History WMG / BIOSHockInfinite

Come on, a flying city in 1912 ? There's no way they could have built it with their technology ! And that's the point : they couldn't. The men who would later build Columbia somehow managed to build a time machine, if they didn't flat out steal H G Wells' time machine, and used it for traveling to the future and retrieve some technology from that time that they adapted to their level. This also explains why Elizabeth is so important for them, and why she has her powers : she's from that future they visited where mankind naturally developed psychic powers. Not only is she the only one who understands the technology that allows Columbia to exist, but by studying her, they found a way to artificially grant similar powers to them and developed the Vigors, but didn't take into account the fact that they're still not biologically fit for harnessing this kind of power, which contributed to their insanity. All those shifts we can see in the trailers are caused by reality reacting VERY badly to the presence of technologies and persons from another time, and trying to adjust.

** Expect a GuideDangIt for those players who tried to keep Elizabeth from straining herself.

[[WMG: Songbird is an alternate universe version of Dewitt]]

Since the developers thought that trope was getting too old, they would decide to twist it up a bit to still affect the player in some way. Through this, Booker will simply become a FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator in the whole storyline.

** It's not just a virtual reality, it's the GeneticMemory of a subject seen through an [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreed Animus]]-esque device. The subject (and therefore the player) lives in the near future and is trying to figure out what happened to Columbia by exploring the memories of Booker to prevent a cataclysm caused by the events of game.

Her relation with Songbird sounds similar to [[KingKong King Kong and Ann Darrow with Booker as Jack]] or ''ICO''(a young boy save princess while being chase by evil witch). Think of it, Elizabeth is a young, innocent girl around twenties who never sees the world while Booker doesn't seems to be more than mid thirties. They have been chasing by Yandere ImplacableMan monster who chasing them like it was cheated. It's a classic romance plot in videogame!!

* Not only will the Rapture setting be a tear, but so will the SystemShock universe and the FreedomForce universe (both done by Irrational). Some 2K games, such as the upcoming XCOM reboot and the Borderlands games, will also appear as universes that the "tears" can access.

Levine has already done under the ocean (Rapture), in the air (Columbia) and space (SystemShock's sequel). What is left? A GIANT SERIES OF CAVERNS. Or is that too much like the Vaults from the FalloutSeries?

Seriously, Elizabeth has dimension based powers just like the Sirens...could it really be much of a stretch for Elizabeth to be one of them as well?

[[WMG: {{Borderlands}} is where Elizabeth is really from]]

[[WMG: {{Borderlands}} is where Elizabeth is really from]]

They're too indecisive to do anything and let the extremes take over.

** [=DeWitt=] would've been 70 years old by the time Rapture was even ''founded'' (He's 38 in 1912, Rapture was founded in 1946). Subject Delta is mentioned to have accidentally found Rapture sometime after that while diving. If [=DeWitt=] was even alive by the 1950s, he'd probably be too unfit to go on a deep sea diving trip. That said, the names Delta and [=DeWitt=] do sound kinda similar.

* Either it crashes into the sea somehow, is discovered by Andrew Ryan, and gets retooled/spruced up with new technology, or it's the direct inspiration for Rapture (which seems most likely).

Columbia will go crash into the ocean by the end ''Infinite'' and be forgotten about. Years later Andrew Ryan -after having enough of The Man In The Whitehorse- will seek out it's exact location to built his Utopia out of the broken remains of the American ideal the ultimate TakeThat to the US government.

** this troper has no idea what the meaning of having an old timey cover of "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" could be, but it kinda creeps me out for some reason
*** The new Tear gameplay mechanic seems to imply time travel too, as seen by the Revenge of the Jedi sign in the horse ressurection video.

** Actually it's "Revenge of the Jedi".
*** George Lucas reportedly changed the title from ''Revenge'' to ''Return'' at the last minute when he realized that revenge was a very un-Jedi-like concept.

[[WMG: This all has something to do with {{Faction Paradox}}.]]

* Not only will the Rapture setting be a tear, but so will the SystemShock universe and the FreedomForce universe (both done by Irrational). Some 2K games, such as the upcoming XCOM reboot and the Borderlands games, will also appear as universes that the "tears" can access.

...for the same reason we don't see ever Big Brother in NineteenEightyFour in person. Her nature, existence and manner will remain unknown to the player (Unless Bioshock 4 goes back to Columbia).

* He started attending Occupy Wall Street protests 5 months before Occupy Wall Street.

