Bioshock Making of - Storytelling

[tuccake]

Charlie Day look alike.

[JackRyan011]

ken levine is a f**king genious. i love his looks upon games and the restrictions they give. his veiws are so poetic and beautiful. he doesnt evey miss the spot on videogames, thats why i think he's my personal hero.

[TheMrAsianK]

lol one dislike !!!!!

[Awesomenizzleness]

his face is starting to go splicer

[GuitarPlayer2606]

there were ghosts in rapture? i have'n't seen or herd one yet in Bioshock

[pringlesguy1]

@GuitarPlayer2606 yeah every once and a while the color would go greyscale and you would see sort of a flashback of some ghost from raptures past

[alfon1995]

Please, SUBTITLES!!!

[MrLESLO]

@alfon1995 Why?!?! how about no watermark?

[Polex411]

yo love the audio diaries best part of the game. would not have played through it like nine times if not for those things

[sonic911]

wow check out that project facade....they really do look like the splicers

[samdalton13]

I would move there.

[wowfanatic100]

Bioshock has the best story i have ever played in a game.

[Kiryutka22]

I love Bioshock! ! ! cant wait for Ken's next game. .

[TheRedComa]

The reason why the protagonists of Half-Life and BioShock don't speak, is because the developers wanted the player to assume the identity of that character. If Gordon or Jack spoke, the player would feel as if they were playing "as him" whereas if they remained silent, the player "became" the protagonist (even though they are identified as Gordon and Jack.)

[UbinTimor]

you're right about that, but even jack was just an alias. in an interview with Jordan Thomas he stated that Jack was just an alias that the protagonist was using. But it's safe to assume that his name is jack even though it could be something different there's no way to fully know his name for sure unless you asked the developers- and even then they would probably reluctant to tell you. Some people don't like that style of game where the protagonist doesn't speak but I love it.

[weldin50]

probably one of the most imaginative games of all time.

[fanaticmoron]

Everytime Ken Levine smacks his lips I want to punch him in the face. Love the game though!

[Takarafire]

Genius game right here.

[ngsoftwork]

Absolutely !

[Neptunion118]

half life gave me headaches but it is a great game

[theseedy7eleven]

i just didn't lik that u didn't hav much body awareness(i.e u couldn't see your feet, hands, or reflection. also gordon NEVER spoke.) the story was pretty digestible though.

[grimmpoe]

@theseedy7eleven Most FPS's are like that.

[kag35ninety6]

gordon...?

[LuzieAndPuzie]

All these people made a briliant game!

[Kempotiger225]

The audio diaries are great. Sander Cohen's diary called "The Wild Bunny" is one of, if not the best audio diary in the game.

[dialymen]

the best is "water in wine" by Pierre Gobbi

[kag35ninety6]

Yeah!!! that was a crazy audio log.

[ilusionist11]

they made freedom force?! i loved that game

[strokesfan1107]

Andrew Ryan was born in the Soviet Union during the time of the revolution... He was there long enough to become anti-communist... hmm.. Wouldn't he have a thick Russian accent then?

That's completely based off of Ayn Rand's life, by the way, and she has an intense accent.

[nowwatchingyou]

actually no he did not grow up there

[Guarding]

You're making an assumption that it takes a long time to become anti-communist. He could of become anti-communist in 5 seconds for all you know ;)

[timzhaw]

ok cool, thanks xx

[kopli222]

do this; use telekenisis to make a pyramid of ammo. i did and it took me ages to use it all up.

[timzhaw]

what do you mean "pyramid"

[kopli222]

any 3d shape really. to drop the ammo just switch to a weapon and you dont loose eve.

[EtaCarinaez]

it has been confirmed that the guy who made pirates of the caribean and the ring will do a movie 'bioshock' - its on IMBD

with the same dude that wrote the story for the game(s)

[AlphaShizz]

Hey i want opinions what do people think will happen in bioshock 2 and what misteries do u thik can be solved?

