What is the moral of BioShock?

Don’t miss what matters.

Are BioShock stories related?

No. Bioshock Infinite’s story is completely separate from that of Bioshock 1+2, which are somewhat tied together. Only in small parts (and in DLC as part of the Bioshock Infinite Season Pass) do the stories from 1+2 overlap with that of Infinite’s.

Are all three BioShock games connected?

The series consists of three main games. BioShock (2007) and BioShock 2 (2010) take place in the 1960s in the fictional underwater city of Rapture. BioShock Infinite (2013) is thematically and narratively tied to the first games, but takes place in 1912 aboard the floating city of Columbia.

How do the BioShock games connected?

2013’s BioShock Infinite took players to the flying city of Columbia, leaving behind the underwater city of Rapture seen in BioShock 1 and 2. However, a major confrontation at the end of Infinite ends with a brief trip to Rapture, revealing that every BioShock game so far takes place in parallel universes.

Is BioShock anti Ayn Rand?

BioShock is not only inspired by the theory of Objectivism that Ayn Rand developed and championed in her written works–and famously fictionalized in her novel Atlas Shrugged–but the game’s narrative also functions chiefly as a frightening critique of a society shaped in the image of her political and economic beliefs …

Do you ever meet Atlas in BioShock?

Atlas appears in Burial at Sea – Episode 2 as the main antagonist.

Is Columbia a Rapture?

Rapture and Columbia are, in some sense, the same city. Jack, Booker, Ryan, and Comstock are the same person to varying degree, and Elizabeth from BioShock Infinite even returns to Rapture in Infinite’s DLC. BioShock Infinite made a point of linking Rapture and Columbia as different versions of the same idea.

Is Jack Andrew Ryan’s son?

History. Jack is the illegitimate son of Andrew Ryan and Jasmine Jolene, Ryan’s lover. While pregnant, Jolene suffered some financial difficulties and decided to sell Jack, as an embryo, to Dr. Brigid Tenenbaum on behalf of Frank Fontaine, without consulting Ryan.

Is BioShock based on Atlas Shrugged?

“Who is John Galt?” is the opening line of Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged, published in 1957. Perhaps as an homage to the famous question, “Who is Atlas?” posters riddle the walls of the dystopian society that is painted for us in 2K Games’ BioShock, released in 2007.

Is BioShock Objectivist?

Game Over: Bioshock is a game that has completely changed the way we look at video games. The game’s most compelling feature is its exploration of the Objectivist ideal in a way that leaves every player with a different experience and opinion of Ayn Rand’s philosophy.