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And in the Future, You'll Be Diving Back Into Rapture in 'Burial At Sea'

Or is that the past. Or is that an alternate past. Or is that an alternate future past. Or--*hurk*! Ow! I think I just killed my brain.

Jul. 30 2013

Posted by: Alex

In This Episode:

BioShock Infinite

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@counterclockwork87:

I think infinite is a special case because they areas where you weren't shooting things were some of the most memorable.

The trailer for this DLC looks great. Is it in spite of not showing gameplay? Or partially because of not showing gameplay?

I think they realize that's not why people care about their game.

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@sooty said:

This looks cool, but I can't take anymore of BioShock's sub-par FPS gameplay.

Can someone explain this sentiment to me? I've played nearly every modern FPS (Modern Warfare, Battlefield, Halo, Counter-Strike: GO, etc) and Bioshock infinite's shooting is just as fun, if not more so because of the vigors.

Now, if you're talking Bioshock 1, yes I agree. Infinite is leaps and bounds better mechanically though.

I think it's just the popular thing to say, Infinite's gameplay was great and didn't get in the way of the story.

Anyway, this is not what i expected, but looks amazing. Wish it came out earlier, right now i'm running low on cash.

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Bioshock infinite, Baywatch nights.

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Holy freaking crap. My season pass has paid off.

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Uh, this looks pretty awesome.

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I really liked this trailer and I'm excited to see what this turns out to be!

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Looks good but I can't help to think this game won't be coming out till next year.

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Would you kindly play this?

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Now that's DLC, and forget the haters talking about the 'sub par' FPS. Go back to your COD you Delta.Sierra.Oscar.Sierra.

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This looks badass. Will be fun to revisit Rapture.

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i just don't get the hate for infinite, it's the best game of the year (and if any of you say the last of us i might scream, its a super predictable story with sub par shooting ). the season pass is so worth it for the story dlc alone cause it saves you ten bucks the challenge mode is icing on the cake

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I had no interest in going back to this (no interest in Rapture), but goddamn. Bioshock noir? I'll bite.

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I would have preferred more of Columbia, but this still looks cool.

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Can't wait.

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@kkotd: seriously. I feel sorry for anyone who bought the season pass, i mean, what a letdown. you get some stupid challenge maps and ONE story DLC that is broken up into two parts. IMHO Infinite as a whole was pretty disappointing and the DLC looks to continue that trend. Im glad I traded it in after I finished it.

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It would be neat if they continue jumping realities with these two characters.

I wonder if the Luteces will show up.

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I would have loved this story with ANY other characters. But why reuse the same characters like this? Atleast for myself, I was done with Booker and Elizabeth, they were the last two characters I wanted to be seeing in DLC.

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Fun with alternate realities. Seems like a good idea.

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@arath said:

@counterclockwork87 said:

@sooty said:

This looks cool, but I can't take anymore of BioShock's sub-par FPS gameplay.

Can someone explain this sentiment to me? I've played nearly every modern FPS (Modern Warfare, Battlefield, Halo, Counter-Strike: GO, etc) and Bioshock infinite's shooting is just as fun, if not more so because of the vigors.

Now, if you're talking Bioshock 1, yes I agree. Infinite is leaps and bounds better mechanically though.

People sometimes like to look for the flaws rather than just accept the game on it's own merits. I agree and think that Infinite played really well, with just enough wrinkles to make it its own.

What does that mean? The flaws of the game are part of its merits, and the gameplay was just more of the same generic shooter + super powers we've been seeing for years, with an okay story slapped on top of it.

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mmmm... yes it's delicious!!

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I cannot wait. December 31st 1958 is just before the Rapture Civil War. I presume that alternate universe Booker & Elizabeth will somehow become wound up in it. I hope we have more Andrew Ryan and he ties into the plot of Infinite. Also nice to finally see Rapture in it's pristine beauty.

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This looks like what I've been waiting for since 2007, but...dude...new consoles. I don't know if I care as much. Fuck my 360.

GAH FUCK IT NEVER MIND BIOSHOCK 1 WAS SO GOOD YOU GUYS I'M SO PUMPED FOR THIS SHIT RAPTURE RAPTURE RAPTURE

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@sooty said:

This looks cool, but I can't take anymore of BioShock's sub-par FPS gameplay.

Can someone explain this sentiment to me? I've played nearly every modern FPS (Modern Warfare, Battlefield, Halo, Counter-Strike: GO, etc) and Bioshock infinite's shooting is just as fun, if not more so because of the vigors.

Now, if you're talking Bioshock 1, yes I agree. Infinite is leaps and bounds better mechanically though.

