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BioShock Infinite takes the unorthodox step of being entirely unconnected with its predecessors, and is instantly better for it. A fresh experience from the off, it tells the tale of ex-Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt, knee-deep in debt and forced to travel to the floating city-state of Columbia to collect an unknown girl. By immediately giving you a shady objective, Irrational set Booker as a man who will save his own arse despite any moral obligations, and that makes him instantly teresting than your average hero. Columbia is a well-known independent state ran by the apparently prophetic Father Zachary Comstock, with a troubled past involving the Boxer Rebellions and an emancipation from the United States. Dumped at a lighthouse that will be familiar to BioShock veterans (although Ken Levine assures us its not that lighthouse), Booker quickly enters Columbia and this is where the story really kicks off.

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Ken Levine is a champion of this medium and, twice now, he has profoundly changed the way we view and discuss plot in video games. He understands the interactive component of the medium so well, his incorporation of it into his stories is foremost in his telling, and are deft to say the least.

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We all knew the PC version of BioShock Infinite would be a unique experience when Ken Levine said it would not be a typical PC port. The game recommends 30GB of installation space on your hard drive, a GPU that Irrational suggests should be an ATI Radeon 6950 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or above, and at least 4GB of RAM. That being said, we have a video that you should be running on 1080p that shows off some of the more beautiful scenes and sets of one of the most visually pleasing games weve ever seen.

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"When Ken Levine speaks, people listen. After getting a flurry of high praise reviews, the creative director and co-founder of Irrational games can say that he is chiefly responsible for two of the greatest games in this console generation. " | Exploion.com

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The similarities between the two mind-bending shooters produced by Irrational Games start early and recur frequently in the latest from Ken Levine and company, Bioshock Infinite. Players take a rocket ship up to the skies rather than a bathysphere down below the sea. You get powerful, elemental attacks on one hand and a firearm in the other. With "the twist" being so central to the original Bioshock, it's impossible not to try guessing at the truth behind everything in BioShock Infinite.

But I didn't get to experience the original Bioshock's ending firsthand. It was spoiled for me and, as a result, almost the entirety of the experience fell apart with it. I wasn't motivated to harvest more Little Sisters. I'd fought a few Big Daddies and didn't feel like anything beyond those hulking beasts could impress beyond the ruined plot. Infinite contains a similar sense of mystery and intrigue throughout the experience, and while you probably already know all about Booker Dewitt and his mantra—bring us the girl, and wipe away the debt—it's better to experience the narrative for yourself. Despite my intention to stay firmly in spoiler-free territory with this review, Infinite improves on its predecessors by miles in gameplay, meaning even a late-game secret won't ruin the experience for anyone with a mild interest in first-person shooters with strong storytelling.

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Ken Levine discusses the complexities of bringing Columbia to life in this exclusive interview about BioShock Infinite.

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"Is it someone new? Four words. Four seemingly innocuous words that, to the average gamer, mean very little. Yet to hardcore fans of the BioShock series these will be the first things you attach yourself to as you are welcomed to the flying city of Columbia by a shady looking priest. Swapping sea for sky, Ken Levine and his talented squad of developers (Irrational Games, 2K Marin) return to BioShock to deliver arguably this gaming generations final swan-song. Are 2Ks lofty ambitions fully realised in Infinite, or is this a game that flies too close to the proverbial sun that once set in Rapture little over six years ago?" Gary Marston, Explosion.com

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Ken Levine comes under heat for a "rape" joke