I must have missed those somewhere.Malygris said:
You were afraid of the Big Daddies?ThePeaceFrog said:
Nine-Minute BioShock 2 Gameplay Video Released
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It is of course very early and probably entirely inappropriate for me to be saying this, but Bioshock 2, so far, looks like a very competent expansion of the original Bioshock.
More interesting will be whatever Ken Levine is currently working on.
More interesting will be whatever Ken Levine is currently working on.
Wow, great footage. This is certainly a nice find that gives us even more incite into Bioshock 2.
It's good to see the little sister is on your shoulder most of the time, only coming to harm when she's collecting adam. The escort question in Bioshock was bearable at best, and I wasn't keen on the good side leading to great big drawn out version of that.
I'm extremely excited to be playing as a big daddy, but the talk about slicers not being as big a problem and so on brought up an interesting question in my mind. Will it be scary?
Part of the point of a horror game is to feel trapped and helpless, fighting off against impossible odds. Of coarse Bioshock stopped being very scary once you realized you couldn't die. Will this be an even greater problem in Bioshock 2?
If the vita-chambers are taken out (it makes sense *spoiler* since your not related to Andrew Ryan anymore *spoiler*) then maybe the experience will level out a little, but I can't imagine myself tremberling with fear when I know I'm one of the strongest creatures in rapture.
The underwater section looks pointless. I've heard that they're simply there as a place where you can slip away and harvest the slugs that contain Adam and a place between places. Once again, this sounds like a bad move scare wise. If you know you can simply slip away any time you want, why worry?
To be honest I'm still unsure about this game. But I loved Bioshock, and I am keen to jump into the Big Daddy's mammoth boots. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see.
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That being said, I did love them as well as fear them, and I'm interested to see what the end result will be.
It's good to see the little sister is on your shoulder most of the time, only coming to harm when she's collecting adam. The escort question in Bioshock was bearable at best, and I wasn't keen on the good side leading to great big drawn out version of that.
I'm extremely excited to be playing as a big daddy, but the talk about slicers not being as big a problem and so on brought up an interesting question in my mind. Will it be scary?
Part of the point of a horror game is to feel trapped and helpless, fighting off against impossible odds. Of coarse Bioshock stopped being very scary once you realized you couldn't die. Will this be an even greater problem in Bioshock 2?
If the vita-chambers are taken out (it makes sense *spoiler* since your not related to Andrew Ryan anymore *spoiler*) then maybe the experience will level out a little, but I can't imagine myself tremberling with fear when I know I'm one of the strongest creatures in rapture.
The underwater section looks pointless. I've heard that they're simply there as a place where you can slip away and harvest the slugs that contain Adam and a place between places. Once again, this sounds like a bad move scare wise. If you know you can simply slip away any time you want, why worry?
To be honest I'm still unsure about this game. But I loved Bioshock, and I am keen to jump into the Big Daddy's mammoth boots. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see.
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If anyone was ever afraid of anything at any point in Bioshock, it was a Big Daddys. I'm with Frog, being a Big Daddy may well take all fear out of the game.DeadlyYellow said:
That being said, I did love them as well as fear them, and I'm interested to see what the end result will be.
Rhayn is looking forward to this.
It may not be in the same 'style' as Bioshock 1, but it sure as hell looks fun.
Oh, and I do think there will be quite a bit of fear, but I'm thinking it will be more subtle. Just knowing that the Big Sister is out there, constantly watching you, is enough to keep me awake whilst playing.
It may not be in the same 'style' as Bioshock 1, but it sure as hell looks fun.
Oh, and I do think there will be quite a bit of fear, but I'm thinking it will be more subtle. Just knowing that the Big Sister is out there, constantly watching you, is enough to keep me awake whilst playing.
FYI talking in the third person is not cute or funny. Just annoying. Just so you know.Rhayn said:
Man I am so psyched for this now. Great narration by the developer too; he actually sounded excited about his own work.
It looks like you are a combination of Jack, a Bouncer and a Rosie. Obviously you are more human and less tinkered with than the other big daddies. You're also the reason they don't make them like you anymore.
It seemed to me that the rivet gun was very underpowered, but no doubt you can level it up as well as chuck pineapples like a Rosie. It would be awesome if you could combo with the drill too.
It looks like you are a combination of Jack, a Bouncer and a Rosie. Obviously you are more human and less tinkered with than the other big daddies. You're also the reason they don't make them like you anymore.
It seemed to me that the rivet gun was very underpowered, but no doubt you can level it up as well as chuck pineapples like a Rosie. It would be awesome if you could combo with the drill too.
I'm looking forward to this, and I like to think that this game isn't a direct sequel of the first game, just a new game in the same world with a new story to tell, I don't see how this will "ruin" bioshock, the first game still exists, and it stands by it's own achievements in storytelling and gameplay, it won't be wiped away from history just because another game comes along with Bioshock in the title.
I think many people don't realize that the news items are automatically posted to this forum section from the main news page. The news room forum is really a comment system that makes use of the forums' existing architecture.Susan Arendt said:
OT: I'm not really sure about this one. It smells of uncreative sequelitis to me, but I'm not going to pass judgment before I see it in RL.
I have to admit, that part where you end up in the ocean looked incredible. At least for someone like me.
So is anyone else apprehensive about the whole "protecting Little Sisters" part of the game?
They threw that escort/guard job into the end of the last game, and it was horrible (in my opinion). If this is the major way you get experience points... er, Adam, in the sequel, I don't think I'll make it past the first level.
And how does this constitute new "hard choices" when they're the same as the last one? (IE, eat babies or save them).
They threw that escort/guard job into the end of the last game, and it was horrible (in my opinion). If this is the major way you get experience points... er, Adam, in the sequel, I don't think I'll make it past the first level.
And how does this constitute new "hard choices" when they're the same as the last one? (IE, eat babies or save them).
That's pretty much what they did in the first one though. Actually, that's exactly what they did in the first one. Besides, after the first couple of Big Daddys, they weren't scary in the least because they didn't attack you, so there was no element of suprise and you could just surround them with traps and just watch them kill themselves. I really do hope they ramp up the diffiuclty on this one.ThePeaceFrog said:
Edit: Maybe if they made the splicers more cunning and able to set traps and stuff, that would make it more worrying when you see them. Also:
I think that as long as you don't have to worry about them when you're wandering around and you only have to protect them when they're harvesting, which you can prepare for, it won't be so bad. I agree that the escort mission in the first game was a massive waste of time though.DaxStrife said:
This game looks like it will be great, but they do seem to be trying a little too hard with the little sisters creepy factor
Wait, didn't the main character you know in the good ending. The one with the little sisters and fresh air. Is this game going by any of the (2) endings from the first?