The franchise has gone a bit quiet over the past few years, but since 2013’s rather divisiveBioShock Infinite, fans have been interested in where the games could possibly go after the last entry’s ending. Whilerumors about the upcomingBioShock 4are currently in vogue, not a huge amount is known about the next game. However, while there are many who are looking ahead to new installments, one person has decided that they would like to take a step back a number of decades, as they release footage from a project that re-imagines the last game as a classic retro title.
Uploading a brief clip to YouTube last week, a team referring to themselves as 64 Bits has shown whatBioShock Infinitewould possibly look like if it was made in the early to mid 1990s, specifically for the SNES console. The video shows a number of replicated, and memorable, moments from the now-eight-year-old game by Irrational, the first of which is the opening sequence in which protagonist Booker DeWitt takes the elevator up through the clouds to the floating city of Colombia.
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This is followed by the famous cutscene in which Booker crashes into the room ofInfinite’s NPC companion Elizabeth Comstock. The scene plays out in a similar way to the original game, only in pixelated 2D style, before a sequence plays out in which the player, presumably the devs, take control of Booker as he and Elizabeth climb to the top of the statue before Songbird knocks them both off. The clip ends there, and there doesn’t appear to be any indication of when this retro-style reiteration will see the light of day, but fans interested are welcome to support the team on their Patreon for early access and a shout-out in the credits.
These “demakes” are becoming more common lately, in which a modern game is redesigned with the intention of making them look much older than they are, yet still retaining everything that makes the games special. One other example of this is thefan who is creating a PS1 style demake ofBloodborne, with a visual appeal that makes it look almost like 1999’sNightmare Creatures, whichBloodbornewas almost certainly inspired by.
There are stillrumors about what the nextBioShockgame will be about, or when it will even come out, so 64 Bits are sort of filling a gap in the meantime. It may be just a retelling of a game that millions have already played, but seeing a 21st century title given a “make-under” and winding the clock back to perhaps a simpler time of gaming, is something that a lot of fans are becoming more into at the moment.
BioShock 4is currently in development.BioShock Infiniteis out now for PC, PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
