One of the rarest and most overwhelming fact of a game would be
completely getting attached to the character and losing yourself in the game.
The art work, the graphics, the game play, the story line …. Everything at once!
It’s one the most deserving titles of the year so far worth shedding money.
You know the game is amazing when for the next 8-10 hours you get so
deeply attached to the role you are playing and lose yourself in it. Bioshock
Infinite does that to you! Infinite is very much story driven which is quite
intriguing and somewhat emotionally captivating.
You will be bewitched by the art; it is mesmerizing. The whole look
and feel of the game is bright and serene. Right from the moment you land in
the airborne city of Columbia when you
find yourself in the charismatic church with water pools and floating
candles. Especially when you are going down the church stairs and the water is
running on the surface the light reflected by the candles is just astonishing.
“Bring us the girl and wipe away the debt”
You play as Booker Dewitt, a disgraced Pinkerton agent who
is given a job of finding a woman named Elizabeth. Booker is suffering from a
massive amount of debt from gambling hired by the Lutece Twins to “Bring
us the girl and wipe away the debt” deal. And so the journey of Dewitt
begins.
The story is set in 1912, the city of Columbia. Booker’s
first mission is to rescue Elizabeth from the Monument Island. During the
rescue mission Booker discovers that Elizabeth has a special ability which
enables her to open portals through dimensional space and time called
tears. Elizabeth’s ability is later used as an advantage throughout the game.
The story itself requires a lot of attention so make sure you are paying
attention to what’s happening in the sequence as later you will have to connect
all the threads which will lead to better understanding of the plot. The main
antagonist, Zachary Hale Comstock is the leader of ‘The Founders’; the
ultra-nationalist party which was founded in the floating city of Columbia. He
is treated as the God and claims to have the ability to predict the future of
the city. Its rare to have a common person be the protagonist and the
antagonist at the same time. Confusing, is it? Well, Infinite is about parallel
universe, rather many parallel universes where the man that would become
Comstock is an alternative version of Booker. The reason you will find while
you play the game and also the secret of Elizabeth’s ability. At the beginning
it would all seem vague but at the end everything will fall into place and it
would all make sense, well quite enough to convince you.
Moving on to gameplay, bioshock Infinite features infinite
environments, weapons, powers and enemies. Booker can gain powers from various
vigors and gears found throughout the city. The antagonist can find up to 8
different kinds of vigors and multiple gears that will help him in combat.
Elizabeth accompanies Booker in 80% of the game. Her ability of opening tears
can help you pull in covers, ammo, weapons, health kits, salts and more.
Moreover, you don’t need to protect Elizabeth while in combat as she can take
care of herself. Well the truth is that the game is not designed to attack her
when she is with Booker; the poor lad has to do all the fighting and die many
times as well. Combat also takes place while travelling through sky-lines which
is the main mode of transport in Columbia. The game also has several different
species of enemies, one of them being the Song Bird which later becomes an
ally. The ending of the game is most action-packed and enjoyable.
Skylines
Throughout the game you will feel that Booker and
Elizabeth share some sort of connection and the end is pretty blue. But as the
name suggests Bioshock infinite is indeed infinite. It is exactly the perfect
example of how games should be made, achieving the utmost perfection in plot,
art and gameplay. What else do you ask for? Even after the game is finished you
feel like you yourself experienced whatever happened in the game. As said
earlier Bioshock infinite is emotionally captivating. This game is the answer to
the very old argument about which is important among gameplay and graphics.
Well, both of them are! We as gamers look for everything at once. A truly
incredible and remarkable masterpiece by Irrational Games delivers what most of
us expect from this generation’s game developers.
Ratings:
Art/Graphics - 8
Gameplay - 9
Story - 9
Concept - 7
See also : Dishonored Concept Art http://gameswelive.blogspot.in/2013/04/dishonored-concept-art.html
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