{"id":34953,"date":"2012-03-28T13:37:38","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T11:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=34953"},"modified":"2012-03-28T15:49:24","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T13:49:24","slug":"meet-bioshock-infinites-heavy-hitters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/34953-meet-bioshock-infinites-heavy-hitters","title":{"rendered":"Meet Bioshock: Infinite&#8217;s Heavy Hitters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bioshock: Infinite is undoubtedly one of the most exciting and interesting games coming out in 2012. Kevin Levine and his team at Irrational Games have shown that the Bioshock series can deliver some of the most innovative and creative enemies we\u2019ve seen in the last couple years.<\/p>\n<p>Bioshock: Infinite is no different, as we\u2019ve already been introduced to the Motorized Patriots, Handymen and Boys of Silence, and now the Siren; but let\u2019s just get a little more familiar with these steam-punk killing machines.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Motorized Patriots<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First in the line-up are the Motorized Patriots. These empty-vessels are designed with one goal in mind: killing. Representing a twisted version of previous US presidents, the Motorized Patriots are creepy porcelain-faced machines, with no hesitation and tactics, making them incredibly dangerous. They\u2019ll keep pushing towards you with little disregard to their own preservation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SkqcLIYWj5w?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Handyman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Handyman is one of the more interesting enemies within the game, as their background is still relatively unknown. Placed in giant mechanical suits, there\u2019s a slight sadness and despair surrounding this enemy type, however it\u2019s not going to hold them back from smashing your head in. The Handyman also has tools of the trade \u2013 human beings. The Handyman can therefore pick up any enemies or friendlies around the levels and throw them at you. Got to keep on your feet around these surprisingly agile foes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0eDgjiy8JRc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Boys of Silence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Boys of Silence are possibly Bioshock: Infinite\u2019s creepiest enemies. Young men trapped in enclosed steel helmets act more as an alarm than anything else. Similar to the security cameras from Bioshock 2, the Boys of Silence pose a serious threat, but will move around and expose your location, calling out other enemies to come and attack you. There\u2019s a mystery and fear of actually knowing what\u2019s under those helmets.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/btA07qRZR4Q?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Siren<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Completing the fourth and final member of the \u2018heavy hitters\u2019 enemy types, the Siren is a uniquely different enemy to the other three special foes. The Siren has the ability to revive and resurrect downed enemies to give them another chance at finishing you off.<\/p>\n<p>The problem comes in deciding what to do when encountering a Siren. Players can challenge it head on and try killing it, also killing all the revived enemies in the process; or you can focus on the surrounding threats first and deal with her later. This should be one of those enemies that gamers will be referring back to for months on end.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MOts__QlUHo?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking forward to Bioshock: Infinite as much as we are, sound off in the comments below and on MyGaming forum.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/images\/33261-bioshock-infinite-screenshots.html\">Bioshock: Infinite screenshots<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/33258-bioshock-infinite-release-date-announced.html\">Bioshock: Infinite release date announced<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/31683-bioshock-infinite-relationships-sacrifice-and-mass-suicide.html\">Bioshock: Infinite &#8211;\u00a0Relationships, sacrifice and mass murder<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/videos\/29478-bioshock-infinite-vga-2011-trailer.html\">Bioshock: Infinite &#8211; VGA Trailer\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quartet of trouble awaits players in Bioshock: Infinite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":34959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2913,2916,2917,21,2914,2915,2919,2918],"class_list":["post-34953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-bioshock-infinte","tag-boys-of-silence","tag-handymn","tag-headline","tag-heavy-hitters","tag-kevin-levine","tag-motorized-patriots","tag-the-siren"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34982,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34953\/revisions\/34982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}