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10/29/09
And yes, the developer confirmed there are multiple Big Sisters. They won't be as ubiquitous as Big Daddies were in the first BioShock, but there are more than one. #bioshock2
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Edit: Yep, I see now that GameTrailers revealed the Big Sister thing. Thank you, Bioshock Wikia!
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This game has you playing as the "first big daddy", but it takes place AFTER the events of the first game? #bioshock2
10/29/09
For me, BioShock was all about the story and I was really worried that they wouldn't do the first iteration justice.
A Rapture ruled by Sofia sounds immensely interesting and for that, I'm quite grateful. #bioshock2
10/29/09
What I don't get about this, now, franchise is how people rave about it. To me it's yet another FPS, albeit a good one. Is it the story people like? Is it the mixture of fantasy with the art deco setting? Is it the Big Daddies? All of the above? I am by no means saying any of it is bad, but I remember when it came out talking to a friend that stopped just short of grabbing me by the shoulders and yelling, "OMFG I CAME BUCKETS!!" He did say, "Best. Game. Ever. AMAZING," however.
Good game, you bet, great game? Ok, I'll give it that too. Most incredible take on the FPS genre and prone to change my life? No... not so much. #bioshock2
10/29/09
Game of the Year has to equal changing your life?
Not sure I follow that logic... #bioshock2
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The important thing to keep in mind is that Game of the Year does not mean "best game ever".
It simply means that amongst titles released that year, it was the best.
You could very well get a list of GoTY nominees that looks like this:
Crappy Game
Crappy Game
Crappy Game
Less Crappy Game
Crappy Game
In this case, "Less Crappy Game" would win. Doesn't mean the game itself is amazing, just the best of that year.
(Of course, I'm not saying this was the case in 2007, there were some great titles that came out.)
If I remember correctly Halo 3 won game of the year for 2007 and that has sparked a long debate that a game that arguably brought nothing new to the table won over a game that many consider to be a masterpiece, combining storyline, a unique sense of style, and gameplay.
Personally, I thought BioShock deserved GoTY over Halo 3.
Now, don't get me wrong, I love me some Halo 3, I just felt that BioShock really broke away from the pack displayed video games as a form of art, while Halo 3 was just another update of an already popular series.
But yah...that was 2 years ago. All water under the bridge. (At least it is for me, I doubt Bioware feels the same way.) #bioshock2
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I was only saying "Most incredible take on the FPS genre and prone to change my life" as some people seem to have claimed as much. My friend for example. #bioshock2
10/29/09
I think a 'Game of the Year' should push boundaries, change our minds about games and gaming, and bring something new to the table. Did Halo 3 do that? No, not really. It had some nice new online multiplayer things, but it didn't really change how I viewed games. Bioshock didn't either for me though. I did think, "Hey, this is cool. I like this." But I didn't walk away going, "Whoa... why aren't more games like this?" This year Uncharted 2 is the game I'd have to say is, easily, one of the best games I've played in the past five years (and I LOVED MGS 4.)
All I was asking in the original post why people liked this game. Hey! I liked it too! I just didn't think it was as good as some seem to say. But I am by no means saying it's bad!. For the record I think Bioshock was an incredible game. #bioshock2
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Uncharted 2 for it's incredible graphics, wonderful story telling, and amazing gameplay. Modern Warfare 2 is sure to push some buttons (already has.) Borderlands I'd argue does some new things too and is a first in a few areas. There has been other notables too. Scribblenauts was... interesting. Batman: AA has certainly set the bar for all other comic based, and I dare say movie based, games.
2009 has been a wonderful year for games and we gamers. #bioshock2
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"ost incredible take on the FPS genre and prone to change my life? No... not so much."
Alright...I misunderstood you...PRONE to change your life! ;) #bioshock2
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Well...imo, I felt the atmosphere in Bioshock 1 was more suited for a SP-only experience...
Whereas, in U1/2, I could see a MP-experience as more acceptable.
But I'm not complaining too much about the MP for B2...I Just won't play it :) #bioshock2
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I'm still not convinced that the storyline needs a sequel, but the fact that we're dealing with an antagonist with another strong philosophical ideology (Humanism? Communism? Could be either, seems interesting!) has me wanting to learn more.
Surprisingly, I'm mostly interested in the multiplayer. If I'm understanding what Monty wrote, you play a character that you level up and customize with exp points gained from matches? Because that's an awesome CoD-WoW mashup that I'd like to play. Also, props on giving the multiplayer its own timeline and story that logically fits within the narrative.
10/29/09
1. Getting rid of 1 Big Sister, and making them just a tough regular enemy - congrats, now they are "like" Big Daddy!
2. Bigger fault, and a sign that Levine was not involved - how come Sofia Lamb is there? Rapture was created for like-minded individuals, industrialists, supporters of self-interest and capitalism. Did Lamb sneak in there? Why? For what purpose? Doesn't seem like they thought it over, they just did same old "one psycho is dead, quickly, get another one!"
This is fundamental fault with regards to Bioshock 1. #bioshock2
10/29/09
But I think the storyline could lend itself to your second point. Didn't the first game explain that while Rapture was initially a haven for people who thought like Ryan, his faults and extreme measures eventually pushed people away and into opposing ideologies? I know that Fontaine snuck in (right?), but Tenenbaum eventually had a crisis of faith towards Ryan, as did the actress who he knocked up. I agree that the trope is less impressive the second time around, but I don't think it's a storyline-breaking move...yet.
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You play a BIG DADDY. How often does a sequel let you play as the main enemy of the original. Surely that makes for some original gameplay. #bioshock2
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So...HL2 is only deemed a great sequel, according to you, because of the Gravity Gun? #bioshock2
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Okay, keep digging. #bioshock2
10/29/09
Please, reading comprehension. Improve it and come back to us.
10/29/09
Alright...I'll take those reasons.
The gravity gun and physics though...I'm a bit iffy...
Personally, I didn't care for HL2 as much...suppose I had too much hype for it...seeing as how HL was such a difference in a stagnant moor of FPS's... #bioshock2
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The multiplayer game takes place during Raptures Civil War, which is before the original but I don't remember how long before. #bioshock2
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Haha, nice. I was thinking, 'dude, really... two years is too soo-- "would you kindly" AH HA!"' #bioshock2
10/29/09
Anybody willing to give me the jist of it? God i'm lazy today.. I actually have the munchies, but i'm too lazy to get up..
Maybe if I get a little high.. #bioshock2
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Its also played through only quick time events. #bioshock2
10/29/09
Plasmid combos sounds like the best thing. Freezing a splicer and then sending them flying in the air via cyclone... NICE. #bioshock2
10/29/09
P.S. The dog needs to be named St. Barksley.
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Come on man, everyone has a little lapse now and then.. even us holy, sacred star commenters can dabble in some trollism or pointless ramblin every now and then...
I'm back in check now.
10/27/09
Compare that to the first one's Big Daddy-Little Sister trailer, or the "Under the Sea" commercial, or the "We all make choices, but in the end, our choices make us" intro movie.
Really, there's no comparison, and it shows. You could tell right away that the first Bioshock was going to be a wholly original experience, a solid FPS wrapped in a narrative and atmospheric tour-de-force.
Here, it looks like a solid FPS, nothing more. And I have plenty of those on my shelf. #bioshock2
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