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darkknightkryta on 17 April 2013
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ishiki said:
darkknightkryta said:

It wouldn't work, cause there'll always be a Booker in some universe who goes there, just as there'll always be a Booker who goes through the baptism.   The only solution is to kill all bookers (Or just all the Bookers who decide to take the Baptism) and be left with the one, which is what Elizabeth did (I didn't really get that part from the ending, but apparently it was stated).

The reason why booker went to get baptised (And chose to or not), was because of what he did at the wounded knee. He's saying, since all the elizabeth's went back to kill a singular booker before the baptism. Why couldn't they go back before the battle of wounded knee and break his legs? Thus, booker wouldn't do the atrocities in the first place. Killing him, after the baptism, still let's the non baptised booker commit the atrocities at wounded knee. 

Granted, you can say the booker being at the battle of the wounded knee wasn't a constant, and he would always do something dumb and thus want to go to baptism place. However, in the game it was presented as such. 

Elizabeth drowning booker creates a classic grandfather paradox that's been used in time travel things for years. Elizabeth's can exist until bookers dead, however, if booker dies elizabeth never existed. Since the game is fantasy, it doesn't have to follow estabilished rules and can fictionally estabilish new ones like Stein's Gate does. The twist was underwhelming for me because it was essentially, grandfather paradox! Talk amongst yourselves and debate a grandfather paradox. 

As well as thematic complaints which I've addressed in this thread.

But there is an Elizabeth to kill him, there's a universe where this all happens.  Grand father paradox works only if there's one dimension.  There's not in this game, hence the name "Infinite".  The infinite amounts of Elizabeth kills the infinite amount of Comstock and was left with the lone Booker who could accept the Baptism.  Elizabeth still exists as long as he exists.  Booker chooses death and everything is reset, there are no more Comstock to take Anna which gives you the final scene.