Bioshock up to piano scene.

Ok so for one, the twins really need to learn how to piano cause they are baaaad. It was a really cool cliffhanger how we got information that we could control songbird, implying that its a machine with no one piloting it? It sounds sort of strange that you would be able to control it via song but I guess it is called song bird. Mr. Chen just made me sad, his wife made me laugh a little bit because of her accent, but then after the tear I was like woooooah what the crap. I thought it was a really innovative way of making people retrace their steps back outside while still making it feel sort of fresh from being in a different universe. The zombie things created after the tear were pretty horrifying and I really really hope that we wont have to fight an army of them later. The octupus vigor kind of makes me mad for just lying on the floor without a proper backstory. I mean like what it does is pretty cool but it would be nice to have some backstory or see it used by an enemy so I could form some sort of connection with it. Elizabeth seems to have become a little more useful and a lot less whiny which is a trait that I really appreciate (she still screams at me that she has money all the time though.). Tears are innovative and not something that I would have ever thought of so I’m looking forward to seeing more of that used throughout the story.

Posted on by Hyewon Hong
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5 Responses

  1. Rachel Helbling says:
    November 13, 2018 at 4:59 pm

    I also thought the end of this section of the game was a good cliffhanger. Even though it is called the songbird I was not expecting to actually be able to control it with song, but I guess that makes sense. I am interested to see how we can control it and what exactly it can do for us. I am also wondering if the cage/bird on elizabeths necklace has any relation to the bird. I am also interested to see and use more tears but I have a feeling they are gonna make everything more confusing.

  2. Josephine Bossidy says:
    November 13, 2018 at 8:05 pm

    I really liked the way the game left off at the piano scene. It was the perfect moment to give us a clue and make us want to continue playing. I think having song control the songbird was a very creative idea by the creators. But my question is who was controlling the songs beforehand? Who was making the songbird go after Booker and Elizabeth? Was it the twins?

  3. Wogan Snyder says:
    November 14, 2018 at 1:11 pm

    I too was initially started by the weird zombie things. Not entirely understanding what they were I killed them out of caution thinking that they may be enemies. It was not until later that I realized they were already dead in a way and could do no harm to me. After thinking about it, I drew the conclusion that while tears may represent different realities, these realities are all linked by some common force because if they weren’t there wouldn’t be the weird zombie things.

  4. Ahsan Ahmad says:
    November 14, 2018 at 1:14 pm

    The piano scene was definitely a moment! I think it left us with just the right amount of suspense because now everyone’s curious about controlling this menacing songbird. I really like the role of the Lutece twins in the story too: they show up at the most random times and leave you utterly confused with their vanishing acts. I feel like they are an important part of the plot though, symbolism and underlying themes wise.

    Sidenote: Those zombie things were freaking weird. It was so creepy how they recalled their deaths in other dimensions (probably some quantum entanglement garbage) and were incapacitated even in the newly-found dimensions.

  5. Micaela Willoughby says:
    November 14, 2018 at 1:39 pm

    It really funny to hear that coming from a pianist. That scene was funny to me, despite Elizabeth’s horror. Also, yes, I felt very sad about Mr. Chen and his wife/wives… I felt like we were tearing up marriages, but that was only because Elizabeth kept saying it was her fault. That she was CREATING these world, but I don’t think that is the case. I think she is just opening doors to places that already existed (like Booker said).