{"id":246,"date":"2013-04-11T04:25:12","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T11:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamfizzgames.com\/Matt\/?p=246"},"modified":"2013-04-11T04:28:18","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T11:28:18","slug":"bioshock-infinite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamfizzgames.com\/Matt\/bioshock-infinite\/","title":{"rendered":"Bioshock Infinite"},"content":{"rendered":"

I stay pretty busy at DigiPen, and especially so a week out from gold milestone. \u00a0Despite that, I still try to play SOME games; staying current with what’s going on in the industry and staying sane in the face of a hectic work schedule. \u00a0After getting home from GDC, I promptly bought Tomb Raider (not quite finished, but expect a review soonish) and Bioshock Infinite despite what a terrible idea that was for\u00a0productivity\u00a0 \u00a0I just completed Bioshock this weekend, and I felt pretty strongly about the ending, so I thought I’d write about it. \u00a0So, if you haven’t beaten the game yet this is your warning. \u00a0SPOILERS AHEAD!<\/p>\n

So, overall, I really liked the game. \u00a0I think that it took the mechanics and themes and ideas from the previous games and really pushed them in a direction that was interesting. \u00a0I found Bioshock 2 to be decent but pretty lackluster of a sequel compared to the original. \u00a0It would have been easy for Infinite to be more of the same, but it wasn’t. \u00a0I felt more compelled by the story in this game than I did in the first Bioshock. \u00a0And despite being an FPS, Bioshock is really all about the story in my mind. \u00a0Which brings me to the ending…<\/p>\n

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I think that this is going to be a pretty unpopular opinion, but I absolutely hated the very end of this game. \u00a0The idea of a multiverse of this game world was really intriguing and I honestly didn’t fully see it coming that Elizabeth was Anna. \u00a0So, even up to the point that we’re wandering the infinite lighthouses, I was still hooked. \u00a0But then, out of nowhere, at the very end we get Butterfly Effect’ed. \u00a0Seriously? \u00a0We spend the whole game building a relationship with these characters, getting to know them, building empathy for them. \u00a0Irrational took a lot of care to put tons of emotion into Elizabeth’s facial expressions and to give her a range of unique interactions throughout the world to really flesh out her personality. \u00a0And, while it sucks, to have a scenario where one or both characters get killed\u00a0tragically… that happens in good stories sometimes; throw a wrench into the works. \u00a0But to just blink both characters, and this entire, rich universe, out of existence just angers me so much. \u00a0And the worst part is that it’s because I would totally love to play another game in Columbia with Elizabeth in tow.<\/p>\n

Maybe it’s for the best. \u00a0Rather than make a sequel to this game that falls flat like Bioshock 2, maybe we’ll get yet another great setting like Columbia and yet another great set of characters like Booker and Elizabeth. \u00a0Maybe. \u00a0I don’t know. \u00a0It feels a little like how I imagine those crazy people that are still angry at Bioware felt about the ending of Mass Effect 3. \u00a0Except that I’m not an insane zealot. \u00a0Irrational obviously knows what they’re doing most of the time. \u00a0Regardless, in the short term, the end of this game left me feeling really unsatisfied. \u00a0Maybe with more time to reflect I’ll change my opinion, but for right now, it’s an amazing game that ends with a whimper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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