I mean, come on! They both take place in exactly the same year, and no definite data has been set for the game as of yet. Presuming Columbia eventually is destroyed and falls from the sky, either one of the pieces strikes the Titantic or acts as the 'iceberg' that causes the sinking, with the help of a ruptured Winter Blast-esque Vigor.

If Booker doesn't attack Songbird too much, by the end he'll realize that not all humans are evil, and will sacrifice himself to defeat the BigBad and give Elizabeth a better future.

So here we have the Vox Populi. A morally upright LaResistance group that, in their struggle for equality, has turned first into {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s, then into a bloodthirsty gang of KnightTemplar types -- have-nots blinded by the sheer intensity of their righteous hatred for the haves -- who see no problem with beating, raping, and murdering the objects of their hate and calling it a well-deserved revenge. And what research did Ken Levine do to understand the mindset of these ideology-driven thugs? ''He started attending Occupy Wall Street protests''. I don't imagine anyone will be flattered in the least by the comparison.

[[WMG: Bioshock Infinite will cause a shitstorm amongst American Conservatives]]

Conservatives have an affinity for the Guided Age and Overt Patriotism. The depictions of Colombia's Founders will not endear them to this game at all. At the same time, its coming out near election time. Tempers will be flared.

[[WMG: Bioshock Infinate will cause a shitstorm amongst American Conservatives]]

** It's not just a virtual reality, it's the GeneticMemory of a subject seen through an [[AssassinsCreed Animus]]-esque device. The subject (and therefore the player) lives in the near future and is trying to figure out what happened to Columbia by exploring the memories of Booker to prevent a cataclysm caused by the events of game.

His primary instructions are to protect Elizabeth from "kidnappers" at all costs. At some point, he may be led to realize that as long as she remains in Columbia, she cannot be truly safe.

He decried the ideology of both The Founders and Vox Populi in one of his PA speeches in the first game. If he was in Colombia, it would only make him stronger in his beliefs, seeing "The Parasites" wreck their own creation. With the Tear mechanic, anything can happen. This would be the perfect time to him to gloat about Objectivism as he tries to remake Colombia to his views.

At the climax of the game, Booker and Elizabeth are placed in a completely winnable situation. Booker is badly wounded by Songbird (who Booker killed after an epic battle), the Founders and Vox Populi are warring openly, and the city is falling down around them. Desperate to save the one friend she has left, Elizabeth opens a tear back in time and sends Booker through it. This act results in Elizabeth dying from the overuse of her powers and Booker is helpless to do anything about it. Now a younger Columbia, just before the fall, Booker desperately tries to reach Elizabeth, but is stopped by Comstock (or some other semi-villainous major player in Columbia). This major player offers to save Booker and reunite him with Elizabeth, but on one condition... that Booker make sure nothing bad ever happens to her. Booker agrees, is given a SuperPrototype iron lung/flying machine, and takes up the job of Elizabeth's mysterious guardian: Songbird. Remember the song: "Will the Circle be Unbroken?" Yeah. They're bastards like that.

...for the same reason we don't see ever Big Brother in NineteenEightyFour in person. Her nature, existence and manner will remain unknown to the player (Unless Bioshock 4 goes back to Columbia).

What with all the tears in space time, I'd bet money that it's going to turn out that someone or something beyond human understanding is going to be pulling the strings from behind the scenes.

What with all the tears in space time, I'd bet money that it's going to turn out that someone or something beyond human understanding is going to be pulling the strings from behind the scenes.

That bit from the trailer feels like {{Foreshadowing}}. It probably won't be the end of her, and Booker may not even be in control of himself at the time... but we'll see that moment again.

In Gulliver's Travels, Laputa was also used as the seat of an empire, full of scientific wonders but run by impotent madmen and KnowNothingKnowItAll people. The comparisons are startling; this is just a more modern Laputa. What do you guys think?

[[WMG: Daisy Fitzroy is the illegitimate child of one of the founders]]
Despite the "purity" credo that is essential to the founders beliefs, One Mr. Fitzroy decided to get some tail of a different color. Daisy's mother was most likely a south american immigrant, and gave her daughter the name of her father because she had deluded herself into thinking Mr. Fitzroy actually loved her. Daisy however grew to HATE her father and everything he stood for. Fortunately, she inherited his statesman's silver tongue, and Daisy quickly amassed followers to her socialist faction.

With genetically altered trees. And tree-people. And people-trees. And it'll feature bamboo technology. It'll deconstruct eco-terrorism or destroying the enviroment. Possibly both.