Welcome to the MacNN Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

You are here: MacNN Forums > Enthusiast Zone > Gaming > Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams

Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams
Thread Tools
Dakar V
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 9, 2009, 01:35 PM
 
Might as well start the thread and get it over with.

Teaser site is up: http://www.somethinginthesea.com/
They're adding stuff every day of so, it seems.
     
goMac
Posting Junkie
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Portland, OR
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 9, 2009, 02:07 PM
 
I never played Bioshock 1 (cept for the demo), but Bioshock 2 is starting to look interesting to me...
8 Core 2.8 ghz Mac Pro/GF8800/2 23" Cinema Displays, 3.06 ghz Macbook Pro
Once you wanted revolution, now you're the institution, how's it feel to be the man?
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 9, 2009, 02:25 PM
 
i'm excited, very excited
     
Maflynn
Professional Poster
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Boston
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 9, 2009, 02:57 PM
 
Originally Posted by goMac View Post
I never played Bioshock 1 (cept for the demo), but Bioshock 2 is starting to look interesting to me...
Agreed
~Mike
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 10, 2009, 09:02 PM
 
Lot of updates on the somethinginthesea.com website, i'm intrigued.
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 10, 2009, 10:10 PM
 
First look a the "big sister" in Bioshock 2


Looks to explain the "red glow" on somethinginthesea.com
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 11, 2009, 09:49 AM
 
Well, there we go then.
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 13, 2009, 11:00 AM
 
Bioshock 2 Features Co-Op, Doesn't Feature Big Daddies

Of course the biggest two pieces of news are the inclusion of 2-player co-operative play, and the removal of the first game's iconic enemy, the Big Daddy. I suppose it makes sense that they'd be gone now...I just have my doubts that spliced up dogs, Cold War era soviets, and bipedal robots can make up for his absence.

Dibsonplayingwithsek
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 13, 2009, 08:12 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar V View Post


Dibsonplayingwithsek
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 13, 2009, 08:13 PM
 
     
Mac User #001
Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: WI, United States
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 15, 2009, 01:17 AM
 
Someone's got their hands on Snow Leopard!
I have returned... 2020 MacBook Air - 1.1 GHz Quad-Core i5 - 16 GB RAM
     
hyteckit
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: May 2001
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 15, 2009, 02:32 AM
 
After buying Bioshock 1 year and a half ago, I finally started to play Bioshock.

I've upgraded my PC from windows XP to windows 7 just to play it. Haha...

Why? For directX 10.
Bush Tax Cuts == Job Killer
June 2001: 132,047,000 employed
June 2003: 129,839,000 employed
2.21 million jobs were LOST after 2 years of Bush Tax Cuts.
     
Mac User #001
Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: WI, United States
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 16, 2009, 11:33 AM
 
Not worth it if you bought 7 just for BioShock DX10, but as its free right now and is a very welcome improvement for Windows, its not a bad idea. Though I kinda sorta bought Vista just for DX10 in Crysis, so I can't talk.
I have returned... 2020 MacBook Air - 1.1 GHz Quad-Core i5 - 16 GB RAM
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 16, 2009, 11:44 AM
 
Forgot to mention, Bioshock 2 will include multi. I find this perturbing though. I get the feeling this game is not going to be very much like the first one. In a bad way.
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 16, 2009, 12:12 PM
 
i fear developers are tacking on multi just to say "we have multi!" while i wish they would just be content with making a great single player experience, certain games need multi, some don't. I am also scared of what is to come with bioshock
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 16, 2009, 12:14 PM
 
The idea of multi with plasmids is good. But I fear every second not spent on the story and single-player is going to greatly diminish the product. It has huge boots to fill. I was already skeptical before this.
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 16, 2009, 12:14 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar V View Post
Doesn't Feature Big Daddies
It seems this has be changed to
"You don't play just any Big Daddy in BioShock 2. You play the first ever."

Game Informer's BioShock 2 cover story is slowly making their way to subscribers, and the real details are far more exciting than the fantasy. Players take control of the very first Big Daddy, and will be able to use plasmids while still donning its iconic drill. Your quest will have you confronting other Big Daddies and a familiar moral dilemma: do you harvest the Little Sisters or do you adopt them?
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 16, 2009, 12:18 PM
 
I'm a little curious if the implication is you can have more than one at a time. I just hope having one doesn't turn into a game-long escort mission where everyone is trying to kill them (which we already experienced at the end of the first game). 'Course if the hop on your back maybe that won't be so bad...
     
hyteckit
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: May 2001
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 16, 2009, 03:46 PM
 
Originally Posted by Mac User #001 View Post
Not worth it if you bought 7 just for BioShock DX10, but as its free right now and is a very welcome improvement for Windows, its not a bad idea. Though I kinda sorta bought Vista just for DX10 in Crysis, so I can't talk.
Haha... well, I went from XP to Windows 7 since I'm trying out the beta version for free. Might as well.
Bush Tax Cuts == Job Killer
June 2001: 132,047,000 employed
June 2003: 129,839,000 employed
2.21 million jobs were LOST after 2 years of Bush Tax Cuts.
     
