During the Summer Game Fest Xbox Showcase, developer inXile revealed its new steampunk roleplaying game called Clockwork Revolution. “New” though the game may be, the trailer had some viewers experiencing deja vu, as in some ways it appears to ape ten-year-old trailers for Irrational Games’ BioShock Infinite beat-per-beat.
Clockwork Revolution sees players traveling back in time to key moments in the creation of an opulent steampunk city called Avallon to alter the course of events for the metropolis using an assortment of old-timey-looking guns and psychic abilities against an army of soldiers and robots. And while these story details certainly sound quite similar—though not identical—to plot elements in BioShock Infinite, it does seem as if one piece of Infinite which Clockwork Revolution’s developers may have taken particular inspiration from are its trailers, as imagery in the Clockwork Revolution reveal is often strikingly similar to shot compositions and framings we see in BioShock Infinite’s 10-year-old launch trailer.
A since-deleted Twitter thread from a user named Butmac (who claims they produced the BioShock Infinite trailers around 10 years ago) featured side-by-side screenshots showcasing how similar the propaganda signage littering the steampunk cityscape, mechanized automaton enemies, and character design flourishes we see in Clockwork Revolution’s trailer are to equivalent details from BioShock Infinite’s.
2023-06-28 13:30:03 Fans Spot Striking Similarities Between Steampunk Game Trailer And BioShock Infinite’s
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