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Bioshock 2

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  • Flippy_DFlippy_D Digital Conquistador LondonRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Hah!

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    so that's where the kids were taken from, huh

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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Strikerkc wrote: »
    Hmmm, the kidnaped little girl is named Maura, same as the little sister talked about by her parents in a tape in the first game. I would have imagined that means that big dady programing has them skulking ashore to find the little sisters (still imprinted on them I supose, and giving blood hounds a run for their money if it's the case). Only thing that really seems to throw a wrench into things is the girl is listed as 7 years old, but the kidnaping happens about 7 years after the first game (meaning the girl should be at least 11 or 12).

    Maybe they retconned the little sisters into never aging due to the modifications done to them?
    They age in the good ending, so that theory's dead.

    Err, I proposed they may have retconned it.

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I played BioShock all the way through, and this has inspired me to do a 2nd playthrough, but I tried listening to as many audio files as I could along the way.

    I've also read this thread pretty much all the way through, and I have no idea where this kidnapping stuff is coming from. Anyone want to fill me in?

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  • ExarchExarch Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    it's from the teaser site, possible plot elements for 'shock2.

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Hm - teaser site at my work only lets me click on a picture of the big daddy, and then it puts it back down when I click again. I do have no audio and a slow ass computer, so it's possible I'm just not able to fully enjoy it here. I'll toy around with it more at home. Thanks!

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Bioshock 2 is going to be purchased by me day 1. Probably on the 360. (I own it on the PC and 360, and will soon own it on the PS3)

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  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Actually, since we are in the days of downloadable content, they really should go back an improve Bioshock's endings.
    I think they should have done something like having Fontaine completely lose his humanity during the last battle. Also, they should have had the bad ending as you being tricked into becoming a Big Daddy. The game totally had that setup and ready to go. Heck, even better, they could even had you fight Fontaine as a Big Daddy (with the drill and all the attacks) and made Fontaine almost godlike. But, noooooooooooo.

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  • a penguina penguin Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    My guess would be that
    someone is trying to restart everything in Rapture, and is kidnapping little girls to do it. So you go back to put a stop to it.

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  • AntithesisAntithesis Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Cade wrote: »

    Looks like the wrong place for Rapture- if you look at
    the coordinates on the piece of paper at the beginning of the game/during the hephaestus reveal
    , Rapture is closer to Greenland.

    how do I learn this?

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  • El ExtremoEl Extremo Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Maybe it's not Rapture.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    So obviously we are meant to think a Big Daddy is collecting little girls he thinks are little sisters.

    Secondary site built by a rival? Or a backup?

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Or a retcon?

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  • epictunaepictuna Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    So obviously we are meant to think a Big Daddy is collecting little girls he thinks are little sisters.

    Secondary site built by a rival? Or a backup?

    If that's the case this is going to be one effed up story.

    CAN'T WAIT!

    Though, are we supposed to assume the game takes place in a Rapture-like setting or is it going to be open air? I'm wearing my concerned face right now.

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  • El ExtremoEl Extremo Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Maybe Rapture actually is in the middle of the ocean and those coordinates were just the point at which you were supposed to hijack the plane. Seems logical... Right?

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  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    If the whole game can be as messed up as Fort Frolic, it will be gold.

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  • HyperionHyperion Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Renzo wrote: »
    Hyperion wrote: »
    Renzo wrote: »
    Bioshock 2 needs to take a page from Fable 2 and give you a companion dog.

    Then you can inject him with plasmids. Like bees.

    Then he can bark and shoot bees out of his mouth.

    I would personally prefer a robotic Richard Simmons following me around. But that's just me.

    Oh my god I wrote that post like a billion years ago what is wrong with you?

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    timing.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    So obviously we are meant to think a Big Daddy is collecting little girls he thinks are little sisters.

    Secondary site built by a rival? Or a backup?

    Isla Sorna to the first game's Isla Nublar?
    If anyone misses this reference they suck

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  • AxenAxen My avatar is Excalibur. Yes, the sword.Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    So obviously we are meant to think a Big Daddy is collecting little girls he thinks are little sisters.

    Secondary site built by a rival? Or a backup?

    Isla Sorna to the first game's Isla Nublar?
    If anyone misses this reference they suck

    Look! Look! The Little Sisters! They're moving in herds! They do move in herds!

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Axen wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    So obviously we are meant to think a Big Daddy is collecting little girls he thinks are little sisters.

    Secondary site built by a rival? Or a backup?

    Isla Sorna to the first game's Isla Nublar?
    If anyone misses this reference they suck

    Look! Look! The Little Sisters! They're moving in herds! They do move in herds!

