Bioshock

[serenissima]

aristeros has been playing Bioshock lately. It's set in an underwater city whose inhabitants have discovered a way to make different kinds of super-powered mutations, such as shooting fire or lighting from their hands, or freezing their opponents in ice, or teleporting across the room, etc. Even though the place is at the bottom of the ocean, it's supposed to be entirely self-contained, and you never leave the city. All the opponents you face are mutant humans of different kinds, not sharks or squids or lobsters.

He commented that all the mutations seemed to be for fighting: he didn't see much practical, everyday benefit from being able to shoot lighting from your hands. I was thinking that if I lived underwater and could mutate however I wanted, I'd grow some gills and flippers and go outside!