I don't really care about this, I'm just glad I get to play the game, then I'll know what people are complaining about.

Alondite

This game has me in a weird spot. I'm anticipating this game even though I probably won't get it. I've got zero interest in it's game play and it doesn't look like fun or appealing to me, yet I want to try it just because of all the hype around this and the original releases. I foresee myself renting this game a month or two after the release. Maybe I'll be surprised and buy myself a copy, but with so many other good games coming out, I don't see that happening anytime soon.

everybest

Making different endings on the same game-Good

Making different endings on a different console system- That's bad

Mactheridon

@Glasseater: I don't know man... game designers usually never let a tiny thing continuity get in the way of a story.

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

@Strife56: Ok, you do have a point... +1^π Internets then.

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

@dynendal: the Wii version will have the new ending... and cuter little sisters.

Grumpz®

@DoomDoomDoom: I'm not correcting your grammar because god knows I fail at English but I'm a little confused about the placement of the word "but" in your last sentence. It makes it seem like the easy boss was a good thing. Nothing wrong with feeling that way I guess but I get the feeling that's not what you were trying to communicate :\

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under):
I think it was intentionally "awful" either way, I appreciated the comedic value heh.

Strife56

@dynendal: Oh that was bad... awful even but you get +1 Internets for effort <3

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

I recently played through Bioshock for the second time for the "good" ending, and was slightly disappointed. Game was fine, last boss was a bit easy, but the final cut scene was just... a little weak. :/

DoomDoomDoom

Meh, whether you see the ending as good or bad, its still a awesome game that everyone should at least play.

also, different endings would conflict with story lines if they ever made a Bioshock 2

Glasseater

I'm buying. I didn't expect the story to be different.

KSPRAYDAD

I would've liked an alternative ending, but the original was damn good enough for me as it was, cannot wait to be confined in Rapture one more time.

Strife56

I don't see why that comes as a shock. (ha ha, get it)

Besides, think of the flame wars that would ignite because of different endings on different platforms. Man, that feud would last for years.

dynendal

@DoomDoomDoom: For some reason, this didn't turn into a reply directly at psycoking. Apparently I fail at the intarwebs

DoomDoomDoom

Those additions include a new difficulty mode and platform-exclusive downloadable content consisting of "challenge rooms" built from the gameplay structures and characters of the core game.

Can't beleive they are charging $60 still for the PS3 version.

Tyrannical

@psycoking: YES AND THE PC VERSION IS TOTALLY BETTER LULULUL

Nah, they're the same, just depends on what you do during the game that changed the outcome.

DoomDoomDoom

Wait? Does that headline imply that the XBox 360 version has a different ending than the PC version?

psycoking

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): Well, when you're on the phone with your girlfriend, trying to eat Chef Boyardee and type a somewhat (and I use the term loosely) intelligent response on Kotaku, grammar happens to fall to fourth place.

To reiterate, I loved Bioshock. It was actually the reason I started gaming on the PC (and lack of good Wii games... ). Yes, I thought the final boss (NO SPOILERS!! :O) was too easy, and that the "good" ending was a bit lackluster. Those seemed to be the biggest downfalls of the game, to me at least.

DoomDoomDoom

@DoomDoomDoom: That reminds me, I have to go back and play it for the "bad" ending. Is it worth it? So many other games to play...

Thorn

Even though I would enjoy a different take on the ending of BioShock, I would see many fans angry at 2K Games. It's a good decision not to change the ending so they wouldn't alienate their fans.

Still, can't wait to pick this game up again after I traded my 360 in.

nflsonic

@formina:
What plot hole?

The vita chamber in Ryan's office was broken, wasn't it?

FraGNeM

I was hoping they'd have the ending where Andrew Ryan pops out of a Vita Chamber and says "Okay, that's one plot hole we fixed."

formina

How was the ending for bioshock anyway? I heard things that was somehow a twist like indigo prophecy. I know Condemned 2 is like that...

akumaserge

@KSPRAYDAD: I didn't either. I was expecting a straight PC port.

