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2013/12/10 12:58:50
Subject: Re:Bioshock: Infinite
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
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Manchu wrote:That's the harshest review of that gameplay I've yet read or heard.
What does everyone have against the ending? That
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2013/12/10 23:54:58
Subject: Bioshock: Infinite
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I can't speak for everyone. For my own part, I thought the game was doing an interesting job dealing with realistic, difficult social issues. But then it just kind of gave up in favor of melodrama contingent upon branching timelines.
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2013/12/11 00:26:05
Subject: Bioshock: Infinite
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Trazyn's Museum Curator
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The problem is that as the time line has been rewritten, everything that has happened in the game doesn't matter. Meaning that Booker is still a drunken merc who would sell his daughter to get out of his debts.
It should have stuck with the concepts of American Determinism gone wrong and the nature of revolt. It didn't need all that quantum nonsense.
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What I have
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Westwood lives in death!
Peace through power!
A longbeard when it comes to Necrons and WHFB. Grumble Grumble
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2013/12/11 01:00:34
Subject: Bioshock: Infinite
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
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Manchu wrote:I can't speak for everyone. For my own part, I thought the game was doing an interesting job dealing with realistic, difficult social issues. But then it just kind of gave up in favor of melodrama contingent upon branching timelines.
Actually, I'd agree with that a bit but not to the point where it ruined the game for me. Automatically Appended Next Post:  CthuluIsSpy wrote:The problem is that as the time line has been rewritten, everything that has happened in the game doesn't matter. Meaning that Booker is still a drunken merc who would sell his daughter to get out of his debts.
It should have stuck with the concepts of American Determinism gone wrong and the nature of revolt. It didn't need all that quantum nonsense.
No Comstock is dead. Columbia will never exist. Stuff happens. As for Booker ya, they're pretty up front that he was the one of the most brutal soldiers at the wounded knee massacre and would sell his own daughter to pay off gambling debts. He's that guy. Can't say I liked him that much.
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2013/12/11 06:09:06
Subject: Bioshock: Infinite
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 KamikazeCanuck wrote:Manchu wrote:I can't speak for everyone. For my own part, I thought the game was doing an interesting job dealing with realistic, difficult social issues. But then it just kind of gave up in favor of melodrama contingent upon branching timelines.
Actually, I'd agree with that a bit but not to the point where it ruined the game for me.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
CthuluIsSpy wrote:The problem is that as the time line has been rewritten, everything that has happened in the game doesn't matter. Meaning that Booker is still a drunken merc who would sell his daughter to get out of his debts.
It should have stuck with the concepts of American Determinism gone wrong and the nature of revolt. It didn't need all that quantum nonsense.
No Comstock is dead. Columbia will never exist. Stuff happens. As for Booker ya, they're pretty up front that he was the one of the most brutal soldiers at the wounded knee massacre and would sell his own daughter to pay off gambling debts. He's that guy. Can't say I liked him that much.
On the other hand, perhaps he retains his memories about everything that happened, as he did every time he changed timelines, and become a much better person. Which is still relative, of course, because obviously Annah grows to be a pretty vindicative young gal.
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2013/12/11 17:29:30
Subject: Re:Bioshock: Infinite
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
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2013/12/12 01:45:30
Subject: Re:Bioshock: Infinite
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Rough Rider with Boomstick
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2013/12/12 05:21:01
Subject: Re:Bioshock: Infinite
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
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Yes, exactly. The events are prevented. Check out that link I posted.
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2013/12/12 11:55:07
Subject: Re:Bioshock: Infinite
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Trazyn's Museum Curator
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Ai, but since the events are prevented, everything that you went through in the game never happened. Including Booker's realization that he's a prick. Meaning that he will most like make the same mistake of selling his daughter again. This is why I don't like paradoxes :/
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What I have
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Westwood lives in death!
Peace through power!
A longbeard when it comes to Necrons and WHFB. Grumble Grumble
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2013/12/12 18:20:54
Subject: Re:Bioshock: Infinite
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Stone Bonkers Fabricator General
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CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Ai, but since the events are prevented, everything that you went through in the game never happened. Including Booker's realization that he's a prick. Meaning that he will most like make the same mistake of selling his daughter again. This is why I don't like paradoxes :/
Yes, but he won't make the mistake of selling his daughter again because the only person who would buy her is the extra douchey version of himself: Comstock. Who will never exist.
Also, as the Luteces put it: at least he had the decency to try to reneg on the deal at the last second. 
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