Judging from the Judas story trailer shown at Sony's State of Play showcase alone, the next game from auteur creator Ken Levine will probably blow our minds wide open, just like the original BioShock did back in 2007. Penning a piece to accompany the trailer on the PlayStation Blog, Levine, creative director at Ghost Story games, poses a simple question: "What if you could choose between who to befriend and who to stab in the back?"
Player choice is nothing new in video games, of course, and the BioShock series dabbled in decision-making at times, but this sounds more involved. Shedding further light on the secretive Judas, promised for PS5 and shrouded in mystery, Levine says: "With Judas (coming to PS5), we wanted to craft an experience where these decisions and how the story unfolds is up to you. Because you, as Judas, are the driver of every event in a story with a new cast of characters to get to know — and change — in ways you haven't experienced before in our games."
Levine goes on to string together words in sequences that excite us for a video game in ways we'd almost forgotten possible, describing the game's dystopian setting. Judas takes place in the deserted, blood-spattered corridors of the Mayflower. In this spacefaring city, citizens are trained to spy on one another, and machines control every aspect of business, art, and government. The Mayflower's authoritarian leadership tried to make you a model citizen, and you sparked the revolution that tore society apart. Will you put the pieces back together or leave it all to burn?
While we don't have a firm release date yet, Judas is expected to release on PS5 before March 2025. Are you starting to get excited yet? Would you kindly let us know in the comments section below?
[source blog.playstation.com]
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Well the game looks fantastic as it has BioShock DNA all over it.... Bring it in.....
So hype for this one!
Just finished playing the bio trilogy a while back so I do hope it's like Bioshock 1 instead of B3.
Your link at the bottom says it’s to release before March 2023.
"While we don't have a firm release date yet, Judas is expected to release on PS5 before March 2023."
You mean March 2025?
@CastelloGG it came out last year!
@CastelloGG thank you kindly, updated
"You sparked the revolution that tore society apart. Will you put the pieces back together or leave it all to burn?"
That's an awesome idea! Reminds me of Daisy Fitzroy. I wonder if we'll play a silent protagonist, or if they will be voiced.
Being a relatively new gamer I know nothing of BioShock, but I thought this trailer looked really cool. Feeling a little hyped for it
I feel this game is a long way off. March 2025 is wishful thinking.
@Stevemalkpus
It's been in development for a long time, it sounds reasonable to me.
@Khayl: The article’s title is somewhat confusing to me. Firstly I thought that the PS5 will be distinct at some degree. But then I realised that your guideline says to add „on PS5“ on every title for Google‘s sake. You could also write „(coming to PS5)“.
Just take my money already. This is going to something special for sure.
Freaking hyped for this. Huge fan of bioshock. I hope they will release the game this year.
it looks as close to being a bioshock game without actually being called bioshock as possible, from the trailer, and that's a good thing.
What hit me as I watched trailer: This game needs a VR version.
@Perturbator my thoughts exactly last night. Though of there's "jumpy bits", it's a no from me, as VR+(anxiety×high blood pressure)=heart attack waiting to happen 🤣
Judas trailer look amazing.it definitely got that bioshock vibes.all the bioshock games are excellent.and the stories and gameplay and graphics are awsome.word up son
This has been in development SO long. Hopefully they managed to get over all the hurdles on the way and it's a great game.
For anyone interested in some of the concepts behind it Levine did a fascinating Game Developers Conference talk on the "narrative Legos" concept all the way back in 2014, and he has shown off what ended up being Judas behind closed doors for years.
Wow. Looks extremely promising.
It's on my wishlist and the only reason 8ts not pre-ordered is because we can't pre-order yet, I mean
This is from the OG Bioshock creator
All I can say is
TAKE MY MONEY
The lack of release date is pretty concerning for this one if they really are planning for a spring release. I would be shocked if this wasn't delayed further and feel bad for the crunch that is likely going on under Levine right now.
It's important to remember that while this game was finally revealed a year ago or so, it has been in dev since 2014 and in dev hell for some time. Looked a lot like a reskinned BioShock for sure, almost too much so in terms of cloning almost every aspect, which is fine i suppose if the story is good However, much of was meant to present as gameplay really appeared to be scripted cutscenes in my opinion.
"From the Creator of Bioshock..."
I"M IN
@KundaliniRising333
Somebody misread, they said before March 2025, not March 2024.
@PegasusActual93 ahhhh gotcha thanks
Levine’s games are good shock value the first time you play but he tends to retread themes and his storytelling lacks nuance. I might watch a let’s play but I doubt I will buy this.
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