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Bioshock 'was a sequence of failures and errors'

Develop: 2K Boston's Chris Kline on how embracing bad decisions lead to one of 2007's biggest games

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Cynical-Gamerzus6564d ago

Lets see them do a HD level quality Port on the PS3
then lets talk!

mariusmal6564d ago

it worked because 2k gave them time and time. they didn't harassed them with a deadline. all publishers should do this to their software houses.

i'm not making this up. this was said by Kev some months ago too.

NO_PUDding6564d ago (Edited 6564d ago )

Ken Levine just a lukcy guy, who was in the right place at the right time. Bioshock to me reeks of pretentious arrogant developers, that are taking the glory and reaping the financial rewards of a System Shock sequel. And besides that, there's nothign much special about it.

Bioshock is certainly not the deserving GOTY, there was never one innovation there.

I hate the game because like every 360 exclusive that has been good, it was the advertising that made the game a commercial success. Bobby Darren "Somewhere beyond the Sea" was used in the advertisement, and the rest was just interpreted by the media as 'clever' or 'intellectual'. Mainly because the only games this media had been open to accepting were on the 360, and were mainstream shooters that's onyl intellectual level was that of propaganda, which no one is supposed to see.

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And I still stand by that, knowing it is coming to the PS3. I won't buy a game that has been hailed so special for one cutscene at the end (yes I have played it already) where control is taken away from the player. It's not like every cutscene up till now, had preserved the player's control.

chester6564d ago

sorry Pud, but you're dead wrong. no game is ever made great by advertising. certainly it helped sales, but bioshock is a great game because of story, atmosphere, and gameplay. and make no mistake about it.....it is a great game in the minds of most people (including myself. still my favourite experience i've had on my 360). if you don't like it, that's fine, but don't tell me you hate it because of advertising.

user8586216564d ago

sequence of failures and errors on the 3fixme version will be fixed on the ps3 and improved by a milestone!!!!

DJ6564d ago

You guys should give it a read.

f7897906564d ago

The beginning where you are in the water looking out over the underwater city was amazing when they showed it in previews but then when I played it was just "yeah whatever" because they showed it so many @#$% times.

chester6564d ago

unfortunately, it's tough to get away from. i wonder how many people bought it because of little previews like that. i honestly wish that some games and movies would have absolutely no previews or advertising or anything like it, but that'll never happen.

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Next ‘BioShock’ Game Changes Leaders After Development Turmoil

The fourth game in the ‘BioShock’ series has been in development for more than a decade

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toxic-inferno316d ago

Bioshock is one of my favourites franchises. I love all 3 games and have played each several times. I even have a room in my house that is loosely decorated around the theme of Bioshock (with a Lighthouse, coral models and postcards styled as though they are from both Rapture and Columbus).

And yet I am going to find it extremely difficult to get even remotely excited about any future episode in the series after all the problems this has had in its development cycle.

Leave the franchise alone. Remaster them again if you have to. Then put whatever talent you have to use on something brand new.

Furesis316d ago

Since ken levine isn't involved i'm not surprised what's going on. i'm more excited for his next game which looks like bioshock. Yet he still works under take2 and they are making bioshock 4 without him, strange situation.

toxic-inferno316d ago

Yes. Judas. Looks brilliant, but it's one of those games that seems to never have had a release date. Instead it's had release windows that keep getting pushed back.

Once it's ready, I'll be there for it though. Ken Levine is an excellent developer.

I get the feeling he dissolved Irrational Games simply so that 2k couldn't tell him what to do. It seems it will pay off, but I feel sorry for those who worked as part of Irrational before it was dissolved, who hadn't independently made a name for themselves.

ActualWhiteMan315d ago

He didn’t even want to make 2, that’s why they did it without him.

Rebel_Scum315d ago

tbh it wouldnt be a Bioshock game without development hell. They all had it.

Michiel1989315d ago

bioshock 2 was 2.5 years after 1, so much of a development hell it was......

-Foxtrot315d ago

"Remaster them again if you have to"

Well apparently they were doing a remake but that got cancelled

Relientk77315d ago

It sucks this game is in development hell because I love BioShock and would love a 4th game. I hope it turns out great, but I guess we'll see.

P_Bomb315d ago

Love Bioshock. It’s too bad what’s going on. At least we have Judas.

Yui_Suzumiya315d ago (Edited 315d ago )

It's been in development hell since 2014. This is nothing new. It saddens me because it's one of my favorite series. At this point, Judas may end up releasing first.

BABI-PANGPANG315d ago

Bioshock 4 (if it ever comes out) will probably still look and play like a Bioshock game, but without Kevin, it might miss that spark that made the originals so special. Honestly, Judas might end up feeling more like the real spiritual successor.

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Netflix's BioShock Film Still In Development But With A Reduced Budget

Console Creatures writes, "The BioShock film at Netflix is still happening but with a reduced budget."

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just_looken686d ago

Remember there past attempts at game based show's i do heck i still remember that teenage resident evil trash fire.

anast686d ago

ha. I almost forgot about that.

Jin_Sakai688d ago

Might as well just cancel it.

just_looken686d ago

Unless its batwoman were they right it off

porkChop688d ago

It's 10 years too late for a BioShock film. The world of Rapture would have been perfect for a film. It's actually a good candidate for proper utilization of 3D, for increased depth rather than bullshit popping out of the screen. It could really show off the underwater city that way. But BioShock as a brand is so irrelevant these days that a film just doesn't make sense. Especially considering it would need a big budget and top notch effects to really take advantage of the IP.

gold_drake688d ago

i agree on the bigger budget. all the cgi they'd need for the background.

but i think it would work better as a show. a movie would be too short to establish the story

TheNamelessOne688d ago

Netflix greenlights anything, so that shows me very little faith in the project. Enough to just crap something out as they're, more and more, known to do.

badkolo687d ago

its where b movies go to live, its run by democrats , dont expect anything good from netflix

Knightofelemia688d ago (Edited 688d ago )

I'll laugh if it turns out to be better then the Borderlands movie

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