BioShock designers talk a lot on Bonus Round *spoilers*

BioShock designers talk a lot on Bonus Round spoilers

by Alexander Sliwinski { Sep 2nd 2007 at 5:45PM }

We're going to place the video after the break of Bonus Round's Geoff Keighley interviewing two of the main designers behind BioShock. Although the video doesn't contain massive spoilers, for those looking to keep the game fresh, or are just starting to play it on this long holiday weekend in the US, we do recommend watching it at a later date. Those of you already done learning the secrets of Rapture in this chapter of the BioShock saga, we'll discuss more and have the video after the break. Would you kindly finish the game people ... we can't hold off talking about it openly for much longer -- there's stuff we need to discuss.

In this episode of Bonus Round, Geoff Keighley speaks with Bill Gardner, lead level designer, and Hogarth De La Plante, senior artist for BioShock. They talk about a whole mess of things and give a good look at many of the game mechanics and concepts we haven't been talking about because we think it's best to experience the game first. For those who have let the game speak for itself and haven't dug deep into learning every little piece of minutia about BioShock, there's some interesting stuff in the interview. They talk about how there was actually a third type of Big Daddy, a Zoo, Atlas had a southern accent and that the slugs inside the Little Sisters were originally what the Big Daddy protected -- but harvesting or saving a slug really didn't create that emotional/ethical dilemma.

The two designers make it sound like there's some things in the works at 2K Boston and there might be a team split to focus on continuing BioShock. Gardner and De La Plante allude they are working on a separate project and that pieces are getting shifted around for BioShock 2. "There's a lot more to Rapture to tell," says Gardner. De La Plante continues, "Our art team is still invested in the style of Rapture ... we love working in that style, it's so fun." Now, would you kindly watch the video below and leave a comment. Thank you.

Tags: bioshock, bioshock2, rapture

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

evangelion17 @ Sep 2nd 2007 5:58PM

"Would you kindly finish the game people ..." ... Good one!

Taco_Hell @ Sep 2nd 2007 6:06PM

I wonder how many people caught the "Would You Kindly" and how many actually understand the meaning of it.

AndrewNeo @ Sep 2nd 2007 6:09PM

Well, if people who hadn't finished the game stopped reading like they were supposed to, everyone should have gotten it.

rivaldi22 @ Sep 2nd 2007 6:46PM

Even my girlfriend says it, as a joke.

She is tops.

Word of the street. @ Sep 2nd 2007 8:46PM

People that haven't finish Bioshock?,Would you kindly stop with the spoilers?.

ssuk @ Sep 3rd 2007 9:27AM

ololol but I hav taekn ma lot 2...4...uh... yah so fu >:((((((((((((((((((

Joost Schuur @ Sep 2nd 2007 6:14PM

I'm going to incorporate Would You Kindly into my work days next week and see who catches on (or who just *spoiler, spoiler*).

I think I can even do the Irish accent.

Neebs @ Sep 2nd 2007 6:20PM

I've had it in my regular speech mannerisms since I finished the game. Odd, I know, but I'm American and I have "bloody hell," "bugger," and other British words sealed into my head. That was from 3 years of reading Discworld...games are strong, eh?

Vegnagun @ Sep 2nd 2007 7:03PM

I'm trying to incorporate "would you kindly" into my speech but so far it's apparent that other people think I'm a jackass.

Captain Jody Anthony XVIII @ Sep 2nd 2007 6:47PM

oh bioshock, you foul temptress! i promised my fiance i wouldnt get a 360 until after the wedding and you guys just keep making it harder.

Vegnagun @ Sep 2nd 2007 7:02PM

Yeah, I love bioshock, great game.

Turns out Atlas is Attila the hun. I know it hit me hard too, right out of left field with these plot twists.

And those "little sisters"... they're not little and they're definitively not sisters. trust me.

TRUTH @ Sep 2nd 2007 7:19PM

Awesome Game!!! Just Beat it... Now it's time to Save all the lil sisters, & step my research up!

Word of the street. @ Sep 2nd 2007 9:04PM

I was doing an achievements run,Start in hard and try to get all of them but I screw it also I was in Medium :P.

I'm in the last part before the fight with Atlas.

After I finish it I will play it in hard and get the 3 missing achievements.

Jordan @ Sep 2nd 2007 8:10PM

Ok, 2k. You want feeback in the message boards asking for more content?

Here's my request.

MAKE MORE CONTENT PLZ PLZ PLZ OMG PLZ LOVE U SO MUCH MAKE MORE KKTHXBYE

limeyman @ Sep 2nd 2007 8:17PM

I loved the twist at the end when Atlus lifted his helmet off and you saw that he was a woman.

Dan @ Sep 2nd 2007 8:22PM

lmao... and the easter egg where he said "omg can you believe gamespot didn't give us 100%?"

Word of the street. @ Sep 2nd 2007 9:02PM

That was a total BS,They gave Warioware a 9.2 but Bioshock a 9.0?,Why freaking Warioware a gets a 9.2? and Bioshock a 9.0!.

It was a bigger fiasco than Zelda 8.8,There was a time where you could trust gamespot,now they are as bad as EGM.

MAX STRAYSON @ Sep 2nd 2007 9:45PM

Zaius @ Sep 2nd 2007 9:52PM

I am just itching to go back to Rapture. I've been thinking lately that I'd love to see a series of comics "Tales from Rapture" done in the old school EC comics style.

ZippyDSMlee @ Sep 2nd 2007 10:53PM

Gamespot,EGM,"X"Meh I never trust there scores anyway they always seem to be a point off the mark and sometimes 2 points off.....

