My other me is playing this version in a parallel universe. Lucky bastard.

So they just... deleted the whole game and started again?

When you realize since this isn’t the game we got, we could perceive it as another dimension where Booker failed

Why’d they cut this much? I think the scenes with Elizabeth playing around with the items in the shop like a child adds huge character development

Aww, now I want Elizabeth's old fun personality (F.O. Her putting on the Abe Lincoln head).

This is a more realistic version of how Elizabeth would have acted. I mean she came from a tower with no contact with the outside world. She’d be curious and bubbly like this. I get why they changed it though

I love Elizabeth's personality in this

I feel like changing the game was an IRRATIONAL desition

Ironic that the song Elizabeth sings to the horse is the same song that the Splicer sings to the alleged dead baby in the carriage in BS1...

This basically still holds up today. I wish more than anything ken would go back and remake the game just how it was in the early demos as like bioshock Infinite alternate version or something

As much as I like the final game, this and the ten minute trailer seem much closer to the first two games. Just the tone and feel of the city are more like what you might expect from Rapture during the fall than what we got. Colombia wasn't built like a city that people lived in, it was just... empty save for fanatics with guns. Rapture really wasn't either, but you could sort-of see what might have been under the ruins. Possibly helped by respawning enemies: iirc infinite you could clear areas then wander the empty streets, but in Rapture you turn around and find someone's crawled through a vent or gotten in a tunnel you didn't see.

The sound design in the early demos was really special.

I'm seeing so many comments lamenting the changes in the plot and the gameplay. Me, I'm wishing they'd found a way to leave in this Booker and Elizabeth's banter. I mean, just *listen* to them...

1:20 That's gameplay like I'm the King of England...

yet another textbook example of " _What Could Have Been...™_ "

"Booker! Booker! GOLD!" Elizabeth's so damn cute, man!

What I really miss from this version of Infinite is the really high vertical design of the buildings. The skyrails have a way better feeling of riding a rollercoaster with all the turns and ups and downs. It is a shame that even in a levelbased game like the final version of this game had to dumb down that and make the maps way smaller with buildings not even being 5 stores high. You lose the feeling of being in the sky without those huge skyscrapers.

My opinion. I still loved the final product. Honestly, its my favorite game. But this....this would've been fucking awesome!

they should totally release this as an alternate timeline game , it would be interesting to see how different the game is

"this trailer was made entirely from in-game footage" HA!!!!! That's a good one.

Elizabeth:"Booker, Booker, gold!" Booker:"that's gold like I'm the king of England!"

Turns out Booker is the King of England

damn, he wont be saving no postmen again

Strange how I missed this in-game footage when playing the game

When I got to this part in the game, I went all batshit like Booker in this clip and jumped after the Songbird, expecting that damn rail to be there, instead I plunged straight into the ground, shield breaking and health dropping to about a tenth of the bar, heading through the bridge tear with almost no life left. The asylum was fun.

"this trailer was made entirely from in-game footage"

2K needs to remake this for next-gen, I loved it, but it would be so much better. Next gen could handle this, unlike last-gen.

When i first saw this in 2011, i was so amazed. But now more than 10 years later, when i am looking at it again, and how much it was cut, it makes me sad. It feels like Columbia was basically Chicago in the sky. Flying skyscrapers in that late 1890s style it looks glorious. And it would actually make sence, since these both cities have common ground. I really enjoyed Infinite, every bioshock was awesome. But since Rapture was pretty much underwater New York, it would be nice to see Columbia as Chicago in the sky. I hope one day, some modders, will try to made this. Or devs would upload this demo on steam.

I wish this was the bioshock we got

The only things I would have liked to see from this trailer in the final game are 1. Salton Sall 2. The Original Boys of Silence 3. The sandbox and atmosphere of this Columbia. The rails take you EVERYWHERE, the city actually feels like its populated and people react to you. The scope of the City is so much bigger. Why exactly can't we go inside all the shops? 4. CHOICES, the lack of actual story changing choices was bother some, give me more tear options, let me interact with the people and Columbia more 5. The Songbird. Here it seems more interactive and like it's an actual threat as oppose to the story element focused Songbird. The Final version of the game is still amazing, I just feel they were rushed and because of this they worried more about the main story as opposed to the actual environment, character interactions, and choice elements.

I feel empty inside.

I'm looking at these demos in 2020 and thinking I really like this version of the game better than what the final product was; especially Elizabeth's design and character. Although, in both versions I have to wonder about Booker's ability to jump from skyline to skyline at high speeds without tearing his arm to oblivion.

