Things looking grim for Bioshock 2?

I read in the lastest Game Informer that there are 4 different developers working on Bioshock 2, and that the team at 2K Marin was asking Ken Levine for more help on the game, and that he refeused. There have been the delays, and there are some whispers that things just are not going well. And when I watch the videos of Bioshock 2, am I the only one that gets the impression that, graphically at least, it looks worse than Bioshock? For a game so close to being released to look so poor graphically and animation wise, it really worries me.

Bioshock is my favorite game ever. I am aware that many of you thought it was really over-rated, but for me Bioshock is the greatest game I have ever played, and I just shutter to think that the sequal will be some terrible mess. What do you guys think?

I think it will end up pulling through. It's the sequel to a AAA title and it has big names working on it. Considering it's a goldmine, they probably will lose more money if they were to "cut their loses."

Also, games tend to not be that graphically powerful until the last few monts of development, and some games have major graphic impovements right before it goes gold.

I think only time will truly tell.

The game will be fine...regular guys are doing the campaign, some other high profile guys are doing the multiplayer, game will be fine.

Actually, a different development team is on the multiplayer portion of the game so that the core development team (the ones behind Bioshock) can focus on the singleplayer portion of the game so that won't be compromised. I've never heard before that 2 additional teams are on it. And I don't think that's really true. Maybe 2 additional teams within 2K. But that's not surprising. For example, a game made by Ubisoft Montreal that's high profile, often get help from other Ubisoft dev teams.

I was aware that another developer was working on the multiplayer, and that developers often help each other, but 4 developers seems too much for a game to be going smoothly, especially a AAA title. And why wouldn't Levine help? I read some rumors that he thinks the game will flop, but they are not subsantiated rumors or anything offical.

I hope it turns out well, and I think it probably will, but the development process has not been smooth IMO. Remember what happened to Too Human...

I think it will turn out great cuz they got a little over 4 monthes to fix things up

I was aware that another developer was working on the multiplayer, and that developers often help each other, but 4 developers seems too much for a game to be going smoothly, especially a AAA title. And why wouldn't Levine help? I read some rumors that he thinks the game will flop, but they are not subsantiated rumors or anything offical.

I hope it turns out well, and I think it probably will, but the development process has not been smooth IMO. Remember what happened to Too Human...

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I was aware that another developer was working on the multiplayer, and that developers often help each other, but 4 developers seems too much for a game to be going smoothly, especially a AAA title. And why wouldn't Levine help? I read some rumors that he thinks the game will flop, but they are not subsantiated rumors or anything offical.

I hope it turns out well, and I think it probably will, but the development process has not been smooth IMO. Remember what happened to Too Human...