I went over to a friend's to try Bioshock Infinite. I had a darn good time...though Infinite didn't actually have that much to do with it other than to be a target of jokes and comparisons to other games. We couldn't help but to notice how several of the Vigors are very similar to powers in the Mass Effect games, especially Biotic Charge. I ended up comparing Elizabeth to Shadow from Dead to Rights: Retribution since both fetch you ammo, and ultimately decided that I like Shadow more (since Elizabeth doesn't chomp on enemies' arms while you break every bone in their body). And on that note, while DtR:R's takedown moves were very brutal, they actually served to cut down on how much you needed to hit someone. In Infinite, it's basically "one more hit will kill this enemy? HOLD BUTTON FOR OBTUSE GORE" without actually adding an element to the gameplay beyond extreme violence. I even ended up comparing its weapon system to Duke Nukem Forever due to the two-gun limit and similar weapons (pistol, shotgun, RPG, machine gun that feels like it's shooting foam darts).
Bioshock Infinite's biggest problem for me even isn't its lackluster gameplay, but how the gameplay elements remind me of other games I enjoy playing a lot more (though DNF is probably not in that list). It's a definite step up from the first Bioshock, but given my low opinion of that game, that's not really saying that much, especially when a lot of the changes give Infinite a rather generic feel. (Which is probably another comparison to Duke Nukem Forever.)
