This DLC, driven completely by the game's combat team, seems meant to prove that theory. In short, it got in the way of making the combat as fun as it could have been. "I'm really happy that there was so much criticism and conversation going on, and I think it's been really fascinating, and I suspect that the segment of our audience that wasn't super into the gameplay experience are probably not the people who will be really into ‘Clash in the Clouds.' Ultimately, we're putting this together and I think there are a lot of our fans who will really like it - it probably won't be 100 percent of them."Īnd, Dowling says, that disconnect some gamers felt in BioShock Infinite cut both ways: The game's combat team was hampered in many ways by the game's story. "I think that in some ways a lot of the criticism has to do with the contrasts and in this DLC, I think we're straight up embracing that this is what this is. "It certainly has occurred to me," he said. The fact that the first new piece of BioShock Infinite DLC is combat-oriented, despite complaints about how it was combat that created a disconnect with the character, is not lost on BioShock Infinite lead level designer Forrest Dowling.
In working to address these criticisms, the team decided to solve the easier of the two problems and fully embrace the game's combat, delivering a more perfect sort of violence to those gamers thirsting for it. Ironically, the criticism of the game's combat came at the developer from both sides: Some critics were upset by the level of violence, others at not the amount of violence, but how unevenly paced it was. But it's likely not the answer some of them were expecting.īioShock Infinite's thoughtful narrative, steeped in questions of religion, nationalism, racism and the nature of self, was often derailed by how drenched in blood the game's overt action was. In some ways, BioShock Infinite's "Clash in the Clouds" challenge room add-on is an answer to some of the game's most vocal critics.
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