BioShock Infinite - Original Prototype and Beta Versions Gameplay [Beta and Cut Content]

[@cyklonus1]

This game definitely deserves a directors cut, with all new and cut gameplay.

[@trblemayker5157]

Sorry but Elden Ring is the pinnacle of game design. Jason Schrier sees Bioshock as nothing but a game made with crunch culture /s

[@Gameplato]

The problem is Ken cut most of the content himself.

[@freddyfazbear363]

@@trblemayker5157 what does Elden Ring have to do with bioshock lmfao

[@greycatturtle7132]

Ye

[@INF3CT0R31]

@@trblemayker5157 🤓

[@martymcfly5013]

It will always hurt to see how much they had to cut/change for the final product. I think Levine once mentioned that they cut enogh content for 4-5 seperate games. Even in the final product there is way too much that can be found out of bounds thar went unused. (Even a lighthouse in space - which may indicates that system shock exists within the same universe) Whats even more frustrating is all the story and lore that never saw the light of day and judging from the early footage there has to be A LOT.

[@martymcfly5013]

BackdriftNightfall gameplay was especially bad (although the movement was way better than in bioshock 1) The story just felt....unfinished. Most likely because they planned it to be bigger and way more complex but therefore better to understand or better to get into. Especially the world of columbia felt extremely trimmed down! Story and gameplay wise Visuals were great though, but I prefer the lighting of the first demo. Felt darker, more serious. More bioshock-ey

[@jodgee2374]

What you mean to say is that System Shock exists in the same MULTIverse.

[@crom9559]

Thats why Bioshock 1 was much better. Infinite was lame

[@myfellowsonicfans7131]

crom 1 was good and 2 was a really good as well. But Infinite is seriously overrated, I mean Infinite just sucks compared to 1 and 2.

[@ghostpinguin]

Do not believe everything people say. It was impossible to make content for 4-5 separate games in just a short time. It was just market speech to hype up the game.

[@WindiChilliwack]

Oh man, just imagine there was a level where you need to avoid Songbird where he's searching for you, that'll be an interesting play out

[@Kehwanna]

I was hoping he'd be a final boss or something at the end. I was expecting the usual big boss battle at the end of the game to let us know the game was coming to an end, so I was confused at first when the game ended after a shootout and few blimps blowing up. I was also expecting the Handyman to be a boss or something like a Big Daddy. I ain't mad about it, but it definitely threw me off my expectations.

[@bigdaddybuttmaster69]

doesn't seem like roots to bioshock.

[@peepeepoopooguy6969]

That was actually meant for the wholegame

[@george_MF_washington]

I was actually looking forward to something like that my first time playing. I beat the game but I wasn’t too happy with it, it was very underwhelming… although the ending was kinda cool

[@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780]

@@george_MF_washington ya you got to blow up blimps using a big bird and then drown the bird wile it makes bioshock 1 sounds

[@jerrriell]

There is an alternate reality where this version exist

[@tylerdurden4563]

Copy pasted comment from other Bioshock-s videos....quite sad

[@atlas636]

Craig Evans beautiful that's how it would be

[@This-country-sucks-4]

Ikr, i didnt enjoy the game knowing this one wasnt what we got.

[@daddiwankenobi4456]

I want it but I want both ;-;

[@noobman7785]

they should just release a dlc with the concept storyline aka this video (alternate campaign) but what would be interesting is if raptures splicers came up to the top try take over columbia as well war of the two different worlds

[@tylerl2690]

This is incredible. Feels like I’m watching a parallel universe of Infinite. Wish we could’ve gotten to play something like this as well

[@_matthew_ryan_751]

If u dwelled into the storyline this universe is actually Canon. At the end of the game every Elizabeth from every timeline comes to Booker and in the back you see the exact same Elizabeth from this Beta amongst the other alternate versions of herself

[@Mer144K]

HOW DO YOU GET TO THE ‘CANON’ ??? HOW DEO YOU PLAY THIS VERSION ????

[@SammEater]

It is not even the alterated story that was a letdown to me but the fact that all these really vertical levels were removed. The whole "feeling like a rollercoaster" skyrails are completed remove. The city also looks way smaller with all the big skyscrappers removed.

[@QueenRobyn]

probably cause of console limitations caused this and lower end pcs, the area is massive compared to the final game and consoles would not of been able to run that.

[@YGODueltainer]

@@QueenRobyn yes that sounds probable, concept gameplay is one thing but able to make it run flawlessly on that gen console is another thing they have to consider.

