"Will this threaten to cut into your Call of Duty time, or is the lure of Plasmid-themed chicanery not enough to convince you?"

HELL NO. Never.

But I agree with you, that it's unecessary but deserves a chance.

I'll shock your bios anytime Sterling.

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This could be because the GameCube was the only console I owned last generation, but I quite liked the multiplayer in Metroid Prime 2. Granted, it was always no more than a race for the super missile, but still, pretty fun!

On Bioshock 2, I do kinda have to wonder what the point of the multiplayer component is. It's not like I speak for everyone else or anything, but it's rare I devote any real time at all to a multiplayer component, and if I do, it's usually exclusively.

Because, thing is, you're never good at any multiplayer game when you first start playing it; it always takes time for you to be able to learn the ropes and then there's the daunting task of learning to play competitively.

With all these games coming out, and each one claiming to have the best and deepest mulitiplayer available anywhere, devoting any time at all to any of these games' multiplayer components just seems... exhausting.

Aw, yeah. This looks dope for sure. It looks like the multiplayer takes you to the beginning of the end for Rapture. It's believable and makes more sense in the context of the game than not. I'll give it a try.

Honestly, I don't think it's necessary. Bioshock is one of the games that doesn't need a multiplayer to be considered "Game of the Year". Bioshock 2 is no different. I'll give it a try nonetheless. I'm still pumped for the game tho :D

Ack... that looks like an unbalanced mess.

This doesn't look unbalanced, this looks like Jedi Knight meets l4d free for all while tripping on some old 1940's style acid! I don't know what to think fo this D:

As I said not five minutes ago on The Escapist, I think this trailer looks far more fun than Modern Warfare 2 in every way I can think of. My only worry is the plasmids and being able to slip into a Big Daddy suit might cause some balance issues. But otherwise it looks like awesome sauce.

@LsTr_Of_SmG: It spawns randomly on the map and it's a temporary power up. From the looks of it you become an ordinary Big Daddy and not the prototype con plasmids.

Definitely taking the wait-and-see approach with this game.

I don't know how I feel about this... hmmmm.

Amazing how online Deathmatch can reduce any video game to a moronic level of juvenile banality.

It looks terribly unpolished, but you can see the potential. They've just got to make the animations look smoother, and make it a bit less garish.

I remember that early versions of TF2 look horrible. But that game turned out great after Valve polished it to near perfection.

I hope this isn't the version of multiplayer they plan to release. Please tell me it's still a very early model.

I think the role of multiplayer as an additional story component is one of the best ideas anyone has ever had. It's kind of like getting two games instead of one. Color me excited.

Great. This probably means multiplayer achievements. Which means I won't be getting all of them since I tend to only play multiplayer games built for just that (i.e. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, etc.). Bioshock 2's multiplayer looks weak. Hopefully it looks better when it is released.

Bioshock doesn't need multiplayer. Le sigh.

Dating this game for the single player, marrying this game for the single player, and banging the multiplayer on the side.