![]() Once you actually enter Rapture, you’ll find the city in ruins after an upheaval a year or so prior, and making your way through the ruins of this once great metropolis is among the game’s major strengths. As your bathysphere comes upon the city, the art deco design and sprawling cityscape are something to behold. The first moment you set your eyes upon Rapture is breathtaking. Bioshock Infinite is set in Columbia, a floating city that is meant represent the ideal America of the early 20 th century. Bioshock takes place in the underwater city of Rapture, an objectivist utopia founded on the ideals of free market and scientific advancement without moral constraints. Though the themes, characters, and even time period differ between these two games, the most significant thing they share in common are imaginative, detailed, and often awe inspiring central locations. Some things change, but there’s always a man, a lighthouse, and a city, the latter of which has come to define what a Bioshock game is. ![]() You can watch the video version of this showdown here or continue down for the written version ![]() ![]() Let’s break these two games down and determine which is Irrational’s finest Bioshock game, and perhaps the studio’s crowning achievement. With games like System Shock 2, Freedom Force, and SWAT 4 on the studio’s resume, many people have different opinions about which is their favorite Irrational game, but few would argue the defining Irrational developed titles are without a doubt Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite. Over the past 15 plus years the studio has produced numerous critically acclaimed games and was recognized among the industry’s best at creating amazingly realized game worlds and compelling storylines. The majority of the staff has been let go, and the few that remain will join Ken Levine’s new team with a focus on small narrative driven games. The industry is still reeling from the recent announcement that Irrational Games will cease to exist as we now know them. ![]()
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