Comments on: First Impressions: BioShock 2 goes back to Rapture

We recently sat down for an eyes-on preview of the upcoming BioShock 2 from the game's developers.

seens to be cool

[marcaz123]

Hopefully there is more going on behind the scenes that you were not able to enjoy within the demo.

[J_Ore]

I'm more excited for Bioshock 2's release than Christmas or my birthday.

Ken Levine is not a part of the sequel's team, but there are quite a few faces from the old development team who are working on the new one. From the video interviews on gamespot.com, they seem to be as obsessed about the game and the world as anyone else. The level designer who created Fort Frolic in the first game is still there, which alone makes me optimistic.

There's a lot about the game that, for now, is being kept under wraps according to all the online sources I can find. Things like the story, what it will feel like to play as a Big Daddy throughout the game's duration (and how that changes), and what their online multiplayer mode actually does are all mysteries. But I think that many of the original game's fans loved the mystery of Rapture the first time around, and the fandom should be enough to pull in skeptics. Unexpected twists and events are what made Bioshock 1 unforgettable.

We won't know if the second game will be as impressive on those fronts until we play it - announcing things like new multiplayer options for an FPS or units like an RTS aren't really appropriate for such a narrative-driven experience. It will just take patience on our part, to wait until we can play through the final product, as well as a helping of faith that things will go as well as they have done in the past.

[sassinator333]

Too close to the original to be of any interest to me.

[Inconnux]

I hope they aren't stupid enough to infest it with Securom... I passed on the first one (even when on sale for $5 on steam) because I flatly refuse to install any game with that idiotic DRM.

[Pizzookie]

I sure as hell hope that Bioshock 2 runs better than the first one for PC. they really screwed up the pc version bad. It rarely started up properly and crashing when it does start While your saving!!! First off they need to ditch the Microsoft Games for windows B.S. all games with the whole Games for Windows thing run slow and buggy.

[polis12]

Maybe you should get a new computer... I have Bioshock along with a number of other "Games for WIndows" titles and they all run completely fine once they are patched up. Don't hate the game for running slow on your system if you do not have the hardware to run it. It's like saying "Why does my internet run slow" when you are only paying for dial-up.

[darkpoet25]

I can't wait to see how this one turns out. I really liked the original Bioshock, it was different than other FPS games out there. It had an original story, and lite RPG elements. Hopefully more will be revealed at E3 next month.