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Game profile
BioShock Infinite
Booker DeWitt travels to the floating city of Columbia to free the mysterious Elizabeth, and stumbles onto rifts in reality between dimensions. It blends fast paced Vigor abilities with one of gaming's most famous twists.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Shooter / Action, set in a historical period. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays somewhere between light and heavy. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The narrative carries the whole thing, and the mechanics serve it. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It runs on 3 platforms. It sits in the budget bracket.
What stands out
- Iconic story twist
- Floating city of Columbia
- Vigor powers in combat
This fits you if
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- the writing matters more to you than the mechanics
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
- you are watching your budget
Look elsewhere if
- you skip cutscenes and want to get to the gameplay
- you specifically want an open world to roam
- you want to play it side by side with someone
- you want either a pure challenge or pure relaxation, not the middle
What it costs you in time
About 13 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 2 weeks, or 7 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 93 out of 100, which puts it above 95 percent of the 1206 games here and at rank 35 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Shooter averages 81 points across the database, so this one sits 12 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 2670 collected ratings.
Released in 2013, which makes it 13 years old. A genuine classic, and worth checking how the version you buy holds up today.
The facts
- Release year
- 2013
- Genres
- Shooter, Action
- Playtime
- approx. 13 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Carries the whole game
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Historical, Sci-fi
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Budget
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox
- Critic rating
- 93 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BioShock Infinite | 2013 | approx. 13 hrs. | 93 | Budget |
| Atomic Heart | 2023 | approx. 20 hrs. | 72 | Mid price |
| Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus | 2017 | approx. 13 hrs. | 87 | Budget |
| Wolfenstein: The New Order | 2014 | approx. 14 hrs. | 77 | Budget |
If you liked this, try these
- Atomic Heart Shared: Shooter, Action, Historical, longer
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Shared: Shooter, Action, Historical
- Wolfenstein: The New Order Shared: Shooter, Action, Historical
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection Shared: Shooter, Action, Sci-fi, longer
- Titanfall 2 Shared: Shooter, Action, Sci-fi, shorter
- Halo Infinite Shared: Shooter, Action, Sci-fi