Mac User #001
Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: WI, United States
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 16, 2009, 06:31 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar V View Post
Forgot to mention, Bioshock 2 will include multi. I find this perturbing though. I get the feeling this game is not going to be very much like the first one. In a bad way.
Same here. But we really should just give them the benefit of the doubt.
Though multiplayer should still just go out the window. It doesn't fit BioShock. And it's not necessary. Case in point, Fallout 3, called the best game of the year by many. No multiplayer.

Originally Posted by hyteckit View Post
Haha... well, I went from XP to Windows 7 since I'm trying out the beta version for free. Might as well.
Might as well.
I have returned... 2020 MacBook Air - 1.1 GHz Quad-Core i5 - 16 GB RAM
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 17, 2009, 02:54 PM
 
     
sek929
Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Cape Cod, MA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 17, 2009, 06:26 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar V View Post
The idea of multi with plasmids is good. But I fear every second not spent on the story and single-player is going to greatly diminish the product. It has huge boots to fill. I was already skeptical before this.
Originally Posted by klb5090 View Post
i fear developers are tacking on multi just to say "we have multi!" while i wish they would just be content with making a great single player experience, certain games need multi, some don't. I am also scared of what is to come with bioshock
Agreed entirely. Unless you really need to converse with someone on XBL about the biting Objectivism commentary throughout the game.

Bioshock was 15 hrs of amazing gameplay when I first played it, nothing inside me said, "Wow, if only I could pwn n00bs with my steam-power shotgun now!"

Here's also hoping they stick with making the campaign as good as it needs to be, hopefully we will be pleasantly surprised with multi.
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 17, 2009, 11:12 PM
 
After a good read through of the GameInformer article, i have a new found optimism for this game. It seems as if they story is going to be awesome and the gameplay will be similar to what we know but with twists and turns we didn't get to experience. I was worried that maybe Rapture would be all to similar to the first game (and its awe inspiring view for the first time would be lost) but it seems as if 2k has some good ideas. Just don't ruin it with some 'average' multiplayer that i wont' ever play.
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 18, 2009, 11:31 AM
 
I tried reading that thing, but with the half-tone it was too brutal.
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 19, 2009, 10:27 PM
 
     
Stogieman
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Santa Rosa, CA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 19, 2009, 10:53 PM
 
Keep moving... nothing to see here folks.
( Last edited by Stogieman; Mar 20, 2009 at 01:31 PM. )

Slick shoes?! Are you crazy?!
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 19, 2009, 11:43 PM
 
Originally Posted by Stogieman View Post
I Love when Bogues steals my kills, (this may be a misquote)
lies, lies, and lies until i get sent a pre release version of bioshock 2...
( Last edited by klb5090; Mar 20, 2009 at 03:23 PM. )
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 20, 2009, 09:40 AM
 
Originally Posted by klb5090 View Post
Yeah, you didn't post the more important part, according to 2k there is no co-op.

---

stogie, assuming you're serious, I wouldn't be posting stuff like that outside of PM or Live chatter. There's enough info on this forum that if some site picked that rumor up, 2k could probably figure out who your brother is.
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 20, 2009, 11:26 AM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar V View Post
Yeah, you didn't post the more important part, according to 2k there is no co-op.
I didn't even notice that, that sucks
     
Stogieman
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Santa Rosa, CA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 20, 2009, 01:32 PM
 
Good point Dakar. Bogues please remove my quote from your post.

Slick shoes?! Are you crazy?!
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 20, 2009, 03:23 PM
 
Originally Posted by Stogieman View Post
Good point Dakar. Bogues please remove my quote from your post.
yes sir
     
Stogieman
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Santa Rosa, CA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 20, 2009, 04:37 PM
 
Thanks. The new quote is much better. That reminds me.... (off to the Halo thread.)

Slick shoes?! Are you crazy?!
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 23, 2009, 09:26 AM
 
Originally Posted by klb5090 View Post
WTF, 2k games

Jesus, I hope the quality of their marketing isn't indicative of the game.

---

stogie does your brother happen to be at the Boston division that's advertising?
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 24, 2009, 12:10 PM
 
Originally Posted by phattbam0 View Post
i played both 1 and 2, they're great
Fail
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Mar 24, 2009, 04:46 PM
 
2k games has now gone on record with "no comment" regarding the official name of this game.

Once again, not feelin' too confident about this.
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Apr 8, 2009, 12:34 AM
 
Looks like Rumor decided to join in the awesomeness of the first one.
     
Rumor
Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: on the verge of insanity
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Apr 8, 2009, 04:35 PM
 
I played though some of it before I bought a 360. I haven't caught up to where I was yet.
I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
     
Mac User #001
Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: WI, United States
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Apr 10, 2009, 11:42 AM
 
I don't know...

EDIT: After a couple re-watches, I've got a few things to say.

The feel of the game seems exactly like the first.
The drill seems exactly like those power swords from Halo. And for the life of me I can't think of the name of them.
I'm going to love this game. I just need to get the first BioShock. STILL!
( Last edited by Mac User #001; Apr 10, 2009 at 12:01 PM. )
I have returned... 2020 MacBook Air - 1.1 GHz Quad-Core i5 - 16 GB RAM
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Apr 10, 2009, 05:50 PM
 
Originally Posted by Mac User #001 View Post
I don't know...

