BioShock 2 officially announced for 2009

Really not that surprising to see this announcement. Any game nowadays which hits it big is bound to get sequelitis. The question now is whether Ken Levine and 2K Boston will be doing it or the new 2K Marin people who were mostly involved in BioShock's development.

hmm, not sure what to think about this.

on the one hand, i feel they should have let it be, but on the other hand, they're taking a whole 2 years to do a sequel when they could have just pumped one out by this holiday... so we'll see. i'm cautiously optimistic at this point.

I wonder who they'll use as a viewpoint in this one. Maybe you'll be one of Ryan's aides/assistants or someone involved in trying to wrest control away from him. Lots of possibilities for greatness. Also, lots of possibilities for EPIC FAIL. We can only hope for the first one at this point.

crying about this is retarded. No disrespect to Jim cause a) youre my hero and b) I see where youre coming from to a certain extent, but acting like this is a bad thing right off the bat is crazy.

Chances are even a Bioshock sequel thats not "as good" as the first will still be better than most of the crap out there and 2, if the same people do the game, we should give them the benefit of the doubt and assume, more aweomeness is in store.

I think this is great news and would love to be able to get deeper into the world, (and I found all the diaries).

I hope it will be amazing, and am optimistic it will be. :)

also, my avatar fails.

I say that, if it's not a totally different society, different characters, different underlying political theme, then it's going to suck the balls of the world.

who can name a game that did well commercially in this gen or the last that didn't get the sequel treatment?

I'm hoping for the best but planning for the worst.

What's 2K Marins development record anyways?

ARGH

Why can't you release one, single game and let it stand on its own without exploring the universe to death (ahem, Final Fantasy VII and Star Wars).

I don't think it's a good thing that I have no happiness at all for this.

@maxVest - i represent 2k australia and i'm willing to hire you sight unseen. you sir, are a GENIUS!

Ho hum.

Has it been confirmed that Ken Levine won't be working on this one?

Also, Wardrox is a chirpy Northern sod who's happy that he's got enough coal to cook his Lancashire hotpot for that night.

im kinda against it but it cant hurt to have a sequel and who knows its could be just as good as the first

@yaisuah

"Uncreative" is a company that is so bad at coming up with fresh ideas that will sell that they've got to sell more than one, maybe two, games on the coattails of a profitable name. There's not much you can harm in having sequels to games like Halo or Super Smash Brothers. There have been a few decent hard-hitting titles to succeed in the sequels department, such as the Metal Gear series. The stories were well-crafted and well-executed, with a main character people care about. No one, however, really cares much about Jack Ryan. Rapture's downfall has been and gone, it's been figured out, and the most important parts of it have been rescued. Going from there is basically either going to draw out the original story again, with few changes, or it's going to have to rely on a stupid plot vehicle such as resurrecting Andrew Ryan or, worse, Fontaine. So then, you're left with the prospect of making a totally different game with totally different elements.

Which means it should just be a completely different game, instead of Bioshock.

I mean, how did Bioshock become so profitable? Because it was a great game that was WORTH the money. Having to jump on a successful title's back and sodomize it until it dies is, in my opinion, the very definition of uncreative.

While I agree that it wouldn't be a bad idea to leave Bioshock as a stand alone game there's no reason why they can't make a superior sequel/prequel that expands on the first game. I mean system shock 2 was better than the first right? I'm going to withhold any judgment on this game until we get some actual details but this should definitely be a one off sequel like FF-X2 and not an on going franchise

If Levine is involved in this then rest assured it will be done perfectly. He is pretty good at making video games.

@Y0j1mb0

that frog is a 404 page

@ Jim

sorry if it looked like I was saying YOU were crying about it. I didnt mean it like that, it was more of a general statement. It just surpises me that everyone isnt excited for this.

Although the first one was great, there was room for improvement.

Also, I think the sequel should be judged off its on merits and not constantly compared to the original (chances are it wont be able to live up to the enormous expectations we will all place on it) but, maybe it will, and for that maybe we should rejoice!

ok, im done now.

Unnecessary cashing-in ahoy!

But honestly, there's no need to expand on Bioshock and any sequel, no matter how good it may or may not be is going to live up to expectations and universally disappoint.

I'll just wait for the Dtoid Review and decide on it then :-)

BioShock in space!!!

@ dtomek

I agree. System Shock 2 gives me hope. I just won't get too optimistic.

I have my reservations, but until more information is available I'll just have to trust the creators. I do think this has great potential, but if done wrong, it could ruin a perfectly good opportunity. The team that made the first one cared about the game so much, I can't imagine they would let the sequel be sub-par.