Product Description:
This Premium Edition of BioShock Infinite is teeming with ardently crafted collectible items: a Handyman board game figurine, a Murder of Crows keychain, and a lithograph poster-all designed by the same Irrational Games artists who created BioShock Infinite. This edition is a must-have for any BioShock fan, featuring exclusive in-game gear, a digital soundtrack, and an art book that offers a look at the making of the game’s unique art style.
Indebted to the wrong people, and with his life on the line, hired gun Booker DeWitt has only one opportunity to wipe his slate clean. He must rescue Elizabeth, a mysterious girl imprisoned since childhood and locked up in the flying city of Columbia. Forced to trust one another, Booker and Elizabeth form a powerful bond during their daring escape. Together, they learn to harness an expanding arsenal of weapons and abilities, as they fight on zeppelins in the clouds, along high-speed Sky-Lines, and down in the streets of Columbia, all while surviving the threats of the air-city and uncovering its dark secret.
Product Details:
- The City in the Sky - Leave the depths of Rapture to soar among the clouds of Columbia. The flying city is a beautiful and vibrant world that holds a very dark secret.
- Unlikely Mission - Set in 1912 former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt must rescue a mysterious girl from the sky-city of Columbia or never leave it alive.
- Tear Through Time - Open Tears in time and space to shape the battlefield and turn the tide in combat by pulling weapons and other resources out of thin air.
- Vigorous Powers - Throw explosive fireballs and shoot lightning as devastatingly powerful Vigors surge through your body to be unleashed against all that oppose you.
- 1999 Mode - Open your own Tear to 1999 to experience the design and balance that hardcore gamers enjoyed back in the 20th century.
Customer Reviews:
Premium Edition: A Wise Choice? By Brandon Popplewell
I'll just start and say that the game is fantastic and really had me mesmerized and hooked from beginning to end. But this review is for the content you get from the premium edition and whether or not the extra $20 cost is worth it. Here's what I think of the items.
The little artbook is a nice sample of the full size hardcover version. The numerous concept art for the various characters, enemies, weapons, etc are enjoyable to look at and I'd say the quality of the images are on par with what's been shown in the Bioshock 2 artbook. The item itself has a weathered look similar to the Bioshock Infinite logo and the material used on the hardcover seems to be some kind of fabric, but I'm not sure. A neat item.
I'm still surprised over how tiny the Handyman figure is. Even though the product description did say its a board game figurine, I was hoping it would be bigger or at the very least, be made of metal. This item overall reminds me of one of those 25 cent capsule toys, i.e. cheap and completely unremarkable.
The "Devil's Kiss" lithograph is okay. Again, I was hoping it would be slightly bigger (its basically the size of a postcard) but I wasn't expecting a full-size picture either. Its too bad they didn't include any additional lithographs of the other vigors such as Shock Jockey or Murder of Crows, which brings me to...
The "Murder of Crows" keychain. Its a pretty cool trinket and I'd say its about the right size for a keychain to where it won't look obnoxious when being used as such. I can even see this being used as a charm as well.
Minus a few songs, the soundtrack wasn't particularly memorable for me. However, if you do happen to enjoy the music, then the digital download for the whole thing is definitely worth it. Despite what I said though, having the soundtrack to any game game is always a nice bonus. I will say that the song "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" is pretty soothing and sticks out among the rest considering it has lyrics.
Getting into the in-game content. The upgrade pack gives you three gears (basically perks) that are exclusive to this and the Songbird edition: Bull Rush, Extra! Extra!, and Betrayer. Bull Rush is probably the most useful out of the three because even though it says your melee strikes have a chance to knock back an enemy (more like tossing them like a ragdoll) after a sprint, you don't have to sprint at all and the knock back from a melee is guaranteed (not on the heavy hitter enemies of course). Extra! Extra! gives you ten silver eagles for each voice recording you pick up and Betrayer causes enemies under the influence of the player's Possession vigor to explode when killed. I found their uses too limited to be useful. All in all, nothing special or game-changing.
Finally, the avatar items. I do like the Booker Dewitt costume, it definitely has style. The ladies get an elegant dress as worn by Elizabeth. Unfortunately, you don't get anything else in the form of accessories or props, but its not like avatar items are the main draw to this edition anyway.
Overall, I found the content of the premium version to be OK, but not worth an extra $20. However, I've seen and bought worse (and more expensive) collector's editions of games in the past and I wouldn't consider this to be one of them. But I wouldn't regret just buying the regular game either. So choose wisely on which edition of the game you plan on purchasing.Phenomenal By Sean
Bioshock Infinite was worth the wait, I can say that much. The game is very much like its predecessors, but also different. The story is the best yet in my opinion, the relationship between Booker and Elizabeth is realistic and makes the game. My only complaint is the combat now only limits you to being able to carry 2 weapons rather than a full arsenal of guns like in previous games and some of the vigors (replacing plasmids) seem overpowered, but the new skyhook combat is a blast and very fast paced. The story will stick with you long after you finish playing and the ending is the best of any game I think I've ever played. It took me about 15 hours to 100% the game on hard, but I have yet to play 1999 difficulty. Highly recommended to anybody looking for an amazing story with the gameplay to back it up.Great game but premium edition is quite a ripoff By Josh
I would recommend buying the game but the premium edition was a big rip off. The items are small and of poor quality. Don't bother with the premium, just buy the regular game.
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