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Monday, April 1, 2013

The One Twist in BioShock Infinite's Ending You Might Have Missed Completely - Forbes

The One Twist in BioShock Infinite's Ending You Might Have Missed Completely - Forbes
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  1. RAYLOKEApril 1, 2013 at 9:55 AM

    INFINITE TWIST ; I’ve had a blast the past few days reading through the hundreds of comments on this post. In it, I spent 3,000 words discussing the mind-bending ending of the BioShock Infinite, and readers spent thousands more giving their own opinions on all the events that unfold in the finale.

    There are discussions of metaphysics and time travel and multiverse theory and all sorts of things buried there. I highly suggest that you take a look at the full thread and learn a thing or two about the ending of the game people will be talking about for years.

    There are many theories put forward that I could highlight, but there’s one in particular I wanted to focus on in a follow-up post. I haven’t had this much fun debating the end of a game since Mass Effect 3′s Indoctrination Theory, but this twist I believe was put in there on purpose, and is more than just a fan theory.

    Here’s where the spoilers officially begin.

    Many crazy things happen at the end of BioShock Infinite, but the final mind-warping sequence is kicked off by a surprise trip to Rapture, the underwater city from the original game.

    While I was playing through BioShock Infinite, I thought it was strange that there were literally no references to Rapture or Andrew Ryan at all. Like, zero. Even if it wasn’t integrated into the plot, I thought perhaps I’d at least find a newspaper clipping lying around talking about that “other” unbelievable city, or some passing mention of a rivalry between Ryan and Comstock or something.

    When you get to Rapture, Elizabeth explains it by saying it’s another possible universe. Okay, I thought, we’re simply playing in a different game universe accessed via lighthouse, and didn’t really think about it much past that.

    What I failed to realize is what she really meant. That Rapture, and really all the events of the original BioShock are direct, alternate parallels of everything that happens in BioShock Infinite, right down to the characters themselves.

    The proof that can’t be overlooked? In the original BioShock, it’s made expressly clear that only Andrew Ryan himself can operate the Bathyspheres in the city once they’re on lockdown. Part of the twist of that game as that you can also operate them, and you eventually discover than you, as Jack, are Andrew Ryan’s illegitimate son (or probable clone) which allows you to use them yourself.

    In Infinite, you’re operating them once again.
    ... CONT/-

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