Now that we know for sure that there's a new BioShock game on the way, where should it go?
The next entry in Take-Two Interactive and 2K's Bioshock series, dubbed Bioshock 4, is a part of the company's "long-term pipeline".
that was ubisoft not take 2 and that was partly financed by a country so not sure about this comparison
That's my greatest concern where Bioshock 4 is concerned.
Either they make a Bioshock game in the vein of the original, where the world you're in is an alternate history with all the usual tropes (lighthouse, city, man). There could be some vague references to the other games, but little more. In which case, it would likely feel a little flat, and people would question why it had to be a Bioshock game, rather than it's own thing.
Or they make a sequel to Bioshock Infinite, that tries to take the ending of Infinite and go further with it. In which case, I can see it being criticised for trying to rehash Infinite.
In my opinion, they ought to have done what Bioshock 2 was to the original and make Bioshock Infinite 2. A game set after the end of Infinite, with Columbia in some state of ruin and disarray (perhaps with the condition changing as reality is manipulated). Then, around halfway through the game, Rapture and Columbia start colliding, and the enemies of each city start invading the other. Or even enemies from the two become spliced together.
Ken Levine has spoken about BioShock 4, explaining why he chose not to return to the franchise and why his focus remains entirely on Judas.
JUDAS looks like a Bioshock game. I probably will watch the whole interview after work tonight ..
What appears to be the first BioShock 4 screenshot has been unearthed, and it gives a look at some of the abilities, UI and more.
Did you play through 2?
I dismissed it when it came out, as this quick cash-grab from a greedy publisher, but got the trilogy collection on disc earlier this year on Xbox. Finally played it, and Minerva's Den - it was a really great experience. Years and years late to the party but it was really solid and holds up.
A couple crashes, and weird texture loads in Minerva's Den, but the joy I had in it makes me want to revisit Infinite too.
2 wasn’t nearly as good as 1 but I did enjoy it. Infinite felt like a spin-off and I got bored half way through
I got BS1 when it finally released on PS3. Has been one of those games i was envying 360 owners for.
I loved it it was unlike anything i played before..
Boy did I want to love Infinite. But It felt like the game was almost trying to make me hate it. I remember the last third of the game basically turning into a combination of obnoxious escort mission/time crisis.
interesting setting, and the world at times felt compelling to investigate, but all thrown to the wind with constant battles and rounds and rounds of spawn closeted enemies that became more and more grating as you kept playing.
Bioshock 2 was a genuine surprise to me. It took me a couple years to get around to playing it, and I loved it. Not the classic like the first game, but damned close. It felt inspired and felt like it actually had a reason to exist, expanding the lore without crossing the threshold into utter ridiculousness like Infinite did. (Which was somehow even more ridiculous than the idea of a massive underwater city).
Whatever this game turns out to be, I just hope it gets back to the essentials without inducing players to "feature creep" just for the sake of it.
The second game was my favourite, I think it did everything the first did but added some extra things to it, it still had the same cool atmosphere as well which was why I liked the first one a lot. I didn't mind infinite but it wasn't anywhere near as good as the first 2.
I didn't hate Infinite by any means, but it didn't come close to the earlier games for me. The DLC was great though.
I didn't like Infinite much either, before a shot was fired it was amazing but it went downhill after that. Too much action and not enough interesting lore/atmosphere.
It was a game too ambitious for its own good, what we got was a compromised heavily cut down version of what they really wanted to do with it.
There's a sense of too big of empty spaces in the game for no good reason and never get utilized it makes the looked bloated and yet felt unpolished.
While I liked it I just thought the idea of them introducing the concept of the multiverse with "There's always a man, there's always a lighthouse, there's always a city" was pretty wasted with what we got as we didn't really it utilized much. I really wanted to see a lot of variations of Columbia but we didn't get that.
Also there was a lot they changed or cut from the early reveals we saw that seemed far more in depth, it always reminded of how awesome the early days of Final Fantasy XIII Versus looked before it was changed into the final version of Final Fantasy XV. Felt like a downgrade at times in comparison.
As a slave, I obey and shall purchase this one as soon as it hits store shelves
I know I am weird, but Bioshock didn't do it for me. Not sure why, as I LOVE fps games...but nope. I think I should try it again after all these years.
There's definitely something different about Bioshock. I'm on the opposite side of things where I enjoyed it as someone who traditionally hates FPS games.
That, and Condemned: Criminal Origins.
Bloody LOVED those games.
Condemned, ahh that's a game I don't see name dropped near enough.
My buddy and I each played through it twice over multiple weekends back when it and the 360 came out. Achievement hunting with that as the real game, TMNT and King Kong as the quick cheesy games. Fun times
I got an Xbox 360 about 2-3 months after launch and that game was an absolute standout during the launch window.
Also loved Burnout Revenge and Fight Night Round...3 at the time, I think?
Those are less important to the context of this topic, but it's such an incredible look back at how much things have changed since then.
It didn't for me either when it first came out, especially when you had to start Fighting the flying drone things. They just frustrated me all to hell. But i decided to try again after the trilogy got some graphics update i think for ps5 or ps4 pro. And MAN i super enjoyed it the 2nd time around, saved all the little sisters and everything.
Hopefully it hits for you this time like it did me.
I loved Infinite, but would love to see Rapture on next-gen consoles