

(And incidentally, one of the best non-player characters in video game history.) Navigate floating islands with incredible rail-grinding combat, make your way through an incipient revolution, and find out how Elizabeth - and you - fit into the fabric of Columbia’s creation and literal downfall.īioshock: The Collection is a free download from now until June 2nd at 11 a.m. It’s there you’ll find Elizabeth, a young woman with a mysterious past who can open tears in the fabric of space and time. Technically a prequel to the original game, the player finds their way into the idyllic flying city of Columbia, where the enigmatic leader Comstock has used steampunk technology to secede from the United States and create his own society based on the worship of himself and the Founding Fathers.

Bioshock Infinite picks up on the themes of the original, but sets them in the sky.
