User blog comment:LightOfJustice/What is your idea for the next main character in Bioshock 3?/@comment-867628-20100722214104

I think it would be kinda fun to have Bioshock 3 be a prequel, but asl maybe do a dual-storyline-style game: you go through the events leading up to the first game, through the Civil War, etc., but you can play as either Ryan's team or Fontaine/Atlas' team, similar to multiplayer. Ryan's story could have as playable characters: Andrew Ryan (maybe, depends if he actually sees any real action) Sullivan Bill McDonagh Yi Suchong Bridgette Tenenbaum

Fontaine/Atlas' story could have as playable characters: Frank Fontaine/Atlas Diane McClintock Yi Suchong Bridgette Tenenbaum Johnny (the guy we see getting his guts torn out at the beginning of the first game by Rose) Atlas' Splicers

Ryan's storyline could begin with construction of Rapture, Fontaine becoming a threat, a mission which shows Fontaine "dying" (heck, you could play as Sullivan and take him down), the intro of Atlas, then the actual war, etc. Then, for Fontaine's storyline, we have Fontaine meeting with Tenenbaum and working with her and Suchong, Jasmine Jolene selling Jack to Tenenbaum and Fontaine, Fontaine putting Jack on the sub, Fontaine's "death", then we have Atlas stepping in, and the actual war begins, we have Diane getting injured and going to Steinman, Diane joining Atlas' group, Diane's death because Atlas thought she found out his secret, etc. etc. The ending of both stories could be with a mysterious plane crash being detected; Ryan investigates on his camera monitors, and we hear the conversation between Atlas and Johnny that we heard at the beginning of the first game.

I honestly think it would be pretty cool to have a prequel just so that we could see for ourselves the events that are only mentioned in the audio diaries.