I am not a fan of FPS and generally avoid them; I bought Bioshock Infinite day 1 and do not regret it.
What got me hooked initially was the atmosphere of Columbia, I love the art direction, I love the design aesthetic and I love the music.
What kept me going was the mystery; I battle my aversion for FPS, I battle motion sickness, I ignore the relatively mediocre gun-play and played the game to the very end; all that matter to me was progressing the narrative.
What blew me away was the finale; how it effect your entire view of the game's narrative, not the blatant thing that the game hammered home to you about 2/3 of the way into the plot, but the subtle dig that takes time and effort to unveil itself.
Bioshock Infinite is a triumph of narrative over gameplay and will remain one of my best gaming experience ever, right next to the likes of Planescape Torment and Portal 2.
So yes, to me it deserve all the praise that it got and more, but I can understand very easily how someone could and would be disappointed in the game if their value in the composition of a game is less skewed than my own.