[blueberrytuesday]

i'm not sure what mistries there will be...but

i wouldn't be suprised to see a resurgence of a 'villian' character ala shodan in system shock 1 & 2. its possible that either andrew ryan or frank fontaine forsaw the inevitable destruction of rapture, since they were the architects of its demise and lived through quite a bit prior to the player arriving. maybe they 'downloaded' themselves somehow into some unexplained technology that a new player fines roaming wild in bioshock 2 years later.

[dragonbrad98]

@blueberrytuesday boy were you wrong..,.

[bioshockwasgreat]

pure genious, can't wait for the second one

[BrOwNzY101]

im playin it on ps3vrite now..after fontaine....kix ass!!

[Ilikelimpbizkit]

My two favorite desginers of all time are Ken Levine and David Doak. Ken because he is the most intellegent creator of things i've ever seen. He goes into what the player wants, why everything is there, what will the players not enjoy, should we do this, can we add some more power? and david doak because he takes a team that is somewat inexperienced, and saves them and makes an amazing game (goldeneye, timesplitters 1,2,3, and I've heard good about Haze).

[Rhoadhead]

haze was terrible...huge huge disappointment...think some of the greatest FPS creators on heroine...everything just goes to shit

[Ilikelimpbizkit]

Well I ended up playing it and I enjoyed it but I do not want to argue about this. We Are all entitled to our opinions.

[Rhoadhead]

oh im sorry...i was just disappointed..really disapointed...when u make such monumental hits as TImsplitters, Goldeneye, and Perfect Dark, u kinda think their next-gen would be even better

[Ilikelimpbizkit]

o totally it doesn't compare to those games! I was still dissapointed despite enjoying it.

[Rhoadhead]

hey if u love shooters, u have to try BioShock...best FPS i have ever played...best shooter would be MGS4 but FPS is definatly BioShock

[Ilikelimpbizkit]

oh I played BioShock A LONG while ago :D

[Rhoadhead]

whoops sry forgot wht video this was for u prob have already played the game but yea this and mgs4 are must plays

[jizzfish]

Its an evolution of what weve come to expect from video games and if you ask me its a vast improvement the main reason that I dont find that many games enjoyable is that I dont feel any human connection to the game you can make the most expensive move in the world and it will suck without a compelling story

"a book without a story is just a waste of paper" msg4, half life and bioshock are the only games that made me feel real emotions and not just my thumbs getting tired and my ass going numb

[Rhoadhead]

half-life wasn't that entertaining of a game to me...i really enjoyed the bump up from lame storylines like quake to cinematically enhanced games like hl...but system shock 2(bioshock is the spiritual successor to ss2) came out around the same time and that was like 10 steps above hl in storytelling

[Marine11267]

for me it would be those three add halo wars, zelda majoras mask

[jimmowich]

coming out on ps3 in 2 weeks! I can´t wait!

[greygurg]

the best game i played on 360

[ar4yyyy]

the graphics in the game were very rich. the lightning was boutifuk, the water, the shadows...boutiful

[acefuxor69]

boutifuk hey?

[ar4yyyy]

beutiful. I made a hillarious typo.

[acefuxor69]

hillarious is right lol

[TheDrunkMunk]

AHAHAHA, beoutifuk.

Hilarious.

[calciem]

hey i want to become a games desighner when im older if anyone has any information on how i can become one please send me a message

[Rabbitmachine]

uh stay in school, learn your physics and math quadratics, pay attention to art and go to university :D

[TSsandwich]

Assuming you gameplay and story as opposed to modeling/audio/coding/everythi­ng else, you've got to be pretty creative. You've got to pay attention to your literature/writing/storytellin­g classes. You'd also want to take a look at sociology/philosophy/psycholog­y/etc. You'd also want a bit of everything else. A coder would need programming courses (dur), math, a bit of physics and some other stuff, too. 2D/3D artistry would need photoshop and art skills, and audio would need a music background.

[thiessen35]

such i good game i was sad when i beat it

[mcrkid22]

I played it again for the alternate ending then went acheivement hunting xD

[remixmaster92]

I finished it 5 times and i was like wow on each run

[35gears]

@remixmaster92 i know. thats one of those few games that never get boring

[grestrep]

a genius

[young128]

LOVE BIOSHOCK