BioShock studio Irrational Games closing its doors
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Well this is a bad sign. All these layoffs from studios that do good work while the parent companies bombard us with turds. The industry keeps sounding like it's headed for another 1983 crash, something half the industry workers aren't even old enough to remember. Full Moon studios had this happen after Deadpool so i'm not even sure the Transformer series they started will be finished. I don't have faith in 2K to make more bioshock games without Levine, bioshock 2 was okay but pretty bare bones storywise.
thequackdealer
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Well this sucks, thank god infinite didn't end on a cliffhanger.
falloutnvmaster
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Wait, so no more Burial At Sea episodes?
chaosprince
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Some of us at EA-Sacramento signed and sent a card to them with some fan art. Sad day indeed
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CB2001
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Shame really. I was hoping to see if my theory about the next game's location was going to be true or not (basically, I had a theory that the first two games dealt with a city under the sea, and the third game involved a city in the sky, that the next logical place that they would have a city located would be in space, either in Earth's orbit or on the moon).
Actually i was wondering if the next one would be in space too, it would make sense to have it take place during the cold war when the space race was at the height. Well the article says he'll be handing over bioshock to someone else at the company if they make more of the series and as it's a cashcow i don't see why not. I just liked his writing better than the stuff in bioshock 2, it all seemed flat and lifeless. The problem is that bioshock's always been a bit too smart for a lot of gamers; they have no interest in the real world views that gave rise to Andrew ryan's outlook nor to the theories of alternate dimensions or history in Infinite. They'd rather complain it's racists and boring because things aren't blowing up ever 3 seconds or that they don't have a stale multiplayer game to play. Hate to see the games get dumbed down.
division 6
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At one point they planned to have a 6 game story arch.
I played 2 then 1 so I wasn't disappointed.
Always play in a dark cold room, I'll pass on the smell of low tide and rotting flesh.
I played 2 then 1 so I wasn't disappointed.
Always play in a dark cold room, I'll pass on the smell of low tide and rotting flesh.
Infinite is how steampunk should be done. I swear the end of infinite is a joke reference to the Mass effect mess showing that multiple endings are useless if they all lead to the same ending events. I'd love to see one during the 1960s in space though or even the 80s actually. I really want that songbird statue they made for the super deluxe edition. I'm kinda hoping they'll find a way to port System Shock and System shock 2 onto consoles via download since they're the prototypes for bioshock.
Really didn't care for Infinite at all but loved the first two games... in fact they are probably my all-time favorites. The atmosphere they created was absolutely 2nd to none. It is a shame they won't get to create any more as I would have liked to see them redeem themselves from Infinite... and yeah... I know. I am the only person on earth who feels that way.
Oh i agree infinite wasn't the highpoint of the series, i'm stuck at the end of it defending an airship from massive enemy onslaughts, something that doesn't belong in a bioshock game. I bet we'll get some polished turd of a bioshock game that's basically an excuse for multiplayer heavy focus or a COD clone.
Curmudgeon
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I hope this means no more Bioshock games. It would be nice to see the series end as a very good trilogy rather than go the CoD or Assassin's Creed route.
division 6
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After seeing the final trailer just before launch I lost all interest in playing Infinite.
I'll stick with the bottom of the ocean.
I'll stick with the bottom of the ocean.
I haven't played Infinite yet, but I got it in the Winter Steam sale. I really liked the first two games though. I also agree that some game series should run their arc and go out on a high note unlike COD.
Its the replay value of the games thats so enjoyable, most particularly Bioshock where depending on the "moral" choices you make, the endings differ so much. And using the differing combinations of the powers to defeat the various enemies. Bioshock is the strongest story by far, II was Ok but Infinite was a tad too complex and the subtexts difficult to deal with until you take into account the period it was supposed to take place in. I really enjoyed the chaos of the last fight on the flight deck and again its only one you can win by combining power upgrafdes/ traps etc with the weaponry and Songbird with very effective practise. It had me sweating and gave me numb thumbs a while. I had to watch that ending twice before I understood it though, and it seemed to wrap up the trilogy nicely. I really enjoy a good story within a game and these were head and shoulders above most of whats out there. Shoot'em ups are fun but the repetitive nature a little boring after a while. I almost gave up playing the latest Tomb Raider not only because the game play was predictable but I REALLY had a problem with the grotesque ways in which she died.It actually really upset me,though god only knows why, I've played so many others,but I just couldn't handle it with this one. I'm hoping the new Thief will be as good as the old PC versions were, I loved the sneaking around ,the zero kills and the stories.Like I said,the Bioshock games were creative and thoughtfull, and I will miss new ones, whilst occasionally replaying the old
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division 6
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The horrendous deaths have always been there (pits of spikes, rolling boulders, flinging blades, etc, it's just that the graphics are better so it effects you more.
I could have done with out the profanity, I get enough of that at work.
I could have done with out the profanity, I get enough of that at work.
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