You have resolved to stop running from your problems and visit your wife, you completed your job, solved a mystery, and got out of the fire. Seemed happy to me.

I see where you're coming from for sure, but it still just doesn't really feel happy to me. Responsible, maybe even slightly hopeful, but not really happy.

The story was just a story. It's consistent with the characters, and the end was happy. It's a fine game.

I did like the end, but calling it happy is a pretty big stretch, I think. It's pretty neutral at best.

It isn't triumphant, but it is fitting. He's done his job, returns to the state we originally met him in and they float adrift in space for the rest of eternity.

Fixed that for ya! ;D

Yeah. That is how my headcannon thinks about it. I wish they would have let him rest for 20 years and pulled him out when they had something powerful to say or write rather than the crap they woke him up for.

Ah well, if wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak.

Have you ever eaten horsemeat?

Not to my knowledge!

You don't eat it so much as chew it until it sort of disintegrates inside your mouth. Like meaty gum.

It isn't triumphant, but it is fitting. He's done his job, returns to the state we originally met him in and they float adrift in space for the rest of eternity.

Fixed that for ya! ;D

Yeah. That is how my headcannon thinks about it. I wish they would have let him rest for 20 years and pulled him out when they had something powerful to say or write rather than the crap they woke him up for.

Ah well, if wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak.

Have you ever eaten horsemeat?

Not to my knowledge!

The story was just a story. It's consistent with the characters, and the end was happy. It's a fine game.

It isn't triumphant, but it is fitting. He's done his job, returns to the state we originally met him in and they float adrift in space for the rest of eternity.

Fixed that for ya! ;D

Yeah. That is how my headcannon thinks about it. I wish they would have let him rest for 20 years and pulled him out when they had something powerful to say or write rather than the crap they woke him up for.

Ah well, if wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak.

Have you ever eaten horsemeat?

Good stuff.

Nothing else compares. The ending of BioShock Infinite blew me away at the time.

I've got to really disagree with you here, friend. I was really let down by Bioshock: Infinite as a whole, and the ending was (heh) the last straw.

That's cool. You're certainly not a first person here to disagree with me on that. I've never been primed for a game like I was for BI. I watched every interview with Ken Levine, read The Devil in the White City (a requirement for BI developers), watched documentaries on the World's Fair--it didn't hurt that my great grandmother was Elizabeth's age and played many of the tunes featured in the game on the piano while I was growing up. I had a strong emotional connection to the game.

Totally understandable. For me most of the intrinsic value in games comes down to two things: Novelty of gameplay, and predictability of story.

The gameplay of BI was fine, nothing inherently wrong with it. But, for me, it just felt like playing Bioshock all over again.

The real kicker was that the game had far too predictable a plot. I really hate seeing where a story is going, and to do so from the word go was more than a little irritating for me.

But I'm glad you had fun with it! All things considered, it is definitely a solid game in a world filled to the brim with sub-par entries.

Your predictive powers exceed mine, friend. I played the original BioShock a bit too late to appreciate it as groundbreaking. In fact, it was part of my BI prep. I liked it, but I'm one of those odd people who liked BI more. (And I certainly wouldn't have appreciated BI as much without having played the first BioShock.)

It was just all the talk about quantum locking and the coin toss and the "will he, won't he" with Elizabeth that kinda hit the nail on the head for me. I never played Systemshock, and so the first Bioshock was a treat for me. The final hours of that game are still a fond memory. But to each their own! :)

Nothing else compares. The ending of BioShock Infinite blew me away at the time.

I've got to really disagree with you here, friend. I was really let down by Bioshock: Infinite as a whole, and the ending was (heh) the last straw.

That's cool. You're certainly not a first person here to disagree with me on that. I've never been primed for a game like I was for BI. I watched every interview with Ken Levine, read The Devil in the White City (a requirement for BI developers), watched documentaries on the World's Fair--it didn't hurt that my great grandmother was Elizabeth's age and played many of the tunes featured in the game on the piano while I was growing up. I had a strong emotional connection to the game.

