Not a day goes by that I wish I could be playing Bioshock Infinite right now, it won our award for most anticipated game of the year for a reason. To add more fuel to our anticipation fire, Irrational Games announced today that Bioshock Infinite will feature a 1999 mode, what is a 1999 mode you may ask? Continue reading and find out.
“BioShock Infinite’s 1999 Mode will feature an especially demanding gaming experience, forcing you to examine your decisions while going through your adventure in Columbia. With every choice you make, there are irreversible implications, and if your choices guide you down a path not suited to your play style, you will suffer for it.
“It’s not simply a matter of adjusting the difficulty sliders in the game – the team went much further than that. Resource planning? If you’re to survive this mode, proper planning will be crucial. Combat specializations? You’ll need to develop them efficiently and effectively throughout the story; any weapon will be useless to you unless you have that specialization. Combat? You will need to carefully target every shot, and your health will be set to an entirely different baseline.
Game saves? Well, yes, there will be those, but according to Irrational Games Creative Director Ken Levine “there are game saves, and you’re gonna f***ing need them.”
What can I say? There is a reason all the members of our staff voted for Bioshock Infinite, most anticipated game EVER. If you have questions about 1999 mode, you can submit them via Facebook, or Twitter. Irrational games will be answering fan questions sometime early next week.
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