Did you forget there's a new BioShock game on the way? We kinda did, to be honest. Yes, a brand new entry in the beloved shooter series is indeed coming, announced back in 2019 alongside the studio responsible, Cloud Chamber. Obviously, things have been very quiet on the project — publisher 2K stated the game would be in development "for the next several years", so we weren't expecting a fast turnaround. However, some recent job listings might provide some clues about the game's structure.
As reported by PCGamesN, the studio is currently recruiting for several positions, and some of the descriptions hint at an open world setting for the game. In fact, the page for the role of senior writer literally says the team is after someone "who can weave impactful, character-driven stories in an open world setting".
Other language used in various job specs includes creating "systemic world moments", "emerging AI behaviour to create a 'living' world", and an "urban crowd system". It certainly sounds to us as though this new title will take place in an open setting. It'll be a good while before we get a whiff of official info, but we're excited to learn more.
What do you want from the new BioShock game? Do you like the sound of an open world? Shoot bees out your wrists in the comments section below.
[source boards.greenhouse.io, via pcgamesn.com]
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Open world can mean many things. As long as it still has a strong single player narrative it can be fine. The Yakuza series, for example, can be considered a small open world, and that’s great. Other examples are terrible exercises in tedious garbage collection and full of fetch quests and such...we’ll see.
The bit that worries me is “systemic world moments” which might hint at Games as a Service rubbish.
Nice! can't wait to see some pics or footage of this.
Bioshock games are amazing.easily one of the best games ever made.a iconic series indeed.so definitely excited for this new one.word up son
Open world may also mean more expanded RPG mechanics, which I would be 100% down for. Skill trees? Equipment? Dual-wielding with a much larger toolset? Yes please! I love this series (minus Infinite), so cautiously optimistic that they can deliver a fresh experience...
Really curious where they could take the series. The original and Infinite are both iconic and unique games, but very different and very much on the rails in essentially the best way possible. I’d hope we’d have a totally different setting for the next entry, and, regardless of everything, that it’d be strongly based on story.
Platted 1&2. Don't know if I'll plat Infinite with its absurd level of chaos.
Intresting a open world game i could get behind that. I completed the original 3 games on Xbox 360.
I’m more excited of what Ken Levine is working on in his new studio Ghost Story Games than this new BioShock tbh. BioShock without Ken at the helm won’t be the same.
Not sure if the idea has since been scrapped but there was a leak of the new Bioshock that revealed its set in 1971 in London after the fall of Rapture and plasmids have been unleashed on the outside world which has escalated the Cold War. Level design was supposed to be open ended and various characters were to be featured from the first game and Infinite. The Lutece twins would return, Eleanor Lamb, etc.
I totally forgot about a new BioShock to be honest, loved the series. Not sure about open world for the series but I'm open to it, if it's done well. Hopefully get some more info in a year or so.
no, no, no, no, NO! NOT AGAIN "OPEN WORLD"! Why they are so possesed by open world? It is like COVID among games. Open world, Daily missions, Seasons, blablabla... Ctrl+C Ctrl+V again and again and again... So what will we ruin now? Hey what about Bioshock??? Yeeeeah! - But sir, it is fps story driven shooter. - Who cares, give there all that crap. Those idiots will play it just because it is Bioshock, who cares if it have same mechanisms as all other games...
I'm really excited to learn more! Personally, I don't prefer open world design in general, but I don't think it's inherently the wrong choice for a new Bioshock game. It might be awful, it might be awesome - it all depends on execution. I think people are going to have pretty high expectations for this too, so hopefully this game aquires the top talent the IP deserves.
I had no idea another Bioshock was on the way. This is awesome!
But we've seen some dismal quality in recent years from CDPR, Bioware and Bethesda. Hopefully 2K won't follow the trend and murder an anticipated game.
@PegasusActual93 I’m sold on that as it sounds an interesting concept. But I’m in the minority as I loved infinite and thought 1 & 2 were ok (I played them 10 years after release).
Playing infinite at the moment. Losing interest fast.
@Saucymonk Yup it takes some effort to get through it. Expansions were better than the main game to be honest. But then again the first 2 games were better in general.
I always liked Bioshock for the story and tightly focused narrative. Having an open world will take large chunks out of that. Once you have an open world, you lose the ability to chronologically tell your story, unless you gate it heavily. That said, I've loved every Bioshock game so far, and if it IS open world, it could be a fascinating match.
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