Here's your first look at BioShock 2 gameplay footage

by Justin McElroy on Apr 10th 2009 8:00AM

OK, first, go below the break and watch the first footage of BioShock 2 in action from GameTrailers. But come right back so we can chat about it.

... So what do you think? We really don't want to impose our opinions on you here, we want your input. Our gut reaction is that it bears perhaps too much of a resemblance to its predecessor, but we're not sure what else we were expecting. And that Little Sister cue at the end was trying a bit hard, right?

The drill looks cool though.

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Looks like Bioshock to me.

looks like everything i could hope for.
Bioshock is the new Resident Evil.

I can't say im a huge fan of "protection" gameplay but it can be done right like RE4

It does look like bioshock! I am so surprised...jk.

I'm looking forward to it. I just hope the first weapon you can use is a golf club. I read somewhere that in Bioshock 2 you have a huge fannie pack where you store all your weapons. Kinda like Altair in Assassins Creed 2. haha

It does look like Bioshock but the first perk I'm going to aim for is something that allows me to walk more then 1.6 MPH. That Big Daddy seems slow as hell.

hey look! you can fire weapons and use plasmids at the same time! let's notice that too! at least that's new :D

dumb ass. is rapture they are in the same city... lol of course is gonna look like the first bioshock.. Rapture is a big ass city and they are ppl like andrew ryan powerful ppl that wants the adam. we are back to rapture cuase it has survive and one of the little sister from the first is back to collect the adam kidnapping lilttle girls acros the atlantic shores. so is bioshock 2..

And that's a bad thing?

It's obvious they're rushing this out for major profitz. I'll play anything that lets me interact with little ones though. (Mwahahahah.)

woah calm down Mr. pedophile!

Really? I watched the trailer thrice and I have failed to see where it's obvious that the game is being hurried along unnecessarily. I'm curious as to what makes you think that. It has been two years since the original, and if this is a rush job then they need to start taking some lessons from Acclaim. Still and all, the atmosphere and the gameplay (from what I can see) *feel* like Bioshock, and if the writing and story components are there it will definitely qualify as a release date pickup for me.

you know what's a rushed game? gears of war 2....

well, he did stuff sunny.

Pedobear approves?

the drill definitely looks cool. can't wait to use it.

Looks pretty cool

Awesome.

Underwater dwellers sure love Art Deco.
Particles in the water he swam in was dope though

If it isn't broken, don't fix it. I don't mind a game using what worked VERY well for them. Hopefully what they add to make it better works out well. I'm looking forward to it, it'll own me just like the first did until finish.

I'm pretty sure it's going to be very innovative. It won't just follow in it's brother's footsteps like most sequels. I am looking forward to it :D.

Looks great - Really enjoyed the first game.

I'll be picking it up unless they really screw it up...

Looks good to me. Why change a good thing. It was not broken, so don't fix it!

I can't wait to get back to Rapture. The incredible atmosphere that made the first game so good seems to be perfectly intact.

I liked it. I'm not expecting to be blown away by the plot, like in the original. The little sister quote was terrible. They're trying way to hard.

looks awesome, cannot wait.

that little sister thing at the end was lame though, i really hope they don't over-do the voice acting.

Why do you have plasmids as a Big Daddy?

just.......because

so you can fuck shit up

Because you are playing as the first Big Daddy who was a prototype for the rest. They got rid of the plasmid abilities in the "regular" Big Daddies that you encountered in the first game and that are still running around Rapture in this game.

Because as of right now the game's plot has more holes than the fish in the barrel from that Mythbusters episode?

What Jakka said.

No, wrong. It's what finchburg said.

It's all the Midi-chlorians.

Didn't wow me. I was expecting a lot more from this than that.

I know the gameplay won't be completely changed (if it aint broken...) but i was expecting a freshness in it which i did not find in this footage.

I hope more footage over the coming period owns me completely and makes me look like a fool. Seriously, i don't want another Bioshock. I want its sequel.

so T2 thought that there was NOTHING that could have been fixed with the original game? not just the same graphics, but same HUD, and same gameplay?

that means they are saying their last game was flaw less? i think not. but it was a ton of fun. but i think not.

Very well said. Thats exactly how I felt. To me, the cool thing about Bioshock was its compelling narrative, take that away, and its just another shooter (albiet, a very good shooter). For whatever reason, a sequel to the original just feels wrong... Lets hope they wow us!

Exactly what I'm expecting. Out of this one. A safe sequel, for sure. Hopefully, Ken is working on something much bigger and farther outside the exisiting Bioshock model.

Looks awesome, I can't wait to get wrapped up in the world of Rapture again. Looks like 2k has done it again. :)

So co-op and MP has been rumored for this right? TEH HAWTNESS!!1

I thought I heard they axed any multi plans for this, which would be great. Bioshock is a solo experience, wouldn't be the same game with an annoying bastard rushing you to the next area all the time (RE: Resident Evil 5)

Omg. Nobody is gonna hold a gun to your head and force you to play with the annoying people you're friends with. I hope it does have multiplayer.

i saw the thing on spike last night and got a little excited about the possibility to use the drill. i'm still not into the first game though

Was it just me or was that grill attack... lame.
It just sought of touched the splicer and he turned into a ragdoll and slump.

NEED TO TIGHTEN UP THE GRAPHICS GUYS

drill*

Drugs are bad kids.

Totally agree about the lame drill sequence. That should have put splicer parts on the ceiling.

Yeah I figured the drill would bore through them in some kind of mini animation a la the chainsaw in Gears.

Instead it just kind of knocked him over. Hopefully that's just something they're still working on.

It wasn't a drill shot. He rammed the splicer. wow its kinda obvious.

it wasn't a drill attack. He rammed the splicer. You think bioshock would let themselves get away with a lame drill attack? Don't think so.

I'd really love it if the player got to move around in Rapture pre-crazy-period (with all the NPCs friendly and whatnot). I thought that Bioshock could've done with it (as it would've been interesting to see the environments bustling with people) so here's to hoping Bioshock 2 has it!

You do get to go outside of Rapture in Bioshock 2 so maybe you will be able to go to some town that does have people. But my guess is that the people won't react too well seeing a Big Daddy walking around thus making them un-friendly.

well in the game informer article, one of the games staffers maybe even the lead designer said that before the collapse, big daddies and little sisters had been a normal part of Rapture that nobody really paid any attention too, so if there was a part of rapture that remained civilized I bet a BD would be pretty normal

But this ended up not being a prequel, right?

In the quote at the end the little sister says "She doesn't want me playing with you anymore Mr. B", which implies that the time in which little sisters DID hang out with Big Daddies (IE Bioshock 1) is in the past.

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Here's your first look at BioShock 2 gameplay footage

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