Posted on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:38:00 PST -
2K Games believes that BioShock's epic story could give it the staying power of Star Wars, complete with several sequels to tell the entire tale. In an interview with MCV, 2K president Cristoph Hartmann commented that, "because [Bioshock] is so story driven, the question obviously arises: how long can you do it without turning into The Matrix?" He said that the Matrix trilogy lost its luster quickly, but also brought up another famed sci-fi series. "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."
The comparison may not bode well, especially since large portions of the Star Wars fanbase hated half of the movies. Still, Hartmann stressed that the company can't exploit the franchise either. "We have to be careful not to cash in," he said. "I won't name the company, but there was a great racing game years ago. They brought it back year-on-year. If you look at the scores, it's hard to believe what they've done to it." So even if BioShock could potentially support sequel after sequel, at least Hartmann is against the series seeing diminishing returns. We'll see how much story is left after BioShock 2 expands the fiction, but so far we know very little about the plot for the upcoming sequel.
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