Left unexplored is the question of how an Elizabeth can exist at all after Booker's fateful decision at the end of BioShock Infinite, though I suspect the answer revolves around Rosalind and Robert Lutece - the quantum superpositioned twins who narrate the original game. Elizabeth - at least, this universe's version of her - is intimately connected to the events that put BioShock's Jack on a plane over the North Atlantic. The last chapters of Burial At Sea Part 2 bring the plot of the DLC full circle, connecting it intimately with the larger BioShock Universe. Columbia, floating in the clouds, has no easy way to retrieve the stem cells that make the Vigor/Plasmid economy tick - and even Columbia's technology pales in comparison with what's available in Rapture. At one point in the DLC, Fink remarks that the costs of these deep sea diving expeditions to retrieve ADAM are absolutely ruinous. While no direct remarks are made on this (and the religion of Columbia, with its portrayal of Jefferson, Washington, and Franklin as angels could only loosely be considered Christian), there are cultural and economic factors in play between the two cities. The two men worked together (or stole from each other whenever possible) to solve problems like Little Sister imprinting, Songbird's manufacture, and the Vigor / Plasmid problem.Ĭolumbia, meanwhile, is built on the kind of hyper-Christian mentality that emphasized tolerance and moderation in all things - including the use of alcohol, drugs, and by extension, Vigors. The tears she created in time allowed Jeremiah Fink of 1894 to collaborate with Yi Suchong in the 1950s. After the events of BioShock Infinite (2013) and on the eve of the civil war that will destroy the underwater city, Elizabeth goes to Rapture to find Booker DeWitt and offers him her help to investigate the disappearance of an orphan girl. It's a great trip down memory lane and it's worth picking up for that reason alone.īurial at Sea explains how so many common cultural facets connected the two cities across time and space - and it's Elizabeth's fault. This is the BioShock sequel that we never got - call it "Return to Rapture" - and it's marvelous to see the city with a new engine seven years after the original game (none of the characters from BioShock 2 appear here). So who matters more - the lives of the Rapture populace, or one little girl? By focusing on a stealth approach rather than gunning your way through opponents, the BioShock Infinite team recaptures much of the atmosphere that made the original BioShock great. In Burial at Sea, the Elizabeth you spent hours with in infinite comes to kill the last Booker, who’s been hiding in the underwater city of Rapture. Atlas has the Little Sister you came to Rapture to rescue, and he's not going to release her unless you help him - but enabling his bloody revolution will kick off the Civil War that began on Decemat the Kashmir.
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