Bioshock Infinite

[Ddrak]

I'm loving the shit out of this game at the moment. The story and setting are seriously brilliant.

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[Ddrak]

Finished it.

And holy fuck. Seriously the best storyline I've ever seen in a game.

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[Taxious]

I'm not usually into single player games, but I picked this up and am loving it! It's gorgeous, engaging, and the story is pretty interesting and unique. I still need to finish the game but I've heard it's short so I figure I'm close to the end.

I have all the vigors, but I find myself only using possession and the fire one. The melee finishing moves make me cringe every time.

[Ddrak]

I have all the vigors, but I find myself only using possession and the fire one. The melee finishing moves make me cringe every time.

The interesting thing is how well they did the balance. I used Crows and some Electricity almost exclusively. I've talked to others who used other combos. I preferred the sniper + carbine but others had completely different ideas there too.

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[Harlowe]

I want to try this sooooo bad! But we're hardcore saving for a new car this spring...so $60+ is too much of a splurge. This Summer, I'm definitely putting it back on my radar.

[Taxious]

I upgraded my shotgun and sniper first. I feel like there are too many guns and a few of them are very weak.

[Taxious]

Wow, what an ending! I'll admit I'm pretty confused though...

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So Booker / Comstock are the same person in different dimensions with the defining choice between them being the baptism? I'm a little confused on him handing over Elisabeth as a baby and the whole "give us the girl, wipe away the debt" thing. So he hands her over as a baby, then an older Comstock tries to grab her through a tear cutting off her pinky. Then he spends his adult Booker life trying to find her again?

I really enjoyed the banter between the two "grammar professors" throughout the game. This is my favorite quote:

If we could perceive time as it truly was, what reason would Grammar Professors have to get of bed in the morning?

[Ddrak]

Wow, what an ending! I'll admit I'm pretty confused though...

Hidden Information!

So Booker / Comstock are the same person in different dimensions with the defining choice between them being the baptism? I'm a little confused on him handing over Elisabeth as a baby and the whole "give us the girl, wipe away the debt" thing. So he hands her over as a baby, then an older Comstock tries to grab her through a tear cutting off her pinky. Then he spends his adult Booker life trying to find her again?

I really enjoyed the banter between the two "grammar professors" throughout the game. This is my favorite quote:

If we could perceive time as it truly was, what reason would Grammar Professors have to get of bed in the morning?

Yeah, I was for weeks.

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Yes, Booker and Comstock are the same person with the choice of the baptism being the defining split in the timelines.

Comstock builds Columbia, starts hopping around timelines to get fancy technology, renders himself sterile and learns by prophecy that only *his* child can come the fulfil the destiny he desires for Columbia. No problem, go find a version of himself that had a child...

Booker walks away from the baptism, has a daughter, gets into gambling debts and sells her to Comstock (via the twins) to cover the debts. He changes his mind and Anna/Elisabeth's pinky is cut off in the tear. Elisabeth then exists in two timelines (via the severed pinky), which gives her the powers.

The twins get splatted all over time by Comstock, so they go looking for Booker who is the only one who can fix the problem from the beginning. You're the 37th (?) one they've tried. Ultimately you succeed by drowning yourself immediately after baptism, which eliminates all possible Comstock futures, eliminates Elisabeth as you know her (the sad part in my mind) and returns you to a timeline where you've never given up Anna/Elisabeth.

At least, that's my understanding after about 3 weeks of thinking it through.

Even if I have parts wrong... fucking brilliant story. I'm still astounded by it. Best part was the continually extended twist where Elisabeth being your daughter was kinda guessable and not that hard to see coming but the fact that you are Comstock doesn't hit home until after you've killed him, which is... well... mindblowing.

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[Taxious]

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Ultimately you succeed by drowning yourself immediately after baptism, which eliminates all possible Comstock futures

*immediately before baptism

"Smother him in the crib before he is born (again)" - so you have to drown yourself before that point that defines the Comstock / Booker split.

[Ddrak]

Hidden Information!

Ultimately you succeed by drowning yourself immediately after baptism, which eliminates all possible Comstock futures

*immediately before baptism

"Smother him in the crib before he is born (again)" - so you have to drown yourself before that point that defines the Comstock / Booker split.

Yeah, basically. Semantics.

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[Harlowe]

My guy got it for me during the Steam sale and I played the crap out of it. Yesterday was completely lost to it and I finished it, what a freaking epic ending. What a great game!

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For some reason, in my mind I was thinking Booker was going to end up being the songbird as well from some freakish Comstock experiment in that dimension (since it was Elizabeth's protector). Elizabeth telling it to let go at the end was so sad.

[Harlowe]

As far as weapons - I mainly used a machine gun, carbine and pistol rotation with possession/murder of crows/shock jockey, except for the last fight when I needed undertow as well. But possession and murder of crows worked well for distraction and picking things off.

[Taxious]

Elizabeth telling it to let go at the end was so sad.

I agree.

[Harlowe]

NoooOOoooo that made me teary. =/

[Ddrak]

So going with spoilers ok now then...


Did any version of anyone that remembered the events as played end up surviving?

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[Taxious]