The Finale
Alright, so pretty much I want to blow my brains out for multiple reasons, some good, some bad. The running into the snow, going through the insane ward, seeing New York burning, killing Comstock, all trippy and difficult to achieve, but simple in comparison to later parts of the game. The boss fight with the vox zeppelins firing rockets at my ship was painful to the highest level. It was a struggle the entire time to not only stay alive myself but pick off the different Vox and Lincolns they sent, as well as control the Song Bird to strike down the zeppelins as well. I really wished the load time for the Song Bird was shorter because that would have made life a lot easier. I also felt kinda sad that we had to drown the Song Bird in the end, like come on, he is the coolest pet that anyone could ever ask for. Anyways, I wanted to blow my brains out for this next part because of how trippy it gets. I loved the rapture reference, saying that this is where it all begins, that was an awesome tie back. Then to use all the lighthouses as separate doors that kept opening up more and more doors, mind blown. But when you find out the true story behind Elizabeth and where she came from, Booker and how he actually paid off his debt, and who Comstock is, AHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I don’t know any other way to explain it. The ending is one where you somehow feel satisfied and yet thousands of questions still rattle around in your head. Like, why does killing this Booker specifically at this site of his baptism kill all Comstocks? Because if there were truly infinite universes, then there would be one where Booker refused to die and Comstock is therefore born. It is a mind trip. Also, if you destroy Comstock, then an infinite amount of Universes become paradoxes. What happens to these dimensions? My brain is just frazzled trying to figure it all out, but playing the game was definitely worth it for the storyline, even if the actual gameplay was repetitive and boring at times.
yeah so there really is no explanation for how killing this particular Booker ends the cycle. Especially with the whole infinite universe theory at play, it makes it even more pointless. The boss battle against the Vox was by far the most grueling and annoying part of the game. Wave after wave after wave after wave and Songbird couldn’t do jack because he has to “rest” in between destroying ships. aside from that, the story completely screwed with my mind. yes it cleared some things up, but this only promotes infinite more questions.