14 DAY TRIAL // I admit I only found about 60 of the voice recordings spread throughout the world of Columbia and that I only watched a little over a dozen of the kinescopes that Irrational Games had loaded with short films dealing with the history of the game world.
I even managed to be one of those gamers who failed to spot companion Elizabeth cutting off her ponytail midway through the game, so my attention span is clearly not what it should be.
This means that two days after finishing BioShock Infinite and replaying the story in my head (beware: spoilers follow), the narrative, which I enjoyed experiencing, still offers more questions than I have answers to.
I feel somewhat frustrated about the missing information, even if I like the mysterious dimension that it adds to the entire experience.
Here’s a quick rundown of my most important questions regarding BioShock Infinite:
- is the reality of the game the same as ours before the launch of the tech that powers Columbia?
- why do the Lutece twins trust Comstock with the high-level tech they have?
- did they invent everything or did they get access to it from another outside source?
- how does Vigor use fit into the picture, given that it’s biology-based while the rest of the progress seems mostly linked to physics?
- why aren’t there more quantum technologies evident on Columbia?
I understand that in many ways, Infinite is a better experience if some of the answers remain obscured, but I liked the universe of the game so much that I want to understand its inner workings and see exactly how the team settled on the story and the ideas behind it.
If you have answers or other theories about BioShock Infinite, don’t hesitate to share them in the comments section.