EDIT: After a couple re-watches, I've got a few things to say.

The feel of the game seems exactly like the first.
The drill seems exactly like those power swords from Halo. And for the life of me I can't think of the name of them.
I'm going to love this game. I just need to get the first BioShock. STILL!
Deferentially looks like the first, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing, i'm excited to explore some more of Rapture, and experience more of what it has to offer.

Although it will be hard/impossible to compete with the first one it could prove to be a great sequel, time will tell.
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Apr 19, 2009, 02:38 AM
 
Bioshock 2 - Interview w/ Gamespot
So i was nervous about this game, now i'm just excited.
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Apr 20, 2009, 09:24 AM
 
Just in case, I'm instituting a no spoilers policy. Use the spoilers tag if necessary, people.
     
Mac User #001
Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: WI, United States
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Apr 23, 2009, 09:55 AM
 
GameSpot is showing the box art for BioShock 2 as a GfW LIVE title. Sweet!

I have returned... 2020 MacBook Air - 1.1 GHz Quad-Core i5 - 16 GB RAM
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Apr 24, 2009, 09:54 AM
 
One of my questions answered:
JP: Your Little Sister, like the Big Daddy's Little Sister, is invulnerable. So, you know, if you ever tried to shoot one in the head, they are completely invulnerable as a part of just being creepy little zombie girls. And so you're honestly in no danger while she's riding around.

Zak: On the game mechanics side, really that's driven by the fact that we know that escort missions aren't very fun because if your subject dies, then, you know, you have to start over again.
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
May 8, 2009, 12:01 PM
 
This will not make you feel good.
My comments in bold.

Key features:

? Evolution of the genetically enhanced shooter – Earn experience points during gameplay to earn access to new Weapons, Plasmids and Tonics that can be used to create hundreds of different combinations, allowing players to develop a unique character that caters to their playing style.
So vets will have huge advantages? In my experience systems like this breed a limited amount of viable combos.

? Extend the Rapture fiction – Players will step into the shoes of Rapture citizens and learn more about the fall of Rapture as they progress through the experience.
Uh, ok.

? See Rapture before the fall – Experience Rapture before it was reclaimed by the ocean and engage in combat over iconic environments in locations such as Kashmir Restaurant and Mercury Suites, all of which have been reworked from the ground up to deliver a fast-paced multiplayer experience.
Finally, pristine environs. Sounds great.

? FPS veterans add their touch to the multiplayer experience – Digital Extremes brings more than 10 years of first person shooter experience including development of award-winning entries in the Unreal® and Unreal Tournament® franchise.
Extremely troubling. Usually when you say 'x' amount of years, 'x' is the total of everyone involved. In this case 10 years sounds ridiculously low. Three guys who's only effort was an early FPS for the 360 would bring 10 years of experience to the table.
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
May 8, 2009, 12:08 PM
 
Interesting... time will tell if this is going to be a terrible ad on or a decent way to expand the experience
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
May 26, 2009, 04:59 PM
 
Kotaku - BioShock 2 Dated, Coming First To Europe - bioshock 2

November 3rd.

I can't wait to start constructing a timeline of the games I'm going to get deluged with this fall.
     
klb5090
Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
May 26, 2009, 09:53 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakar V View Post
Kotaku - BioShock 2 Dated, Coming First To Europe - bioshock 2

November 3rd.

I can't wait to start constructing a timeline of the games I'm going to get deluged with this fall.
so i have 7 days to complete bioshock 2 before MW2 comes out, this is gonna be a busy fall (and knowing rockstar GTA IV DLC2 will come out early november)
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Jun 4, 2009, 12:37 PM
 
Kotaku - Bioshock 2 Multiplayer Impressions: That Sinking Feeling - bioshock 2

Which all sounds nice enough, but at the same time, looks a little "tits on a bull", if you'll pardon the expression.

Bioshock was a game renowned for its singleplayer experience, and it's hard seeing how tacking three multiplayer game modes with a limited number of players onto the sequel will count for much of anything. I mean, it seemed to work fine and all, but just did not once ever make me think fickle multiplayer devotees would stop playing Call of Duty or Team Fortress 2 for this.

On the bright side, this has no bearing whatsoever on the game's singleplayer component...
Pretty strong words.
     
::maroma::
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: PDX
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Jun 4, 2009, 12:45 PM
 
Meh, personally I'm not concerned about the multi player aspect of Bioshock. I treat it like the multi player of GTA4.
     
Dakar V  (op)
Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The New Posts Button
Status: Offline
Reply With Quote
Jun 8, 2009, 09:42 AM
 
     
 
Thread Tools
 
Forum Links
Forum Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Top
Privacy Policy
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:15 PM.
All contents of these forums © 1995-2017 MacNN. All rights reserved.
Branding + Design: www.gesamtbild.com
vBulletin v.3.8.8 © 2000-2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.,