Haha yeah, we do seem to cross opinions quite a lot. I respect you as an intelligent poster and I respect your opinions as well (no matter how much they differ from my own).
To avoid getting frozen and wrench bashed, I will explain why Bioshock is a great game, regardless of it's faults:
Atmosphere: Graphics may not matter in general, but this game is just beautifully put together. The sound, the water effects, the lighting, and the art style mesh to create an amazingly unique take on steampunk. The game feels amazing to play, and entering a new room can make you almost giddy with anticipation of what you may find.
Gameplay: Although the plasmid abilities themselves weren't particularly unique, and they weren't really necessary to win the game most of the time, there were some really creative uses. For example: using Incinerate on an enemy, forcing them to run to water, then using Electrobolt on the water to fry them.
So far I would rate the game at about a 9.0. It's not original, but it's very good. I wish they had made it a bit deeper and a bit less easy, but overall it's a very solid shooter, with an amazing and creative style and gorgeous artwork and graphics.
Edit: I understand that easy games can be great, but games like Metroid Prime 3 and Twilight Princess are more about the puzzles than the difficulty of the combat. Bioshock, because of the style it's in, really shouldn't be that easy.
