A talented pixel demake of Columbia from BioShock Infinite, and the tilt-shift view of Rapture manages to capture the series' other fantasy city.
As portrayed in BioShock and BioShock 2, Rapture is a once-great underwater city that has been ravaged by a bloody civil war. Originally intended as a place for the world's greatest scientists and artists to live without persecution, political upheaval and a reliance on gene-splicing led to a violent revolt. BioShock Infinite leaves Rapture behind and brings players to Columbia, a flying city based on American exceptionalism, but its Burial at Sea expansion returns to Rapture prior to its civil war. Last year YouTuber Flurdeh created an isometric tilt-shift view of Zelda: BOTW, but the creator's alternate view of Rapture is perhaps even more amazing.
Recently posted to YouTube by Flurdeh, the tilt-shift view of BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea gives fans a beautiful look at Rapture before its fall. The game's portrayal of Rapture in its prime is extremely glamorous, with performance art and dazzling technological innovations gracing very inch of the city's richer areas. Meanwhile, the sunken region of Fontaine's Department Store recalls the dark and dilapidated environments found in the first two games. The new isometric angle manages to illustrate both the beauty and horror of Rapture and its inhabitants.
Portraying a new perspective on beloved gaming worlds can help reveal hidden beauty, as demonstrated by a piece of Last of Us tilt-shift fan art. Naughty Dog's post-apocalyptic action series explores the violence and ruthlessness of humanity following the end of the world, but its environments also portray the beauty of the modern world being reclaimed by nature. The gorgeous isometric fan art puts a new perspective on a typical Last of Us location, with a simple convenience store being ransacked by survivors and overgrown with leaves. Environmental details, like a dead body and destroyed wall, tell a somber story of life and death after the end.
By giving BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea an alternate angle, Flurdeh has emphasized the breathtaking environments featured in the able expansion. Seeing Rapture in its pre-apocalyptic glory is a real treat, and Fontaine's Department Store brings to mind the desolate locations from the first two BioShock titles. The series is known for its first-person perspective, but tilt-shifting BioShock gives fans a truly original and fascinating look at Rapture and its citizens.
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