I'm always frustrated when talking about this game. I am a person that values gameplay far more than writing, and in that regard, I find this game to be extremely fun. Bioshock's combat has always been absolutely fantastic, and that fact does not change here. That being said, both of the first games (yes, Bioshock 2 has a great story and you cannot convince me otherwise) have dense, well-thought out, and immaculate writing. Infinite on the other hand...is clumsy to say the least. Racism and borderline slavery is not something you can take a "both-sides" approach to tackling. I'm about as anti-violence as you can be, but considering the fact that both Comstock & Fink's regimes were based on using violence to garner compliance, the Vox weren't left with much choice outside of that. Furthermore, I REALLY hate how comically evil Daisy Fitzroy is portrayed as. If you are the leader of a fight for racial equality, why on Earth would you suddenly turn into a child murderer that lacks empathy or valid justification for said child murder? It's so painfully over-the-top that it's almost comical. Plus, the very clear anti-violence message is heavily muddied when the protagonist of your game kills hundreds of enemies without any real sense of remorse.

If I am to compliment at least one aspect of the writing, I do actually really like the way Elizabeth's arc was handled. Her descent from sheltered but tortured to mentally broken due to all the violence that surrounds her is probably the only thing executed well in terms of the story.

I know it sounds like I probably dislike this game, but I don't. As I stated at the beginning of the review, I find the actual gameplay to be a huge dopamine boost (especially with the skylines, zipping around on those things gives me life) but I'm decently disappointed due to the fact that the first two games are just so amazing.

If you play Bioshock 1 & 2 and crave more, give this a shot. If not, then I'd say just stick with those two.