r/BioshockInfinite • u/Consistent_Blood6467 • 1d ago
Discussion Would you want to play an open world version of Columbia?
Given the way technology has developed since, and given what we were shown from the early demos of Infinite that were never in the finished game, could we have a Dev make a game with those unused ideas, and make it an open world to boot?
I always found it odd that there were some parts of Columbia that allowed you to return to previous sections, while other sections were completed gated off, literally in the case of the fare, and again after your encounter with the first Fireman. Big metal gates you can't open, forcing you onwards, but then there's the restaurant after the Fireman where you meet the Leuteuce twins, and you can actually go back to the Fireman battle area, but no further back. It's like they had the idea that going back to a previous area should be a thing, and put in the groundwork, but then seemed to forget about that.
But what would an open world Columbia be like?