My name is Andrew Ryan, and I’m here to ask you a question – does Bioshock really need multiplayer?

After watching this trailer, I could see how this may be fun, but I’m skeptical.  To me, Bioshock was all about the narrative and atmosphere, something that series creator Ken Levine (of System Shock 2 and Thief fame) absolutely excels at.  Multiplayer would have added to the replay value of the original game somewhat, but there are better multiplayer focused games to play for that sort of thing.  Considering that Levine isn’t even involved with the sequel and the iconic wrench has been replaced with a quick melee ability, I really am hoping that the Bioshock 2 team manages to make Bioshock 2 live up to every bit of awesome the first game did.

I guess we’ll find out some time in 2010.