I agree with @sooty entirely. In what ways was the combat improved from 1 to Infinite? In Infinite, you're limited to two weapons, and most if not all of the functions of the vigors were featured in some way in the first game. I'm happy you had fun with it, but I would never compare it to Halo 1, Quake 2/3, or Counter Strike in terms of shooting gameplay.

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This is exactly what I had been hoping for. Now its time to dance in excitement.

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That date! The masquerade ball! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

I'm in.

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Man visiting Rapture in his prime.. Can't wait!

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Yeeeaaaaah! Finally that Season Pass I bought will start paying off.

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Ohhh god!!! YES! Very interested in this DLC now

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A shame they released the combat arena before this. I'm not playing Bioshock for the gunplay, personally. It's serviceable but not something you spend money on for its own sake.

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@theveej said:

@hobozero: The first one out today which is only combat is $5. Burial at Sea is two parts and it will come out in 2014, with the second part focusing on Elizabeth (I think you actually get to play as her). The two Burial at Sea DLCs are $15 each. So its either $30 for the two narrative DLC or $20 for all 3. This is based on the Gamespot news story, so I guess they could be wrong.

I'm really excited for this, but I want it NOWWWWW

They can keep it for that price and 2014 release must be a joke.

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What I want to know is if we'll get to see Ryan with two tommy guns, screaming "YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE, FILTHY COPPERS"?

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Anyone else think about that X-Files episode "Home" while listening to the music of this trailer?

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@dberg: whatever dude. You know you'll get it and end up liking it...

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There's always a lighthouse. There's always a man. There's always a city.

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OMG! Booker Lives!

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@maitimo said:

Looks like a decent amount of effort's gone into it. Can't stand half-baked DLC.

Like Clash in the Clouds?

Does that count towards the season pass? I hope not :(

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Reminds me of Fallout before the bombs hit and I wonder what roles the Lutece twins will be a part in.

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@sooty said:

This looks cool, but I can't take anymore of BioShock's sub-par FPS gameplay.

Can someone explain this sentiment to me? I've played nearly every modern FPS (Modern Warfare, Battlefield, Halo, Counter-Strike: GO, etc) and Bioshock infinite's shooting is just as fun, if not more so because of the vigors.

Now, if you're talking Bioshock 1, yes I agree. Infinite is leaps and bounds better mechanically though.

The problem is that Infinite and Bioshock 1's shooting is pretty much identical, so your enjoyment of the great story might have been rose tinting the rather average shooting. Enemies are pretty spongy in Infinite as in all the other Bioshocks.

Then again, I share this same story/gameplay sentiment for The Last of Us and many people told me it was the best third person shooting they've ever experienced so different strokes and all that.

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Season past. Bioshock Infinite hooked me, and that seems hard to do these days, Plus all sp, no multiplayer maps to avoid.

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@counterclockwork87 said:

@sooty said:

This looks cool, but I can't take anymore of BioShock's sub-par FPS gameplay.

Can someone explain this sentiment to me? I've played nearly every modern FPS (Modern Warfare, Battlefield, Halo, Counter-Strike: GO, etc) and Bioshock infinite's shooting is just as fun, if not more so because of the vigors.

Now, if you're talking Bioshock 1, yes I agree. Infinite is leaps and bounds better mechanically though.

Because people bought an FPS and then complained that it played like one, it's pretty pathetic. Also, some people completely lacks imagination and played the game like it was CoD instead of using Vigors and Skylines.

There are also the possibility the console controls are really bad, as I played it M+K and never tried it with a controller.

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I ain't sure if anyone pointed this out...

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It's my favorite thing about this trailer and announcement.

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I hope there is more sexual tension.

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Is this a spoiler? I feel like this is a spoiler.

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I am ready for more of this.

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Why Rapture? Did they have so little faith in Columbia as a selling point that they felt a return would deminish buyers interest?

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Just the fact that this takes place in rapture during a different times period makes these two characters fundamentally different from the characters in the original game.

Except she is wearing a thimble on her half-pinky. And in the art at the end Booker is shown with the "AD" carved into his hand.

Considering that those things are results of Booker's decision in Infinite, it suggests that a similar thing happened here. They could explain it away, "Oh, I had a sewing accident and now have a permanent thimble finger", but that seems a bit lame.

I agree though, I guess, that I would have liked them to me more different incarnations of the archetypical characters we know, but it just doesn't seem that way.

Have to play it to really judge, though.

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Now that's more like it.

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Season Pass looks to be worth it for this, Clash in the Clouds does not.