For BioShock, because it’s so story driven, the question obviously arises: how long can you do it without turning into The Matrix? The first Matrix was great, the second one was weird and the third one, you thought: ‘Who [making this] is on crack and who isn’t?’. But, then again, look at Star Wars. It’s a fight between good and evil, just like BioShock. If we spin it the right way and get the right twist of innovation, we can make six parts of it, as Star Wars did.

But we have to be careful not to cash in.

For BioShock, because it’s so story driven, the question obviously arises: how long can you do it without turning into The Matrix? The first Matrix was great, the second one was weird and the third one, you thought: ‘Who [making this] is on crack and who isn’t?’. But, then again, look at Star Wars. It’s a fight between good and evil, just like BioShock. If we spin it the right way and get the right twist of innovation, we can make six parts of it, as Star Wars did.

But we have to be careful not to cash in.

SIX?! Well, I guess that also had to happen.

something about the gameplay in Bioshock that is unplayable for me. I bought the game at walmart yesterday, took it home, and play it for 2 hours and immediately return it back to walmart. For some strange reason, this game doesn't trigger my fancy unlike many other people who have played the game. Im sure this game is good and all, but....yeah, im one of the few who just can't play these kind of games.

If they actually cared about bioshock, they would not make a fucking sequel.

Well there can be plenty of different stories to be told in rapture but I suppose the setting will get old extremely fast.

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As long as they don't do it for the sake of milking a cash cow and continue the with the great story telling, then I have nothing against six games.

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OMGWTF!!!!! 

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SIX? WTF

Holy balls, that's a lot of sequels.  I'm hoping they don't shorten the length of the already-planned sequels just to give us episodic-feeling games with cliffhanger endings.  That'd piss me off more than a donkey crapping in my burrito.

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they're gonna make 3, at the most. and i predict that 2 and 3 will be nowhere near as cool as 1 was. then they're going to realize how retarded they are... and jump off a bridge.

i called it.

As long as they take their time with each one and don't try to knock one out every year, I see no problem with them showing that they have interest in the series for a prolonged period of time.

2 doesn't even have a release date so no time to panic just yet.  However as we've seen w/ Silent Hill, once you hand it off tom some random dev house, the franchise becomes a shell of itself

FIVE SEQUELS!?!?!?  Holy shit, I'm still not convinced Bioshock needs ONE sequel. The first one was good, it tied things up nicely, now they're using it as the engine to put another sequel train on the gaming tracks?

It had better do something totally revolutionary in Bioshock 2, otherwise I doubt we'll see 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7

Did that guy compare Bioshock to fucking Star Wars ? Wow...

I have a feeling the Fonz works for the developement. Cause I can easily see them jumping the shark

Bioshock's American Wasteland? I dunno, how many unfunny sequel titles can you come up with!

Perhaps they should think more of the -shock suffix as the franchise, and use some of the broader concepts and mechanics as a framework for varying ideas in individual games.

Or maybe they should learn to crap ten brand new ideas out every time they go to the toilet or something.

Trying to create a 6 game story arc in the world of Bioshock would probably end up being kind of contrived considering the events of the first game.

yay, more hacking

"Did that guy compare Bioshock to fucking Star Wars ? Wow..."

So he's saying all six Star Wars films were good? Hallelujah! I'm not alone!

Whoa... think about it. All the plasmid powers... they may actually be THE FORCE! Rapture is an underwater city, like the Gungan city where Jar Jar Binks comes from... a cameo must be in the works! I'm struggling to think of a good Big Daddy / Little Sister comparison to the world of Star Wars, but I'm sure there's one out there I'm just overlooking it.

Personally, I liked Bioshock. If they can get 6 great games out of it, then I'm all for it. If they get it all wrong, the I will be the first to throw my disk back in their face.

A sequel. Fine. A trilogy. Alright. Six games?!?! I would say that's cashing it in.

The first one was in development for a long time, as I remember, they better take care. That shine could diminish, without the polish.

I loved Bioshock and would love to see more games set in that "World" but 5 more seams a little over the top for a game like Bioshock, I guess if the spread the release dates out by at least 2 years a game it could be alright

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That's three too many.

Bioshock 2 needs be a prequel and that needs to be the end of it.

I loved the first Bioshock and it was great to hear of a sequel but 6 is kind of pushing it by 3 games or so

Well if we're running with the Star Wars analogy, which is kinda a load of bull, Empire STrikes Back is my favourite star wars film, so maybe there is hope!

But aside from that long, long shot, i wish they just kept it as 1 game.

Well if we're running with the Star Wars analogy, which is kinda a load of bull, Empire STrikes Back is my favourite star wars film, so maybe there is hope!

But aside from that long, long shot, i wish they just kept it as 1 game.

Sounds like they're aware of why triliogies stink

Still skeptical about the sequel. Gosh darn, I don't think Bioshock would make much sense with sequels, but I just hope it's at least on par with the first game.

Why did Ken Levine abandon Bioshock again? Seems strange to me.

HEY I WAS LEAD DESIGNER ON ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE AND ENTERTAINING GAMES EVER!

COOL! YOU AND YOUR GAME ROCKS KEN! WE LOVE YOU!

THANKS EVERYONE!OKAY BYE! FUCK BIOSHOCK!

YEAH WE - WAIT WHAT?

*sigh* Its this kind of stuff that really make me dislike sequels for the most part.

Some sequels can be good but when companies start talking about sequels to the not yet released sequels.. there becomes a major problem.

"There's a fine line between milking your cash cow and beating it to death."

What? Is there?  Surely there's a massive difference.  Then again I've never milked a cow... Maybe I should try, sounds fun.

I'd hardly call bioshock a cash cow.

The fourth one will be the greatest. Great things come in fours: GTA4, MGS4, COD4, L4D. Okay, the last one doesn't count.

I guess he didn't watch the last three Star Wars movies.

No doubt, CitizenKane.

And am I the only person on this planet who liked all of The Matrix?

"No doubt, CitizenKane.

And am I the only person on this planet who liked all of The Matrix?"

I can imagine like a prequel, you know like being a resident of Rapture as it is going down, or being one of the scientists that helped create the guy you were in the first one. But I'm afraid if they make 6 it could turn out like Prince of Persia.

I don't even want a Bioshock 2, let alone because its not even being made by the same people, but wow...I don't want it to turn into a fucking sports franchise and come out nearly once a year, or have 5+ sequels that are mediocre.

Wow, standing where we are now it's hard to imagine a situation where we're many years down the road, staring at our TV screens and PC monitors play a fifth Bioshock sequel. This can be done right but it seems like a huge task making 5 more Bioshocks, all at least half as good as the original. Although Star Wars was a good analogy of a series that managed to actually do something like this, it is an extremely exceptional series of films. I don't need to tell anyone here that we've seen many times before a series of films or games that were brilliant mercilessly pile-driven in to the ground for every last penny. Although you should never judge a game before it comes out and there is the possibility that Bioshock 2-6 could all be awesome titles I'm still a little worried that Hartmann is already thinking about number 6 when we only have a number 1. Still, as always it's always hard predicting the future properly and only time will truly tell if Bioshock stands the test of ages.

"Did that guy compare Bioshock to fucking Star Wars ? Wow..."
Only in a very genreal way. He didn't say Bioshock is as good as, he just said if the cards are played right, Bioshock could become a successful saga just like Star Wars. I think he is spot on, and judging by what he said it snot like there is a plan to go to five, just that if it can be done it will be. Personally I would like to see what else these guys can do, so at least I hope for abig change if they do go for the big 6.