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    First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy

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    Image of Project_J187 Project_J187
    05/21/09

    In reply to First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy
    I'm just glad that this game isn't being overhyped like its the 2nd coming of Jesus.


    With the way things are going, anything short of a complete redesign of how we play FPS's will be a letdown considering all the worthless coverage this game is getting. I bet it will be fun but all this press coverage is doing a great job of spoiling the plot and gameplay details that should be kept secret until release.

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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    05/21/09

    In reply to First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy
    It looks like a fish smiling, and I'm going to have nightmares of it.
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    05/21/09

    In reply to First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy
    "Big Daddy's "biggest secret."


    Sorry, I heard this has already been leaked:

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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    05/21/09

    @NeVeRMoRe666:


    IT PUTS THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN

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    Image of Johnofthedead Johnofthedead
    05/21/09

    In reply to First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy
    So you mean to tell me the 9 minute game play walk through i watched was false?Stop gamepro just give it up already.
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    Image of mind in rewind mind in rewind
    05/21/09

    @Johnofthedead: Actually, yeah. It was mentioned many times that the footage wasn't from the actual game.
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    05/21/09

    In reply to First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy
    That word 'exclusive' is thrown around quite a bit these days. But nobody takes the cake on providing 'exclusive' speculation and hypothesis quite like game magazines.


    Guess they gotta sell somehow.

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    Image of ph15h ph15h
    05/21/09

    @Komrade Kayce: Exclusive opinions. Only in this thread.
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    Image of Komrade Kayce Komrade Kayce
    05/21/09

    @ph15h: now knows what it feels like to be Archaotic:


    Exclusive replies, right here.

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    Image of MrBionic MrBionic
    05/21/09

    @Komrade Kayce: Exclusive judgments of character.


    Get 'em while they're hot!

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    Image of Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire
    05/21/09

    In reply to First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy
    picture this

    a bioshock boss fight where a huge ass octopus comes in through a glass wondow room and tries to grab at you with its tentacles and you gotta drill and plasma that thing to death.

    that sounds awesome
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    Image of MrBionic MrBionic
    05/21/09

    @Boom-Chicka-Ah: Doesn't sound that much different than most other giant octopus/squid boss battles in countless other games to me.
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    Image of Captain Pigeon Captain Pigeon
    05/21/09

    In reply to First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy
    I much prefer the designs of the old ones from the first game, much more distinctive.
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    Image of thegreatpablo thegreatpablo
    05/21/09

    @Captain Pigeon: ...wouldn't this one be distinctive when compared to the others?
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    Image of Captain Pigeon Captain Pigeon
    05/21/09

    @thegreatpablo: I meant as opposed to designs from other games, the other design stands out outside of the game, this doesn't so much.
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    Image of thegreatpablo thegreatpablo
    05/21/09

    @Captain Pigeon: I dunno, you might be right...but if you look at old pictures of diving suits, the original big daddy design shared a lot in common with them:


    [stream.plugly.net]


    [nexus404.com]

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    Image of thegreatpablo thegreatpablo
    05/21/09

    @Captain Pigeon: Here's another: [www.culture.gouv.fr]
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    Image of shanrulez shanrulez
    05/21/09

    In reply to First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy
    Why exactly do Big Daddies have drills for arms and the ability to create and manipulate fire?
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    Image of thegreatpablo thegreatpablo
    05/21/09

    @shanrulez: The use of plasmids seem to be unique to this big daddy. Big daddies in the first game didn't have plasmid use.


    As far as the drill...who knows? Maybe the suits were used for underwater drilling?

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    Image of Chalkdust Chalkdust
    05/21/09

    @shanrulez: The better question is: why don't you?
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    Image of Zyconis Zyconis
    05/21/09

    In reply to First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy
    Okaaayyy...

    So basically GamePro is saying that everything we've heard and seen, some of which actually came 2K Games directly is complete BS?


    And we're supposed to believe this from GamePro??


    I'll believe it when I hear it from 2K Games tbh

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    Image of thegreatpablo thegreatpablo
    05/21/09

    @Zyconis: Wait, what? What are you talking about?
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    Image of Zeikcied Zeikcied
    05/21/09

    @Zyconis: Umm...You know that part of Kotaku's article was a joke, right? Poking fun at Gamepro saying they have the "first real gameplay and story details." Not that Gamepro is really saying that everything said previously is a lie.
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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    05/21/09

    @Zeikcied:


    To be fair, the demo we were shown is not actually part of the game.