[@benmac7552]

Given the benefit of heinsight I think it's pretty obvious that that kinda stuff would never make it into the game since the old consoles were never going to be able to handle it. I mean it's quite impressive they managed to do what they did on those consoles.

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

@@QueenRobyn hell most PC's were barely able to run the game on release due to their stupid used of 8k textures on the paintings, while everything else looked like it was made of 1 color plastic.

[@VITAS874]

@@QueenRobyn true, consoles slow game industry and maybe this being first call.

[@blafexe8087]

I really feel like all those skyscrapers and cut areas would have made columia seem actually big. In the final game it more looks like a small village in the sky

[@nerdyworld938]

Ikr! Like it felt less like a city and more like a town

[@rust1181]

If they just kept the skyscrapers and the look of the city from the 2011 version it would've made the game feel larger than it actually is, the mormon town aesthetics did not go well with the linear small areas of the game.

[@rlowethewitch8417]

What sucks too is a lot of the interiors are very stuffy. I know that's in line with Victorian homes, but much like Rapture's design, you'd think Columbia's architecture, interiors, and overall design would have been done to really take advantage of it being high up in the sky. You got a sense of it in the first few maps, but the Hall of Heroes and Shantytown were a lot more claustrophobic in comparison. As unlikely as it is to happen (very), I'd love to see a sort of remake, keeping most content and art direction in tact, but just make it better than it was. Big grand buildings, billboards with lights, more skylines to navigate.

[@FifthOfNovember_Original]

I am waiting the day till this beta build gets leaked and we get to experience the game as the devs originally inteded. At least to some extend, that is.

[@Kommander696]

I am so hoping that happens. The GoldenEye 007 remake for xbla was found and leaked recently, so no reason for other games now...like BioShock Infinite Proper

[@vikinggamer7727]

I still question why haven't they did this for the main game, it would have saved them alot of time because they already got some from the demo and it would have been alot more easier because of that.

[@shrippie-4214]

Yeah me too also hoping one day a prey 2 2012 build leaks

[@anaveragegamer359]

@@vikinggamer7727 ps3 Couldn't handle it

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

the beta build (at least the first one) never existed in the first place. its clearly just a series of scripted events, including scripted camera movement and scripted "player" actions. the 2nd one likely was an actual thing, but once again being just a tiny portion of what the game actually was, sectioned off for the sake of the video and full of scripted everything except the player, to try and hype a game most people didnt even know was coming out due to shit marketing.

[@Lifeform84]

I truly believe i think Irrational Games should release the beta version of Bioshock Infinite to the public, instead of just wasting the content, would much rather have it available to everyone, and i think all Bioshock games deserve to have mod support on pc / consoles. Dont get me wrong, i enjoyed the final version of Infinite, i just wish we got this version too.

[@barrelbarrel5842]

yeah it’s pretty irrational of them

[@beckettgray9515]

Pc does have mod support ””””kind of”””” But they couldn’t make something to this degree even though that would be amazing

[@kabeltelevizio]

These gameplay pieces look extremely scripted, it's clear most of it was cutscene driven and not gameplay. I think, there is no "beta game" there are demos of certain levels, tests, slightly different environments, different combat demos. There isn't an alternate version that even close to complete.

[@jordans8689]

@@kabeltelevizio Agreed. It's really a shame though, that they couldn't deliver something close to this. These versions of Columbia are much more interesting than the finalized product. Skyrails or not, I still want to explore early Columbia more than I do the actual game I payed for.

[@kabeltelevizio]

@@jordans8689 I am sure some of it was cut due to story and narrative reasons, so I am not sure these city sections were "better" than the final game just different.

[@labenvenci1584]

