2K responds to BioShock 2 Metro Pack DLC complaints

Don't own this game but that's the stupidest idea ever. Seriously. What the hell?

So the only way for the 10 people who bought the maps is for them to play privately?

stupid.

So they rip off people who buy the first pack by selling them content already on the disc.

Then they rip off people who bought the second pack by selling them content they'll never get to play.

Any theories as to what Strike 3 will be?

Translation: We knew not everyone would buy it, so we made it impossible for people who do to play it.

What a stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid design choice. I was going to buy this DLC, but now no way. What a bunch of morons! How could they be so stupid?

Well I have only played the multiplayer a little since its so laggy and not fun. You can tell that the multiplayer was just tacked on to the final product to try to cash in on the multiplayer craze going on. Bioshock should always be a single player game.

Wow; that's just lame.

They don't want to split the player base so they recommend that you setup a private match to play the new maps. That gives the same exact result as providing a DLC only option but makes the players due all the work setting it up. Laaaazzyyy.

If I were the kind of person to spam Captain Picard, this would probably be one of those moments.

Why not let people without the map pack play the levels with people who do own it, but only allowing you to select the levels or "vote" on them if you own the pack?

This is an incredibly stupid design choice. Why didn't simply do what Infinity Ward did in CoD4 with their Map Pack. If you don't have it, you simply get put into rooms with other people don't have it. If you do have it.......then yeah.

I don't see how this can't be any more complicated than a simple "if and then". Seriously.

Bioshock 2 MP = a joke

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I'm glad I didn't buy this game, that's the stupidest thing a company could do. MW2 had a good idea

Everything connected with bioshock has been stupid. First game included. Stupid devs, stupid bugs, stupid 'design decisions', stupid understanding of real gamers.

I hope they go out of business, they are utter shite.

I have the DLC but haven't played a single match on the new maps in the past ~6hrs of playing since the release of DLC... I never would have bought the DLC if I had known that wouldn't be a DLC playlist option. Certainly seems that the 2K gang hasn't played a recent MP title that all offer DLC playlists.

So it's like Wipeout HD, you can't race on Fury tracks online if you don't have the expansion.

Seems reasonable, though I don't know how one figures that doesn't split the player base. It does JUST that.

Sounds like they should have been a little more clear on the wording of said DLC.

That is one dumb ass design choice.

The dumbest thing ever. Been a bioshock fan since the first and make a design descision about "if a player does not have the pack then too bad for the player that did" is the absolute dumbest thing I have ever heard. Glad I purchased the forza car pack instead. Dumb Dumb Dumb 2k get it together!!!!!

''LOL! Who needs server browser and dedi servers?''

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They have no shame.

Same thing happened on AVP. We made numerous complaints and comments about it on forums, etc. But never got any help. I bought the DLC maps for AVP and have never played in one of them!

This is just ridiculous. Bioshock 2's multiplayer is actually pretty decent, but with the first map pack being on the disc, and the second map pack being nigh unplayable, I'm starting to get a little pissed off

Said Tobey, "We couldn't assume all players would purchase the new maps..."

Well, Tobey, now you CAN assume that no more players ever will.

I am glad I didn't buy the DLC for $10 and not be able to play yet. Plus, if you play in a private match, you won't get credit for your online mp stats, I guess. I know the trophies say in non-private match. That's not good.

Ouch. They're obviously new to this whole online multiplayer thing. All companies have different ideas about the best way to setup playlists to deal with DLC maps, and this is possibly the most inelegant and annoying way I've ever heard of. They need to talk to the people at Infinity Ward (the few remaining) and figure out how to get their shit together.

Bioshcok 2 has multiplayer?

I really don't care about getting the new map pack because it's probably on disc.
Besides, why would I care about a lousy map pack when I have Red Dead Redemption?

This is 2k BS at its best! Their games always fall short of their hype.

What an incredibly dumb decision. Why in the hell would you even consider such a thing?

So... More reasons not to buy DLC. You pay for something you can't actually play. Well until the day they make you required to have the DLC for the playlists, then people who just bought the game can't play.

The endless cycle of why charging for maps suck.

I have to say,,, I had bought the metro map pack. I kinda like the MP but not as much as alot of other shooters out there but because it is so easy to lv up quickly I find it some what fun anyway, I had bought the map pack to get a bit of change of scenery and was looking foward to the 6 new maps and other stuff that came with it. I am throughly pissed that I can not even play them this is NOT a design desision it is a design FLAW they clearly did not think this all the way through no matter what they tell me. I also think that this was faulse advritisment due to the fact that there was never a metion of ONLY being able to use this in private matchs (at least for the time being. I am not sure what to do but a refund is not to far from my mind nor/or do I think that anyone who did buy this should have to pay for any DLC pack to fix the problems that this pack has. I have a feeling that 2K will say, "If you have the metro pack and you want to play in public ranked matchs you need to buy this patch for our mistake for 240 MS. I am calling shanangigs on this and probl;y 2k to get my money back. They basterdized one of my faveriote franchises because they wanted to make the game "more accesable/cassuel and now we all have to suffer the slow death of the fracnchise that could have been.