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    Image of thegreatpablo thegreatpablo
    05/21/09

    @Zeikcied: Still not sure what you folks are talking about. Just read over it again and there's nothing in there that suggests that GamePro or anyone else lied about anything.
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    05/21/09

    In reply to First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy
    Gamepro's still around? Wow, talk about being a survivor...
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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    05/21/09

    In reply to First Look At BioShock 2's New Big Daddy
    Weird. Got sort of a "Day The World Stood Still" look to it. The old one, not the remake. I kinda like that 50s groove it's got going on.
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    Image of kinganad kinganad
    05/21/09

    @Mister Jack is Giving Out Telltale Coupons!: hmm, i dont think i've seen that movie before, is it anything like "The Day the Earth Stood still"? ;) just messing with ya.
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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    05/21/09

    @kinganad: Argh, you're right. How did I put that in wrong, I KNOW the name of the damn movie. I just wasn't paying attention when I typed it. Shit.
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    Image of Jesse in Japan Jesse in Japan
    03/09/09

    In reply to GamePro Is Now A Video Game Publisher Too
    I lost all respect for Gamepro when they gave Xenogears a bad review. I mean, seriously.
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    Image of PSOCecil PSOCecil
    03/09/09

    In reply to GamePro Is Now A Video Game Publisher Too
    It disgusts me that gaming magazines that actually matter, have good writing, good, in depth reviews, and everything, go under (like EGM).


    While crap like Gamepro stays alive.


    Remember, "Protip: To defeat a Cyberdemon, shoot it until it dies."

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    Image of Returner Returner
    03/09/09

    @PSOCecil:


    I miss Next Gen

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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    03/09/09

    @Returner: You mean Next Gen "game doesn't use polygons/on a Sega system and is clearly garbage" Next Gen?
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    Image of KaneRobot KaneRobot
    03/09/09

    In reply to GamePro Is Now A Video Game Publisher Too
    Still have that first issue somewhere. They were giving them out for free at Toys R Us.


    As weak as the magazine is, I'll have to give it some respect - back then it was pretty much either that or Nintendo Power for your average gamer, unless you wanted to delve into the dregs of garbage like "Game Player's Strategy Guide to Nintendo Games" Magazine. Gamepro's first issue had a 3-page article on Super Mario 3 back before Nintendo Power even acknowledged it.


    So yeah. There are my good memories of Gamepro. This news, on the other hand...I'm highly skeptical anything worthwhile will come of this. How is Gamepro still thriving? Does it really cater to the kids market so much that it lives off that? I haven't bought an issue in probably 12-13 years.

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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    03/09/09

    @KaneRobot: Video Games & Computer Entertainment would like to have a word with you. VG&CE is bar none the best video game magazine ever thanks to great writing, insightful articles, actual fact checking, terrific guides, and all in all a fair minded, objective view of the industry's players. Well, at least until it lowered its standards when absorbed by Flynt to try to better compete with EGM/GamePro.
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    Image of KaneRobot KaneRobot
    03/09/09

    @Kobun: VG&CE was a good magazine. Can't agree it was the "best ever" but it was very good.


    It wasn't really as much for the "average gamer," which is why I said what I said. The younger set had basically either Gamepro or Nintendo Power to pick from, everything else was utter trash. I remember getting an issue of VG&CE from a misguided relative when I was around 7-8 years old and thinking it was boring because of the long-winded articles. I didn't care about "The Game Doctor," I just wanted screenshots of the next TMNT game. (Many) years later I went through a few articles/issues online and found it more enthralling. VG&CE was aiming at a decidedly older audience.

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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    03/10/09

    @KaneRobot: Yep, unfortunately, it not appealing to kids is what lead to the death of the magazine. Video games were still largely considered toys, and the kids who would pick up magazines just wanted tips, codes, and screenshots of new games. Still can't believe Andy Eddy ended up at GamePro, but given the dumbed down kid-friendly direction the magazine was taking, I suppose he'd essentially have done the same had he stayed.
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    Image of Crosswayboy Crosswayboy
    03/09/09

    In reply to GamePro Is Now A Video Game Publisher Too
    EGM is rolling in its grave.


    God I hate GamePro...

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    Image of Kobun Kobun
    03/09/09

    @Crosswayboy: EGM is garbage. GamePro is EGM for kids.
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