BioShock 2

[sharkey360]

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I'm getting close to finishing BioShock again, this time for the other ending.

[sharkey360]

I finally accomplished the happy ending of BioShock last night. Saving all the Little Sister was really worth the effort.

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Bioshock 2's Chief Creator Against A Tide Of Skeptics

Jordan Thomas has no overall map for Rapture, the majestic underwater city in which the BioShock series is set. He doesn't have blueprints or a population figure. He works a little more by instinct.

Thomas is the creative director of Bioshock 2. He's got one of those dream gigs in games, overseeing a major release that has the budget and the ideas to be great, and one might even consider his job an easy one if you went by the logic that a sequel to hit video game like 2007's Bioshock makes Bioshock 2 a can't miss.

The problem is that Jordan Thomas is swimming against a current of doubt that Bioshock 2 can be great, can be creatively successful when, even on the eve of its release, past some pretty positive previews here on Kotaku, it can't shake the sense of being more a commercial project than an artful one. Such are most video games, of course, but Bioshock's faithful didn't want that to happen to their own and didn't cheer when Thomas' bosses much higher up on the executive level at publisher/developer Take-Two Interactive were talking in 2009 about Bioshock as a franchise that can spin five sequels just like — questionable example — Star Wars.

It's weird and welcome, then, that Jordan Thomas sounded nothing like a shill when he spoke to me last week about Bioshock 2. Instead he sounded like a man immersed in the craft of game creation almost incapable — this is praise — of talking in selling points.

"I'm more suited toward the potential in difficult problems rather than the divisive critical argument," he said as we began our interview discussing the wave of skepticism Bioshock 2 seemed to be up against.

The 2007 original was beloved, a first-person shooter that drowned its player in the underwater failed art deco Utopia of Rapture, asking the player to make moral choices about the fate of half-living little girls called Little Sisters while strategically battling enemies, including the hulking Big Daddies with a diverse arsenal of direct and indirect tactics — plus being exposed to the limits of free will in a video game. That was game of the year material. Bioshock 2, a return to Rapture… this time YOU are the Big Daddy… this time there are Little Sisters and menacing BIG Sisters.

More at Bioshock 2's Chief Creator Against A Tide Of Skeptics - Jordan Thomas - Kotaku

[sharkey360]

Sweet deal!

If you're planning on picking up the PC version of BioShock 2, you might want to consider pre-purchasing the game on Steam, as the game is selling for $45, with a free copy of the original BioShock as a bonus!

BioShock 2 is due out in exactly three weeks, and Valve has passed along word of what will probably be the best deal possible for the PC version of the game--especially if you haven't introduced yourself to the series yet. Customers who pre-purchase BioShock 2 on Steam will not only save five bucks off the retail price, but their $45 purchase will also grant them a copy of the original BioShock right now, giving the player plenty of time to run through Rapture for the first time.

Steam users who already own BioShock also have reason to pick up the sequel besides the lower price, as they will be able to send the extra version to a friend. If you're feeling extra-charitable, Steam also offers a "Four Pack" deal that gives you four copies of BioShock 2 and four bonus copies of the original for $135.

Source - BioShock 2 buyers on Steam get 10% off and BioShock 1 for free, News from GamePro

[PartyBoi]

connected ang story sa 1? i havent played pa .. do i have to play 1 to understand 2?

[PartyBoi]

ngano nga crazy man ang mga kids sa game? hahaha mga zombie na? hahaha

[darkdruid]

just a question.. is this a pc game or not?

[personalmgt]

connected ang story sa 1? i havent played pa .. do i have to play 1 to understand 2?

No. Bioshock 1 and 2 are completely different games in terms of story. They use the same setting however the characters and the story are completely different.

[sharkey360]

PC specs for BioShock 2 revealed

Minimum:
• OS: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
• Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better
• Memory: 2GB
• Graphics: NVIDIA 7800GT 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better
• DirectX®: DirectX 9.0c
• Hard Drive: 11GB
• Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0C compliant sound card or onboard sound

Recommended:
• Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz
• Memory: 3GB
• Graphics: NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card or better

Other Requirements:
Initial installation requires one-time internet connection; Ability to save game, earn achievements, receive title updates and online play requires log-in to Games for Windows LIVE; software installations required including Microsoft Visual C++2008 Runtime Libraries, Games for Windows LIVE client, Games for Windows LIVE Client Patch, Sony DADC SecuROM, Microsoft DirectX.

Source - Bioshock 2: System requirements released - Complex DRM? - Bioshock 2, Rapture, Release, Videos, Screenshots, System Requirements, DRM, copy Protection - PC Games Hardware

[personalmgt]

^Do you have a clue if the steam version will be DRM-Less? I don't want spyware DRM running around my system. I might just get the steam version if that's the case.

[sharkey360]

Upon announcing BioShock 2's DRM earlier this week, 2K was hit with a wave of criticism from players. To nip the nerd-rage in the bud, they've decided to loosen the game's copy protections.

"There will be no SecuROM install limits for either the retail or digital editions of BioShock 2, and SecuROM will be used only to verify the game’s executable and check the date," announced 2K community manager Elizabeth Tobey. "Beyond that, we are only using standard Games for Windows Live non-SSA guidelines, which, per Microsoft, comes with 15 activations (after that, you can reset them with a call to Microsoft.)"

Originally the game was going to have a five-machine limit for activations. Crisis averted, though. No need to give the game any one-star reviews on Amazon - not that you'd ever stoop to such a thing.

Source - BioShock 2 DRM Reduced