When this game came out, the world loved it and hailed it as a masterpiece, and I sat by on the sidelines feeling as though I were taking crazy pills for thinking it was such a massive piece of shit. Thankfully time has vindicated me and more people are now willing to look back on this overrated trash with the critical thrashing it should have received when it dropped on the gaming world back in 2013.
Perhaps the epitome of boring, linear, two-weapon stop-and-pop shooters in a generation defined by boring, linear, two-weapon stop-and-pop shooters, Bioshock Infinite manages to stand head and shoulders above the crowd by being morally repugnant, cowardly, and stupid all at the same time. Too afraid to take a stance on slavery of all things, Bioshock Infinite asserts that the moment the oppressed picks up a gun to fight their oppressor, they are Just As Bad. This juvenile view of justice seems to be a critique of political extremes but ironically casts a shadow over the founding of its country of origin, not to mention, uh, The Civil War. You know, that one that freed all the black people in America? That one.
The cherry on top is that the story is nonsensical garbage riddled with plot holes and predicated on a misunderstanding of how the many worlds theory works. Ken Levine admitted as much in an interview, saying he decided to write a game about quantum mechanics "because they make him feel stupid for not understanding them." You're probably already putting this together in your head, but writing a plot about a field of science you do not understand is probably not a good idea.
Oh well. At least the gameplay is good, right?
...Oh.
Perhaps the epitome of boring, linear, two-weapon stop-and-pop shooters in a generation defined by boring, linear, two-weapon stop-and-pop shooters, Bioshock Infinite manages to stand head and shoulders above the crowd by being morally repugnant, cowardly, and stupid all at the same time. Too afraid to take a stance on slavery of all things, Bioshock Infinite asserts that the moment the oppressed picks up a gun to fight their oppressor, they are Just As Bad. This juvenile view of justice seems to be a critique of political extremes but ironically casts a shadow over the founding of its country of origin, not to mention, uh, The Civil War. You know, that one that freed all the black people in America? That one.
The cherry on top is that the story is nonsensical garbage riddled with plot holes and predicated on a misunderstanding of how the many worlds theory works. Ken Levine admitted as much in an interview, saying he decided to write a game about quantum mechanics "because they make him feel stupid for not understanding them." You're probably already putting this together in your head, but writing a plot about a field of science you do not understand is probably not a good idea.
Oh well. At least the gameplay is good, right?
...Oh.