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Road to Release: BioShock Infinite

Posted on Sunday, March 17 @ 04:00:00 Eastern by Alex_Osborn

Release Date: March 26, 2013 (Pre-order Now
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Publisher: 2K Games
Developer: Irrational Games


Ken Levine and his team at Irrational Games are undoubtedly some of the brightest minds in the video game industry. A few years ago, the studio revolutionized game design and storytelling by creating an underwater dystopia known as Rapture, the chilling setting of the original BioShock. Instead of taking the easy route and milking that deep sea universe for all its worth, Irrational decided to spend the next five plus years working on a completely new game world, just as rich with detail and narrative intricacy. And so BioShock Infinite was born.

Set not in an underwater prison but rather a traveling city in the sky, BioShock Infinite not only provides a drastically different setting for players to explore, but also a whole new undercurrent of political and religious intrigue. In this way, both the game's landscape and inhabitants work in seamless conjunction to bring the sky-bound city of Columbia to life.

The original BioShock was praised for its incredible storytelling techniques due primarily to Levine's unparalleled writing skills. Twists and shocking revelations had gamers talking about the experience long after its launch, and BioShock Infinite promises to deliver that same jaw-dropping narrative experience. Putting players in control of Booker DeWitt, Irrational has made it clear that this time around the game's characters are just as important (if not more so) than the world they inhabit.

In an effort to wipe away his debt, DeWitt travels to Columbia to save a girl name Elizabeth who is being held captive in the sky. Naturally, there's a whole lot more to the story than what initially meets the eye, as the damsel in distress boasts some incredibly dangerous time-tearing powers. Oh, and did I mention she's being guarded by a giant two-winged creature known only as Songbird?

BioShock raised the bar for what interactive first-person stories can be, and Infinite aims to push it even higher. With a multi-layered world full of mystery and intrigue, a cast of characters you can't help but care for, and the promise of incredible plot twists, how can Irrational Games possibly fail?

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  • 213EDD
    213EDD

    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 8:47 am
    Holy **** 4 pages? I'm better off waiting for the game.
  • reiandcoke
    reiandcoke

    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 9:11 am
    Gotta get them clicks bro. But seriously 21 lines of text is all that is on page 1.... It's not quite as bad as when IGN would release those top 25 lists and each game was its own 2 paragraph page but still.
  • Klandathu
    Klandathu

    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 1:56 pm
    Does this mean that Cracked's business model isn't patented then?
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino

    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Mar 18th, 2013 at 7:09 am
    True. More than a couple sentences is beyond your reading comprehension skills. We'll have to create a TL;DR section just for you ;)
  • cheesegod99
    cheesegod99

    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 9:30 am
    I love everything about this game except the gameplay. I guess I'll be skipping it.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 11:45 am
    I'm worried as well. I'm sure the story and aesthetics will be fantastic but it's gotta hold up as an interactive experience.
  • Klandathu
    Klandathu

    Joined: Apr 2008
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 7:22 pm
    How long ago did you play the game?
  • cheesegod99
    cheesegod99

    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Mar 18th, 2013 at 3:05 pm
    Oh, for Christ's sake, there's a video of the gameplay imbedded in the article. It looks like FPS gameplay circa 2006. The story, world building, characters, and music all look incredible, but I won't play a game where the gameplay is just a slog to get to the interesting bits.
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Mar 18th, 2013 at 3:07 am
    How can you not like the gameplay when you haven't played it? It's a damn FPS, what else do you want? An endless shooting gallery of generic aliens/soldiers?
  • lastchance01
    lastchance01

    Joined: Oct 2012
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 11:31 am
    Ahh this has been bugging me since I read the original article. Who does Lisa Hale voice in KOTOR?
  • lastchance01
    lastchance01

    Joined: Oct 2012
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 11:32 am
    Oops, Jennifer Hale
  • 213EDD
    213EDD

    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 12:01 pm
    Bastila Shan in KOTORs (both) and Satele Shan in SWTOR
  • cheesegod99
    cheesegod99

    Joined: Jun 2007
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 11:57 am
    Bastila.

    NOT SPAM NOT SPAM
  • SolidSevchinko78
    SolidSevchinko78

    Joined: Jun 2012
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 12:35 pm
    My PS3 died but I will be picking up a copy of the 360 version
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Mar 18th, 2013 at 3:06 am
    You're missing out on the DirectX 11 graphics for PC. I'm guessing the 360 version will be the ugliest.
  • LawnGnome
    LawnGnome

    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 2:13 pm
    This will probably be either Shooter/Game of the Year or Most Disappointing/Overhyped Game.
  • Ivory_Soul
    Ivory_Soul

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Mar 18th, 2013 at 3:05 am
    I highly doubt it's overhyped, honestly the word is thrown around too much. Halo: Reach and ODST were overhyped, boring as sh!t games. Modern Warfare 3 was overhyped, way too similar to MW2. BioShock 2 wasn't overhyped, it just wasn't much different from the first game.

    I will never forgive 2K Marin for chucking ALL the great ideas they had for BS2 after reading the art book. Those guys are pussies.
  • WILLS_COOL_MODE
    WILLS_COOL_MODE

    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Mar 17th, 2013 at 3:23 pm
    Is this article just based on a press release they gave you? There's just not really any news here and it reads like the back of a box.
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino

    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Mar 18th, 2013 at 7:06 am
    It's an overview of the game, with history and facts. It's not news, it's a feature. It reads the way we intended it to. No press release, no working with 2K or Irrational. It's basically a collective overview of everything we know about the game so far, posted just before release.

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