Is Columbia an alternate version of Rapture?

Is Columbia an alternate version of Rapture?

Rapture and Columbia are, in some sense, the same city. Jack, Booker, Ryan, and Comstock are the same person to varying degree, and Elizabeth from BioShock Infinite even returns to Rapture in Infinite’s DLC. BioShock Infinite made a point of linking Rapture and Columbia as different versions of the same idea.

Why is Columbia in the sky?

While reactors, propellers and balloons are present throughout the city, its ability to float is due to quantum levitation which allows objects to be suspended indefinitely.

Is Columbia a Rapture?

Rapture is a fictional city in the BioShock series published by 2K Games. Rapture makes a brief appearance near the climax of BioShock Infinite, which is otherwise set in a different dystopian city, Columbia.

Will BioShock 4 be in Rapture?

Clues given by more job listings point to a new setting That’s proven to be the case with BioShock 4, as some Cloud Chamber Games job listings spotted by Twitter user MauroNL (via IGN) suggest that the game won’t be set in Rapture or Columbia, the settings for previous games in the series.

Is Rapture possible BioShock?

Rapture is about 2000m below the surface of the ocean, which means it’s under some 200 atmospheres. And before you ask, yes… that’s a lot. Too much, in fact, for Rapture to exist in the form it appears in BioShock. Way too much to have windows as thin and unreinforced as what you see in-game.

Would the city of Rapture be possible?

Yes, but not like Rapture. Rapture, as presented in the game, is a physical impossibility. Art Deco skyscrapers simply can’t stand up to the amount of pressure present in th ocean around Reykjavik (the approximate location of the city). It wouldn’t flood, it would be crushed user immense weight.

How deep underwater is Rapture?

According to data where Rapture from Wikia and Google Earth it is 2096 meters underwater. At that depth the pressure would be roughly 200 atmospheres according to this calculator.