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The BioShock 2 That You'll Never See

HootieMac: Section 9 Reject — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:03:52 PST

I expect Bioshock 2 to follow a line similar to Jurassic Park: The Lost World (book, not movie.) It'll be set in a surface city that was built as a prototype or support outpost for Rapture. I will buy it day 1.

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robocop_is_bleeding — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:25:52 PST

BioShock 2 will be set in the tunnels beneath some Southeast Asian Communist Republic in a post-ADAM Vietnam style timeline.

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Slatz_Grobnik — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:35:55 PST

So nowhere nearly as good as Bioshock concept art. I don't know why this has got as much press on the intertubes as it has. Where's all the smarmy marketing? Where's all the hubris? It's not at all close to Bioshock.

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antimatty — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:57:41 PST

it would be great if bioshock 2 was set in a sort of "fordlandia" . an "american style" city built deep in the jungles of south america to harvest rubber trees by henry ford. now lying in abandoned ruins.

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CantankerousDave — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:23:07 PST

The first thing I thought of when I saw those pics was concept art from the 1984 version of Dune. Several of 'em look like the Harkonnen homeworld. (Now *that* would be one trippy mashup...)

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vidoman — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:24:22 PST

@antimatty: I have heard stories about him copying other artists' work. i wouldn't be surprised if it has happened again.

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Bluecell — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:11:41 PST

@B: The only one that's most definitely not underwater is the last image.

These look fantastic and it sucks that they're fake because I was intrigued by the aspect of Bioshock 2 leaving Rapture. Maybe it still will.

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flaneuse — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:13:31 PST

Am I the only one that's reminded of the wharks in Riven? :) That being said, it looks more steampunk than art-deco-retro that is BioSchock. Which I mean as a compliment, though I'd be happy either way...

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taybay — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:04:18 PST

Those pictures brought back memories of Half-Life 2 and Metroid: Prime at the same time.

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Garrison Dean, Mr. Privilege — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:40:19 PST

@AmishJohn: I think that there is just so much whoa, that whoa becomes meh, after a couple hours. Anyways, that whale fighting octopuss was the first thing I thought of.

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AmishJohn — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:37:42 PST

@Garrison Dean: /raises hand.
About equal parts 'whoa' and 'meh'.

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Garrison Dean, Mr. Privilege — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:24:12 PST

Who here has been to the House on the Rock?
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choinski — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:08:17 PST

After watching Torchwood, that's two whale-in-a-warehouse references in as many weeks.

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Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:08:14 PST

So, this is what Bioshock would have looked like if it wasn't underwater?

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antimatty — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:00:28 PST

with the exception of the whale, the artwork is highly reminiscent of half life 2 concept art show in "half life 2 raising the bar " . the trains here look just like the razor trains ( only stubbier) and one of those shots of the train station looks JUST LIKE the train station in half life. i suppose that it's possible that it was only a coincidence, but it seems to me that this guy just ripped off some half life.

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