This literally looks 10 times better than the average corridor shooter final product we got.

2022 and I still want this.

11 years have passed and I'm still waiting for this version of the game 😔

In some interviews they said it was incredibly difficult to get them to work even as is, as well as how Elizabeth acts. Maybe with the DLC, and Infinite under their belts, they'll be able to expand upon them. But, as is, I think they did an incredible job with the Skylines.

I like this version of Elizabeth a lot more...just saying. She is more child like and clearly not fully understanding of how things work in the real world just like someone who lived alone in a tower all their life would be.

looks like final product got nerfed for consoles. I`ve never seen so many enemies/NPCs at the same time in final release.

I like the HUD better in this demo.

I remember the feels this gave me 5 years ago when I was watching the gameplay in my college dorm(couldn't afford my own PS3 =P) Now Im working, got both consoles in my hand, and I feel so excited to be able to finally experience this for myself!!!

It would have been interesting if they kept the Songbird mechanic in which he could show up at any time, but it's probably for the best they left it out. I mean, what if he shows up while you're fighting a handyman?

Somehow I like this version of Elizabeth better. She shows more facial expressions and feels more life-like, and even goofs around at times.

8:16 “It’s DeWitt!” Literally everyone: “So anyways, I started blasting.”

Booker: Hey it's just a postman he doesn't hurt anybody The vox poppii man: IT'S DEWITT GET HIM BOYS

I still like this one more than the one we got. This got the old timey bioshock creepiness to it more than the end result.

This would all work flawlessly now on the ps5

damn irrational trolled us hard

I love how it said it was made from in game footage. Only the last 30 seconds were parts that actually made it into the game.

This game have such beautiful voice acting. The words comes at the right time. It's like being a game in real life. It may sound scripted but as you see, the game isn't linear. This game looks like a perfect score to me. Just watching it made me feel as if I was there.

I would have paid three times the amount for this game than the game I played in 2012. It breaks my heart. I probably never wanted a game more than after I saw this at E3, I truly feel robbed and watching what might have been leaves me with such a emptiness inside. Maybe be there will be a directors cut or maybe I'll just have to wait twenty years before someone decides to remake this game... :(

Kind of mind-blowing how they put in an insane amount of effort and time into this only to mostly delete it all

11 years ago?? I remember watching this over and over being so excited for infinite. I’m 21 now 😅

Every time i watch this " demo" i feel so disappointed with the final product. Is like the day and the night

I hope they release the game shown in this trailer someday - or at LEAST release this demo as a mini-game. It was a much more brutal and intense 15 minutes than the hours spent in the final game. The fighting scenes were spread out over a much larger area (instead of just cramming a bunch of enemies in a room and calling that "fun"), and there was much more variety in ways enemies called in re-enforcements and stuff. It felt like the threat was real without it being artificially forced on you in a confined space. And the dialog was so much more frequent - like real conversation. In the final game it was just like that here and there. But it never felt like they were really connected. Elizabeth is still the greatest female character since Alex Vance (of HL 2).

Constants and variables... 😍😍😍

The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill.

I feel like this version is better than the original game

Even having just this as a level in the game would’ve made it 90x better. I can see where they took elements from this and put it back into the final game but if they kept just this trailer I would’ve been smiling

ITS 2017 AND IM STILL SALTY I DIDNT GET TO PLAY THIS VERSION OF THE GAME

Holy crap I never saw this demo, it's so much better than the actual gameplay which gets really tedious, and the game looks so open and about exploration not linear with sidetracking to raid bins.

...and this is where I come to cry :)

The vox populi counterattack still plays in my head at night. during my wildest dreams.

I like that not all the Vox Populi is attacking Booker immediately when they see him, & I also like that they're more interactive as in they're not immediate to shoot the people in Columbia, rather giving them a chance to leave before attacking.

-In this version Comstock is not directly responsible for all the Elizabeth situation or at least not in the same way as the final game -comstock can help them in some way -booker says that he's getting pay if she's free Meaning that he's not in debt with anyone

1:42 Lincoln mask?! So... he wasn't painted as a devil in this version?

Why wasn't this the final game :C

No matter what this game is in my top 5 ever! And won my personal favorite game of 2013.

I used to talk with the old IG community manager on a daily basis when we all hung out in their Steam chatroom. He told me there's 3x the amount of content than what actually shipped with the game that they'd cut. For reasons he said but reasons none of us would really understand. Part of me thinks the big combat arenas had been considered to detract from narrative direction but they also told me this was an absolute nightmare to optimize for console. Also this once had a bug where Liz never took the Abe hat off... all the way through that scripted sequence. xD

the game looks incredible and the actors are great damm even the fact that she warns you when u dont see an enemy is sweet this is gonna be a beast of a game

So much more intense and dark than the final game. This is what we wanted!