Totally understandable. For me most of the intrinsic value in games comes down to two things: Novelty of gameplay, and predictability of story.

The gameplay of BI was fine, nothing inherently wrong with it. But, for me, it just felt like playing Bioshock all over again.

The real kicker was that the game had far too predictable a plot. I really hate seeing where a story is going, and to do so from the word go was more than a little irritating for me.

But I'm glad you had fun with it! All things considered, it is definitely a solid game in a world filled to the brim with sub-par entries.

Your predictive powers exceed mine, friend. I played the original BioShock a bit too late to appreciate it as groundbreaking. In fact, it was part of my BI prep. I liked it, but I'm one of those odd people who liked BI more. (And I certainly wouldn't have appreciated BI as much without having played the first BioShock.)

It isn't triumphant, but it is fitting. He's done his job, returns to the state we originally met him in and they float adrift in space for the rest of eternity.

Fixed that for ya! ;D

Yeah. That is how my headcannon thinks about it. I wish they would have let him rest for 20 years and pulled him out when they had something powerful to say or write rather than the crap they woke him up for.

Ah well, if wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak.

Nothing else compares. The ending of BioShock Infinite blew me away at the time.

I've got to really disagree with you here, friend. I was really let down by Bioshock: Infinite as a whole, and the ending was (heh) the last straw.

That's cool. You're certainly not a first person here to disagree with me on that. I've never been primed for a game like I was for BI. I watched every interview with Ken Levine, read The Devil in the White City (a requirement for BI developers), watched documentaries on the World's Fair--it didn't hurt that my great grandmother was Elizabeth's age and played many of the tunes featured in the game on the piano while I was growing up. I had a strong emotional connection to the game.

Totally understandable. For me most of the intrinsic value in games comes down to two things: Novelty of gameplay, and predictability of story.

The gameplay of BI was fine, nothing inherently wrong with it. But, for me, it just felt like playing Bioshock all over again.

The real kicker was that the game had far too predictable a plot. I really hate seeing where a story is going, and to do so from the word go was more than a little irritating for me.

But I'm glad you had fun with it! All things considered, it is definitely a solid game in a world filled to the brim with sub-par entries.

It isn't triumphant, but it is fitting. He's done his job, returns to the state we originally met him in and they float adrift in space for the rest of eternity.

Fixed that for ya! ;D

Yeah. That is how my headcannon thinks about it. I wish they would have let him rest for 20 years and pulled him out when they had something powerful to say or write rather than the crap they woke him up for.

Nothing else compares. The ending of BioShock Infinite blew me away at the time.

I've got to really disagree with you here, friend. I was really let down by Bioshock: Infinite as a whole, and the ending was (heh) the last straw.

That's cool. You're certainly not a first person here to disagree with me on that. I've never been primed for a game like I was for BI. I watched every interview with Ken Levine, read The Devil in the White City (a requirement for BI developers), watched documentaries on the World's Fair--it didn't hurt that my great grandmother was Elizabeth's age and played many of the tunes featured in the game on the piano while I was growing up. I had a strong emotional connection to the game.

I know the main plot of Halo 3 had its problems (Truth's personality change to name a big one), but I thought the cinematic portion of the ending was beautiful. Master Chief and Cortana won the costly war against the flood, and he crawls into his cryochamber for a well-deserved rest.

"I'll miss you"
"Wake me when you need me"

It isn't triumphant, but it is fitting. He's done his job, returns to the state we originally met him in and they float adrift in space for the rest of eternity.

Fixed that for ya! ;D

Nothing else compares. The ending of BioShock Infinite blew me away at the time.

I've got to really disagree with you here, friend. I was really let down by Bioshock: Infinite as a whole, and the ending was (heh) the last straw.

I always liked how in the opening cutscene Carter says something to Noble 6 like, "That lone wolf stuff stays behind!"

On first listen, it sounds like he's telling you, no, you're on a team now.

Then when you play the last mission, that lone wolf stays behind. Pretty cool.

Heh, yep.