I got a chance to do a bit more reading about Bioshock 2 coming out this fall, thanks to Game Informer, and I have to say I think the project is shaping up really well. Now keep in mind the article I read was based on an interview with the development team at 2K and of course they are going to spin things to their favor, but the details they are releasing seem really promising. I can even now give you a bit of backstory for the new game.
As previously stated, you'll be playing a Big Daddy wandering the halls of Rapture in search of Adam, the difference being that you are a real Big Daddy, not just dressed in a suit like the end of the first game, and you get to use Plasmids. The story takes place 10 years after the first game, in a Rapture that has just about been destroyed by Splicers fighting over Adam which is in extremely short supply since Jack took all the Little Sisters away. So, what is the game about you ask? Well they're pretty tight lipped about that but here's what we do know: Rapture has recently been stabilized by the appearance of new Little Sisters, creating a new flow of Adam that leads directly to the Big Sister.
As Qui Gon Jinn said in The Phantom Menace "There's always a bigger fish." In video games no matter how bad you are there's always someone badder, and in Rapture that bad ass in the Big Sister. Originally a Little Sister who escaped with Jack, she has since returned bringing new girls along with her and turning them into Little Sisters. Dressed in a scaled down version of the Big Daddy suit and seriously amped up telekinetic abilities she is a force to be reckoned with, and one you'll have to tangle with a few times. As the game progresses you will need to once again fight Big Daddies to get at their Little Sisters; change in the game though, once Mr Bubbles is dead they will no longer scream in terror at your approach, they will instead welcome the approach of a new Big Daddy. Here you will have a similar choice to the last game, except instead of Harvest or Save you will have a Harvest or Adopt option, giving you the same basic outcome, harvesting gets you a lot of Adam and adopting gives you a bit. The difference is that if you adopt her she will share her harvesting with you; of course this means you have to protect her during her stops at corpses, remember how well that went in the first game? So now you're saying, well I'll just harvest her. This time around there is a bit more emotional investment in the girls as they trust and love you, making the harvesting decidedly more cold blooded.
But back to the Big Sister. Like I was saying you have to adopt Little Sisters from Big Daddies you kill, and this attracts the attention of the Big Sister. The first couple sisters are one thing but after a while you start to interfere with he balance that Big Sister has imposed on Rapture, and sooner or later your Little Sister will tell you, and I quote the magazine here: "Mr. B, Mr. B…Big Sister doesn't want you playing with me…", and before long you're going to be in a knock down fight for your life against this armored psycho bitch, every bit as tasking as a Big Daddy fight from the first game.
Few other details of importance have been released so far, apparently Dr. Tenenbaum is your guide through the game, speaking to you on the radio again, the voice recorders are back to fill you in on the story and plot details, the Plasmids are amped up, and the weapons are going to be better. On top of your drill you get the Rivet Gun, complete with custom ammo load outs, and professionally made guns, not stuff like a grenade launcher made by a strung out drug addict using coffee cans. Plus, since you're already wearing a pressure suit they figured why not let you go outside, meaning some levels of the game are only accessible by walking across the ocean floor, affording you views at some of the levels form the first game. One last thing, the "Sea of Dreams" title has now been dropped too, it's just Bioshock 2.
Currently the release date is for October 5th and I for one can't wait to get back into Rapture
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