Originally Posted by JDR13 
I don't understand how any fan of the games you mention could "despise" Bioshock. It's not quite on the same level as those titles, but it's still a very good game in it's own right.
Maybe the political take. They laid on the ayn rand stuff pretty hard. Also they transported most of the gameplay elements straight from SS2. It's weird seeing CC cameras in an underwater city from the, what, 40's?