Bahhh. This is why we can't have nice things. Bioshock is doomed to be the next Halo franchise.

yes but reaprar seen as at this current moment in time there are only 3, that means right now it is a trilogy.

So say we all!!!

Oh well, that's the breaks. Companies need money, and this is a great and efficient way to make some, so long as the game is polished and well designed. It doesn't have to another masterpiece, just good enough for previous fans.

And when a company has a lot of money, this enables them to take a few chances here and there on new and exciting properties. So try to think of the potential for good that can come out of this. Perhaps Ken Levine wants a bigger budget for his next great idea. This will go a long ways in helping fill that need.

So let's try and think positive for once here.

Bioshock: Reloaded?

Eternal i hear what your sayin buddy but you only gotta look at the facts. yes this could go the complete opposite way and be amazing and be the best damn trilogy that ever existed, but i am very skeptical about that happening. personally i think basing a game on the fall of rapture is not such a great idea seen as a lot of this was covered in the audio diaries. The best option in my eyes would be to maybe go with the bad ending in a way but sort of go with the good side of it. E.g. all the splicers escape from rapture and you have to go and save wherever, say a small island or a country from the deathly hands of the splicers and what not. i just think there are better ideas than beefing up an already existing one.

how the shit can it be a trilogy? The only possible sequel they can do is a prequel since they fucking destroyed Rapture. Here's the possibilities of what could happen based on bioshocks ending... Nothing, or you go to an oil rig where theres like 5 or 6 splicers. This makes no sense.

Nothing to worry about. If any universe has interesting enough material, there's no telling all the places it can be taken. Compromising a vision for money is a like diving between the devil and the deep blue sea, because you can't please everyone, but you still have to make money.

The whole concept of Bioshock is interesting and the only limit is our imagination. Don't let the fear of the sequel cloud your mind. When any game does well, its only natural we see more of it.

Us gamers are indeed spoilt fuckers. We want new games, but expecting every game to be original is pretty dumb and pretentious. We get original games, dont buy them (Okami, God Hand etc) and resort to being sequels. Regardless though, established series and new IP have to go hand in hand, as one helps pay for the expensive luxury of the other. Get used to it, cause this is the way it has always been, and always will be if you want this industry to survive.

Artistic integrity is a great and honourable virtue to have, but doesn't always pay the bills. Try to understand that.

I'll be looking forward to more Bioshock, hopefully as much as I do Resident Evil, Dead Rising, Street Fighter etc, etc. The Bioshock dev crew my support.

In the end, it does not matter how these sequels turn out. If they suck, that doesn't change what the original game was and is. It's still the same game regardless of what comes after it.

So in the end, nothing truly harmful will come from this. Yes, it is disheartening to see whoring of any kind, but creativity and innovation will always seep through the cracks, and more money in the hands of publishers means more developers getting a chance to show us what they've got.

So don't worry. If the game sucks, simply move along and find something else worth your time and money. It will all work out in the end.