Bioshock: Infinite – Almost a masterpiece

Posted on March 22, 2015 at 8:36 pm

Bioshock is one of my favourite gaming series of all time, despite just featuring three games and a handful of downloadable content. The first game burst onto the scene for Xbox 360 and PC and set a new standard in passive exposition, level design and narrative in mainstream gaming. Such was the success of the first game that Bioshock 2 was quickly announced and developed, releasing across all the major platforms of the time. Despite none of the original team involved the game was received pretty well. Then came Bioshock: Infinite.

The third game in the series was a return for many of the staff from the first game. A new setting, new character but the same overall tone made Infinite a success. However not one without its flaws; missed deadlines, staff departures, cutting of content and an over ambitious plotline (and an insistence on using too much gunplay) meant that Infinite fell short of what it might have been; a genre redefining masterpiece.

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