BioShock Fans Will Recognize a Lot in Iron Abyss — Starting With One Commander in Particular
Usually when I write one of these comparisons, I’m the one connecting the dots. This time I don’t have to — OTR HVN has said flat out that BioShock shaped Iron Abyss, and once you know where to look, it’s obvious. It Starts With Echo Iron Abyss gives you five commanders to choose from, and Echo — the AI-designated one — is explicitly built on BioShock’s Big Daddy as a reference point. You can feel it the second it’s pointed out: something clearly built for a purpose, not entirely at ease in its own skin, more machine than person and all the more unsettling for it. If Big Daddies were the character in BioShock that stuck with you the longest, Echo is going to hit the same nerve. ...