After the massive disappointment that was my replay of Bioshock infinite, I decided to play Burial at Sea since I had not played it before, hoping it would be interesting and clear some of the bad taste Infinite left on my mouth. And fuck me that was not what happened. This game was even more annoying than infinite to play, so much so that I even considered just dropping the whole thing. Fortunately, by the time I was thinking that, the game was pretty much over. Ending with what might be the single worst boss fight I've played all year, I was relieved at how short his dlc was. Due to story reasons I don't feel like spoiling because the story has a somewhat interesting conclusion where it is explained, the character you play as is a lot weaker than Infinite's Booker. Enemies hit hard as fuck, and you are somewhat slower. besides these, combat is about the same, though instead of only 2 weapons at a time, the weapon wheel from Bioshock 1 and 2 is back, which is a very welcome change from Infinite. Very lamely, despite ocurring in Rapture, this game reuses a fuckton from Infinite, even weapon models, and the only new additions are one weapon I barely used and a plasmid I only used when the game demands you do so. Overall, while it was sorta cool to see some of rapture before everything went to shit, this dlc was quite unsubstantial, the gameplay a step down from Infinite despite the weapon wheel, and despite an interesting reveal right at the end, the story did not grab me at all.

Reviewed on Aug 25, 2021


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