mjk45 said:
You get no argument from me about originality making fresh novel experiences , but that comes with a great big IF, no matter how original if you don't have a good story and or game play ,you'r games originality isn't going to change it into a great game, but when you combined it with those factors it becomes the cream on top that takes it up and over other similarly good games. One of my complaints is people don't take stock of their expectations , because the story that involved bioshock 1 and it's characters ended with Bioshock 1 Bioshock 2,being more a continuation of the themes underlying rapture rather than a continued story is criticised for not being new , now why would a game set in the same world, coming off the back of a tale that had spun itself out be expected to offer up the same kind of wonder that the original did with the star of the show Rapture unless your expectations where askew. Even Infinite with its new game template ,something not available to bioshock 2 had a hard time with originality while trying to get out from under raptures exotic aura, the deep sea becomes the sky , plasmids became tonics ,art nouveau replaces art deco.etc, still it told an original story with enough newness to keep it fresh and that last bit applied to bioshock 2. |
I agree that Bioshock 2 is a good and underrated game, but even I felt like its setting didn't quite have the same atmosphere of mystery as the first game simply because I'd already spent so much time there. It's like if you just finished a delicious pizza, and for the second course they bring out a second pizza that's also delicious but very much like the first. Fair or not, that second pizza isn't going to be quite as enticing as its predecessor. That doesn't mean it's not a good pizza however.
