This Original Pitch For BioShock Is Bananas

" saved it, i'll read it later, but it looks really interesting. i'd like to see more of this. the rest of the pitch and also pitches of other known (or perhaphs unknown) games. that would be awesome "

" Still waiting on the next Freedom Force game. "

Excerpt from one of the pages on the Irrational site: 
  
Bioshock will: 
-... 
-Scare the hell out of people. 
 
MIssion accomplished!

I have to say, this pitch is certainly interesting, but I'm glad Bioshock turned out the way it did. This original pitch sounds too much like the first Far Cry for my liking.

This seems like a great game idea, but it doesn't seem like it'd have as many iconic moments as BioShock; but maybe that's just me, either way it's cool of Irrational to release this look into early BioShock, and I continue to be super excited for whatever they're cooking up now.

""Vanilla weapon archetypes (e.g slug thrower, missle launcher, chemical projector, etc.) that are found around the island can be molded into more powerful, customized versions (e.g fully automatic acid tipped armored piercing assault rifle, etc.)"  Why did they not keep that!!?!? "

" Still waiting on the next Freedom Force game. "

Pretty good read, interesting to see some of the stuff that sticked and what didn't. Some of the other stuff under 'Mod the World' seems pretty awesome, we know which one actually made it to Bioshock. :p

" "Vanilla weapon archetypes (e.g slug thrower, missle launcher, chemical projector, etc.) that are found around the island can be molded into more powerful, customized versions (e.g fully automatic acid tipped armored piercing assault rifle, etc.)"  Why did they not keep that!!?!? "

This is nuts.

" Man, THIS premise should've been used for Bioshock 2, would've made that game way cooler. "

" Sounds a lot better than the actual end product. I mean, I liked Bioshock and all, but the game being described in this pitch is a hundred times better. "

I really like Bioshock, but this premise is interesting as well. I doubt we'll see it resurrected, but it's totally interesting.

"Vanilla weapon archetypes (e.g slug thrower, missle launcher, chemical projector, etc.) that are found around the island can be molded into more powerful, customized versions (e.g fully automatic acid tipped armored piercing assault rifle, etc.)"
 
Why did they not keep that!!?!?

" Glad they changed it. "

I like how Multiplayer is listed in the contents.

I think you meant 'banar-nars'

saved it, i'll read it later, but it looks really interesting.
i'd like to see more of this. the rest of the pitch and also pitches of other known (or perhaphs unknown) games. that would be awesome

Manipulating the environment would have been awesome.

It sounds so different from BioShock, that I think I'd actually like to see them make this next!

Thats cool that they are releasing the pitch!

Glad they changed it.

So game development is about the same process as movie development? Makes sense i guess.

The original pitch for Bioshock was... Far Cry?

Sounds a lot better than the actual end product. I mean, I liked Bioshock and all, but the game being described in this pitch is a hundred times better.

I love insider info like this. As a student of game design in college I wish more stuff like this was released. I'm working on a pitch currently as well.

I thought this was released ages ago, I remember hearing something similar before.

"It's a fascinating look at what BioShock was originally perceived as" 
 
Don't you mean "conceived as"? But yeah, that's nuts. This doesn't seem to resemble the game we know and love at all.

Still waiting on the next Freedom Force game.

So it's like Dr. Moreau mixed with what BioShock would eventually become? Fits with what it became, in more ways than one. Specifically, two.

Man, THIS premise should've been used for Bioshock 2, would've made that game way cooler.

awesome!