The Cohhilition

First, a public-service announcement: if you haven’t finished BioShock Infinite, consider this a severe spoiler warning. Now on with the review.

BioShock Infinite is a Game of the Year contender due largely to its impactful storytelling, complete with an uppercut punch of an ending -- the result of over a dozen hours of character development, careful pacing, and, yeah, a whole lot of BioShock-y action. But Infinite’s first story-driven DLC, Burial at Sea Part 1, tries to get across suspense and mystery without the luxury of taking its time, and it doesn’t work quite as well. It clocks in at roughly 90 minutes, and now that we know what the “Infinite” in BioShock Infinite truly means, it’s tougher for any BioShock story to sock us in the gut -- particularly an abridged one.

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