Differences / cut stuff : Early Prototype (Late 2010) : > Realistic artstyle, simular to 1 and 2. More gothic / steampunk aswell. Early 20s mabye by the building designs? Art Nouveau style was planned, but was too complex, with very fine-tuned round designs which used more polygons -- more than they could afford in their rendering budget. This caused them to revise it for the current Beaux-like appearance. > Obvious cut enemy. > Hud is very different. > Weapon upgrades from previous games, hense the big cannon shotgun. > Elizabeth is much older, and bears a resemblance to Lady Comstock (mabye she was Booker's wife at this point? I don't know. The 2nd footage looks like she is walking out on him.) > She was also a scripted mute, where the wouldn't say much through the story except through bodylanguage and cutscenes. Hence why she grunted and gasped rather then said anything. This was cut because they didn't find it interesting and rewrote her, expecially with a mute protagonist. > Stormy weather like that was cut, because they wanted to stray away as far as they could from making it look like Rapture. Pre-E3 (2011) > The presentation heavily highlights the Vigor Junkies, the Columbian version of Splicers that were cut and how Colombia is a failing society mentally. > Salton Stall is a politician who's role was cut. He is briefly in the main game, only as a scalp in the Slums by the Vox and you can find his business card somewhere. Columbia at the time was more Political themed at this point aswell, Comstock being a politician rather then a Prophet as Columbia was a mix of CSA roots and Facism. > Stealing enemy guns. > A howitzer turret enemy. > If enemies were in crowds, they would do rebel yells, showing the CSA roots. There was plans to make Civs crowd the player more but that was cut. > Elizabeth is sporting her outfit from later in the game, and looks different with her hair and face model. > Booker has his sleeves down. > Booker and Elizabeth's Voice actors are different. Booker sounds more Yankee while Elizabeth sounds more older. > Elizabeth was 17 at this point of development also, before being changed because they felt she was too "Disney Princess-esk". > Still has more of a steampunk setting. > Robotic horses were more metal looking rather then the gold/white ceramic look. > Artstyle was more stylized, characters were more cartoony. This continued all the way until early 2012. Post E3 (Early - Late 2012 ) > Of course cut areas. One of note here being a commercial district and the addition of skyscrapers / tall buildings. > Vigor Junkies are still in the game. > Comstock looks more younger still, and it's still going for the Politics theme. > Hud is still different. The tear button looks way too big. > NCPs were ment to be responsive with the player, where they would backoff if envoked or just shove you away, before just having Civilians and/or Hostile / Jumpy NCPs. > Vox were more violent, and were hostile by default toward Dewitt because he was the False Shepard. They played a bigger part in the story seems like. > More story choices that would let you choice how you wanna handle the environment.

[@uncomfortablesunsets4532]

I just want another bio shock, I loved every single one

[@viktorvondoom9119]

There are rumours that they are working on it by the codename of "Project Parkside". If you like BioShock, I can recommend you to play Prey (2017) and Dishonered (2013) if you haven't played these games already. Also, people are remaking the original SystemShock. It is supossed to release in 2020. It's the game that inspired BioShock.

[@thedoomslayer5863]

@@viktorvondoom9119 dont care for any of the mentioned above i just want my bioshock back doesnt even have to have booker and elizabeth though id like another more modern game with them in it or perhaps a full on re-do of infinite but this time with the tech to do whatever they want as im sure PS5 and Xbox Series X and the beastly PCs now can more than handle it

[@Rtr-oh1mz]

@@thedoomslayer5863 really? Dishonored really established the stealth game scene I’m surprised you wouldn’t try that out but I guess everyone has their own preferences, respect.

[@eateroffood8069]

@@Rtr-oh1mz not to mention how fun prey is

[@luckyducky7819]

@@thedoomslayer5863 Prey is pretty much space bioshock. In fact, I think it would be fair to say Prey borrows a lot from bioshock, so I'm sure you'd like it.

[@SammEater]

The game had so much potential. I am sure the 360 and PS3 could not handle the open world Columbia which is why they restarted the project as a corridor shooter.

[@trashsombra2793]

not ps3 that sytsem was trash

[@SammEater]

@@trashsombra2793 I know, that is why the game had to be downgraded.

[@Dcfan200]

The PS3 WASN'T trash. You ***holes are just being biased.

[@Rachel-96]

Even the levels shown in the video were to ambitious for a full game, you notice a lot of it is heavily scripted

[@RavenZeroZX]

I remember that in a post, they said they had so much clipped content that they could even make another 7 games with it

[@Grandmaster-Kush]

That trailer gameplay with the bell and the city in war got me so hyped, biggest bait and switch that people forgot about in gaming history

[@jewlis4876]

Ugh, I wish we had gotten this version. Songbird and the Vox Populi areas just seem so much more interesting ;(

[@mcsick007]

this version looked dope

[@spider496]

Oh man i wonder if will ever see another Bioshock.

[@triplehelix3207]

i honestly hope no, i think they've ended the story well enough but i remember someone from 2K saying that there are more stories to tell in Bioshock so it'll probably come anyway

[@kahalghafri]

Yup, 2k have already saide lik 2 years ago that bioshock is a permanent franchise. With that being said I am more than satisfied with what we already have and how the story ended with burial at sea.

