What I’m getting at is that I’ve beaten a hell of a lot of games in my time, but until this point I have only felt that two of them were perfect – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and the original Bioshock. In the last 12 months, I know I’ve spent $60 on new releases that I’ve either beaten in 5 hours with no motivation to give it another go, were riddled with glitches or never fulfilled my need for the perfect combination of action and story. Year after year, many big name sequels are released like clockwork, but rarely are we treated to such a complete package that, in the end, makes us feel like the purchases were justified. When Ken Levine announced that he was coming back to write Bioshock Infinite, I knew we were going to end up with something special, but I had absolutely no idea what I was in for with the finished product. Sure, you could now use weapons and plasmids at the same time, and let’s not forget about the tacked on multiplayer, but a big part of what made Bioshock Bioshock was missing. It never spoon-fed you story elements and rewarded your exploration of such an amazing environment by breadcrumbing bits and pieces of the history of Rapture and your reason for being there until BAM! Plot twist! Then Bioshock 2 was released, written by a different team, and the entire plot was given away so early on that any motivation for discovering the unknown was chopped down to such a different, forced experience where the only similarities were the environments and the combat. The original Bioshock was one of those rare titles where the world itself is just as much a pivotal part of the experience as the characters themselves or the story presented to you. So I won’t beg you to play Bioshock Infinite, I’ll just request that you take 8-10 hours of your life to give it a chance. We all play games for ourselves, right, not because some review tells us a game is good or bad? We’re all human beings able to make our own decisions on what we like and dislike, what we’re going to spend our money on and what we’re going to watch grow stagnant in the bargain bin.
The tricky part here is to avoid reading or listening to anyone’s review before writing mine, just to avoid swaying my verdict or second guessing myself.
Some may not agree, but reviews are just opinions after all. After sitting down with Infinite, I can now say that it will be a very, very long time until I ever play a game as complete, enjoyable and perfect again in my adult life. To me, Bioshock Infinite is the absolute greatest game I have ever played in 25 years as an avid gamer. Was Bioshock Infinite worth the 4 year wait, $100 million budget and various delays? How is it different? How does it play? In all honesty, Bioshock was one of the most defining moments in gaming history for me and one of the strongest arguments for videogames as an art form, so my expectations were set pretty high. Ended up with 45% of the trophies.Įvery now and then a game comes along that is a “must buy” and I know we, as gamers, all have expectations that we’d like to be met when purchasing AAA titles. Time spent with the game: About 12 hours to finish the campaign, aiming to explore as much as possible and collect all the goodies.
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