★★★☆☆
More Call of Duty than Bioshock. Everything that looked good in the trailers, isn't in the final game. While it does have a great intro, and a few other memorable non-combat moments, it falls flat as soon as the actual gameplay starts. Shoot some things, then shoot some more things, then shoot yet more things, that's all there is to it, and that gunplay isn't even satisfying, because enemies are simple bullet sponges.

+ Pretty Graphics
+ Tweak playstyle with "Gear"

+- Small roller coasters
+- Simple upgrade system
+- Ending makes no sense
+- Elizabeth, the MMO vanity pet?
+- Shield regen, no HP or MP potions
+- Collectible that upgrades your HP, MP, or Shield
+- Grapple doesn't aim you in the direction of the next grapple

- Short
- No Cohesion
- Limited mana bar
- Magics no longer part of the world
- Few magics, weapons, and combos
- Story/setting combo makes no sense
- Can't manually save/quicksave, only load poorly spaced checkpoints
- Meaningless difficulty turns enemies into even spongier bullet sponges
- 100% Shooting-Gallery Gameplay. Missing many Bioshock 2 features; Hacking, research camera, moral choices, wave defense (though it is available as a DLC standalone mode), etc.

* There are various clips of 80s music, is that where majority of this game's budget went?