So, a new Bioshock has been announced by Irrational today. Shall I bring out a checklist?
- 1900's style propaganda posters? Check.
- First Person style trailer? Check.
- Main character of trailer being thrown around like a ragdoll? Check.
- City Under the sea? Nope.
Wait...no Rapture? What could this mean?
Well, we can see that Rapture has been replaced in this game with Columbia, and it is most definitely set after 1893's Chicago World Fair.
According to the official synopsis from the site:
"Set in 1912, BioShock Infinite introduces an entirely new narrative and gameplay experience that lifts players out of the familiar confines of Rapture and rockets them to Columbia, an immense city in the sky.
Former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt has been sent to rescue Elizabeth, a young woman imprisoned in Columbia since childhood. Booker develops a relationship with Elizabeth, augmenting his abilities with hers so the pair may escape from a city that is literally falling from the sky."
1912? Well, I'll be damned...that's before Bioshock 1! Could this game be a prequel? Or, perhaps, a completely new universe (so, Bioshock in name only)?
I would like to think that Irrational would be happy to expand upon the universe they created with the first game, and maybe tell us about the rise of Ryan Industries or at the very least show us why Ryan was so paranoid.
As we can see from the above image, Columbia seems to be very proud to be American. Further on through the trailer you can see more flags, more stripes, more stars...unless this flying city is broken up into "countries" then I'd assume it's purely American.
Though, given that the synopsis says that Columbia is "literally falling from the sky" I have to wonder if there's some sort of connection with a brewing war in other countries?
I dunno, I'm just making stuff up now...
But anyway, let's take a look at some of the other stuff:
Is this a brain in a jar? It looks like it, or perhaps a heart in a jar...either way, it looks like this Big Daddy-esque creature is a load of organs floating in jars, controlling a massive machine.
Here we see a woman, presumably Elizabeth, using some powers to save the hapless hero of the trailer. Are they Plasmids? Is she just psychic? Maybe, given the possible Eugenics storyline, Columbia has discovered how to force humanity to evolve (even though that's not really possible)?
I'm certainly looking forward to this new game, all the possibilities for storyline, enemies, etc.
Irrational Games have spent a lot of time building a brand new engine for this title.
“In order to explore the floating city of Columbia, we needed an entirely new engine.
To bring Elizabeth to life, we had to build brand-new animation and AI systems. To create wide-ranging indoor and outdoor firefights at 30,000 feet, we had to rethink, rebuild and expand the BioShock arsenal. The only thing gamers can be certain of is this: the rules of the BioShock universe are about to change.”
Anyway, there's not much else I can share, so here's the trailer and a few more images from the game:
The official site can be found here: http://www.bioshockinfinite.com/main.php
[Source: Den Of Geek]
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