Posts Tagged ‘multiplayer’

Protector Trial’s environment becomes harder progressively

In BioShock 2, the new addition by 2K Marin mainly focuses on the single-player aspect of the game and not as it was earlier, a multiplayer side only with new maps, characters and weapons.

The developing team takes a snippet of Little Sister harvesting gameplay loop in the game and expands it to a full mode backed by its own story.

In the recent announcement of the Protector Trials, the players players take on the role of another Alpha series in service to Dr. Brigid Tenenbaum.

In it the Big Daddy is suppose to be helping Little Sisters collect to the maximum extent to weaken Sophia Lamb operation.

Well, the Subject Delta and the Alpha series Big Daddy don’t cross paths.

Ryan Mattson, the lead designer of the game, said that the campaign will have 6 environment in total. He adds that there will be 3 challenges in each environment and all will get harder gradually.

Protector Trial is releasing on August 3 and it will sell for $4.99 or 400 Microsoft points.

Players report problems with Rapture Metro Pack

2K Games recently released second set of downloadable content, the “Rapture Metro Pack.” This content fleshes out the multiplayer mode of BioShock 2. It contains 6 new maps and also a new achievements/trophies.

While finding out inputs to write review, I discovered that it seems there’s a catch to the Metro.

Let’s hear what 2K Games said. It said that if a fan wants to play this map in a public match, then a lobby full of players is required who have also purchased the content.

In the group if anyone does not have the new map content then the game will automatically put the gamer into a game using previously released and nothing from the new one.

In an official statement the Community Manager of 2K said, “We couldn’t assume that all users would purchase the maps, so we made a design decision to unify the user base in order to provide the best gameplay experience possible. The DLC maps will cycle into the rotation if everyone in the room owns them, otherwise the game will load the base maps. If users want a more direct control over their experience they can create private matches which they can set to play just the DLC maps.”

Write here if you have purchased the new content and are facing similar problems.

The map is huge in BioShock 2

At the CES in Las Vegas this week, showgoers got a chance to go hands-on with BioShock 2’s multiplayer mode. This was a special trailer that was sponsored by Sprint and IGN. Sprint brand-new technology powers BioShock 2’s multiplayer network. According to the report who was there, this did not fail even once during his play session with other 7 players.

It is also reported that the maps are huge of BioShock 2. It is so large that there were few occasional stretches during the play and at that time the player did not see other players. But yes, these slow moments gave the gamer a chance of seeking out shortcuts such as blasting the holes or hacking the machinegun turrets so that they in return fires upon the opponents.

The player says that when one plays as a Big Daddy in the games single-player then the multiplayer mode stars human cast. There are many outfits befitting Rapture residents and those are from the socialites to scientists and to even the college football players. Gamers can customize their player with general get-up and also with masks and melee weapons.

BioShock2 India release date disclosed

Earlier we had already disclosed official Global Street date of the release of BioShock 2. There is one more good news related to the release date of the game. BioShock 2 will be hitting the Indian store shelves on February 9 next year along with the rest of the world.

The game BioShock 2 features a single player campaign and it begins 10 years after the actual events took place in the original BioShock. In the game the multiplayer mode comprises of a prequel experience that lets the players don the role of a plasmid test. The subject of the game is situated in the underwater city of Rapture. In the game the hostile watery world has been packed with dangers and so the gamers need to beware and watch their back and also to utilize all the tools that they can acquire in order to survive.

It is also to be taken note of that BioShock2 would release simultaneously on all platforms in India on the mentioned date in 2010.

However, the prices are still under wraps.

10% discount of Bioshock 2 on Amazon.com

Good news for all the fans of Bioshock 2. This week Amazon.com has discounted the advanced sales of it for PS3 and Xbox 360 by 10% in a new game sale.

This week they are selling it at $53.99 for the PS3 and as well as for the Xbox 360. Without discount the price of Bioshock 2 was $59.99.

The game Bioshock 2 is taking place ten years after the events of the Bioshock. In it a monster snatches little girls and brings them back to the underwater city of Rapture.

In the multiplayer version of this game users will be taking the role of a Plasmid test that is subject for Sinclair Solutions, which is a premier provider of Plasmids and Tonics in Rapture.

Big Daddy and Multiplayer to be looked forward in BioShock2

What are the things to look forward in BioShock2? Here are two most important of them.

Playing as Big Daddy

You play as Big Daddy. This is the biggest change of Bioshock2, perhaps. When we ponder about the Big Daddies from BioShock, we remember it for hulking lumbering giants that they were. Yes, of course it was incredibly powerful and one may imagine that if playing as one then it would slow down the pace. 2K Marin says that gamers don’t play as any Big Daddy, but instead a prototype Big Daddy. He says that the Big Daddy is faster and more agile than regular Big Daddy and also has the ability to switch weapons and use plasmids.

Multiplayer

The development team has considered adding multiplayer to BioShock 2 to give gamers the best possible single player experience. In fact fully fledged multiplayer component has been added. In the game each of the players will be having his or her personal apartment where they can upgrade their character and also save weapon or plasmid loadouts. Story has been also wrapped up in the multiplayer experience.

Big Daddy suit is an interesting component in it, which spawns randomly on the map. Gamers who picks it up becomes a near tank that is unstoppable. When gets killed then the suit respawns.