Take-Two CEO on Red Dead's Reception, BioShock 2 sales, and another Max Payne 3 delay
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ajvitaly
replyBioshock 2 isn't as successful mostly because I think that as time has passed, people are realizing that Bioshock 1 was overrated by pundits and consumers alike. It was a good game with an amazing atmosphere but ended being incredibly repetitive IMO.
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Disagree. I think most people who enjoyed Bioshock 1 passed on 2 because playing the Big Daddy at the end of BioShock 1 was more than enough time in that role. A whole game like that? I dunno. Plus it was a game that didn't need a sequel or a prequel, or MP for that matter. It wasn't as big of a draw to play for me like BioShock 1 was.
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The multiplayer is definitely the biggest head scratcher for me.
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Agree. I absolutely loved BS1, but as soon as I heard that you play as a Big Daddy in BS2, I was very disappointed at how they milk this cash-cow and abuse the first game, which pwned.
And, true to my prejudice, the second title is very crappy, and not recommendable even to hardcore fans of Rapture. It drowned in the first game, so stop digging stuff up.
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I picked up Bioshock 1 for like $5 and was still kinda eh at it for that price. It just wasn't that great and I felt it was extremely overrated. I agree about the atmosphere being great, but the gameplay just seemed to drag on.
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Yeah, im in the same boat at you. I bought what I thought was the spiritual successor to System Shock 2 and what I got was a dumbed down remake in an interesting but repetitive atmosphere. Even the major "twist" fell on deaf ears here, didn't do anything for me. It would've pulled itself off if you could replay the game knowing that and make different decisions but you can't.
Bioshock 2 on the other hand was a pleasant surprise. It made the combat A LOT better. It added some nice extra depth. The story was handled well and how they integrated your role as a big daddy was great. I highly reccomend it to anyone if they have a chance to play it. Should be getting cheap quick. I will add though that it seems if you thought the first was overrated, you'll like it but if you absolutely adored the first, then you'll hate it. -
Feder obviously doesn't care about much of anything beyond initial sales. No indication there of whether Bioshock 3 (oh yes, there will be a Bioshock 3) will have more substance, will be a much better game to play, instead of just title number 3 in the series to massively overhype, deliver incomplete, and then pump out DLC packs every three weeks.
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I thought you said you didn't play Bioshock 2? I would argue that, from a gameplay perspective, it actually did have more substance than the first game. people's major complaint about the first one was that it become repetitive and the second one had a lot of weapons and ammo types. I thought the gameplay was pretty enjoyable. I don't think it did a story as well as the first game, but that's a tough thing to follow and given everything I still enjoyed it. It did start rather slow though.
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Bioshock 1 did have an excellent ending, and that's getting far more rare in games these days, thanks to planned sequels and trilogies.
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I completely agree about the ending. I seriously don't understand some people who say it was terrible. I totally didn't get that from either ending, really.
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