[@andreschaves523]

You will.

[@GeMBoyYT]

Next Bioshock game's development was leaked about 2 years ago, and yesterday they officially confirmed it.

[@MrBratkenSolov]

Initially it's been planned two trilogies. 4th game is in early development. Since Levine left we don't know if there will be another bioshock games

[@byroodsemimiya5872]

Is it just me or the cut content is actually good ? Especially the parts where Elizabeth and Booker are joking around and seems like they are actually a team/friends. Seems better I dunno, maybe I just want another bioshock

[@Fantomfields]

I'm still convinced that if Irrational had aimed for a 2014 release date and made it a next-gen exclusive (and PC), we would've gotten this version. I still hope Cloud Chamber borrows environments and ideas from both Infinite E3 demos to use in the next Bioshock.

[@UbivatVideos]

Exactly, last gen consoles ruined it

[@samuraibear5102]

@@UbivatVideos kind of like how cyberpunk was screwed because it had to be on last gen

[@mus_cetiner]

I remember those videos. I wish more of what was in the early gameplay videos made it into the final game.

[@stevenmccroskey3411]

A lot of this stuff is heavily scripted and if you sit down to think about it would be highly impractical for real gameplay. I honestly believe we got the best version of Bioshock Infinite that was possible at the time.

[@michellefernandez3155]

@@stevenmccroskey3411 k shill

[@stevenmccroskey3411]

@@michellefernandez3155 why on earth would anyone be shilling for an 8 year old game like bioshock infinite? Did you see some of the stuff in the video? Imagine charging a guy off a cliff and he dropped murder of crows but there wasn't something underneath to catch him? The entire gameplay video was obviously scripted and people act like that was a working build at one point

[@vikinggamer7727]

I want to see someone make a bioshock inifinite game like how it was intended. With columbia falling, everyone gone crazy, comstock being younger. Like in the beta

[@guizinleo9838]

I think it would be very Bioshock. I think the interesting thing about Infinite is that we see the cruelty of human beings without needing any "Adam". Since a racist society is more related to us than to the game

[@MistarZtv]

ah songbird didnt have his iconic screech yet back then

[@lavibeckman]

I adore this version of Elizabeth. She was already fun to play beside/with because she wasn’t a regular damsel but this more interactive and expressive version is, for lack of a better word, very cute. I’d protect her from a million Songbirds

[@educampsrocks]

u literally didn’t play this

[@tonoornottono]

@@educampsrocksthey said that.

[@educampsrocks]

@@tonoornottono who is they

[@Marine_2010]

No

[@Ted4321]

"The revenge of the jedi" The devs had fun lol

[@joeyjojoshabadoo2508]

That one was un the final game as well

[@tiitotiitotiito]

its actually the original title of the movie before it changed to "Return of the jedi"

[@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780]

@@joeyjojoshabadoo2508 ya but in french

[@cristianodettori]

Bioshock Infinite is a great game that could have been the greatest game ever.

[@crom9559]

LMAO

[@DerShadow]

Why only could ? Its the best Singleplayer Shooter i have ever Played !

[@notyourangel1016]

@@DerShadow With all do respect man. You need to play more shooters.

[@mrplayfulshade1038]

Infinite was pretty fucking good, dare I say the best FPS I've ever played. I've never seen a game do anything NEAR what infinite pulled off.

[@anaveragegamer359]

@@mrplayfulshade1038 play bio 1

[@galaxy-eb9sp]

honestly i like bookers orgininal voice more then what we got, mostly i love the line ''HE WAS ALREADY ANGRY''

[@trblemayker5157]

To folks bawling over Cyberpunk 2077 having cut content, that was relatively minor compared to this. Infinite is still good though but dammit it had so much potential and the previous games are so much better in pacing and gameplay.

[@nikalyn5398]

The scene that begins at 13:00 ...It's just crazy how different the dynamics between Elizabeth and Booker are compared to the main game. Here they really seem like father and daughter to me. In the main game, they seem to be on the same level of maturity - like partners

[@sonicmoore6196]

It’s pretty obvious that the past gen consoles like the 360 and PS3 couldn’t handle all of these things. Man I hope we get a director’s cut for PS5 and XSX or a new Bioshock game. They can do so much now with these new consoles.

[@badbwai7569]

So this is the sandbox version of Bioshock Infinite! I loved the game. 1999 mode is Cruelly Awesome.

