For me BioShock Infinite is a decent game to have a one time playthrough of if you can find it cheap. Like me for example, i got all three games in a very cheap package. I am yet to play the three DLC's, but this review will contain only the main game.
The story of BioShock Infinite is very peculiar and doesn't have a simple explanation. I kinda like this and don't at the same time. Even after completing the game and trying to find a explanation on YouTube to what the story was about most people agreed on certain things, but many a thing was disagreed on. The story is not at all terrible but i believe it is a little too complex for what it should have been and there are certain points (at least in the main story) that didn't add up correctly. Certain things felt like a cop-out or just silly. About half-way through the game i was interested in the games story to a certain extent and wanted to know what it was all about. By the end however, i felt rather disappointed. So to round this up, the story isn't terrible but it gets slowly worse and worse to the point you get a little confused (and not in a good way).
The characters where fine, but nothing special. The protagonist you play as (Booker DeWitt) was absolutely fine in my eyes but nothing special. Troy Baker is the voice and as always it's not bad at all. The character of Elizabeth is similar to DeWitt when it comes to interest and just overall how good the character is. They are both a five maybe six out of ten. Not bad but nothing amazing. The villains where pretty mediocre to be nice. The main villain throughout the story of BioShock Infinite is pretty meh and every enemy get's boring after a while of mowing them down. Overall the two leads are fine but the rest are mediocre. The are another two characters i liked but i don't want to spoil it i guess. But even they where average at best.
The gameplay was absolutely average to the highest degree. The game was just shoot, shoot story. Shoot, shoot story. Overall the little perks you could get for you left are was kinda cool but they didn't add enough to make the gameplay good. It was simply passably fine. This may sound peculiar, but i actually suggest playing this game on the easiest difficulty as the game could get boring trying as hard as you can to defeat enemy after enemy. It can get tiring after a while. I found myself very often wanting the gameplay to end and a cutscene to start as i was getting tired of just gunning men down. Gameplay is not at all bad, but nothing special.
Visuals are this games strong point in my opinion. For a 2013 game the graphics are absolutely fine, but what i like is the visuals in general. I really enjoyed the opening chapter or two the most when i was just walking around the world (albeit a linear one). I honestly think the 1912 look that has a futuristic feel is nice. Reminds me of franchises like Alien where it looks old but has a futuristic feel. The visuals can get repetitive later into the game, but when you play for the first few hours it is a nice sight for someone's eyes.
Story - 4.5/10
Characters - 5/10
Gameplay - 4/10
Visuals - 6.5/10
Overall a game i wouldn't necessarily recommend, but one that i wouldn't suggest the opposite either.
An average experience, 5/10.
The story of BioShock Infinite is very peculiar and doesn't have a simple explanation. I kinda like this and don't at the same time. Even after completing the game and trying to find a explanation on YouTube to what the story was about most people agreed on certain things, but many a thing was disagreed on. The story is not at all terrible but i believe it is a little too complex for what it should have been and there are certain points (at least in the main story) that didn't add up correctly. Certain things felt like a cop-out or just silly. About half-way through the game i was interested in the games story to a certain extent and wanted to know what it was all about. By the end however, i felt rather disappointed. So to round this up, the story isn't terrible but it gets slowly worse and worse to the point you get a little confused (and not in a good way).
The characters where fine, but nothing special. The protagonist you play as (Booker DeWitt) was absolutely fine in my eyes but nothing special. Troy Baker is the voice and as always it's not bad at all. The character of Elizabeth is similar to DeWitt when it comes to interest and just overall how good the character is. They are both a five maybe six out of ten. Not bad but nothing amazing. The villains where pretty mediocre to be nice. The main villain throughout the story of BioShock Infinite is pretty meh and every enemy get's boring after a while of mowing them down. Overall the two leads are fine but the rest are mediocre. The are another two characters i liked but i don't want to spoil it i guess. But even they where average at best.
The gameplay was absolutely average to the highest degree. The game was just shoot, shoot story. Shoot, shoot story. Overall the little perks you could get for you left are was kinda cool but they didn't add enough to make the gameplay good. It was simply passably fine. This may sound peculiar, but i actually suggest playing this game on the easiest difficulty as the game could get boring trying as hard as you can to defeat enemy after enemy. It can get tiring after a while. I found myself very often wanting the gameplay to end and a cutscene to start as i was getting tired of just gunning men down. Gameplay is not at all bad, but nothing special.
Visuals are this games strong point in my opinion. For a 2013 game the graphics are absolutely fine, but what i like is the visuals in general. I really enjoyed the opening chapter or two the most when i was just walking around the world (albeit a linear one). I honestly think the 1912 look that has a futuristic feel is nice. Reminds me of franchises like Alien where it looks old but has a futuristic feel. The visuals can get repetitive later into the game, but when you play for the first few hours it is a nice sight for someone's eyes.
Story - 4.5/10
Characters - 5/10
Gameplay - 4/10
Visuals - 6.5/10
Overall a game i wouldn't necessarily recommend, but one that i wouldn't suggest the opposite either.
An average experience, 5/10.