Without her, you lose a piece of gameplay. In BioShock Infinite, Elizabeth is an extension of Booker's combat arsenal. Sure, you can care about what happens to Elizabeth, but in most games her fate would only impact the plot.
It's not enough to ask for an emotional investment of the player. Elizabeth's role in combat is a brilliant move by Irrational Games. Combine this with numerous tracks from the skyline, which Booker can hook to and freely glide along, and you get frenetic combat that encourages on-the-fly strategizing. This could mean creating a doorway to escape or pulling in an object to use for cover. You can target these, tap a button, and order Elizabeth to repair or rip that tear. You'll see ghost images in areas where reality is soft. Those tears in reality can be used to assist Booker as he battles the mad citizens of Colombia. But Elizabeth isn't a burden - she's designed as an ally. And there is trouble, plenty of trouble along the way. He sets the pace and takes Elizabeth with him. There's no radio signaler speaking into your ear.
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Get Elizabeth free of the city and hopefully to safety.īioShock Infinite is full of death-defying acts like this. Infinite, as I understand it, is less about doing good or bad - it's about doing something. And maybe you'll run into him again later on, only to realize that it was a mistake saving him. If Booker hears a scuffle between a dentist and his patient, you might feel the urge to save the dentist. Some heroic deeds could even turn out bad for you in the long run. Colombia is imploding and no single deed can have much consequence against such titanic momentum. You might try and talk them down (it won't work) or keep moving. Seeing a man about to be executed in the public square doesn't instantly mean the right thing to do is start firing your gun. Frankly, if Irrational Games does its job correctly, there is no "good" choice. Elizabeth might be good-natured, but she isn't meant as a nagging paragon of virtue constantly pressing Booker to do good deeds. There is no good or evil, right or wrong. Booker and Elizabeth are caught up in a world spinning into chaos. That is, missions where you have to worry about her health meter or missions that fail because you leave Elizabeth's side to chase down an enemy. Irrational Games promises there is not a single moment in BioShock Infinite where you are required to protect Elizabeth. GameInformer In fact, she needs Booker more as emotional guide than physical protector. Elizabeth has more to her than most damsels in distress. He's a danger to Elizabeth - someone who matters in the world. Songbird isn't just a threat to your life and your mission. She has a persona, she has feelings, expressions, needs, hopes.
Elizabeth is an adult, even though she was sheltered most of her life from the corruption and political turmoil bubbling over in Colombia. In BioShock, the Little Sisters were defenseless and at your mercy. But after a long moment, Songbird pulls away, its metal wings beating a thunder through the skies at it departs.
Sensing something, the light shifts to yellow. A green line shoots out, scanning the room as an ominous sound billows from the beast. The duo scramble for cover as its giant eye appears in a window. The moment of levity is broken by the booming arrival of Songbird landing nearby. It's a nice, quiet moment where Elizabeth displays the childish naiveté of a girl who's been stuck in a single room her entire life. About a third of the way through Infinite, Booker and Elizabeth stumble into a curio shop. You're the one who convinced her she had to run. And you're the one that stole his only love. Songbird is like an abusive, jealous husband. It's not just a machine doing its duty Songbird was designed to feel betrayal if Elizabeth ever escaped. In fact, she tries to convince Booker that if it comes to it, better he kill her than let Songbird take her back to her prison. You're all bravado (after all, you have skill with a gun and can summon a murder of crows to attack your enemies), but Elizabeth knows any promise to destroy Songbird can't be fulfilled. As Booker DeWitt, a washed up Pinkerton forced to take on the impossible task of delivering Elizabeth to New York, your relationship with Elizabeth gets tangled up in her conflicted feelings for Songbird.
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