Could not disagree with you more here. His apparent apathy is what makes him a perfect conduit for the audience in the story. The whole point is, if this were real, you wouldn’t care. You’re all dead on the inside and real life is just as meaningless as fantasy. You long for love, but it’s as much a fantasy as the…
When you pin a high mobility character like Tracer... so goddamn satisfying.
I always loved the ending, I really enjoyed how it tied into the first two games. That being said I do admit to being a bit disheartened by the fact that trailers showed stuff we never got to play, but I do like how even that ties into the narrative.
So where are we on the Bioshock Infinite appreciation curve? We started with the crazy overhype phase then moved through the this-game-is-terrible backlash phase. Are we still there or are we in the this-game-was-way-better-than-people-gave-it-cradit-for phase?