    They're wheeling in uniform direction changes, just like a flock of birds evading a predator!

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Axen wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    So obviously we are meant to think a Big Daddy is collecting little girls he thinks are little sisters.

    Secondary site built by a rival? Or a backup?

    Isla Sorna to the first game's Isla Nublar?
    If anyone misses this reference they suck

    Look! Look! The Little Sisters! They're moving in herds! They do move in herds!

    They're wheeling in uniform direction changes, just like a flock of birds evading a predator!

    Excuse me a fucking minute. At no point during Jurassic Park was Isla Sorna mentioned.

    You should all be making Lost World jokes.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Axen wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    So obviously we are meant to think a Big Daddy is collecting little girls he thinks are little sisters.

    Secondary site built by a rival? Or a backup?

    Isla Sorna to the first game's Isla Nublar?
    If anyone misses this reference they suck

    Look! Look! The Little Sisters! They're moving in herds! They do move in herds!

    They're wheeling in uniform direction changes, just like a flock of birds evading a predator!

    Excuse me a fucking minute. At no point during Jurassic Park was Isla Sorna mentioned.

    You should all be making Lost World jokes.

    This discussion exists on the planet for the first time in dozens of threads and the only way you can express yourself is to kill it

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  • StrikerkcStrikerkc Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Strikerkc wrote: »
    Hmmm, the kidnaped little girl is named Maura, same as the little sister talked about by her parents in a tape in the first game. I would have imagined that means that big dady programing has them skulking ashore to find the little sisters (still imprinted on them I supose, and giving blood hounds a run for their money if it's the case). Only thing that really seems to throw a wrench into things is the girl is listed as 7 years old, but the kidnaping happens about 7 years after the first game (meaning the girl should be at least 11 or 12).

    Maybe they retconned the little sisters into never aging due to the modifications done to them?

    I thought that little girl was named Sasha, and you know they were already in rapture in 1959 when she was kidnapped

    You know it may very well be, I'll have to pay atention next time I play past that part. Were the names of the little girl mentioned in the fisheries and in the forest the same?

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I thought it was Masha or Marsha.

    There was definitely an "sh" sound in there though.

    I think you're thinking of Moira, the fake name Atlus uses for his wife.

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    So reading this thread made me go back and play BioShock again.

    When I first played it, it was in my crappy apartment on my SD TV. I loved it.

    Since then, I've upgraded to a 48" HDTV and Dolby 5.1 Surround sound. I just injected myself with my first plasmid, and I have soiled myself because this game is fucking terrifying now.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Olivaw wrote: »
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Axen wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    So obviously we are meant to think a Big Daddy is collecting little girls he thinks are little sisters.

    Secondary site built by a rival? Or a backup?

    Isla Sorna to the first game's Isla Nublar?
    If anyone misses this reference they suck

    Look! Look! The Little Sisters! They're moving in herds! They do move in herds!

    They're wheeling in uniform direction changes, just like a flock of birds evading a predator!

    Excuse me a fucking minute. At no point during Jurassic Park was Isla Sorna mentioned.

    You should all be making Lost World jokes.

    This discussion exists on the planet for the first time in dozens of threads and the only way you can express yourself is to kill it
    Better than using the power of gymnastics to kick a Bug Daddy through a window.

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  • GrudgematchGrudgematch Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    So long as they manage to capture the same imaginativeness and atmosphere of the first game then they'll have a winner.

    The hacking minigame was a pain at some points I have to admit, especially towards the end of the game, but I also realised that it's impossible to die from the minigame if you fail it will just take your health down to like 1 hp and any fails after that will just keep you at 1hp so you don't have to eat through all your medkits.

    Also anyone else find the achievment for getting the jackpot on the slot machines an absolute nightmare? Took me an hour or so to finally hit the jackpot.

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Weren't there 'pirates' in Rapture who used to smuggle stuff on board? It wouldn't be a a big stretch to imagine the outside world already splicing.

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  • FawstFawst The road to awe.Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    The_Scarab wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Axen wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    So obviously we are meant to think a Big Daddy is collecting little girls he thinks are little sisters.

    Secondary site built by a rival? Or a backup?

    Isla Sorna to the first game's Isla Nublar?
    If anyone misses this reference they suck

    Look! Look! The Little Sisters! They're moving in herds! They do move in herds!

    They're wheeling in uniform direction changes, just like a flock of birds evading a predator!

    Excuse me a fucking minute. At no point during Jurassic Park was Isla Sorna mentioned.

    You should all be making Lost World jokes.

    If I could spontaneously change sex (hey, a JP reference...), reverse my age by about 15 years, change my skin pigmentation to that of an African-American and become athletic in a gymnastic sense, I would set up a cross-bar and swing-kick you in da mouf.

