Does Andrew Ryan survive the events of BioShock?

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Throughout BioShock, if the player dies, they resurrect from a conveniently placed Vita-Chamber. I assumed the Vita-Chamber was simply a clever way to mask the player overcoming death, and as a story element, should be ignored.

However, rather then simply being a means to an end, the Vita-Chamber is a legitimate piece of technology being used in Rapture. We should assume that the Vita-Chamber is relevant to the story, and not just a "story teller element" to mask the players constant death.

Throughout the game, you find notes on the Vita-Chamber system. One, in particular, gives you an important piece of information. The Vita-Chambers are only tuned to Andrew Ryan's D.N.A. and should ideally only resurrect Andrew Ryan.

Given what we learn from the two games, a conclusion can easily be made. If Andrew Ryan were to die within fair proximity to a Vita-Chamber, he would simply reconstruct at the Vita-Chamber, just as the player does in BioShock and BioShock 2.

My question is, does he show up later, at all?

Can anyone confirm this a deliberate twist, and not just a simple a plot oversight?

Zerjack · Accepted Answer

You're thinking a bit too much into it. There's a Vita-Chamber in Ryan's office, however...

I would give you a screenshot, but my Bioshock savefiles are long gone.

Ryan didn't need to run away. He didn't want to. Rapture was his life. and by that time...

In regards to Bioshock 2. The little sister reviving subject Delta is pretty special. She rigged one Vita-chamber to work outside of it's parameters. The chambers were only for Ryan and his DNA. And they were not intended to work years later. But again, we're talking about someone special.

Besides that. No, Ryan's does not show up in Bioshock 2.

user239957 · Answer

In BioShock 2, once you get to the Fontaine Futuristics area, there is an audio diary of Andrew Ryan, "Alone at Last", saying that everyone is gone and Fontaine is gone and he's the only one left so this proves he's alive because you kill Fontaine after you kill Andrew Ryan.

This facility belongs to the city now -- to Ryan Industries… at least until the rioting subsides. While it is unfortunate that such measures had to be taken… I must admit, it is gratifying to see this building condemned. Fontaine is gone. Lamb is gone… or close enough. I am alone at last… alone with my city.

Does Andrew Ryan survive the events of BioShock?

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