Well, we might have a different opinion about a good story, it is fine if you like these stories, and if you think all of these games are worth a 90+ rating.
It just proves the point from before that Prima Junta had about the modern gamers. Yes, I also like to shoot things sometimes, I played through fear and enjoy it, yes it had some story elements about a little ghost girl, nothing deep or complex, it was fun to play it through but what I did was shooting things and blow things up, it was just like 100's of other shooters all in all, except for the graphics.
Yes, far cry 2 had a little bit oj a deja vú story nothing award winning, what I did was run around and shoot things and blow things up. Just like 100's of other shooters. It did have great graphics though.
Yes crysis had a little bit of an alien story, nothing award winning, what I did was run around and shoot things and blow things up. It did have better graphics than the other games though.
Halo 1 combat envolved, yes it did have a little story of an action hero with a big armor, nothing award winning. What I did was run around and blow things up, and shoot a little. Same as 100% of other games, it did have great graphics for its time though.
Halo 2,3 they were innovative about multiplayer and brought something new to the genre, something exceptional so it could be they deserved their 90 + rating.
Bioshock also had some fresh ideas and great atmosphere, also worth a 90 + rating in my opinion.
Unreal Tournament, multiplayer run around blow things up, better graphics than before.
Resistance run around shoot blow things up, the standard aliens story, great graphics for the PS3.
Oblivion run around kill things in an medival FPS, the enemies even scale to your level to make it easy to kill them so you don't need to worry about that. There are people to give you quests, to kill things, and collect their stuff. It also has a standard story. It was innovative in its size though, for me it was just a big sand-box of boring, but I know others loved it anyway. The dark brotherhood questline was also well done.
It seems obvious to me that your problem is more with the genre than with those particular titles.
You are wrong, I love the genre, I loved NOLF, loved Half-life 2 , dark forces all of these where innovative and had varied gameplay. These are easily 90+ titles for me.
I just do not think a lot of action, slap on some alien or mutants, or mystery that might fit in a B action flick and make it have great graphics is worth a 90+ rating from all major gaming site because it is a AAA title developed by the biggest publishers.