While just about everyone and their mother loved BioShock Infinite, the first episode of the game's first story DLC, Burial at Sea, wasn't received nearly as well. The return to Rapture was indeed sweet, but far too short, and the DLC's cliffhanger ending annoyed impatient gamers who'd to wait months to see how things will end. As such, Episode Two has a lot to answer for, and Irrational's Creative Director and Co-Founder Ken Levine has put out a new video showing a behind the scenes look at the next episode of Burial at Sea.
Levine talks a bit about what he thinks gamers will look forward to the most, namely, the re-introduction of a few familiar faces from both the first BioShock and BioShock Infinite - like Fontaine, Daisy Fitzroy, and others. And as an interesting treat, you get each character's respective voice actor talking a bit about their roles in the DLC. Check it out below.
As hinted in Infinite's ending, Burial is an alternative history of the Booker and Elizabeth seen in Infinite. It begins in Rapture shortly before the city tore itself apart in a plasmid fueled civil war. As such, things are reasonably calmer for the time being, and it's here that that alternate versions of Booker and Elizabeth call home. During this relative peace, a rather sultry Elizabeth has turned to Booker, still an investigator, to help locate a missing girl.
"This is a love letter to the fans, but it's also the beginning of a story that will give gamers a new perspective on the BioShock universe," said Levine in a press release. "With Burial at Sea, we built a Rapture not fromBioShock and BioShock Infinite scraps and pieces, but with environments almost entirely crafted from scratch."
Gamers who have the Season Pass get free access to the first and next episode of Burial at Sea. Non-holders will have to pay $9.99 per episode. The Season Pass is still up for grabs at $19.99. It will include the initial Clash in the Clouds DLC, and the Early Bird Special pack which offers four pieces of exclusive gear.
Burial at Sea's second episode drops on March 25.