Can you play Bioshock Infinite without playing Bioshock 1&2?

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JWeinCom on 26 December 2013

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Yes you could, but why would you want to? If you've never played Bioshock 1, you're really missing out.

Probably cause infinite is free on PSPlus right now.

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the_dengle on 26 December 2013

Sure. But more importantly, you can play Bioshock 1 without playing Bioshock Infinite.

You should do that instead.

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Munkeh111 on 26 December 2013

I played it without playing 1, I didn't feel like I missed anything

I had read the synopsis on wikipedia before though

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Fifaguy360 on 27 December 2013

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Fifaguy360 said:
Yes. Almost zero continuity. In fact, infinite is before BS1 in timeline so it's even better to play inifinite before BS1.

BS2 is the best bioshock yet though.

You've got it all backwards. It makes no sense to play Infinite first (if you're going to play 1 in the first place).

And I am baffled by your choice of a favourite

It makes perfect sense, especially if you play infinite's DLC before BS1 because it's before shit hit the fan in Rapture. You get to see a lively functional Rapture degrade into chaos. There is loose prequelesque imagery in infinite for BS1.

BS2 improved on BS1. Dualweilding was singlehandled one of the best improvements.