Why is Bioshock 1 so praised?

[oldschoolfool]

Wright said:

oldschoolfool said:
I thought it was pretty good at the time. It was something different,from your typical bro shooters.

Problem is, by the time Bioshock 1 arrived, there wasn't the huge amount of so called "typical bro shooters". Call of Duty 3 had just released, if I am not mistaken. We were still on the WW2 shooters era.

Well,it was that way for me. I played it probably a year after it came out. I remember getting it for $20. I thought it was pretty good. I did'nt think it was the second coming of anything,but I thought it was solid.