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Rapturous confusion: BioShock 2 is called 'sequel and prequel' photo

Sure, I grumbled about BioShock 2, until I saw the brief trailer from yesterday, which turned me into a glowing, excited child on the spot, despite my inner cynic. I had a flash of insight -- the game could actually be good. It could be rubbish too, but I like to lean on the positive side.

2K Marin's Charles Shechbeck commented on the trailer with some vague, mysterious words today:

"BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams is part of a prequel and at the same time is a sequel, so you’re kind of close on the interpretation of the trailer. The rising replica of Rapture can represent something to do with this or something part of a bigger surprise that everyone has to wait and see to play. "

Prequel AND sequel? What a tease. I envision something that shows us a bit of Rapture before the time of the first game and then jumps forward into the future, but who knows. It's not much to go on, but enough to get my imagination churning. I hope we get more than this trailer to go on soon, because the suspense is killing me.

[Via What If Gaming -- Thanks, Adam]


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Palidi at 10/17/2008 14:46
It could be a new city, in the same vein as Rapture, that's going through the same events that Rapture did when it fell.

Or we'd play as a little sister that has really bad Post traumatic stress disorder with flashback sequences...

Anyhow, I want to see where they take this.
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nademagnet at 10/17/2008 14:51
Oooo, playing as a little sister that was saved in the first game... and now uses plasmids and fights splicers :D
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trickfred at 10/17/2008 14:52
If it's from the perspective of a Little Sister, it could show before and after the events of the first game, with her having 'memory loss' during the period of her, um... 'recruitment'. This way we could even get a cameo of the first game's lead as he de-sisters us.

Plus, playing as a potentially smaller/weaker character could be better, as I was pretty damn powerful by the end of the first game, even on my Brass Balls run. More of a challenge when the game is harder.
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bruceleethree at 10/17/2008 14:57
no Levine? I'm not buying it.


PEACE LOSERS
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AKK at 10/17/2008 15:01
A prequel? Fuck that. The game WAS a prequel. Give me a completely unrelated storyline or give me death!

.............
J03yyz's Avatar
J03yyz at 10/17/2008 15:02
bioshock sucked.
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Surf314 at 10/17/2008 15:02
It's the future and the past!! It's like Quantum Leap, except with less man in a woman's body lulz.
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king3vbo at 10/17/2008 15:08
Interesting... I'm willing to give it a good chance
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wardrox at 10/17/2008 15:10
ooooh.. ^_^
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IronPikeman at 10/17/2008 15:12
More than likely Rapture will rise from the depths, just as the trailer showed the sand city rising from the ground. I just hope to hear this song: [url=http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=odcJ-vS22rI]MR. Sandman[/u] sometime during this game.
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IronPikeman at 10/17/2008 15:14
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Capn Birdseye at 10/17/2008 15:37
They are probably just going to have 2 characters playing simultaneously in the past or future, or it will be set in the future with flashbacks to the past.

Either way, it should be pretty rad.
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MissHinasaki at 10/17/2008 15:59
Yea, I felt bad for it but I got kind of excited after seeing the trailer, even after bitching all this time about a sequel.
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exodus1925 at 10/17/2008 16:14
I'm so excited now, damnit.
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Gamer Named Tim at 10/17/2008 16:19
Maybe it's called "Sea of Dreams" because you have playable flashbacks? A sequel with a little prequel?
DanlHaas's Avatar
DanlHaas at 10/17/2008 16:26
I'm calling it right now: This game will not be a first person shooter. At least not 100%.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 10/17/2008 16:46
I just pooped myself a little.
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Miguelcar808 at 10/17/2008 17:55
Resident Evil 3 was(is) a sequel and a prequel to Resident Evil 2
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Dexter345 at 10/17/2008 19:10
You were against the sequel until you saw the teaser trailer? Boy, are you easy.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 10/17/2008 21:18
It's less filling AND tastes great!
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catsithx at 10/18/2008 04:38
And yet I will still get this game if it is as epic as the frist one
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