The answer is: YES! I was so scared the game would end up performing as badly as the Switch version of Bioshock. The main question now is finding out if the game still looks and performs as well as it used to.
Especially when you consider the bigger emphasis on strategic combat, as well as the amount of ways you can use your vigors and Elizabeth’s special abilities. Given the game’s slightly slower, albeit much more intense pace, Bioshock Infinite‘s gameplay has been successfully ported to the Switch.
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Sure, the game plays a lot better with a Pro Controller, but you’re most likely buying this version for the perks of portability. The gameplay isn’t hampered that much by the joycons. It also helps that her character is extremely well written and animated, as well as perfectly voiced by Courtnee Draper. Even better, is that she does this more often than not during the times you need the most aid. She does so by creating objects in the battlefield where you can gain cover, or by searching for items and throwing them to you, such as health or ammo. Unlike Ashley from Resident Evil 4, Elizabeth is someone who’s actively helping you during combat. She might be initially labeled as a damsel in distress, but she acts more like an extremely helpful ally rather than a simple escort mission. The implementation of a Halo-esque shield system might sound like Infinite is trying too hard to resemble more modern shooters, but don’t worry, its combat still feels like good old Bioshock… but better…Īnd then there’s Elizabeth, who is the heart and soul of this entire game. Items are also way less expensive in here, due to the fact that you cannot hack vending terminals this time around. Ammo is less scarce, as you can loot a more resources from dead enemies than in Bioshock. You’ll run from one side of the battlefield to the other with the amazing Sky-Hook system. Whereas Bioshock is more of a shooter with survival horror elements and a huge emphasis on managing resources, Bioshock Infinite is a lot more open and focused on swashbuckling action. Once the action kicks in, it won’t stop until the end of the damn game. You won’t even mind the fact that the first hour is extremely calm for a Bioshock game.
You can partake in a few carnival games, talk to some seemingly friendly citizens, and even listen to a barbershop quartette perform an acapella version of the Beach Boys’ “ God Only Knows“. Upon arriving at the heavenly city of Columbia, you’re given the freedom to explore the city at your leisure. Let’s just talk about Bioshock Infinite and its excellent debut on a Nintendo console.īioshock Infinite is one of the very few action-packed shooters in which its first hour or so of gameplay features absolutely no shooting at all, and that’s not a bad thing. I love how Rapture was a claustrophobic hell located at the bottom of the ocean, while Infinite‘s Columbia was an open heaven-like city located in the sky. I love how Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite are polar opposites in terms of tone and setting, yet still revolve around failed utopias, class struggle, and madmen with a god complex screwing up everything for everybody. It doesn’t get old to compare how those games are so similar to each other, yet so completely different at the same time. I could spend all day talking about the philosophies behind Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite.
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