A lot of people have switched up on this game in the past few years which is honestly a big shock to me considering it is still a great game despite its flaws. The story is pretty absurd and once again satirizes an era of American history quite well. The world building is actually pretty decent but takes some completely unwarranted moral shifts with many of its characters that kind of make no sense at all. The ending sequence/twist at the end taps heavily into multiverse theory which is tiring to piece together in 2024. At the time, this ending was probably one of the best, but with the oversaturation of using multiverse theory in all forms of media nowadays it was really just another "here we go again" moment for me. Gameplay is fun and fast paced but does so at its own expense - play styles are more tunnel visioned on being fast paced (of course with variation) and the game doesn't leave much room for the same tactics and strategy that the first two games had. Despite all of these flaws, however, there is still a really great game that had an interesting enough story to keep me drawn in. If you forget this is in the BioShock trilogy and consider the time period it released in, there is much to appreciate about this game.

Reviewed on Mar 08, 2024


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