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A Look At Rapture, A Decade Later

It seems there's some ill business going on under the sea...

Oct. 26 2009

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

BioShock 2

Rapture

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Edited By Brundage

DOPE!

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Edited By lemon360

nice
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Edited By Jayzilla

I like how all the nutcases in Rapture can still come together to build coherent signage and buildings lolz.

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Edited By DukeTogo

meh

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Edited By MetalR

I'm not feeling this game.

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Edited By Evilsbane

WoW this actually got me excited for the game I was really worried for it and I still am a little bit but yea Yea I can get behind this

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Edited By Evilsbane
@Jayzilla: They weren't always nutcases they were some of the finest minds in the world who slipped into madness because of complete freedom from moral obligation.
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Edited By DanielJW

I want to see less of the explosive action, and more of the atmosphere and environment in this game. To me that was the biggest strength of the first Bioshock.

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Edited By RIDEBIRD

Just seems.. meh.

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Edited By nail1080

Yup, it's a sequel alright, and the enviornments looks way too samey
 
very meh

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Edited By VWGTI

I'm feeling a little meh, but I won't completely write it off. It looks like a lot of what made the first game so epic, charming, and memorable was lost when developing the sequel. We'll have to wait and see I guess.

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Edited By Derios

I am now excited for this game again.

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Edited By pause422

As I thought from the beginning, to now...still terrible looking.

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Edited By Reverseface

WE ARE NEVER ALONE
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Edited By slyspider

The thing i liked about bioshock was, it was you against more powerful enemies. That wont happen when your in a suit thats badass and all. LAME

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Edited By AndrooD2

I want to be excited, but I'm still bored.

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Edited By SumDeus

This doesn't have the same feel as the first game. I should be feeling alone and nervous, not drilling holes in splicers' faces.

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Edited By BlackIrish05
@DanielJW said:
" I want to see less of the explosive action, and more of the atmosphere and environment in this game. To me that was the biggest strength of the first Bioshock. "
Exactly 
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Edited By ZombiePie

I still remain skeptical about this game.

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Edited By darkjester74

Was that bit about the embrago lifting meant for public consumption?
 
Also:  Would you kindly...turn up the gamma correction?  I cant see a damn thing....  =\

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Edited By Deusx

damn people this is just a trailer! a teaser! you cant judge a game by just watching a two minute long video! I bet this is going to be just as good, if not better, than the first one. And Jayzilla, the people in rapture are not stupid they are just crazy, besides, those buildings where made before they became the ADAM junkies they are now.

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Edited By Burninator12

Sold

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Edited By artofwar420

What is Ken Levine doing now? I really wonder what he thinks of this... probably sighing up a storm. Oh I remember now, X-Com, he's doing X-Com.
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Well … Less COD and Serious Sam, more Bioshock please?

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Edited By kagekage

YES A NEW AD.

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Edited By Shabs

I think I'm uninterested in this game because it didn't need a sequel.
 
There's nothing in this trailer that hints towards meaningful growth of the lore of Rapture.  If previews/reviews come out saying that the story is good, I might become interested again.

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Edited By giyanks22

nice!!!!

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Edited By Cornman89

GameTrailers preview has reignited my interest in BioShock 2. It's good to know the splicers have been getting even weirder in the past decade, and BIg Daddy weapons look like fun to use, but I really just want to know more about the new villain and how collectivism figures into the new Rapture.
 
It's almost a shame, really - the stuff I most want to know about BioShock 2 is the stuff they will not, and can not, divulge beforehand. Still, color me interested.

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Edited By JediMcAndrew

As much as I want to be miffed at this game, it looks badass.  They have the look of the first game down, if they have crafted a story that can live up to the first as well then they have my $60.

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Edited By Lazyaza

I still have no idea what to think of this sequel. Thus far all I'm seeing is 'we added some new enemies and weapons'.  This could very well turn out to be one of those rare game sequels that is actually worse than the original, I really hope it isn't.

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Edited By Potter9156

Meh. This is exactly what I don't want from a Bioshock sequel: over the top combat. Combat in Bioshock was crap. Exploring, the feeling of being just a dude, alone in some crazy ass underwater city was great. Now you're some indestructible cyborg/walking tank/walking gun. Fuck. That.

