Bioshock 4 (Isolation) rumours

[FourWheelDrift]

https://www.theloadout.com/bioshock-4-announcement

Possibly to be announced on December 9th.

[DKS]

Oooh yes please.
I've just finished replaying 1,2 and Infinite after being pleasantly surprised they all worked on my XB1X with no issues, even the season pass content.
I've come to the conclusion they're one of the most interesting and compelling games series of all time.

Bring on another and Isolation sounds like a great title!

[Djtemeka]

Loved 1 and 2. Infinite, not as much.

[TimmyMallett]

With something as unique as that t's going to be a disappointment, you just know it. Infinite was just too ..... crass almost. The ending was interesting, albeit a bit weird, but lets be honest, the first time you stepped off the bathysphere for the first time in 1 you knew you were in something very...very....wrong and everything after that was never going to capture that first feeling.

[Lucas Ayde]

TimmyMallett said:

With something as unique as that t's going to be a disappointment, you just know it. Infinite was just too ..... crass almost. The ending was interesting, albeit a bit weird, but lets be honest, the first time you stepped off the bathysphere for the first time in 1 you knew you were in something very...very....wrong and everything after that was never going to capture that first feeling.

Inifinite seemed like they changed the whole storyline/theme halfway through. It comes through a lot if you look at all the trailers they released for it over the course of a couple of years prior. Definitely the original vision was more like the first half of the game and then it went off into becoming more of a 'Quantum multiverse' plot .. I think they really wanted to tie it into the original Bioshock 1&2 universe and that was the best idea that they could come up with.

Some great ideas in there but fell short of being totally coherent. I still enjoyed playing it though - the combat was good, the visual design was top notch and it still looks good today with modern hardware able to do it justice.

Nothing compares to the first Bioshock game though - pure class.

[TT1138]

This makes me very nervous.

First played Infinite and loved it. Mistakenly thought that the 1st and 2nd would be too dated. Then I played them. Suddenly Infinite didn’t seem quite as good…

I love the 1st and 2nd, probably in my top 5 games ever. The atmosphere, the relentless doom and fear hanging over everything, they’re not far off perfect. Combat is a bit old school but it just doesn’t matter.

[TimmyMallett]

TT1138 said:

. Combat is a bit old school but it just doesn’t matter.

Once you played it through, the fun was then just using Bees the second time

It was too easy using Fire and Shock.

[snoopy25]

If this is true I can't wait!!

Loved infinite and it really made you think about the storyline, also loved the DLC for infinite as well!

[siovey]

TT1138 said:

First played Infinite and loved it.

I love the 1st and 2nd, probably in my top 5 games ever. The atmosphere, the relentless doom and fear hanging over everything, they’re not far off perfect. Combat is a bit old school but it just doesn’t matter.

This is pretty much the exact same response I was going to say! I got the trilogy on the ps store and somehow managed to play infinite first. Thought it was bloody brilliant until I loaded up the first game

Fantastic game series, was hoping for some more. Great news

[Snubs]

Reading this thread has prompted me to give Bioshock another go. I had the original one when it first came out and didn't get on with it, not because it was a bad game but it just wasn't my style. Mainly because it felt like I really had to ration ammo. Handily enough, you can currently get the following in a bundle on Steam:

Bioshock;
Bioshock Remastered;
Bioshock 2; and
Bioshock Infinite.

All for £8 (apparently an 80% discount), which seemed like a steal for 3 games so even if I sill don't get on with them it's not as if I've lost much. I've played Remastered for maybe an hour or two and whilst it has reminded me of the original issue I had, I think I'll be sticking with it for longer this time as I clearly missed out on what everyone else thought was a great game.

[TT1138]

Snubs said:

Reading this thread has prompted me to give Bioshock another go. I had the original one when it first came out and didn't get on with it, not because it was a bad game but it just wasn't my style. Mainly because it felt like I really had to ration ammo. Handily enough, you can currently get the following in a bundle on Steam:

Bioshock;
Bioshock Remastered;
Bioshock 2; and
Bioshock Infinite.

All for £8 (apparently an 80% discount), which seemed like a steal for 3 games so even if I sill don't get on with them it's not as if I've lost much. I've played Remastered for maybe an hour or two and whilst it has reminded me of the original issue I had, I think I'll be sticking with it for longer this time as I clearly missed out on what everyone else thought was a great game.

The need to be cautious with your ammo is what sets Bioshock aside I think. Rather than being just an action game, it introduces elements of survival horror.

The key really is using the correct ammunition and weapons on the correct targets and effective use of the plamids. Even the low level enemies can take quite a bit of damage from the conventional weapons but hit them with a bolt of lightning first and the odds drastically turn in your favour.

A fully upgraded shotgun and fire plasmid will see you through most encounters.

[Mastodon2]

Bioshock: Infinite was pretty meh, the original Bioshock was ok too. The best of the bunch to me was Bioshock 2, casting the main character as someone who gets transformed into a big daddy was a great idea.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

I thought the multiverse aspect of Infinite brought all 3 games together beautifully. Without it, people would have just complained that it was "Bioshock in the Sky". Instead, it lampshaded that and also gave a really interesting story. I loved it.

Ok, as a combat game it was so-so, but I wasn't really playing it as one. In fact I wish there had been way less combat.

I'm not really sure where they could go with a Bioshock 4 story-wise, as I think Infinite rather tied it all up in a neat bow.

Incidentally, if you haven't played all the story-based DLCs then do. Minerva's Den (from Bioshock 2) was excellent, and Burial at Sea parts 1 & 2 (from Infinite) were really good too.

[TREMAiNE]

All 3 games are the best of the trilogy for a different reason.

BIOSHOCK
Hands down the best atmosphere and themes.

BIOSHOCK 2 (the black sheep of the series)
The best gameplay of the trilogy by far, combining plasmids, dual-wielding plasmids and guns, lots of ways to approach the levels etc

BIOSHOCK INFINITE
Best story and characters.


I'd love a return to rapture, as boring as many would find it.

A lunar base would be an interesting concept or a city within the centre of a mountain.

[FourWheelDrift]

Fictional 1960s Antarctic City called Borealis - https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bioshock-...

[Sporky]

I loved the first one, didn't make it through the second, and Infinite had a brilliant storyline but lacklustre gameplay - it was just shoot, shoot, shoot and too many bullet-sponge enemies, where the original gave you so many ways of going about it.