The male Lutece, who is technically the same individual to Rosalind in the other reality, and became male in ours because of chance, under Comstock's employ, offers to buy Elizabeth from Booker. Lutece realizes there are infinite worlds out there via the Tears, and comes across to our reality to retrieve the Tear-ripping infant Elizabeth, originally named Anna (because of similarities between the realities), who is actually Booker's daughter. Comstock realizes that he won't be able to rule efficiently forever, he isn't strong enough to conquer the sullied America from the sky, as he promised the Columbians he would. Bits and pieces of music and culture filter through into the 1912 Columbia via the Tears - from our reality. Again, this Coumbia-reality is not the actual reality you and I live in. It's interesting that quantum levitation is a term that Lutece remarks is an inaccurate, clunky description of what is actually occurring, since the atoms are being halted, not floating, suggesting there's more to this discovery than being able to make cities fly. Over in the other reality, Comstock meets and marries Anna Comstock and founds Columbia with the help of his influence in the American government, and the help of the Rosalind Lutece, who invents the quantum levitation fields that make the city float. This creates what is basically our reality, and creates the Booker you play as in the game. In so doing, this version of reality is created, one of infinite.ī) Booker refuses the baptism and remains Booker DeWitt, the guilt-wracked, violent, drunk, and bitter Pinkerton. When faced with this baptism, he is presented with a choice:Ī) Booker receives the baptism and begins his life anew as Comstock, a religious maniac sworn to protect the master white race. It all begins with a single point of origin: Booker DeWitt getting baptized after the massacre at Wounded Knee, which he participated in. ++ SPOILERS!! ++ This is what Bioshock Infinite's ending means. Anyway, without further delay, let's dig into what a floating city in the sky and a girl with some quantum physics books have to do with the Battle of Wounded Knee and alternate versions of reality. The Many Worlds of the Quantum Multiverse | Space Time | PBS Digital StudiosĪlso, Bioshock Infinite (and Burial at Sea) contains echoes of the earlier System Shock games, which suggests that the Bioshock and System Shock games might exist in the same Multiverse, which would make each of these 'Shock games part of a repeating cycle in an Infinite Multiverse.Are you wondering just exactly how all those bits and pieces of Bioshock Infinite fit together? Wonder no more! I only found it complicated at first because it's a little contrived, with some odd character motivations at first glance. Although it does miss the fact that Comstock's wife is an alternate version of Elizabeth's mother, Annabelle. The video posted by the OP has a more complete explanation that the one below, but this has some interesting points to make. The 123rd cycle starts at the point where Booker flips the coin, because the number before that at the top of the lighthouse is 122.īelow are two of my favourite videos for explaining the story and ending of Bioshock Infinite, and the third video gives an explanation of the Many Worlds Theory of Quantum Mechanics.īioshock Infinite : Constants and Variables : Music video/Tribute (Warning Spoilers)
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