Elizabeth holding the bust in the air with a huge grin on her face saying “GOLD” is the greatest thing in me

OH BOY I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THIS COMES OUT!

This whole thing was just a concept video as most things were at that time's E3. Now however with our game technology we could do this. Still love the game and and watch this at least twice a year.

God this would have been great if the game was like this. Nothing hyped me up more then when Elizabeth opens the tear to the 80s and you see the revenge of the sith.

5:00 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is playing in the background. Instant buy!

This is evidently scripted (every combat bullet and camera movement). While it's true that this is more immersive than the final game it would be impossible to reproduce something like this in an actual game session. Just watch carefully.

I'm loving the moral system in this game! Makes it very tense to make tough decisions. It's how moral in every game should be.

Wow, this seriously looks like the best game I have ever seen in a while. It looks so epic I can't wait to buy it.

the lighting effects are amazing!

I didn't watch this demo when i played the game, but now I see all the fuzz about

This version of emporia actually looks more of a high class society than the final product

I'd love a directors cut of Bioshock Infinite.

This trailer blew my 16 year old mind and I just had to have it immediately. Game comes out and I did like it, but I don't remember a thing about it all these years later

Gotta say Elizabeth acted a lot more lively in this version

Comstock in this version was supposed to be Booker's old friend and good guy.

Cant they release a directors cut i would love to play this version to ;-)

differences that I saw (Spoilers for a 3 year old game in this comment you have been warned) 1. Booker was wearing a suit (not that big of a detail) 2. there were more sky lines around the city 3. Booker seemed more as a hero to Columbia unlike himself in the final game. 4. the Vox were more of the "bad guys" than they are in the final game 5. song bird seemed to come out of nowhere unlike the scripted events in the final game. 6. Comstock looked more like booker and seemed like he was someone who would have helped you. 7. the tear to Paris had the signs in English and in a different location. 8. if you have not noticed I am a bioshock nerd. 9. it did not look like booker had the A.D on his hand if I find any more differences in the 15 min play through of this game I may edit this I'm still happy that we got this game instead of not getting it at all it is still my second favorite game of all time and this game was amazing in my opinion, yes I would have loved to see some of the beta things in the final game but I'm still happy for what I got.

"This trailer was made entirely from in-game footage" -- which game and where can I buy it?

Elizabeth looks so cute *I just wanna hug her LOL*

This teasers trailers got me very hyped about the game, the final product was very differnt but I still loved it.

cannot wait for this to come out!

So cool to see how they kept some of the same scenes but re-arranged them

bioshock infinite (even tho this is not the one we ended up getting) is one of those games that are mostly timeless. the only thing that hold it back nowadays are the technical things. for example, i think elizabeth's voice actor did an awesome job but technology wasnt good enough for good face animations. they look stiff and not synced with the voice acting at times. they just dont hold up. just wish this game got a remake with proper animations and a graphics overhaul but thats never gonna happen i guess. dont get me wrong i think bioshock infinite is timeless from an art direction standpoint but imagine columbia with todays hardware and software. it would be breath taking. if ken levines new game "judas" is even half as good as infinite its gonna be amazing.

The demo looks so much better

OMFG! This actually looks like a rollercoaster ride! It's gonna be so damn epic!

I'll be honest, people say how much they want this version of the game, but overall I can just see how uncontrollable the environment would be. 3/4 people would definitely skip a bulk of these scenes, impulsively shooting or misclicking. Same thing with the other demo. It looks good, but only because the player perfectly follows the scenario and takes all the right routes. I wouldn't be surprised if besides hardware limitations, the QA response made them change direction.

11:41 definitely put something akin to "Buddha Mode" on for this demonstration, whoever's playing would have had Booker killed here

Wish this was the version we got. Dump the whole sci-fi element and simply focus on the city of Columbia. It would’ve been cooler if it was just a prequel that possibly foreshadowed the eventual creation of Rapture.

Bioshock Infinite we know is already an amazing game, imagine if it were released in this manner? It would without doubt the best I have ever played. I feel betrayed in a way, but I will not complain, I loved it as it is, but would have loved more.

This is the best looking game I've ever seen... the blood spatters, photo-realistic lighting, facial expressions, just freaking ridiculous. It absolutely blows my mind after 2 decades of video gaming to see how far we've come. I just hope it manages to run as smooth as that on the xbox 360