[Electric Turahk]

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Originally Posted by Locke

Just finished BioShock Infinite, the game wasn't flawless but I'd honestly say that is the best gaming experience I've had since the original BioShock. I remember how I was in my bedroom going 'holy shit!' when all the 'would you kindly' stuff came together, well as soon as me and Elizabeth found ourselves in Rapture I was screaming the roof down. Just wow.

The only real question is how much am I meant to take away from this, is Jack just another part of Booker? So would that mean Ryan = Comstock = Booker = Jack = Ryan? FUUUCK. Does that mean Booker crashed through a tear which is why Jack has no memories in BioShock? And are the Little Sisters just another part of Elizabeth/Anna? Or am I just reading to much into this?

I've yet to start BioShock 2, so if there are details from that I'm ignorant of, please excuse that.

The Little Sisters came across as most definitely their own thing.

Jack was explained by Fontaine as his own creation. He was a test tube subject by him. I doubt he was a Booker.

Andrew Ryan... Well, I almost think the fact that you went to Rapture in Infinite is supposed to scream "HEY HE ALSO TOOK THAT NAME IN AN ALTERNATE WORLD." Especially since you can use a Bathysphere. But that's just me.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Electric Turahk

I've yet to start BioShock 2, so if there are details from that I'm ignorant of, please excuse that.

The Little Sisters came across as most definitely their own thing.

Jack was explained by Fontaine as his own creation. He was a test tube subject by him. I doubt he was a Booker.

Andrew Ryan... Well, I almost think the fact that you went to Rapture in Infinite is supposed to scream "HEY HE ALSO TOOK THAT NAME IN AN ALTERNATE WORLD." Especially since you can use a Bathysphere. But that's just me.

BioShock 2 didn't happen... ()

Yeah but Anna/Elizabeth says something along the lines of 'there are millions upon millions of us - details change - but all playing out in these other worlds.' and as we learn that Comstock is in fact just Booker in another world and that every aspect of your adventure through Columbia mirrors that of our adventure through Rapture it is easy to draw the connections and similarities.

Jack was the son of - and possible clone of - Andrew Ryan. Rapture is basically Columbia only under the sea and not a bible bashing themepark. Comstock and Booker are LITERALLY the same person. And if we are then to take logical leaps off of what Anna has said, then Booker is just Jack in another world or vice versa then that would suggest that they are all the same person.

It is also impossible to ignore both the visual similarities between Anna and the Little Sisters and their general role and position in the narrative.

[Crown Athlete]

Final Fantasy XIII: I'm glad I ignored the criticism and gave it a shot because I absolutely love this game.

[Klonoahedgehog]

Just started building my man cave.

[Klonoahedgehog]

Just started replaying Kid Icarus Uprising. I forgot how fun this game was.

I'm also doing a Nuzlocke run of Pokemon Sapphire playing as May, who i love using more than Brendan.

[Locke]

Started Skyrim. Around this time last year my 360 RRODed and I was only like a quarter into this and honestly I really wasn't enjoying the game anyway but as I've finished Infinite and the game I wanted to purchase wasn't in stock so I decided to start this game from scratch and honestly...I'm enjoying it a lot more this time.

I decided to make Locke into an overweight, extremely flamboyant lizard man who combined skills of archery, sneak and...heavy armour (shuuush). Done a little training in one handed combat for sneaky kills and if enemies catch me off guard and get in a little close. I'm also the Thane of some town and a member of the bards college. Oh and I also have a companion who is an archer like me.

The main thing that put me off the first time was I found the game bloated. I understand the wonders of an open world title but Skyrim's map wouldn't be nearly as huge if they didn't block your path every five minutes with unclimbable mountains.

The second was a general lack of focus and tonal clashes. 'Skyrim is burning to the ground, time is off the essence you must train and stop the dragons!' the game would tell you but then didn't seem to mind at all if you did the tesco shop of every single person in the village you are currently in first.

How can I feel engaged in a story that has no sense of tension or immediacy? Mass Effect 3 did this as well. I countered this by basically avoiding the story all together and trying to do as many side quests as I can before I have to start the story, that way I'm just an adventurer going on quests and the game doesn't feel like it's contradicting itself as much.

[Klonoahedgehog]

And my nuzlocke is pretty much over, out of all the Pokemon that could have killed me if had to be Taillow.

[Locke]

So I finally accepted my destiny and discovered my true Dragon Blood nature (largely because the only side missions I had left by this point were on the other side of the map where I had no locations I could quick jump to and I couldn't be arsed to try and navigate around and over fifty mountains).

Honestly the shouts are a wasted mechanic for me, Archery has proven to be such an incredibly useful fighting style - one that only gets better as you upgrade it that I honestly don't know why you'd use anything else. Last time around I used to use two handed weapons as my fighting style, it was great for the first sixth or so of the game but whenever you were fighting ranged enemies of about any level above five it was just hopeless. Now I've cleared a room usually before anyone has turned around, especially as I can slow down time now.

I've also upgraded my Sneak skill so much that I can have all the benefits of heavy armour and largely skulk around in the shadows undetected, that may also be because the AI kinda sucks. Like seriously you can stand right in front of an enemy and not be seen as long as you are in the shadow of something, even if it's an otherwise brightly lit space and you're just in the shadow of something small and innocuous.

One positive to come of finally accepting the story missions was on the second story dragon encounter a story and random dragon encounter ended up overlapping and until the game seemed to catch up with itself and have the random dragon fly off it was hilarious and insane.

[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by Crown Athlete

Final Fantasy XIII: I'm glad I ignored the criticism and gave it a shot because I absolutely love this game.

Ugh...I still haven't played it I've been meaning to for a long time. I'm glad to see that you enjoyed it.

[Crown Athlete]

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Originally Posted by SideswipePrime

Ugh...I still haven't played it I've been meaning to for a long time. I'm glad to see that you enjoyed it.

I've really gotten into it, maybe too much - I'm already on Chapter 11.