Interesting facts about Songbird and its participation in Bioshock Infinite

If there’s any villain that many gamers will try to avoid in their favorite video games, Songbird might be one of them (and the other would be Shahdee from Prince of Persia: Warrior Within). The Lutece twins, Robert Lutece and Rosalind Lutece, employ Booker Dewitt, who is the main and only playable character in Bioshock Infinite, to help a girl named Elizabeth get out of Columbia and get her safely to New York.

However, Comstock, who owns many technological inventions created by Luteces, especially the one that allows him to travel to many different realities and timelines in the world, obviously won’t let that happen. Therefore, thanks to Luteces’ technology, he orders Songbird, a robotic bird, to watch over Elizabeth in the tower on Monument Island and protect her from any threat from outsiders, especially Booker Dewitt.

With the time machine and reality invented by Luteces, Comstock will surely know and be able to accurately predict that in the future there will be someone who will try to rescue Elizabeth and get her out of Columbia.

And Comstock sees this as the most dangerous threat to himself and his position in Columbia because if that comes to fruition, the people in Columbia, especially the Columbia government group called “The Founders,” will no longer trust him as a leader of the city. , thus ruining his plans to continue reigning in Columbia until his sole heir, Elizabeth, replaces him. Therefore, with the help of Luteces, Comstock decides to create Songbird, an extremely powerful guard whose main job is to protect Elizabeth from Booker Dewitt.

Who is Songbird and what is her job in this game?

Songbird is a bird-like robot. She is a robot, in the form of a bird, and his hand and only job is to protect Elizabeth in the tower from any threat, especially from Booker Dewitt. Given the fact that Elizabeth is the most important person to Comstock (since Elizabeth is the sole heir to his throne), it’s no surprise that Comstock believes Songbird to be a really powerful guard for Elizabeth.

Having been armed with solid metal armor all over his body, plus a really big and strong body, there’s no way Booker can beat Songbird in this game, even with all his powerful weapons or telekinesis superpowers.

The facts about the songbird

An interesting fact about Songbird is that despite his role as one of Booker’s biggest enemies in Bioshock Infinite, it’s actually rare to see Booker engage in direct battle against this giant bird. So never hope that you can defeat this bird in this game as Songbird only appears in several scenes.

The other interesting fact about Songbird is that this bird’s eyes have 3 different colors: green, yellow and red (similar to Big Daddy in previous Bioshock games). But most of the time, his eyes seem to be red, especially when he sees Booker near Elizabeth. And if you see red color in Songbird’s eyes, it means that this bird is full of anger and will do harm to anyone who gets close to Elizabeth.

You don’t have to worry about this bird though, as Songbird will only appear in some cutscenes, not in the direct battle against Booker. Unless in the first part of this game, Booker tries to help Elizabeth escape from Monument Island. This is when you can fire your weapon at Songbird, although it cannot damage him at all.

However, in addition to red, Songbird’s eyes will turn yellow if she feels alerted by Booker’s presence around Elizabeth. Eventually, his eyes will turn green if his anger comes to an end or in this case, he already throws Booker away from Elizabeth or even kills him. However, more often than not, it is Elizabeth who always manages to reduce her anger to a minimum, thus saving Booker’s life.

But then again, it’s great to hear that you don’t have to fight Songbird head to head in this game because I think it’s going to be very difficult or even impossible for Booker to beat Songbird even with all of his most powerful weapons. or powers of telekinesis. And seeing how big his muscles and wings made of steel are, not to mention his giant claws, then there’s no doubt this bird will tear Booker’s body into pieces before killing him. Simply put, Songbird is simply unbeatable, or at least by Booker Dewitt.

Songbird Weaknesses

However, despite the fact that Songbird is unbeatable by Booker, there are still some weaknesses that this robotic bird possesses. First of all, as we already know, Songbird is actually loyal to Elizabeth since Songbird has been programmed to do so. So this bird will never hurt this girl, no matter what. And that’s the weakness Booker can always take advantage of. So whenever Songbird is mad at Booker and is about to kill him, Elizabeth always comes to the rescue and calms him down, preventing Booker from being killed.

Songbird’s second weakness is that this bird can be controlled with a special flute called “The Whistler” given by Elizabeth. However, this doesn’t happen until Elizabeth (when she already becomes the leader of Columbia, replacing Comstock in the future) drags Booker into the future and gives him the special instrument plus the song notes that can be used to control. to Songbird. This is when Songbird’s latest weakness is finally revealed to players. And that is all the power of Isabel to open tears.

Surprisingly, it’s Elizabeth, not Booker, who can actually defeat and kill Songbird for good. After receiving the instrument called “The Whistler” from Elizabeth and also discovering the notes to the song, Booker uses that special flute to command Songbird to destroy the siphon. Apparently, this siphon has been controlling Elizabeth so that she doesn’t use her power to open the “tears” to the max, thus preventing her from escaping the tower.

Thus, after Songbird has destroyed the siphon, Elizabeth is finally able to use her full power to transport her, Booker, and Songbird to the city of Rapture, an underwater city used in the previous Bioshock 1 and Bioshock 2. And given that Rapture is an underwater city, under the deep blue sea, then the pressure is extremely great and powerful enough to kill any living thing in this ocean.

And thanks to all of Elizabeth’s power, she then transports Booker and herself inside the building in Rapture, while Songbird is transported by Elizabeth out of the Rapture building. Then the enormous pressure of the ocean finally kills Songbird.

The bright side of Songbird

However, despite all the bad things we already know about Songbird, oddly enough, there is still some goodness within this bird’s heart. If you have already played and finished this game, you obviously know that at the moment when Booker kills Comstock, Songbird surprisingly decides to help Booker and Elizabeth to stop the Vox Populi group from destroying the airship Zeppelin, a kind of machine that is really crucial to getting them safely to Monument Island. So in this part of the game, Booker can order Songbird to attack any threat from the Vox Populi people around the airship.

So yeah, there you go. Songbird’s Story. Hopefully this article can help you learn more about Songbird in Bioshock Infinite. What about you? Do you have any thoughts on Songbird’s existence in Bioshock Infinite? Well, if you do, feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section below.