Peter Suderman Reviews Bioshock Infinite

Irrational Games

Bioshock Infinite may or may not be the single best game released for today's video game systems, but it is without a doubt among the greatest. Like its 2007 predecessor, Bioshock, it is a gorgeous and involving triumph of interactive narrative and world building, rich in character and knotty political and philosophical ideas. The original made for a promising opening to the next six years of big-budget, mass-market video games; now Bioshock Infinite offers a fitting capstone to the console generation set to end this year. Senior Editor Peter Suderman writes that just as the first Bioshock became a touchstone in the ongoing arguments about whether video games can be art, Bioshock Infinite ought to close the door on any remaining debate.

Comments

[Lord Humungus]

Bioshock Infinite may or may not be the single best game released for the current for today's video game systems,

wut?

[Hugh Akston]

The original BioShock was a C+/B- shooter. I do not get the slobbering adulation of it.

[Paul.]

But was it better/worse than Angry Birds, your Video Game Gold Standard?

*ducks*

[Hugh Akston]

*pays $.99 for a Mighty Eagle to launch at Paul*

[Jordan]

It mocked Ayn Rand, therefore it became an instant classic.

[Episiarch]

Its problem, Hugh, was that it incorporated RPG elements, but not fully enough. It was a FPS with a little upgrade-ability, but that wasn't enough to hold my attention. Also, something about Ayn Rand and your mom.

[generic Brand]

View this article.

Even Reason writers are SF'ing the links today. This is better than any hat tip could EVER be, Sugar Free!

[SusanM]

http://www.escapistmagazine.co.....k-Infinite

best review so far of Bioshock Infinite

[Hugh Akston]

There's no review, just some bullshit video.

[Brandybuck]

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The webpage cannot be found.

[Kurbster]

SENSATIONALIST MEDIA PRESENTS:

http://www.theblaze.com/storie.....e-worried/

I'll step away to vent your rage

[Jordan]

I'm waiting for the price to drop on this one before I buy it. I'm not really a fan of FPS games that aren't open world or don't have heavy RPG elements.

[$park?]

A friend of mine said he finished the game in roughly four hours. Why would I want to shell out $60 for that?

[Hyperion]

I'm not paying $60 for any game, ever. Wait a couple years and find it on deals4downloads for $10.

[Hyperion]

I haven't tried it, but I hear that it's one of those Soviet Russian games.

In Soviet Russia, game plays you!

[Killazontherun]

Hey, it explores the issue of racism, so its, ART! More seriously, only non artist give a shit about the distinction between the artliness of interactive versus non interactive media. If you have the technical skills, the video game industry is one of the more top paying fields to apply your craft, and far less boring than academia.
If the game is fun, I wont even waste time being annoyed at the overripe, condescending and obvious symbolism of the negress songtress nightengale sitting on a gate wall in work clothes from an era one hundred years predating when the game is set that was shown in the trailer. It was better when Paul McCartney did it fifty years ago, and still somewhat fresh.