{"id":874,"date":"2014-02-26T23:36:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T04:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.legeekretrogaming.com\/geekblog\/?p=874"},"modified":"2019-06-27T10:40:49","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T14:40:49","slug":"golly-bioshock-infinites-setting-sure-is-the-bees-knees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.legeekretrogaming.com\/geekblog\/?p=874","title":{"rendered":"Golly, BioShock Infinite\u2019s setting sure is the bee\u2019s knees!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As a Retrogamer perfectly happy playing old stuff, I rarely keep up with new releases.\u00a0 Most new titles cost 50% less if you wait a year, and honesty\u2014unless you play online multiplayer\u2014the game will be just as good or bad as the day it was released.\u00a0 Heck, by then the developers may have even patched some bugs in the code!\u00a0\u00a0Another factor is that I\u00a0play games at a snail\u2019s pace. For me, keeping up with the Joneses is a fool\u2019s errand.<\/p>\n

That said, BioShock Infinite has held my curiosity for awhile.\u00a0 I enjoyed the first BioShock, particularly its scenery, but overall I thought it didn\u2019t quite earn all of its critical acclaim.\u00a0 Part of it could be just personal preference, but I was hoping for \u201cmore puzzle, less shooter\u201d. So I found it interesting that Infinite also <\/i>received heaps of critical praise\u2014placing on many best of the year lists, yet was considered overrated by many, both critically and through word of mouth.\u00a0 The main complaint I\u2019ve read is that Infinite\u2019s story is held back by the FPS format.<\/p>\n

Anyway, once Infinite was announced as a Game of the Month for Sony\u2019s PlayStation Plus service and Remember Me\u2014another game I\u2019ve had my eye on\u2014was announced for the following month, it became too good of a deal for me to pass up.\u00a0 Who knows how long they will keep up a streak of games I actually want to play on the PS3, but it could work out to as low as $2.50 a pop.<\/p>\n

\"bi-rowing\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So I paid my money and slowly, slowly downloaded BioShock Infinite, and I have to say, after playing through the first hour, I am impressed.\u00a0 I enjoyed how it plays with and riffs on the opening to the first BioShock.\u00a0 The quality of the graphics, both in fidelity and art direction, is stunning.\u00a0 But most of all, I loved the creepy, slow burn of the baptism sequence as the \u201cprice of entry\u201d to Columbia.\u00a0 The church location is really unnerving, and it\u2019s an experience that just would not work as well in film.\u00a0 Once I survived my sanctification, I started to explore the city in the clouds and wondered if the game will be able to reasonably explain how Columbia came to be, and I continue to be eager to find out.<\/p>\n

\"baptism\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I have no idea if Infinite goes off the rails once the guns come out, but that first hour has to be the strongest opening videogame sequence of any that I\u2019ve played.\u00a0 Considering that BioShock creator Ken Levine just dissolved Irrational Games so he could work with a much smaller team, I wonder if AAA games that aren\u2019t primarily aimed at teenagers (and the adolescent at heart) are a dying breed.\u00a0 However that plays out, I look forward to playing more Infinite soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a Retrogamer perfectly happy playing old stuff, I rarely keep up with new releases.\u00a0 Most new titles cost 50% less if you wait a year, and honesty\u2014unless you play online multiplayer\u2014the game will be just as good or bad as the day it was released.\u00a0 Heck, by then the developers may have even patched …<\/p>\n

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