The government intended Columbia to serve as a floating world's fair and as a display to the rest of the world of the success of American exceptionalism. The city of Columbia was founded by self-proclaimed prophet Zachary Hale Comstock, who used his connections in Congress to have the American government fund the floating city. īioShock Infinite is set in 1912 and takes place in a fictional steampunk city-state called " Columbia"-named in homage to the female personification of the United States -which is suspended in the air through a combination of giant blimps, balloons, reactors, propellers, and "quantum levitation". Both a standalone version and The Collection were later released on Nintendo Switch on May 29, 2020.īioShock Infinite takes place in the flying steampunk city of Columbia. It was re-released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on September 13, 2016, as part of BioShock: The Collection, alongside its remastered predecessors.
It won year-end accolades, including Game of the Year from several gaming publications. Within two months of release, it sold over 3.7 million retail copies, and has since sold more than 11 million copies overall. According to review aggregator Metacritic, it was the third-highest rated video game of 2013. At release, BioShock Infinite received critical acclaim, with praise particularly directed at its story, setting, and visual art design, and is often regarded as one of the best video games of the seventh generation of consoles. The game won over 85 pre-release awards for its display at E3 2011, including Best of Show from the Game Critics Awards. Downloadable content for the game includes a story-based mission, Burial at Sea, that links Infinite 's story to that of the original BioShock game. In contrast to the limited spaces of the underwater city of Rapture, the openness of Columbia provides for more dynamic combat, including combat that takes place aboard the city's Sky-Line roller coaster-like rail system. Elizabeth's powers can also be used to help fight hostile forces. Like previous BioShock games, the player uses a combination of weapons, clothing called Gear that offer unique attributes, and psychokinetic powers granted through Vigors. The player controls Booker Dewitt throughout the game, eventually working with the AI-controlled Elizabeth.
During this conflict, Booker learns that Elizabeth possesses strange powers to manipulate "Tears" in the space-time continuum that ravage Columbia, and soon discovers her to be central to the city's dark secrets. Though Booker rescues Elizabeth, the two become involved in the war between the nativist and elite Founders that rule Columbia and the rebel Vox Populi representing the underclass of the city. The game is set in the year 1912 and follows its protagonist, former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt, who is sent to the airborne city of Columbia to find a young woman held captive, named Elizabeth. Irrational Games and creative director Ken Levine based the game's setting on historical events at the turn of the 20th century, such as the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, and based the story on the concept of American exceptionalism, while also incorporating influences from more recent events at the time such as the 2011 Occupy movement. Infinite is the third installment in the BioShock series, and though it is not immediately part of the storyline of previous BioShock games, it features similar gameplay concepts and themes. It was released worldwide for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and OS X platforms in 2013, and a Linux port was released in 2015.
BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K Games.
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