[@JustinCage56]

I'm still happy with what we got. One major thing I would change would be having Booker's old VA back. Having Nick Valentine is always a treat.

[@MistarZtv]

Maybe with consoles in the next generations getting more powerful they can implement a way to have Columbia an open world like they originally wanted to.

[@Kehwanna]

Oh! So it was supposed to be open world? It definitely appeared that they wanted to go down that route, but ended up cutting it out. I heard they are possibly looking to make the next one open world, but we'll see.

[@danielplainview2584]

We should petition for something like a Resident Evil remake. A reinterpretation of Infinite with some of the original concepts added back in.

[@danielaugusto174]

The second model of Elizabeth appears in the final scene of Infinite as one of the Elizabeths! So it could be they accepted these pre-builds as another universe...

[@alang.bandala8863]

I love the Bioshock franchise, but when I saw this, you've got to be kidding, I would prefer a lot of years of development instead the final version

[@Ba1k3n]

At the same time Duke Nukem Forever spent a lot of years in development and it uh...didn't turn out so well.

[@Marine_2010]

No

[@Izaac_Artist]

MY GOD this version seems so much more interesting than what we got hopefully the ending probably would've been different which I would've loved and the little wholesome cute moments between Booker and Elizabeth AH!!!!HOPEFULLY THE NEW GAME BIOSHOCK RECENTLY ANNOUNCED IS A COMPLETEL VERSION OF THIS?

[@beckettgray9515]

Dude if we get a beta leak similar to the half life 2 leak it would be the greatest

[@Clone1212]

Not just HL2 leak but Battlefront III, GoldenEye remastered, Dinosaur Planet and even the Serious Sam alpha leak. I'm sure we'll eventually get it. I mean it's definitely sitting on a hard drive somewhere.

[@Pushing40Bit]

Nice, I love seeing dev builds of games! This is the next game we're playing on our channel, so this is some useful background info. Thanks!

[@rjc0234]

This wasn't Dev build. All of these were public trailers released at some point or another.

[@muxz]

13:00 I remember when that demo came out. I must have watched it a million times. It literally blew my mind. While the final product did not turn out that way, Infinite DID NOT disappoint. I think about that gaming experience all of the time. It was brilliant.

[@mohy632]

miLliON tImEs ew...

[@horatio2560]

​@@mohy632shut up

[@Fru1tpunch]

i wish bioshock fans were as dedicated as half life fans to recreate this beta

[@fillb0t51]

Sadge

[@thedoomslayer5863]

@@fillb0t51 what?

[@fillb0t51]

@@thedoomslayer5863 even more sadge

[@thedoomslayer5863]

@@fillb0t51 no

[@nothere1578]

Half life fans could recreate the betas of their games because they actually had access to earlier builds of their games. (i.e the 2002-2003 leak of HL2, the alpha build of HL1, the 2016-2017 leak of more HL2 beta builds, HL1 day one demo) Bioshock fans can’t because they don’t have access to beta of their games because they were never leaked. You can’t do much with this footage because there’s a myriad of things you can’t learn from watching footage that are needed to recreate a beta with.

[@alienalibi2382]

They really fooled everyone with these cinematics. Nothing about the way the player moves looks realistic for a second.

[@uNkLeRaRa4]

I absolutely love the final version of the game we got, but this looks to be on a whole other level... How could the story, design, and gameplay change SO MUCH between beta and final?? I've heard rumors about the next bioshock returning to Rapture, which does sound great, but there's something about the world of Columbia that had me TOTALLY captivated... It felt like such a real place, a place I would absolutely love to go in real life. The atmosphere, visuals, and rollercoaster like gameplay of Infinite just destroys the first 2 games hands down... In my humble opinion at least.

[@thedoomslayer5863]

The atmosphere, Colombia and the relationship/duo of Booker and Elizabeth had me enamored with Infinite. I love how your daughter now actually goes through the game with you unlike in Bioshock 2 where Eleanor only really does thing with you towards the very end. Burial at Sea was too much of a depressing way to end infinite. Just give us a reality where Booker and Elizabeth got to be together and knew the truth of eachother. You can still add conflict just let us see how it would be if those two at least got sort of a happy ending together.

[@kylethej3775]

Nah Bioshock in rapture is far better than Columbia

[@GUNUFofficial]

​@@kylethej3775i am going to make a bioshock movie set in columbia just to anger you.

[@parker1093]

When the beta's and prototypes were better than actual finished game.

