Find All-New Underwater Thrills In BioShock "Challenge Rooms"

[Andy Chalk]

Find All-New Underwater Thrills In BioShock "Challenge Rooms"

PlayStation Network [http://www.2kgames.com/].


Challenge Rooms are a separate part of the game that give players a "concentrated dose of the BioShock gameplay experience." The levels present players with different obstacles to overcome, ranging from problem-solving to more straight-up combat sequences. Challenge Rooms do not appear within the game itself, but are accessible instead from the main menu via the "Downloaded Content" option.

"Challenge Rooms are designed to be outside the BioShock narrative," 2K Games Senior Producer Melissa Miller says in the video. "They're the pulp adventures in Rapture. They retain themes of Rapture, visually and gameplay-wise, but they're not trying to retrofit new story or new levels into the existing game."

In one example, a Little Sister is stuck atop a ferris wheel and can't get down. The player must find a way to provide power to the wheel's controls in order to bring her down, but obvious power sources aren't available. Players must "think creatively to find all the other ways they can generate electricity in the game."

A high-res version of the video is available at GameTrailers [http://www.gametrailers.com/player/42337.html].


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[the_tramp]

That looks pretty cool, I'm only hopeful that the other challenges will be fresh and not variations of each other. Sad though that they won't be available for PC/360.

 

[curlycrouton]

This is pointless, Bioshock was all about story-line and the philosophy behind it. This is devoid of that.

 

[SomeBritishDude]

I wish this was on the 360. Luckly its way too expensive at £10 anyway, so unless they bring it down, im not that bothered. Anyway, bioshocks gameplay was competent, what made it great was story and atmosphere.

 

[curlycrouton]

This is pointless, Bioshock was all about story-line and the philosophy behind it. This is devoid of that.

Yes, it was, thats exactly why this challenges are needed. To have a little fun with the gameplay without beign sucked into the story again.

I'm gonna be honest, I didn't think the gameplay was that good. I just thought the atmosphere philosophy etc. was superb. IT was OK, just not worthy of its own "challenge rooms" in my opinion.

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

Man, PS3 users get this a year later and it's priced at the regular ol' $60 price while the PC and 360 version is about 20 right now, and then this EXCLUSIVE PS3 ONLY content...is priced at $70.