Fri, Apr 10, 2009 | 08:01 BST
First BioShock 2 gameplay footage released

After the break. The movie shows one set piece and a general combat sequence, with the player very obviously taking on the role of a Big Daddy.
You’ll be playing this before the end of the year.
See for yourself.


14 comments
#1
Gekidami
10/04/09, 8:08 am
Looks alot like the first game really though the underwater bit was nice. The drill is pretty underwhelming in that video to i was expecting more gore from it.
#2
Mike
10/04/09, 7:49 am
I thought it looked pretty awesome. Like really, really awesome.
#3
LeD
10/04/09, 8:55 am
I think I’ll pass. It looks EXACTLY like the first one, and I really can’t see how they can justify a sequel given how the story ended.
#4
Nathan Grayson
10/04/09, 10:51 am
Seems like you’re playing as the main character from the first game, but with a drill attached. No weight, no heft. Bigger, better, more badass — but not. Maybe the storyline will save it, but without Ken Levine, who can say how it’ll turn out?
#5
Gekidami
10/04/09, 11:03 am
Looks like the same clunky gunplay to, i guess it’ll be built on atmosphere and backstory like the first one though that wasnt really enought for me personally.
Honnestly this looks like it would have been better suited as DLC, or atleast a low price add-on right now, i hope the devs show something abit more impressive later on.
#6
crippledhooba
10/04/09, 1:31 pm
Looks awesome, I could really feel the tense atmosphere just from the video. Also if you read the game informer you’ll know you play as the first big daddy…the very first big daddy.
#7
ecu
10/04/09, 1:56 pm
Looks alright. The glass cracking section was brilliant, but the gunplay looks just as unrewarding as before.
#8
ShiroGamer
10/04/09, 5:45 pm
ummm
have to watch more gameplay and know more about the story to make my mind
not bad after all
#9
endgame
10/04/09, 6:20 pm
same. so far i like it. i like that they kept the graphics and the audio at at least the same level. the idea of a big sister, the way it moves, the atmosphere seem pretty awesome atm. what i don’t like is how the big daddy moves and attacks. too slow. not scary enough. u’r a big daddy ffs, u should tear your enemies apart. but hey, maybe they will change this until the game is released.
#10
Psychotext
11/04/09, 1:38 pm
Sweet… looking forward to this.
#11
freedoms_stain
11/04/09, 8:41 pm
All other things aside, the fact that you can use weapons and plasmids simultaneously is a MASSIVE plus over the original (unless you gain the ability to do that later on, I’ve only played a little way into Bioshock.
#12
Gamoc
11/04/09, 8:52 pm
You can’t use plasmids and weapons at the same time in the first game, it’s a Big Daddy thing – he can hold any weapon in a single hand, using the other for plasmids, because he’s such a big metal badass.
The gameplay looks damn good to me. I can tell already that the Big Sister is going to make me jump multiple times.
#13
Blerk
12/04/09, 10:39 am
That looks pretty nice, although I have to admit to being a little bit disappointed that it’s all so “familiar”. I know there’s not much else you can do with a ruined underwater city, but… y’know. Stuff.
#14
Gamoc
13/04/09, 1:26 am
They’re not going to show anything too brand new so early, remember. Relatively, they haven’t really released that much information.