r/videogames • u/Nearby-Condition-675 • Aug 29 '26

Discussion / Question What video game franchise is this?

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u/Jonoboy115 Aug 29 '26

Bioshock. Idc what people say about infinite, I thought it was an incredible game along with the others.

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u/funkybside Aug 30 '26

Infinite was fantastic and has a 94 metacritic - what in the world makes you believe it has a bad reptuation?

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u/heyoohugh24 Aug 30 '26

There are a looot of plotholes infinite invites to the entire entire serie (kinda the downside of including interdimensional travel in your canon). Also people expected more from the floating cities. I still also like it tho

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u/Old-Lengthiness9677 Aug 31 '26

There was also the issue of the dlc retconning everything from the previous 2 titles into being Elizabeth's fault instead of Andrew Ryan's. But for the most part the whole multidimensional and time travel plot basically erased half the story in favor of "we just jumped to the desired outcome". Otherwise the combat was good and mechanics were incredibly polished.

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u/Commercial-Ad-8409 Aug 30 '26

Used to be consistently hated upon, seems to have completely flipped in the last few years. Infinite is my favorite tho

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u/BrbFlippinInfinCoins Aug 30 '26

I think infinite is a prime example of a vocal minority voicing their displeasure. I feel like most people who played it had a good time.

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u/autoadman Sep 01 '26

Nah. It's just expectations vs reality
I played it and had fun. But Then i watched the trailers and thought, damn did i just play the demo or something? Do i need to unlock an open world feature?
People were genuinely thinking they'd get much more

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u/Kolizuljin Sep 02 '26

Yeah, the problem wasn't the game, but it's marketing. They promised so much that they didn't deliver.  The game was very very good. But there was souch hype and unrealized promise.

It's actually well known and I am surprised  that people wonder about the bad rep it had.

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u/uncagedborb Sep 03 '26

there was a lot more expected. the game was stuck in some development hell but still turned out good