Bioshock Infinite Review Roundup: One of the Best Games of Generation, Despite Minor Gameplay Hiccups

Bioshock Infinite is the latest game from Irrational Games, and promised an epic story of a city in the sky and a girl who can tear reality itself apart. Reviewers have quickly come forward to praise the game, calling it a worthy successor to the first two Bioshock games, despite a few minor hiccups.

Many players were worried about Elizabeth, your near-constant A.I companion throughout the game. However, she manages to overcome the stigma that comes with escorting a computer controlled companion and manages to further enhances the experiences of the game.

"When you set her (Elizabeth) free, everything is new to her, and because believable companions are still so rare in video games, you share her sense of wonder as she dances with strangers on a beach or brings fruit to a frightened child cowering under a stair. She never gets in your way, and while it becomes apparent from time to time that she is being subtly teleported around out of sight to fit the circumstances of your behaviour, you dismiss any sense of her artificiality as quickly as you would deja vu."-Eurogamer

Combat is engaging and challenging, mixing traditional weapons with magic-like vigors, and while sometimes this encounters are less than impressive, they do a fine job of lending action to a narrative- heavy title.

"Engagements are typically a fun dance between mixing weapons and abilities while utilizing the environmental possibilities to cut down Infinite's assortment of enemies - snatching powerful weapons from tears, leaping onto skylines and fighting as you glide across the sky. Some of the battles, however, drag on too long and interrupt the flow of story-telling, especially toward the end of the game."-Joystiq

But the main selling point for Bioshock Infinite is the story and setting. Columbia offers players a wonderfully realized city that warps and twists many of the American ideals and shows the dark side to these beliefs. Players will be talking about the story for this game for a long time as a testament of the power videogames have to immerse players into a virtual world.

"BioShock Infinite isn't afraid to magnify the way religious and racial extremism inform our culture and change lives. It isn't afraid to depict a less-than-holy trinity diseased by power, deception, and manipulation. As the story circles back on itself, you're left wondering whether redemption cleanses us of our atrocities, or simply invites us to commit greater ones. Once the finale comes, you will want to play again, watching each event and image through the lens of information you can never un-know. BioShock Infinite is more than just a quality game: it's an important one."- Gamespot

Bioshock Infinite will be remembered as one of the best videogames of this console generation. Few games can mix story and gameplay so well, while at the same time forcing players to think about the real-world ideas that shape our lives.