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How BioShock 2 will be better than the first

10 genetic upgrades, explained - and illustrated with video - by the sequel’s creative director

Words: Charlie Barratt, GamesRadar US
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LoneShaolin  - 7 months 8 days ago 
I think i just wet myself
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FrozenImplosion  - 7 months 8 days ago 
YAY i was WAITING for an article from gamesradar on bioshock 2. THANK YOU.
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SgtDirtnap  - 7 months 8 days ago 
This is promising. I wasn't sure about how they'd handle continuing the story from a story with multiple endings -- I think their solution with the original character being a kind of messiah, with differing beliefs about who he was -- is pretty cool.

I also like how your character will be more powerful, but the enemies will be smarter and more evolved. I think this game will be harder than the first -- it looks like combat will be more complex, and there will be different kinds of combat situations, not just walking into rooms and blazing away.

My only issue with the game is that it looks like it's going to be largely the same setting, with the dark, blood-spattered metallic hallways, etc. etc. Am I the only one who's a little tired of this? Even though it makes sense in this game, it still feels kind of unimaginative. I would have loved a Bioshock prequel that took place in Rapture at its peak. I guess I'm just tired of every game of this kind being all dark and gloomy. Oh well. Maybe Bioshock 3.
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Jedipimp0712  - 7 months 8 days ago 
i love this article, and im definately going to get it on release date. also, you still have to deal with other big daddies. and i cant wait for the new plasmid upgrades, that flamethrower version of incinerate looks fucking awesome. what i am wondering is if there is going to be cash again, and also how you will upgrade plasmids? like if it will be at a vending machine again, or if you can do like fable did where you can do it at any time. the one thing that i dont like about this, is the whole "defend the little sister" that was my least favorite part of the last game. But, im worried about if there will be an instant death if you kill to many big daddies, and the big sister gets pissed. i want to be able to have an auger effect like in Dead Rising, where the zombie would stay on the auger. i hope that happens with the drill like in the movie when you let the title screen sit for a bit, and the splicer gets drilled through from first person... that was BRUTAL!!
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jar-head  - 7 months 8 days ago 
i understood this completely: one little sister grew up and went back to rapture, in the trailer, and she become just like Andrew Ryan. You are the first Big daddy, a prototype, and you can walk the ocean floors, and are ment to protect the Little sisters, whom The big Sister has stolen, as in that website "Theres something in the sea". i understood this thanks to GR
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Dplunder  - 7 months 8 days ago 
Props to who ever thought of the big daddy thing anyway with the drill thingy mabey the designers will make it so you could impale someone and carry them out into the ocean. And there is a shark frenzy, that would be SICK
P.S.Dplun wuz hear
P.S.S. with Dontsayimfirst dude it is annoying but, if you still actually comment it's not a total waste
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DawgsFan117  - 7 months 8 days ago 
It will be great. The first is my favorite game to date and this one sounds just as good.
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ArrestedDeveloper  - 7 months 8 days ago 
I don't understand why Andrew Ryan is dead. The vita chambers were coded to Ryan's DNA, that's why you, his son, were able to be revived after dying and splicers weren't. Therefore when he died he should have been resurrected at the nearest vita chamber.
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Major_Wuss  - 7 months 8 days ago 
DRILLING SPREE!
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CandiedJester  - 7 months 8 days ago 
I hope this one's story is as engrossing as the first. I can't wait to try out that drill. Hehe. I'm pre-ordering this game for sure.
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bron1417  - 7 months 8 days ago 
wooo yea i cant wait for this game!!
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throughironsights  - 7 months 8 days ago 
definitely an immediate buy. how could anyone be skeptical about the second when the first ones story is just as crazy?
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BoondockSaint54  - 7 months 8 days ago 
Looks fun to me. I just hope it's not one big escort mission, though. I can't stand those.
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SneakyAgent  - 7 months 8 days ago 
Even though it's not out yet i think i can safely say this game is going to be a work of art, just like its predecessor.
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ironman5  - 7 months 8 days ago 
I'm so excited for this game! I played and beat the first one several times, and have almost forgot about it. Now I'm ready to play some more BioShock!
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GamesRadarCharlieBarratt  - 7 months 8 days ago 
@ ArrestedDeveloper - Huh. That's a really interesting point. I'd never thought of that...
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JohnnyMaverik  - 7 months 7 days ago 
I actually just bought Bioshock after extensive reading and a couple of playthroughs of the demo (I'm not a massive single player FPS fan so I only buy them if I'm 90% conviced that they will atleast be satisfying if not mind blowing, which is about as conviced I can be about any game with out having played the full version elsewhere first). If I really enjoy it which I anticipate I will after having played the demo and being in awe at some of the stuff that was presented, I'll definatly give this a chance depending of course at the initial critical reaction both from sites and fans. It sounds really cool, like it could have a gret story line and be more that just a run, shoot and get the the end of the level before starting the next, much the same corresponding level type of FPS. Could be a minor disaster, not that I think it can be a terrible game from what I've seen, but based on the fact that the origional is one of the gaming worlds greats.

Still, looking forward to exploring the origional Bioshock and looking forward to seeing how this holds up on release, especially if I fall in love with the first.
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Kipp56  - 7 months 7 days ago 
I am definitely getting this. Bioshock is one of the most engrossing and interesting games I've ever played, easily on par with the likes of Half Life 2. So far, I like what I see in Bioshock 2 in terms of new places and capabilities. The only possible problem I could foresee would be the possibility of uninteresting main characters (relative to the original's cast of course), it's going to be hard to match the likes of Ryan and Fontain. I especially like the more introspective theme of the game, it was the best part of the first for me, but only showed up near the very end. Hopefully it will live up to its predecessor's legendary status.
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joabbuac  - 7 months 7 days ago 
I really hope this is not full of boring fetch quests like the first game.

I never really got into it and gave it a 7/10...so ill be ready for a disappointment when this is overrated
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SteveEXTREME  - 7 months 7 days ago 
If you play as the first Big Daddy in this game then how come this game is set after bioshock 1 where, if I'm not mistaken there were big daddys???
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