After the surprise news of the closure of Irrational Games, and Ken Levine's plans for a new studio, apparently it wasn't the sudden change that it first seemed. When the original BioShock was released, it was loved nearly everywhere and Levine never had to defend his vision of Rapture. Fast forward to Infinite, and while initially it was well received, afterwards it was called out on the racism handling and the mundane combat.

Irrational was in a mess at the time, and Ken Levine spoke openly about the future to IGN, and looking back now, the signs were there. He was frustrated at the criticism of their handling of racism, saying it was not the main theme, but a pervasive thing of the era, Levine says. "Until fairly recently it was that society was just openly, and broadly, and depressingly, bitterly exclusionary and racist... People are people of their times. To deny that - to make a game in that time period and not reflect that - was just weird to me."

The whole development of Infinite was a disaster; with early screenshots having no reflection on the final game. As well as this, content was removed and replaced with other things and staff were arguing and leaving Irrational. "The only reason I've ever been scared to discard something is, do I have time to replace it? Time is always a constant pressure," said Levine. "The clock is always the hardest thing for me now as a games developer."

After scrapping so much from the game, and trying something new with Burial at Sea – brought a whole lot of new issues to defend, and give this insight as to why he is moving on. "You only have so many years on this planet, so to spend a ton of time going back and trying to polish a particular apple... I don't think that's necessarily healthy." I think the criticism was a bit harsh on Infinite, as I found it quite enjoyable. What did you think of BioShock: Infinite? Let us know below.