[@MortisCorpus]

The combat for this seems way more intense then the retail version. Sure the retail version is a legend but I like this intense combat more.

[@HecmarJayam]

Still one of my favorite games of all time. I may not be what they showed, but it's still a masterpiece.

[@XepherXV]

i remember watching the trailer at 8:30 on repeat for years just speculating, I honestly didn't hate the final product, but I would be lying if I said I prefer it to what was promised

[@Saved-by-Grace]

I recognize the artist of your pfp, feve on FA correct?

[@torquetheprisoner]

this should of been a free dlc called unfinished business

[@DzikiWaclaw]

Stephen Russell would be amazing in the role of Booker. I like Troy Baker but his voice gets old once you hear him in every big game.

[@wolpertinger85]

I love the early version of Comstock

[@TheAxelandx1]

Much as I love Bioshock 3 to death, I wish some of these elements were actually kept in the game, some of this stuff is really cool.

[@firstbornchronicler]

That thing at 0:07 is terrifying. It’s docile state is so unnerving. The early prototype looked to be more of a horror game, but I’m still very happy with the final product.

[@leandroingrassia]

It was an Art Nouveau city as a "counterpart" to Rapture's Art Deco.

[@firstbornchronicler]

Leandro Ingrassia cool!

[@monkaSisLife]

I love this. I'm actually sad right now that they cut all of this

[@This-country-sucks-4]

Can you point out the differences for people that doesnt know? And i wish we got this version. I felt cheated playing the actual game lol

[@MetaCynical]

5:28 Sounds like Stephen Russell of Fallout 4/Skyrim (Nick Valentine/Mercer Frey) voiced Booker before Troy Baker!

[@dereinchecker9376]

Love this first one. Remember all of it. Interesting what actually went into the final game. The moving mechanical horse would have caused trouble in the final game. That was still XP time on Windows in 2012.

[@ajxx9987]

Will we ever see the removed stuff from this in another bioshock game? I hope so

[@eyetipe8362]

Well the next bioshock game supposedly takes place in London so they might use the early victorian era style of infinite

[@thedoomslayer5863]

@@eyetipe8362 there is not going to be another bioshock game dont play with people's hopes like that. irrational games doesnt exist anymore so u cant even make a Bioshock 4

[@chocolatedisco8435]

@@thedoomslayer5863 it just got confirmed

[@Darth_Melek]

I really want to see a release of the initial versions. Would be cool as technically they can all be considered canon.

[@Movel0]

Seeing a slightly different Elizabeth made me feel nostalgic, like meeting an old friend.

[@dragonhunter4592]

Stephen Russell as Booker... Not a choice I thought I would need in my life.

[@hannibalburgers477]

His voice and screams don't seem to work, it constantly switches between Garrett and Nick Valentine

[@Carlos-Karl]

I mean, I love Elizabeth the way she is right now, however I would love to see a lot of the things shown here. Elizabeth interactions and how she grows to learn her power would be really interesting.

[@dova3282]

Can we all just agree that this game needs a Remaster with The Directors cut because ever since I watched the demo when it first released was a masterpiece until the final product.

[@TheOnlyFoxYouNeed]

i could swear there was supposed to be multiple endings in the original version based on how often you used or abused Elizabeth's powers.

[@Deadhead-kq4hr]

Songbird was also suppose to be a bigger threat as well and would appear in areas and have to sealth in most areas also heavy hitters like boys of silence would appeared in more areas as sort surveillance can see one standing in what looked like fairgrounds

[@kaiozanette7787]

I remember watching these trailers and all the leaks, I was so hyped for this game but looking back god I wish we got the beta version

[@slapnut892]

For better or worse we still got a pretty damn good game.

[@KireiKotomine]

Do you people not recognize pre-rendered/scripted scenes when you see them? Most of this is not gameplay. *There is no secret Bioshock Infinite game.* This was just them throwing ideas at the wall. Q: What's the difference between this and the e3 footage released for Watch Dogs, Killzone 2, etc.? A: There's still idiots out there that believe the footage for Bioshock Infinite represented a possible game.

[@danielawesome36]

Well, there was supposedley "enough content to make three or so games" that they cut out... But I don't have the source of that one.