Word of the street. @ Sep 2nd 2007 11:46PM

I know but is annoying.Gamespot suppose to be this reliable source for Videogames even when decimals are quite deceptive is not excuse for the rating,they are basically saying that Warioware is better than bioshock and that BS,Also if you look at the ratings is at the same level as Perfect Dark Zero(PDZ is quite good but c'mon Bioshock is at least at the 9.5 level).

Really Gamespot made their reviews even worst when they took out the ol'score bar and the .5 system just sucks.

ZippyDSMlee @ Sep 3rd 2007 12:15AM

Word of the street.
(seems I can not directly reply to anyone half the time)

Anyway I disagree sadly Bioshock is a overly mainstreamized game that brings with it half the potential Dark Messiah did.

BS got right setting but it has missed a lot of small nuances and gameplay options that could have set it out to be more than what it is.

Been playing it on and off for me its a solid 8,its a fun flawed game but I hesitate to call it great,SS2 is great dues ex is great HL is great BS..I dunno its missing soemthing.

and Zelda TWP got a 8.9 and a 8.8 the WII version has some polish issues, frankly its more like a 8.... its time to drop the OOT game play designs bring jump in as a standard feature and let you explore with less invisible walls and hookshots that can only attack to this but not that open up the gameplay some more and make Zelda shine.

I would like to see a remake of 2 a mix of OOT and 2 with adult link would be awesome go with a fun teen adventure, altho as long as they do something more with the overall design I'd be happy....oh and no more water planets.....

Bloo @ Sep 3rd 2007 4:47AM

There haven't been reviews like this for a game in over 5 years and you constantly knock it every chance you get. Either you're too jaded or simply can't appreciate the gift to gamers that is Bioshock. Maybe if you wern't playing it on a crappy computer, that would help? It seems like you aren't experiencing it the way it was meant to be. I know many long time and hardcore gamers and, like me, they are going ape shit over this game.

Omega2k3 @ Sep 3rd 2007 10:53AM

Or, maybe, just maybe, he didn't think that it was as great as people say it is. He said it as an 8... He just said it wasn't as good as people are making it out to be. It's his opinion, and I think he stated it fairly, and gave credit to the game where it was due, but just didn't 'feel' it like a lot of us do. He certainly wasn't knocking it, but he didn't think it was a perfect game.

Word of the street. @ Sep 3rd 2007 1:43PM

Nah Dark messiah and Bioshock are too different.

Is like Hexen 2 to Half-life.

Dark messiah has this Hexen feel which is awesome because I’m a Hexen Fan in fact Id should do a new one with another Heretic, While Bioshock feels like an improved Half-life for the atmosphere the game has, the mutants etc also the game is pretty wicked as half-life was.

Well Fans over exaggerate things that’s true but Bioshock well deserves it especially because is not a mindless shooter but a Well designed FPS with a refreshing story also is good to see a FPS being great just for the single player and not the multiplayer experience, IMO a Multiplayer mode for Bioshock would screw the game, the game itself should be Single player only and then 2k should create a new IP based on multiplayer maybe like a Counter strike a la Bioshcok, that would be excellent but Bioshock itself should stay Single player only.

ZippyDSMlee @ Sep 3rd 2007 12:10PM

It reminds me of Halo and the 9+'s it got.....the game is simply not that good,its a fun good game but ZOMG don't people read what the score system is, good to great is 7-8 a 9 is something more solid more fun more awesome.

The game is solid but missing a few nuances to make it beyond a flawed fun game,thus why I can call it a 8 and halo a 7.
LOL

Omega2k3
I can't help to feel the industry has made mediocrity "above average" to push the scoring systems into top heaviness, something has to give when ok or good title gets 9's and tens for being some form of revolutionary title when gaming has already been there and done better.

Word of the street. @ Sep 3rd 2007 1:33PM

"revolutionary title when gaming has already been there and done better".

Been there?, Yes Done better?, No.

The game IMO is like Half-life but in crack, The art direction is a awesome, the music is great, the enemies are in par with Half-life crab heads but smarter.

I truly believe it deserves more than 9.0,Is not the innovation but the effort and the way the game tells the story, Believe me with a sucky story the game would suck(Nazi Island lol).

Also the problem here is not the 9.0 itself, Ok there are some hiccups if you have a crappy PC because in my X360 it run pretty soft except from 2 noticeable hiccups of 5-7 seconds in all the game and I mean from the beginning to the End, maybe more options to make the story even deeper but I don’t think the formula needs to be fixed at all IMO it only needs More, Like More options, paths etc.
But the game itself is Badass.

My problem is that Lamespot gave 9.0 a game like Bioschock while they give games like Gears of war a 9.6.Into the same Logic the campaign in Gears of war is pretty short,2 chapters short IMO, The multiplayer gets repetitive and the achievements don’t help it at all.

In fact forget Gears of War, They gave Tony hawk a freaking 10!.Ok so Bioshock gets a 9.0,The Darkness gets a 8.5,Diablo gets 9.6 but Tony Freaking Hawk Pro skater 2 gets a Perfect 10?.What the crap?

I’m pissed with Gamespot not only for Bioshock but for the general scores,for example Grand theft auto San Andreas a Freaking spin off gets a 9.6,Really If you tell me GTA:SA is more deep than Bioshock you deserve to be beat up by 10 angry gorillas and being skinned alive by French people. Really GTA SA was lame IMO,Ok sorry If I insulted any GTA fan out there but have in mind that is crap compared to Bioshock. I bought both and I can tell.

Gamespot,HA!,More like CasualSpot.