Yeah I think I'll be a little burnt out if I play through the whole game again as I just finished it in under a week as is. He really does make game experiences though unlike any others. I think Mass Effect 2 is the only non BioShock game that gave me that wow factor in an ending.
I meant in a good way, and what you posted in both places.
I was on my second play through and while I enjoyed it, I didn't finish it the second time yet. I will, just not sure when.
And Ken Levine is a damn find story teller. I wouldn't be surprised if he had this idea all along, but I would be even more surprised if he just pulled it out of his ass.
Oh, and off-topic, I saw your thread on TFW2005 regarding scale of the Movie Toys. Did you ever find a "happy balance" for the sizes in your opinion? I'd like to use Leader Starscream as the "base" and go from there.
Part 2 I did really like the way little things became clear at the end of Infinite though, like the gender swapping statues and barbershop quartets. I'll give it a break but I deffo wanna play through Infinite again to see if I catch any small details I might have missed the first time.
I also kinda wanna play BioShock again and see if maybe, even if they didn't plan this all along, an idea like this was in the back of their heads when making it and if there is anything that might seem like a clue now, even if it wasn't intended to be when made.
Original in a good or bad way? Are you talking about the review on my blog or my small thoughts I posted in the chat?
I meant it was suggested Jack was a clone of Ryan but if they are mirrors of the Infinite versions then they literally are the same person.
Oh I assumed what the implication was from the end of Infinite that Rapture was just another Columbia in another dimension that everything has a counterpart only the details are changed.
Also I never completed BioShock 2 I really didn't like it.
Well, your review was definitely the most original I've seen. I like your take on it, but they aren't clones. Each version of Ryan/Jack exists in another dimension. Infinite is about infinite dimensions, where you being in one dimension could have an effect on the other. In Bioshock, Ryan/Jack have their roles to play, and in Infinite, that's Comstock/Booker. In 2 (which I'm wondering if you played, because it shows the fall of Rapture like you wanted to see) it's Lamb at the antagonist and Delta as the protagonist. Elizabeth says that there's always a lighthouse, always a man, always a city, proving that the infinite dimension theory is in effect.
Also, in "Booker's dimension" he had two choices. To get Baptized, or not. In not getting Baptized, Booker lived his life as Booker DeWitt, but in getting Baptized, it created a split dimension, and he became Comstock. As Comstock, he knew that he as Booker wanted Elizabeth back, and so Robert Lutice came and "bought" her from Booker. That's the "bring us the girl and wipe away the debt." It's not going to Colombia to get her. Because Comstock and Booker are the same person, the memories are being remembered by DeWitt, hence the nosebleeding.
Each time they go through a tear, THAT version of DeWitt is different. For example, in one dimension he's the hero of Colombia and a martyr.
Booker wanted to get Elizabeth back and so he went after Comstock, and the Lutice "twins." In actuality, the Lutices are the same person in different dimensions, and they know that. When they "died" they were able to travel through dimensions with ease.
After some time, the Lutices had realized that there was an issue with all the dimensions and had been going through different scenarios until they both realized that the only way to stop this "infinite loop" is to have Booker "die." The point in time it needs to happen is when he's baptized, so neither Booker nor Comstock exist. In order to do this, the Lutices went to Booker and told him of the "girl to wipe away the debt" in Colombia, but it didn't happen that way, Booker just remembered it that way from when he originally gave up Elizabeth so long ago.
In essence, Booker is Jack. But, Booker is "the Jack" of Dimension "BS Infinite" while Jack is "the Jack" of Dimension "BS." They're the same person, well rather, they're the same role. Jack might like burgers while Booker is more of a salad guy, to use a humorous example.