I still like Bioshock Infinite, but yeah it has a lot of problems. It's definitely not nearly as good as the previous Bioshock games, going for a more linear, bog standard shooter than the sprawling kind that Bioshock 1 and 2 went for. There was a time where this didn't bother me, but after playing more shooters, I do realize how generic Infinite's gameplay really can be.

The story is a bit of a mess too. A lot of interesting ideas that feel rushed and unfocused. Nothing really makes sense if you think about it for more than 5 seconds. The game really wants you to think it's being really smart, but all too often comes off as either corny or pretentious. The writing isn't all bad. I'd argue it's mostly decent, just too full of itself. The whole war stuff with the Vox suddenly going from oppressed freedom fighters to an insane mob of killers is especially clumsy though. Really bizarre part of the game that I'm sure was meant to have more significance.

Despite all that, the game is still fun to me. Mixing up vigors and experimenting with them and different gun combinations is still fun, albeit not nearly as much as the prior games. It's just a shame that the game had such a troubled development with so much crap on the cutting room floor. With better directing and a clear focus, it probably would have been remembered much more fondly, or at the very least as fondly as its predecessors.