Personally, I wasn't that impressed by Bioshock. Don't get me wrong, the story of Bioshock is one of my favorites of the videogame medium. However, I found the gameplay itself to be a bit lacking. To me, the shooting seemed a little stiff, and in regards to the whole "custimizing your abilities" aspect, I didn't think it was that revolutionary. For the most part, all the plasmids and tonics were just fun new ways to kill enemies, rather than tools that opened up entirely different strategies. I suppose that I'm a bit spoiled, having played Deus Ex and System Shock 2, but I let the hype get the best of me and was really hoping for a true successor to these types of games, and I was a bit underwhelmed.