    And then I'd reverse all that stuff so that I could gloat over you, Fawst-style.
    Lost World sucked. The book was so much better.

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  • StrikerkcStrikerkc Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I thought it was Masha or Marsha.

    There was definitely an "sh" sound in there though.

    I think you're thinking of Moira, the fake name Atlus uses for his wife.

    Yup, Moira (or some spelling of the name) was the wife.

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  • MaverikVMaverikV Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I'm more inclined to believe that the little kidnapped girl is somehow a descendant of a little sister (or a rapture resident), or the bioshock protagonist, since she is 7 years old, and bioshock took place 7 years before she was kidnapped.

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  • Metal Gear Solid 2 DemoMetal Gear Solid 2 Demo Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    You got to remember that we didn't see all of Rapture, and there are other areas that are closed off or barricaded, and it's hinted that supposedly there are still people down there

    So maybe it's something like that. Obviously someone is sending out big daddies to kidnap descendants of the Little Sisters, because they have similar genetic makeup/blood type/what have you


    edit:

    Also, in Jurassic Park, wasn't it Isla du Morta?

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  • Triple BTriple B Bastard of the North MARegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    You got to remember that we didn't see all of Rapture, and there are other areas that are closed off or barricaded, and it's hinted that supposedly there are still people down there

    So maybe it's something like that. Obviously someone is sending out big daddies to kidnap descendants of the Little Sisters, because they have similar genetic makeup/blood type/what have you


    edit:

    Also, in Jurassic Park, wasn't it Isla du Morta?

    No, no, you movie-illiterate bastard. In The Lost World, the chain of 5 islands were known to locals as "Las Cinco Muertas", or "The Five Deaths" in English. "Isla du Muerta" was the name of the hidden island that held the cursed gold in Pirates of the Caribbean. Fuck's sake, man.

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  • XtarathXtarath Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I think this is hilarious.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Triple B wrote: »
    You got to remember that we didn't see all of Rapture, and there are other areas that are closed off or barricaded, and it's hinted that supposedly there are still people down there

    So maybe it's something like that. Obviously someone is sending out big daddies to kidnap descendants of the Little Sisters, because they have similar genetic makeup/blood type/what have you


    edit:

    Also, in Jurassic Park, wasn't it Isla du Morta?

    No, no, you movie-illiterate bastard. In The Lost World, the chain of 5 islands were known to locals as "Las Cinco Muertas", or "The Five Deaths" in English. "Isla du Muerta" was the name of the hidden island that held the cursed gold in Pirates of the Caribbean. Fuck's sake, man.
    Zombie Pirate T-rex Big Daddies? Sold!

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  • LookFreeGrenadeLookFreeGrenade Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Antithesis wrote: »
    Cade wrote: »

    Looks like the wrong place for Rapture- if you look at
    the coordinates on the piece of paper at the beginning of the game/during the hephaestus reveal
    , Rapture is closer to Greenland.

    how do I learn this?

    Probably a retcon, but in reality putting your secluded underwater utopia right next to fucking greenland or any body of land is a bad idea.

    unless you happened to see some vikings in rapture that I missed

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  • StrikerkcStrikerkc Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    New bit of material on the teaser page
    http://www.somethinginthesea.com/

    Curious. Foot prints to small for a big dady. I'd say splicer foot prints, but I don't recall anything about splicers having shoe prints with toes...

    Dates on things aren't going in order or anything thing though.
    Feb 17th: wacky foot prints
    Feb 20th: girl gets nabed
    March 9th: Letter about foot prints
    March 18th: Letter about the doll/missing girl

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  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    So was the girl in the teaser doing all that with her mind, right?

    Did we ever see little sisters using plasmids in the games?

    Concerning the feet, is it possible that the vacuum sealed and welded big daddies are starting to leak out of their suits? I mean, he was pretty cheap with the whole thing in the beginning so its not unreasonable to assume that they could start to get some wear and tear over time and little bits of their now tenderized flesh are falling out.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Strikerkc wrote: »
    New bit of material on the teaser page
    http://www.somethinginthesea.com/

    Curious. Foot prints to small for a big dady. I'd say splicer foot prints, but I don't recall anything about splicers having shoe prints with toes...

    Dates on things aren't going in order or anything thing though.
    Feb 17th: wacky foot prints
    Feb 20th: girl gets nabed
    March 9th: Letter about foot prints
    March 18th: Letter about the doll/missing girl


    Also, the toes on the right foot are the wrong way around.

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  • mere_immortalmere_immortal So tasty!Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Something in the top left of the picture too, maybe the girls hair bow?

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