A Feeling of Intense Pleasure
Though I haven't played the The Last Of Us and therefore don't know anything and have shit for brains, I think the original Bioshock is the best narrative video game experience to come along this console cycle. It came as the antithesis of conventional first-person shooters, with a shocking crescendo that challenged our conception of free will in games. But we shan't let the 'it' moment of Bioshock eclipse all it has to offer. Aside the barrage of continuous plot shifts there are the masterfully voiced characters and milieu (see: welcome to the circus of value, ha ha ha!) the horrific beauty in claustrophobic passages and chambers, a palette formed through aquatic light and bold color, the thrill of blowing a Splicer's head off with The Ink Spots lilting in the background. The bridge of form and content was also undeniable, especially in the Plasmids, which lent as much to the plot-line as they did to your arsenal. Almost as brash as Andrew Ryan is the sum of these merged elements: Rapture. Rapture coalesces so many unique aspects that it's an irreproducible feat. Every little aspect of this world seems to breathe, to have a soul. Games since have come close to being as compelling and immersive... but as audacious? As mad?
Ironically the crux that drives Bioshock is also the tragedy. You're a little late to the party and by the time you get there, Rapture's completely fucked. Dammit. A mingling longing follows you throughout Rapture's corridors. 'Why couldn't I have visited Rapture in its renaissance? in its prime! When it was all hustle and bustle and playing pinochle with Brigid Tenenbaum in Olympus Heights!'
Well according to today's news. You will.
Irrational Games teased Bioshock Infinite's second DLC pack Burial At Sea, which finds Infinite's Booker DeWitt and Elizabeth crossing paths in--breathe--Rapture. Not sure you will actually get to play cards with Tenenbaum but today's video footage depicted a fully functioning, pre-fit hits the shan Rapture.
I'm calling it: the storyline will contain no references to time travel or alternate universes and this DLC will follow Booker DeWitt and Elizabeth immediately following the events in Bioshock Infinite without any rabbits in any hats, any twists, any turns. My prediction is that we're looking at a straight shooter, guys.
Though I haven't played the The Last Of Us and therefore don't know anything and have shit for brains, I think the original Bioshock is the best narrative video game experience to come along this console cycle. It came as the antithesis of conventional first-person shooters, with a shocking crescendo that challenged our conception of free will in games. But we shan't let the 'it' moment of Bioshock eclipse all it has to offer. Aside the barrage of continuous plot shifts there are the masterfully voiced characters and milieu (see: welcome to the circus of value, ha ha ha!) the horrific beauty in claustrophobic passages and chambers, a palette formed through aquatic light and bold color, the thrill of blowing a Splicer's head off with The Ink Spots lilting in the background. The bridge of form and content was also undeniable, especially in the Plasmids, which lent as much to the plot-line as they did to your arsenal. Almost as brash as Andrew Ryan is the sum of these merged elements: Rapture. Rapture coalesces so many unique aspects that it's an irreproducible feat. Every little aspect of this world seems to breathe, to have a soul. Games since have come close to being as compelling and immersive... but as audacious? As mad?
Ironically the crux that drives Bioshock is also the tragedy. You're a little late to the party and by the time you get there, Rapture's completely fucked. Dammit. A mingling longing follows you throughout Rapture's corridors. 'Why couldn't I have visited Rapture in its renaissance? in its prime! When it was all hustle and bustle and playing pinochle with Brigid Tenenbaum in Olympus Heights!'
Well according to today's news. You will.
Irrational Games teased Bioshock Infinite's second DLC pack Burial At Sea, which finds Infinite's Booker DeWitt and Elizabeth crossing paths in--breathe--Rapture. Not sure you will actually get to play cards with Tenenbaum but today's video footage depicted a fully functioning, pre-fit hits the shan Rapture.
I'm calling it: the storyline will contain no references to time travel or alternate universes and this DLC will follow Booker DeWitt and Elizabeth immediately following the events in Bioshock Infinite without any rabbits in any hats, any twists, any turns. My prediction is that we're looking at a straight shooter, guys.
Courtesies,
The Brothers Rebel
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