Originally Posted by Shorty
I will play BioShock 2, though, if only to get to Infinite. I'm stupidly excited for Infinite and I hope it's not disappointing like BioShock was for me.
Infinite has the same problem for me that Bioshock had, and largely the same problem Tori talks about: they focused really heavily on the world building, story telling, etc. and all of that's awesome, but the game is a bog standard FPS. Hell, that might even be giving it too much credit because there are bog standard FPS games that are a lot more fun to play. It has some neat ideas, but they never really amount to much.
If you could play through Bioshock without having an issue with the gameplay you'll probably be fine. But for me, Infinite is entirely underwhelming in the ways that really matter. I like a good world and story as much as the next guy, but if your game isn't interesting then why the hell was it a game to begin with? Especially when the game the game you made is about as run of the mill as it gets and doesn't even add anything to that world you built? It just boggles my mind and I can never help but think guys like Ken Levine wanted to make a movie more than a game. Perhaps even worse is that they spent six years making it.
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