BioShock Infinite

Peak of the AAA narrative shooter, and the flashpoint for arguments about ludonarrative dissonance.

Released 2013 Developer Irrational Games Publisher 2K Games Platform PlayStation 3 Genre First-person shooter Era Digital storefronts & indie Website bioshockinfinite.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas BioShock Infinite inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Environmental Storytelling ~~1994~~Found Audio Log ~~1994~~Constrained Weapon Loadout ~~2001~~Regenerating Health ~~2001~~Player-Agency Narrative Twist ~~2007~~

The BioShock series in this dataset

2007

BioShock ~~2007~~

2013

BioShock Infinite ~~this page~~

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