1Up, amongst many other reviews, managed to get a spot on the preview list for the upcoming follow up to the hit Bioshock, Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams. Be sure to check out some of the little bits and pieces which the lucky previewer gets to impart to the rest of us.

Like me, you undoubtedly have more questions. It would seem that these small first details are just enough to get the curiosity wheels turning. And while I pray BioShock 2's twist ending, if there is to be a twist ending, remains a secret until I can take my first journey through this narrative-driven sequel, I'm anxious to find out more about Rapture 10-years later, and all the new characters we can expect to find there. When asked about the good-guy-who-is-a-bad-guy template, Thomas dodges the question, saying he wants you to mistrust everyone. He does, however, mention that your "long term decisions do play into the ending," and that you'll be able "to see it coming." He continues, "This time around the decisions centered around Little Sisters have a Little Sister-centric component of the ending. Meanwhile, the decisions you make on the adult characters, the more grey characters, who may tempt you in different ways, affect the ending on a more adult axis." Does this mean BioShock 2 will have modal endings? I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

On a lark, I asked Thomas about the stunning blue butterfly at the end of the Sea of Dreams teaser trailer. He sing-songingly teases: "Can't tell you!" Will it be the "grand unifying theory," with its solitary emergence from the once submerged barnacle a signifier of what's to come, or is it merely a red herring? More sinister yet, is the butterfly the game's ultimate boss villain? After all, no one ever suspects the butterfly...

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