[@joeyjojoshabadoo2508]

How daré you being lógic to this realm

[@xBINARYGODx]

even if that is entirely true, which it isn't, this imagined version of the game they wanted to go for was way better for most here than what we got - that is really the point. Some people want to believe they could play it though, so you get convenient misunderstandings and other fantasies. Your post is really just you wanting to feel superior, likely to make up for some real or perceived inferiority you have to experience in real life. How sad. kekw

[@michellefernandez3155]

Keep on shilling, daddy, it has only been almost a decade ago

[@paragonrobbie9270]

It feels so weird seeing this compared to what we were left with. Like, I can see why people like Infinite, but it never felt like Bioshock to me. It didn't have that background feeling of unease that the first 2 had. The beta version of Infinite is far more of a Bioshock game than the final product was, even including Burial at Sea.

[@tahshish4468]

That 3:49 Charles always give me goosebumps

[@NolenGYT]

Damn I cant believe we were originally supposed to be Mercer Frey the whole time!!

[@Bratboy360]

lol booker voice is corvo

[@Azoth86730]

and Garrett

[@daddiwankenobi4456]

Dude yessss

[@73oik22]

And belethor, and nick valentine

[@thedeadp00lttv]

If i could i'd play all the bioshock trailers they're all amazing.

[@scarletknight1996]

So much interesting content that was more than what we got. Even a different voice actor that isnt Troy Baker!

[@civlife1239]

Many people are down about what Bioshock Infinite could have been, I say it’s like writing a story or an essay. Lots of drafts and ideas are cut out to refine the story. And that refinement became the Bioshock that we got.

[@Hyperion-5744]

Going with the alternate universe theme this is how it might be for booker and elizabeth in another universe. Similar outcomes but in a different setting.

[@ghhn4505]

Y'know, it's undeniable that there are a lot of interesting ideas here. Though I do have to wonder how much of this is actual gameplay and how much is pre-rendered footage, especially with everyone in the comments asking for them to release these betas. Either way I still agree that these ideas and concepts should have been in the final build.

[@greenhorngameplays5743]

This is the bioshock that I wanted to play. Not that final crap that they released.

[@greenhorngameplays5743]

@@Adam_93_x compared to the beta versions, it is. It's still a good game, I played and got all achievements. Can't just compare to the beta, the final release is: crap

[@adyaxe123]

I remember seeing this near when bioshock infinite came out and I honestly thought this looked cooler than what we ended up with. Shame we will never see this for what it could have been if pushed further

[@badred-py1er]

the first original idea is always better, even if it seems stupid the next day.

[@joelc202]

there is so much going on in this it is absolutely overwhelming! really interesting to see what the early ideas were

[@uNkLeRaRa4]

The things I would do to play THIS version of the game.... 😍

[@vinnygothika7510]

The original builds were oddly more chaotic in the fighting approach

[@glb1993]

I'd pay for these versions without a doubt they looked amazing

[@eljugadorescaldenc4002]

Thanks for posting this. As a fan of the game it’s amazing.

[@jipjip3000]

I think people missunderstand the fact these "beta" versions are far more like demonstarions of what they want the final product to play like, so much of what happens in these versions is staged and scripted. Actually making a game with this much freedom and story telling wouldn't work for 90% of players who dont play like they're in an e3 trailer. the aspirations here were so high and I imagine that the ideas were cut is due to bugs/ glitches and bad game feel, the sort of thing people would complain endlessly about because of dissapointment. people saying they'd love to play a leaked version of the protoype probably dont realise that it would play like a cutscene. the final product reached that high quality of game feel and mixture of story telling which allowed the story they wanted to be told in a game which felt fun leaving the fans and the devs happy. perhaps the point is that we've still yet to have the technology and understanding to make a game as complex as these prototypes were conceptualizing, the game you so badly wanted didn't and doesn't exist, it was mostly marketing and would have been a cyberpunk 2077 situation if they followed through.

[@samdiego1965]

It’s sad how ever prevent iteration of the game looks way more fun than the actual release. Not to say that it was bad, but it saddens me to see how much better it could’ve been

[@XMarkxyz]

I love how Bioshock ended up being it's a magnificient game, but still I'm sad I didn't get to play this

[@marko-gj1uj]

I would like to know more about the earliest version of Bioshock Infinite where Elizabeth is mute.

[@peepeepoopooguy6969]

Not much is know but i would like to know too

[@thedoomslayer5863]

fuck that her voice is utter beauty it would literally be criminal to take it from her

[@PerceptionVsReality333]

​@@thedoomslayer5863 Totally agree 💯

[@elephantt2077]

In this universe apparently Booker is Corvo Attano

[@Azoth86730]

and also Garrett

[@jamesmonroe1538]

Yeah, that threw me off for a second. Now he's Joel Miller.

