10 Ridiculous Things We Just Had To Go With In Bioshock

8. The Elaborate Sky-Line System

In Rapture, you got around in miniature little submersibles called bathyspheres. In Columbia, you get around by leaping off a ridiculously-high precipice and latching onto to a small rail using a nice hooky thing you picked up earlier. As a matter of fact, most other people in Columbia do the same. Those crazy dudes, not content with living in a gravity-defying floating city, decide to take things to the next level by travelling between floating bits using precarious rails that act as rollercoasters. Yes, it's awesome as a game mechanic, but do skylines really make any sense whatsoever? Even when infused with the powers denizens of Columbia can obtain, you still have to think that more often than not a jaunt on a Sky-Line would end up with broken arms or somebody flinging themselves completely off Columbia altogether and splatting on the ground thousands of feet below. Since we can ride them and shoot people in the face with a shotgun while doing so, we'll be able to let this one go. Daft for sure, but still very enjoyable.
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Dan Curtis is approximately one-half videogame knowledge, and the other half inexplicable Geordie accent. He's also one quarter of the Factory Sealed Retro Gaming podcast.