BioShock 4 is Facing a Huge Challenge

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Many are hoping that 2K Games properly reveals BioShock 4 sometime soon, with many looking to places like Summer Game Fest for a proper trailer. This is because 2K Games has confirmed the game is in development, revealing the developer responsible to be the newly-established Cloud Chamber back in 2019. It features several devs who worked on the original game, and so reasonably, there is a lot of hype behind it.

A lot of hype, but no game showcase yet, is a hard recipe. Outside of Cloud Chamber, some job listings have suggested BioShock 4 is an open-world RPG, but many have taken that in stride. BioShock is a franchise that could really run away from the concept. However, that’s a double-edged sword. Not much has been shown of Starfield, as an example, but it’s in a similar boat. Many took its hard delay, not because of what they had seen of it, but because of the promise it had. Truly, this puts a lot of undue expectations on a game no one has really seen much of.

What The Original BioShock Does Better Than Any Other Game in the Trilogy

To make matters worse, BioShock 4 has the gargantuan task of following the original BioShock games. The first BioShock and BioShock Infinite are some of the highest-rated games of all time, with the franchise having a dedicated following. It’s also quite possible that BioShock 4 releases 10 years after Infinite, and while that represents a huge leap in technology, it also represents an increased level of expectation.

The best comparison is perhaps The Elder Scrolls 6 and Grand Theft Auto 6. Both are titles fans have wanted for quite some time, with the predecessors being over and shortly under a decade old. The sales success of each game no doubt played a role in these sequels being so far