| richardhutnik said: The original Bioshock was a critique of Objectivism, which the head of Irrational found to be nonsense. Bioshock 2 was a critique of utilitarianism I believe. I believe Bioshock: Infinite will be taking on nationalism. |
Not really. Levine chose Objectivism because he created the idea of Rapture first and then had to think of a reason that a bunch of people would decide to live underwater. The whole "going Galt" thing seemed to fit perfectly. The only real criticism he seemed to have of Ayn Rand wasn't about her ideas so much as her personal intensity and seemingly complete and utter lack of self doubt, which is how Andrew Ryan came about. But he has said that he's sympathetic to her philosophy.
Levine said he actually wrote the story of BioShock as a fan of Ayn Rand's precepts.
"I'm probably way more similar to her in my terms of how I think about religion and politics than any other philosophers," he said.
Bioshock 2 wasn't really a critique of anything, so far as I could tell. It was just a(n incredibly fun and well made) cash-in that Levine had nothing to do with. Infinite seems to be more politically complicated on its face, with a sort of Tea Party-esque traditionalist faction and a populist Occupy Wall Street type faction, but it still seems to be less about particular ideologies and more about what happens when people become political fanatics.