[@gitgud2523]

⁠​⁠@@Azoth86730Garret?

[@oliveirazarp]

This version of Bioshock Infinite seems so amazing. I think this would really improve the game by far, even though I really love the version that was released. As a matter of fact, it's my favorite game ever, the story is just perfect

[@hoppie3512]

I can't be the only one who finds this story more compelling.

[@YoutubeIsAwesome]

This game had the same treatment as Resident Evil 2 (1998): the 1.5 version was very different and much more atmospheric with much better in-game content (dynamic enemies, costumes, more animations, more action, more side characters you deal with) but, unfortunately, because of some asshole interferance, changes (for the worse) were made.

[@hemphoeather5504]

You're actually just wrong. There was a resident evil 1.5 but it was almost entirely unproduced, and they changed it because it was fundamentally worse

[@YoutubeIsAwesome]

@@hemphoeather5504 most of the ideas were better in 1.5 regarding recurring enemies, weapon usage and music, there was more interaction between characters too

[@aortaplatinum]

It sucks that the Bioshock trilogy is so impossible to mod, it would be crazy to see all this stuff added back in

[@saintsflot599]

Most of these videos are pre-rendered ... And yes, the atmosphere of the prototypes was very similar to the previous parts. It's a pity that all of this was abandoned.

[@selfpimp]

I just wonder how much money they blew on all of those scrapped builds. Cause that's fully scripted and voiced sequences unlike the most prototypes we see.

[@victorfadel06]

This was the game that made me learn not to trust in pre release gameplay anymore.

[@jay_is_kewl4236]

I wish I knew what was happening in the really early version (the first couple of seconds in the video) I want to find out more,can anyone help me out?

[@SpeedyProductions197]

It was the first concept of Elizabeth, who at the time was supposed to be a completely mute character. The environment was also much darker, and Irrational decided it looked too similar to the dark atmosphere of Rapture.

[@Blue_Sonnet]

Yup, the mute Gibson Girl version was apparently really distracting too - you can see why in those few seconds, where it's kinda hard to tell what's going on around the player. Since she didn't speak, the only way to attract the players attention was to grunt, physically grab the player, force them to look at her, watch her react then point to a thing, then force the player to look at whatever she was pointing at. It wasn't fun.

[@jay_is_kewl4236]

@@Blue_Sonnet Is there any way to play this prototype??

[@Blue_Sonnet]

@@jay_is_kewl4236 Nope, virtually impossible - anything before the part where Comstock was changed to the bearded version (no spoilers!) seems to have been tiny scraps of code, or at best an interactive movie (so the player movements are pre-programmed to avoid anything going wrong during the demonstration) - the earlier you get, the less "game" there is. This earliest part seems to be a render of her character model, which was then pre-programmed to move & react in a certain way along with the protagonist - so even if you could get hold of the original code, you'd have nothing more than a really bare CG movie. They probably just deleted the file after a while to make room for the successful programming, leaving us with the video footage. You can find videos online of them testing geometry, explosions, early plasmids etc, I can try to dig out a link? You might get some interesting stuff by visiting Cult of Rapture though? They've got loads of cut content & is a veritable goldmine - if it's BioShock and it exists, it'll be on there!

[@jay_is_kewl4236]

@@Blue_Sonnet It seems that the cult of Rapture was shut down,I thought of using the Wayback machine but I couldn’t get anywhere because most of the site wasn’t archived,It would be amazing if you could get a link to those demonstrations

[@Ty-Dy]

I like to think that given the premise of Infinite, these are all just different Booker's in their own realities.

[@sethclark2802]

We could've had Stephen Russel Booker? That hurts the most to have lost.

[@MeatGoblin88]

bioshock infinite's final product was the greatest tragedy since the burning of the library of alexandria

[@milkshockolate]

I wonder why they cut the belltower falling

[@YoMama9150]

Because even in next gen, scripted buildings being destroyed was hard on the game.

[@idkanymore3382]

@@YoMama9150 wrong

[@levitybooks3952]

I love the dark aesthetic to these

[@tropicalhorizongaming5459]

I wish we got a developer cut of all these older versions

[@jordans8689]

Man.. If only.. That's a Columbia that actually looks fun to explore.

[@hannibalburgers477]

They just spread out the locations.

[@harleystachel7225]

The skyrails in the final game are a joke. The beta clearly shows how they were meant to be. Widespread and vertical+horizontal. You could actually find secret roofs and places in this version