Bioshock is an OK FPS  So, BioShock was, apparently, a very big
thing. And i still don’t get why exactly was that. Now, don’t
get me wrong, BioShock was a rather good, if frustrating at
times, FPS «with a twist». It was nicely made, had several
really good things about it but… That’s about it. And the entire
situation of BioShock’s popularity really reminds me of Halo
popularity — it seems that people consider BioShock is big
simply because they were continuously told that it is big. But
let me explain myself in detail.  When somebody’s praising
BioShock, more often than not, the biggest praise is given to
the «clever story». But what’s so clever or even good about it?
It’s yet another «failed utopia» setting (like there can be a
successful one). yes, it does use concepts of objectivist
philosophy in it and… i’m sorry, but so what? Is it the first
game to reference or even base itself on some philosophical
tenants? No. Is it the first game that uses real historical
events as a reference for the in-game story?