BioShock 2 to be a prequel?

360 Rumour | Certainly sounds appealing...

Sources within 2K Games have apparently revealed that the next game in the BioShock franchise will be set before the events of the first game. According to a Czech website called Hrej, the prequel is currently in the pre-production phase.

BioShock was one of the big critical successes of 2007, allowing players to explore the aftermath of an underwater city gone wrong. The demise of Rapture was a very imporant theme in the first game, so being able to witness what happened to the city first hand has some serious potential within the narrative.

BioShock 2 isn't even expected until 2009, and 2K Games are keeping very quiet about details of the game at this point, but the idea of a prequel is interesting to say the least.

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8 Comments

Tom101007

4 years ago

but what could you do in a prequel?
the city would still be functioning why would you need to kill anyone/hack anything etc.
and its not like you could be in the stages of building the city either cause the same problem applies

ObsoletE

4 years ago

excellent.

a sequel would almost certainly be bad, in that the only thing i can think of would be it being some sort of clean-up crew being sent by a government to contain the situation, before being way-laid by splicers and being forced to capture Adam, splicing yourself and so on and so-forth. that (to me anyway) doesn't sound like fun - too "been there, done that".

a prequel though... well, the back-story is there, but i can't help but wonder what the enemies are going to be.
i guess it does depend on when in the pre-events this will be set. SPOILERSit could start with Fontaine's rebellion and Ryan trying to re-establish control, or it could start with the Splicer outbreak.

colour me intrigued anyway.

4 years ago

The cost of success...

Fetidchimp

4 years ago

well they seem like a cluey bunch, they will work it out

LeonJ

4 years ago

I'd rather see a sequel to System Shock 2 then Bioshock. I think a prequel is prefect.

4 years ago

Please change the announcement to "Take 2 takes a 2nd take on Take 2's last announcement..."

January 9th 2008; Stock of Take 2 tops as Take 2 CEO takes a second take on Take 2's announced Bioshock sequel. After second thoughts (and valuable input from LeonJ and Cookie) Take 2's top man decided that instead of a Bioshock sequel Take 2 will take a shot at producing a shock prequel to SystemShock called PreShock.

Seriously a prequel to SystemShock is a good idea.

Sin Ogaris

4 years ago

I can't really remember the situation in the first System Shock (WAY too long since I played it), did it lend itself to a prequel?

latcho1

4 years ago

A prequel DOES make the most sense, unless 2K intends on half the game to be in a submarine, or the big daddies managed to fix the whole city very quickly. Being a citizen of Rapture sounds very interesting, too.

A prequel for System Shock sounds a bit iffy though. I mean, System Shock came out in 1996 (and then 1999)!

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