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The BioShock Meme

How To Play

1. Comment with your Muse.
2. In the comment field pick a setting. Choosing scenarios or powers are optional and can be decided on later.
3. Have fun playing in one of the coolest FPS series ever made!



Settings

The City of Rapture: Rapture is an underwater city, located in the north Atlantic Ocean somewhere between Greenland and Iceland built by Andrew Ryan as a utopia for the 40’s elite. It is only accessible by a system of bathyspheres. The city was designed to be self-sufficient, growing and raising its own crops as well as using the surrounding sea life for food, and taking advantage of submarine volcanoes to provide geothermal power to its population. The city consists of many "skyscrapers", inter-linked by walkways and tunnels, with airtight doors between neighboring sections to isolate areas that become flooded from the rest of the city. The buildings, both inside and out, feature a distinctive art deco design motif, reflecting on the era during which they were built (the mid-'40s). In addition to living quarters, Rapture features shopping areas, entertainment venues, laboratories, manufacturing plants, medical facilities, and other common services provided by a functional city. The numbers of buildings visible in the game suggest that Rapture, before catastrophe hit, was home to roughly a million people.

The City of Columbia: Columbia is a floating city high above presumably the same lighthouse that will one day lead to Rapture. The only way to reach the city is by a rocket that launches from the top of the light house. The city is built of connected floating platforms that hold houses, carnivals and other amenities. There is a system of rails called the skyway that connections these platforms though most people get around by blimps. It is typical of a Victorian city with brick buildings and Greco-Roman architecture. It has a very steampunk feel to it with a dash of American Expansionism thrown in and copious religious imagery. It is unclear how the city provides for itself as it is cut off completely from the world below. Columbia is highly segregated where almost all of the population is white. There are mentions of other races being in the city behind the scenes but pretty much everyone living there is a racist.

Scenarios

i. Arrival- You’ve just arrived in the city. It’s time for you to find a place to live and explore a little. Perhaps you can find a helpful local who can show you around.

ii. Daily Life- You’ve been in the city for some time now and have settled in nicely. Perhaps you’ve picked up a job, started a family or are simply enjoying the many riches available to you.

iii. Suspicions- Something’s not quite right in the city. The place you once saw as paradise has started to tarnish and you’re not sure why. Time to do a little investigating into what exactly is going on.

iv. Revolution- You see the truth now. The city is corrupt, wrong and not a utopia at all. You’ve joined Atlas (Rapture) or Vox Populli (Columbia) and you’re ready to bring about the change the city needs.

v. Survival- The revolution has thrown everything into chaos and destruction. Splicers are running around unchecked (Rapture). Comstock’s police are after you for being an anarchist (Columbia). You must hide and stay out of sight to survive and keep the cause going.

vi. Escape- Nothing can save the city now. It’s falling apart and the only hope you have of surviving is escaping the city and getting back to the real world. It won’t be easy to get away but you have to try.

Powers

i. Incinerate or Devil’s Kiss: The pyrokenetic ability to light things on fire, people, machines or buildings. Also able to lay down fire traps that trigger when enemies step on them.

ii. Telekinesis or Bucking Bronco: Send blasts of force to keep your enemies away from you and lift them off their feet to damage them without getting hit yourself. Also able to pull objects into reach.

iii. Hypnotize or Possession: Take control of man or machine for a short time. They’ll attack your enemies instead of you until the effect wears off.

iv. Insect Swarm or Murder of Crows: Hurl a nest of wasps at your enemies, damaging them and distracting them so you can escape. Or call on a flock of crows to damage your enemies while you escape.

v. Electro-Bolt or Shock Jockey: Stun your enemies so that they can’t hurt you while you hurt them. This is doubly effect if used while the enemy is standing in a puddle of water.

vi. Guns: All sorts of guns are in utopia: pistols, rifles, shotguns, and machine guns. Pick one up and start shooting.



[FYI SPOILERS FOR BIOSHOCK INFINITE INSIDE.]