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BioShock shouldn't have worked

Eurogamer writes: "Damnation developer Blue Omega reckons there was "no frigging way" BioShock should have ended up being successful.

Game designer Jason Minkoff was comparing it to Damnation to illustrate that all you can do in the shooter genre is pour your heart into a project and hope it gets noticed.

"We're just making the best we can, because a good game is a good game. And if you make a good game, somebody is going to notice and somebody is going to play it," Jason Minkoff told Eurogamer on our trip to see Damnation."

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Silogon6516d ago

"Take BioShock: no frigging way that thing should have actually worked out. Fantastic game, awesome design, and beautiful artwork --

But it's a damn good game. They just put their hearts into it and happened to hit the mark. And that's what we're trying to do."

Pretty damn lame. He tells us in his own words why it worked.

kornbeaner6516d ago

pretty lame, that you don't get what he is saying. For a game like Bioshock to be a success is something of a surprise. For a shooter, the game approaches the genre in a somewhat original way. Considering that most of the successful games that make it big are cookie cutters of their predecessors Halo3 and GTA4 to name a couple. for a game who's spiritual prequels were more cult classics then mainstream hits it is quite surprising that this game was a big hit.

J@D6516d ago

Jealous huh? They want his game to got some attention thanks to a good game a Bioshock... shame on them >__>

vidoardes6516d ago

Your a tool. Read The Article

J@D6516d ago

People this days need to relax and takes some comments less seriously... IT WAS A SARCASM geezzzz peoples are so soft this days o.O

@ LostProphet
Tool my Dualshock 3 ^__^

NO_PUDding6516d ago (Edited 6516d ago )

I hate these developer claims, even if they are taken out of context.

But Bioshock's success was ALL down to Microsoft, it had a superb advertising campaign. And that is all a game needs nowadays. And all the toher stuff about it beign intellectual was reviewers wanting it to be another "AAA" title. Truth is it didn't truly seperate itself from the pack.

And just by the way, it's nothing in the game that's bad, and mixing Underwater and 1930's was clever, but it's still System Shock, you know?

Bill Gates6516d ago

I can't wait for this game on the PS3.
It's going to be so nice to actually have the FULL game on a single Blu-ray disk. Unlike the BABOONS who had to settle for half the game with no multiplayer mode, and sh!tier graphics, and less of everything.

Sorry BABOONS. Actually no, I'm not sorry for you. Eat crack, and choke you BABOONS.........AHAHAHHAHAHA

Deadman646516d ago (Edited 6516d ago )

Have you seen a vagina in person? Actually I think a better question would be - would you like it?

Just wondering...

snakeater36516d ago

sorry to say, but the comment is lame. graphics of bioshock are great. gameplay is good. lets just praise the lord that one of 360 s gems is coming on our beloved console.

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TheIneffableBob6516d ago

He's just regurgitating what Chris Kline said about BioShock.

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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-inferno282d 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.

Furesis282d 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-inferno282d 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.

ActualWhiteMan281d ago

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

Rebel_Scum282d ago

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

Michiel1989281d ago

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

-Foxtrot281d ago

"Remaster them again if you have to"

Well apparently they were doing a remake but that got cancelled

Relientk77282d 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_Bomb282d ago

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

Yui_Suzumiya281d ago (Edited 281d 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-PANGPANG281d 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_looken652d ago

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

anast652d ago

ha. I almost forgot about that.

Jin_Sakai654d ago

Might as well just cancel it.

just_looken652d ago

Unless its batwoman were they right it off

porkChop654d 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_drake654d 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

TheNamelessOne654d 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.

badkolo653d ago

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

Knightofelemia654d ago (Edited 654d ago )

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

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