Bioshock Infinite Character “Highly Altered” After Team Consultation

Anyone who is eagerly awaiting the highly anticipated Bioshock Infinite and wants a titbit of information about the game's development process might be interested to learn that Ken Levine, Bioshock Infinite's creative director, has altered some of the game's content based on discussions he has had with members of the development team.

In an interview with Official Playstation Magazine, Levine said, "One of the characters in the game was highly altered based upon some very interesting conversations I had with people on the team who came from a very religious background, and I was able to understand they were kind of upset about something."

However, he explained that he wasn't going to alter Bioshock Infinite over the idea that it might risk offense. "What I said to them was, ‘I’m not going to change anything to get your approval, but I think I understand what you’re saying and I think I can do something that’s going to make the story better, based on what you said'", he said. "So I did that, and I’m grateful for them bringing in their perspective. The last thing I wanted to do was change something because it offends somebody, but the thing they pointed out was making it a lesser story."

The first Bioshock was one of the more political, confrontational games of this generation for those who were willing to explore its objectivist themes, and I have high hopes that Bioshock Infinite will offer an equally engaging, mature storyline. Levine tackled the concept of free will and deconstructed the philosophy of Ayn Rand with Bioshock. Let's hope that he can make Infinite just as provocative and thematically interesting. 

Bioshock Infinite is set for a March 26th release date.