Archaenon

@everybest:

It deserves a rental. It can also be beaten in a rental period, as the game itself isn't that long. I enjoyed it, but the second half of the game, the story really took a downward spiral after an amazing first half.

nesdude

@Tyrannical: Has this been confirmed already? All the stuff I've read on the PS3 version has yet to mention an official price tag; but if it does end being up 60 bucks, than I would have to agree...

Not that I'm trying to downplay the labor that went into adapting the game onto the PS3 hardware, but the extent of those "new" features have yet to be seen. The only feature worth talking about - and that can actually be considered "new" - are the challenge rooms, whose added value have yet to be proven.

C'mon 2K. You know the sweet spot for previously-timed exclusives like Bioshock is $40.

DragonSphere

@lucifer_goosifer: we're = weren't

lucifer_goosifer

We chose not to.

Or rather "we chose not to, seconds after they told us we we're allowed to".

lucifer_goosifer

@Glasseater: You do know that 2K Marin is working on Bioshock 2 already right? They announced it ages ago.

emberdione

I don't think anyone liked that ending. It was the worst i have ever seen, and very disappointing considering the quality of the story throughout the game.

mnml10387

Bioshock's 3 endings were about as satisfying as eating a bowl of cheerios with milk, but then you realized the cheerios were somehow replaced with nails.

masterbanana

@Glasseater: 2k Marin is working on Bioshock 2. They announced it ages ago.

emberdione

@DragonSphere:

It comes out in a month, and I see it listed everywhere for $59.99 (amazon has it for $56.99)

Gamestop has the PC version new for $19.99; $40 bucks cheaper.

Tyrannical

I really liked the whole lead-up to the ending, despite it being too linear or whatever. And I didn't mind the ending (the good ending...never saw the bad ending).

dowingba

I don't think anything can top the bad ending of Half-Life 2

Tyrannical

Thats so lazy.

Especially since they admitted the ending sucked themselves.

azz0r

@everybest and @nesdude: I agree, definitely rent first...you can easily beat this game within a rental period. And I agree about the last part of the game; once you get past the games "twist" it gets a little less good, culminating in a less then stellar end boss and even worse end-game "cut-scene" (used lightly...I don't count static images w/ voice-overs as a cut-scene)

tenaciousmonkey

guys, bioshock was awesome, i enjoyed it till then end, and then i was like, err was that the end? that ending blows

Raikkenon

I really liked the end of this game.

At Least it actually had one!

It wasn't explosive or anything, but it gave you a sense of the story being quite real.

Contra666

It sure as hell better have the same ending.

Seinosuke

So the one thing in bioshock that needed changing they decided against changing.

dsmx

@dsmx: Why in god's name would they change the ending? That essentially makes it a completely different game.

TRT-X

bioshock 2 preview?

GRECS

The only thing wrong with Bioshock's ending is both of them are too short. It's not such an issue with the good ending because it's done well short, but the bad ending is a mess.

Not that I care that much, really. BioShock is still in my top ten best games of all time list.

Rebochan

I don't understand what kind of ending people wanted. I would actually go so far as to say the ending to Bioshock (the good ending) was one of the most satisfying game endings I've seen.

What else was your character going to do? Just shrug and walk away, to run rapture... a system that was doomed to failure... and end up in the same place again?

The good ending solved the problem of his having nowhere to go and no purpose to his life. It was excellent dammit!

*wipes eyes*

Slothboy

@KSPRAYDAD:

eak, guess I can cancle my pre-order and get my money back to buy something I have not seen spoilers to the ending already.

KINGZ

@FraGNeM: I assume he'd appear in another one. Or supposed to.

formina

Good call on keeping what worked the same and enhancing via extended sections and bonus areas. Doesn't affect the original story while adding additional value.

sascha23

I didn't think the ending suck...I guess I just enjoyed the game so much that I didn't mind...to me the worst ending was gta 4 since it ended so sadly

DespisedMC

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under):

Ohhh, don't be making it seem like you're giving out more Internets with your fancy maths.

kftgr

Take that Playslaves now everyone suffers!!

IndianaBones11

I don't get it... was the ending of the 360 version different from the PC version? (I heard that there are 2 endings depending on how you play the game)

Why should they re-do it? Or is it about the level design and such other stuff that has nothing to do with the story?

Shad0X