And who knows how long they had been there. No racing forms and only two bottles of alcohol laying on the floor. Look at the ruins of Booker’s office after nearly 20 years. There is little evidence that Booker continues to drink and gamble heavily after 1893. The Columbians and Vox are much more murderous than Booker. Try attacking someone in Battleship Bay and see what happens. And did you forget that Columbia Policemen tried to gruesomely murder an unarmed Booker in cold blood at the Raffle? And that Columbia authorities try to kill Booker on sight? On the other hand if the player tries to make Booker attack someone outside a combat situation he flat refuses to do so. He only fights to protect Elizabeth and himself. In Columbia he does not go on a killing spree. Now why would Elizabeth so easily forgive Booker? In part because he isn’t the same person as he had been and she knows what he had suffered through. Booker thinks he crossed the MAH, but Elizabeth clearly does not think so and forgave him for what he had done. Booker ALMOST crossed the Moral Advent Horizon, but managed to drag himself away from it by trying to get his daughter back. While Booker did sell his daughter he had a “What have I done moment” and fought to get her back. (I would also note that Elizabeth also shows signs of PTSD in Burial at Sea. Yes, Booker has an untreated mental illness. Oddly enough Booker fits the description of someone suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Yes, Booker was a drunk, a gambler and had huge problems with anger management which resulted in his being tossed out of the Pinkertons for excessive violence. (Yes, I have read a number of eye witness reports.) The deliberate massacre of civilians by some of the troops happened after that. These troops fired indiscriminately into the village with rifles and Hotchkiss Guns. Most civilians were killed as the result of fire from troops outside the village. Most estimates place the death toll at around 300. Oh and your numbers for Wounded Knee are off. As I said this does nothing to abrogate what Booker did and how wrong it was. (It should be noted that Comstock’s description of what happened does not match up with the historical record.) It wasn’t deliberate murder, it was closer to rage induced temporary insanity. The derision he got from his fellow soldiers stoked his anger until at Wounded Knee he snapped and went on a killing spree. But there can be a *reason* for it.īooker was a (talented) teenager who had anger issues. What Booker did at Wounded Knee was wrong, dead wrong. I think it likely that the circle of abuse in the DeWitt family was going on long time before the events of BioShock Infinite. And that raises the very big question of why would a fifteen year old (since Booker was in the US Army long enough to raise to the rank of Corporal) would join the Army. Do you know how old Booker was at Wounded Knee? Sixteen Years old! That’s right, he wasn’t even close to being an adult. The person that is the soulless murderer is Comstock, not Booker. How easy it is that the hero could become the villain. In fact that is one of the main points of the game. But just because they are strong, it does not mean they are right.īooker is far from being a soulless murderer. Im not saying Booker DeWitt is a direct copy or a rip off, but you tell his design was heavily based on Han Solo. Han returns to help the Resistance because he likes Luke and falls in love with Leia).īoth have a weapon based on the C96 mauser was one of thier signature weapons (alot of promo art has Booker using the Broadsider and its the first weapon you get in game, Han has his DL-44 Blaster).īooker can say "If you don't draw first, you dont get to draw at all." which is very similar to the argument of "Han shot first."Įdit: Also a couple of thier stances in promo material are very similar: Han only helps Luke and rescues Leia looking to settle his debt to Jabba the Hutt), who eventually come around to be more like true heroes (Booker's memories are restored and he remembers that he is rescuing Elizabeth because she is his daughter. Both come from underworld backgrounds who owe large amounts of money, start out as heroes in name only (Booker starts out in Colombia thinking he is only rescuing Elizabeth to settle his gambling debts. They are both the "grizzled, cycnical, street smart" types. Thier dress style is similar (adjusting for the setting) in that its a dirty long sleeve shirt with an unbuttoned collar, unbuttoned vest, and long pants. It has been years since I first played this game and years since I first made this observation, but for some reason it isnt until now that I thought to actual post it.Īs the title says, Booker DeWitt is a steampunk Han Solo:
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