this but both Bioshock and System Shock were "survival horror"ish, and hence that may not fall under "style they've never tried before" label.

They're as much a survivor horror as RE4 was...
Really, I don't want them to go the Survival horror route, but it seems pretty plausible, given the creepy atmosphere.

 

[Dr Spaceman]

Let us not forget Irrational's other fantastic properties "Freedom Force" and "Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich" back when they couldn't get good studio backing to save their lives. I loved those games and FF vs The Third Reich is one of the best super hero games EVER.

I am excited and I think that whatever 2k Boston does will be worth playing.

It kills me that the Freedom Force games are so often forgotten as both great games in general and as important elements of Irrational's catalog. If anything, these two games demonstrate this team's ability to make games outside of the FPS genre. I'm excited to see what they come up with next.

And yes, these are the best superhero games ever. Why? Largely because there was absolutely no need whatsoever to follow an established license at all, allowing for fantastic storytelling in a 60s comic environment.

 

[dekkarax]

They were rumoured to be making an X-com game a while ago, I'll see if I can find the link.

 

[Stormshadow243]

Could be System Shock 3.

 

[johnman]

maybe their gonna prevent the other deparment from trashing bioshock 2.... at the moment im not interested by that if they keep the big daddy story line.

 

[Maniac536]

The last Freedom Force game had a major cliffhanger, and Irrational was huge fans of that series even though the second game (while a superior product to the first) didn't sell as many as the first did, they could do a new Freedom Force game.

For Freedom!

 

[Jhereg42]

They were rumoured to be making an X-com game a while ago, I'll see if I can find the link.

I was about to post this. X-Com for the win.

http://kotaku.com/386976/ken-levine-and-co-at-work-on-new-x+com-game

 

[TsunamiWombat]

A game design they've never done before? That rules out RPG stats, squad combat, exploration, horror, stealth, and most elements of the FPS in general.

Give the man's love for political discourse, I'd say they're making a vehicle game. Possibly giant robots.

Mmmm. Mecha game from 2K Boston? Yes plz.

Mecha RTS.

 

[Echolocating]

The big surprise is "a type of gameplay that is completely new to us--something the BioShock team has never really explored in depth before"? Um... okay. So are we supposed to be excited for them? I don't get it.

Yes, I'm grumpy right now. ;-)

 

[wordsmith]

I would kill for a Barbie Horse Adventures sequel.

I would also kill for some kind of unholy Valve/2K Boston hybrid. That would be beyond belief.

This

Seriously, a Valve/2k collaboration would be worth millions just for the two names stamped side by side on the box.

 

[runedeadthA]

I bet 2K Boston's new title is going to be a Barbie Horse Adventures sequel.

I just pray to god that Gabe isn't part of the Bioshock 2 focus group...

 

[Kogarian]

Pac-man, the FPS!

 

[SamLowry]

Working on a huge surprise?
Oh, boy! That can only be IT!

IT*!!



__________
* "it, i.e. some actual believable pc-to-npc interaction besides killing everything that looks like (it has been) human, ya know - like in Deus Ex 'n stuff..."

 

[Svenparty]

There will be no leak of info...I found this Audio Tape scattered around 2K:

Levine: I chose the impossible, I chose...THIS GAME

Devlease Mr.Levine I have been working on facial animations to make this NPC look "Confused with a slight hint of melancholy wonder all night!"

Levine: Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

Dev: I quit.

Levine: Would You Kindly come back and do some more animating....

 

[ThaBenMan]

I'm calling it right now:

BioShock Kart.

 

[[Gavo]]

A game design they've never done before? That rules out RPG stats, squad combat, exploration, horror, stealth, and most elements of the FPS in general.

Give the man's love for political discourse, I'd say they're making a vehicle game. Possibly giant robots.

Wait...oh my god. MECHWARRIOR/GOOD MECH GAMES RETURN!

I wish that series would come back.