This is the current problem with the games industry, publishers and studios are not interested in anything new, they want the same crop of people who can come in and do the same job, so that they can knock out the same type of games as soon as possible.

The best ideas are not filtering through to this industry, the best ideas do not come from technicians, yet that is what you have to be to be involved with game design right now. It doesn't surprise me at all the BioShock was a hard sell, it looks like a game Terry Gilliam would make, in other words it's original.

It's a vicious circle, no new ideas due to no new blood being employed in the industry, it's always the same type of people, it's an inbred industry in need of diversity, but because the stakes are so high, few studios will dare to take an unkown direction. As usual people won't make any changes until it's worse to do nothing than to do something.

All other creative mediums have a creation process which allows designers to instantly construct their vision, pick up a camera, pick up a pencil, pick up an instrument etc. With game design, the whole process is so technical, labour intensive and expensive that there is little chance of new ideas surviving this process, the games industry has evolved in complete isolation and as a result the main bulk of design talent out there is not being tapped into beacuse the games industry has evolved to exclude outsiders, this industry has to try and get creative design in sync with the development process, so that games like BioShock are not a rarity.

@Zardoz
This is the current problem with the games industry, publishers and studios are not interested in anything new, they want the same crop of people who can come in and do the same job, so that they can knock out the same type of games as soon as possible.

Did you read the article? They turned down the game because they thought it was the same old thing.

well at the start it was but it kept getting bigger and bigger thur the years. They kept on getting better ideas and they were working. things just worked well for them. atleast this game wont go under the radar that is one thing MS does right. they know to hype a game. unlike nintnedo who sucks at it they are working on it.

@twesterm
Did you read the article? They turned down the game because they thought it was the same old thing.

Well then publishers today simply can't recognize originality.

Man the atmosphere is perfect, the visuals and sound design are great and the small taste of gameplay allowed in the demo is unparalleled. GOTY.

@ zardoz: "It doesn't surprise me at all the BioShock was a hard sell, it looks like a game Terry Gilliam would make, in other words it's original."

LOL, well said! Three cheers for Terry Gilliam!

meh....i like it alot.

now give me Mass Effect.