Review of BioShock Infinite

This is the best Bioshock game, no question about. Though not as atmospheric as the first two, it's gameplay is vastly superior and the story is slightly better than the first one. With that said, this game has major flaws. First off was the way they told the story. Now the story is possibly the best that I have ever seen in a video game, even better than The Last of Us, but it was not told well. The first hour to hour and a half are magnificent. When you get Introduced to the world and finally free Elizabeth from her tower. After saving her, I enjoyed the break I got when we were on the beach, and saw the characters to start developing. But after the next gunfight the game never stopped the action, leaving very little time for character development. The only times the game gives you to actually learn about the characters and start actually caring for them, and see Booker and Elizabeth start devolping a bond, is when they were in the short elevator rides or when Elizabeth took extra long to pick a lock. I really wish the game gave you a break to take in the atmosphere of the game and really take it all in. When Booker was drowned by the Elizabeth I didn't feel too sad as I didn't really learn much about him, as he was just a tool to me. I did care for them more and more as the game went on, but not as much as I would've liked. The story was told confusingly. I got confused as what was going on, but it didn't get too bad till the ending, when the game throws everything at you all at once. I wish it would've told the story at a slower but more drawn out pace. The gameplay was real fun but as I said there's never a break from the combat after a certain point, and even though I used the vigors and the melee and the guns all together, it still felt a bit repetitive. It would've been nice if there was something else to do besides running and gunning. I wanted to give it an 8/10, but the game just stuck with me, urging me to replay it. I am starting to appreciate the story after I stopped playing. This game is near masterpiece, and what it got right, it got it really got right.