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Edited By toowalrus

I feel like that orchestral number should be playing with my emotions and getting me hyped for this game, but it's just not workin'.

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Edited By nanikore

Meh, indeed.

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@JediMcAndrew said:
"They have the look of the first game down."
That's a really nice way of putting it. Zero improvement is more like it, luckily graphics aren't everything.
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Edited By LaszloKovacs

It's like I can feel how wrong the pacing of the combat is.
 
I hope this turns out well, but right now I just don't see it.

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Edited By wrecks

Looks like a blast.

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Edited By chililili

The difficulty or fear was in no way present in Bioshock if you took constant photographs and hacked bioshock stands as one of the few FPS that gets easier the more you progress in it. Compare the first time you foguht a big daddy vs one of the last. It was a piece of cake.

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Edited By Lind_L_Taylor

I wanted to like/play Bioshock but the game gave me a headache from motion sickness.

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Edited By Kefkaesque

The concept and the haunting atmosphere was the best part of the original.
 
Everything looked, sounded and felt right from the creepy lighting to the steampunk weapon upgrades to the ads that played through the PA systems of Rapture.
 
Those things, however, don't translate too well to a 2 minute Trailer. I DID like the new enemies and that underwater bit and the end.

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Edited By Ronnock

I think y'all are missing the point of this sequel. From what I've read and watched, it isn't suppose to be like the first game other than the setting. it's a whole new perspective of the world of Rapture, thus therefore, a whole new gameplay type. In conjunction, those who are complaining about being "too" much of a badass, I'm assuming from this, that y'all didn't get to the end of the first Bioshock.  
 
I for one welcome a change that is still in the same heart and mind of the first one, but from a different outlook. It's a welcome refreshment. However, I do somewhat agree with what one of the previous posters said. Did Bioshock really even need a sequel? It wasn't really set up for one, but whateves! I have a feeling this game will be just as good as the first one, but with a different taste. 

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I can actualy see myself finishing this game...couldnt bring myself to do that the first one. Level design pissed me off too much. Go across the hall "oops, a huge fucking boulder just dropped in front of you. go around."  
 
Hopefuly this game will be better.
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Edited By lolgreg

Bioshock is still probably my favourite game this gen as far as single player experiences.  I'll most likely be picking this up.

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Edited By koolaid39

I have mixed feelings about this game. The aspects of this game that I care about are the story and the environment. It seems like they are concentrating more on the shooting. The shooting is not why I enjoyed the first game. Here's hoping the resources are being used to improve both the shooting and keeping the story and environment strong, or making it stronger.
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Edited By Kibblez

The bit at 1:21 looks great. This trailer has bolstered my anticipation for the game..

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Edited By ververdan0226

All aboard. 
 
I'm excited.  :)  2K  Marin's firing on all cylinders, trying the best they can with another team. Hope it turns out well, it certainly looks like it will.

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Edited By Derecto

Oh god, im so worried bout sk screwing up this one..... i can only wait..-.-

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Edited By Turtlemayor333

The negative reactions exist because the original BioShock had artistic merit as a game. You'd be seeing the same thing if Jonathan Blow was hyping up Braid 2 right now. Now maybe you don't care about all that and can't wait to blast away more splicers, and that's fine, but I'm totally agreeing with users like Potter9156 here. The combat looks off, the story doesn't matter, and interaction with the underwater environment means a whole lot less when you've got a fish bowl on your head.

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Edited By Vinchenzo

Game looks like shit. Glad I'm avoiding it. The first Bioshock was amazing. This one... not even good enough to be called Bioshock.

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Edited By blair

I'm guessing they're going to screw it up.
 
It'll hurt because BioShock was so fucking fantastic.
 
Maybe Ken Levine will return for BioShock 3, which I seriously hope is a prequel.
 
This just seems so forced, unoriginal and uninspiring.
 
I hope they can prove me wrong though.

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@SiN_BR said:
"Level design pissed me off too much. "
On the other hand, the level design encouraged exploration by clever and rewarding item placement.