Every gaming site keeps blathering on about how great Elizabeth is going to be in Bioshock Infinite. And to be fair the bullshit hype does sound impressive. But something really bothers me: you don't play as Elizabeth, you play as Brooker. And he sounds like yet another angry brick with a gravelly voice and (presumably) stubble. Isn't it a bit of a problem that the sidekick looks to be way more interesting than the protagonist? Wouldn't you rather be playing as her? I know I would, based on what I've seen so far, which is a problem because if this game is a big success then it will be influential. Is this how games ought to be done? Just keep churning out blank slate angry player characters and make the story more interesting by fleshing out the other characters instead? Give everyone an arc except the PC? I find this prospect worrying. What do you think?
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Elizabeth is not the PC
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