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It's because Bioshock gives you far more choice in terms of play style and customization than just about any other shooter I've ever played. There are TONS of Plasmids and tonics that you can use to alter your character and thus your play style. Want to be a good hacker? Choose tonics that slow down the process or eliminate some of the obstacles. Want to focus on melee combat? Equip tonics that make physical damage hurt less and tonics that make your physical attacks do more damage.

It's all about choices and how you want to play the game. Regardless, if you don't like first person shooters, there's no point in playing it. It would be like playing a racing game for the car customization.
I'd be more impressed with that if Deus Ex hadn't done it better a decade ago.

Bioshock's got a fantastic, almost unparalleled story/atmosphere/etc., but the gameplay really is not 10/10 by any stretch of the imagination. It's fairly generic, all told, and can get pretty repetitive. Definitely an important and worthwhile game, but if you actually want to play a great FPS, then there are better choices.
That's what Halo 3 is for. :P I haven't played Deus Ex because I'm one of the few people who finds the keyboard nearly unbearable. And the PS2 isn't much better. Even with the plasmids and tonics not being anything revolutionary, they make the gameplay far less repetitive than what's in most shooters I've played. I've done far more resource management and much more consideration of how I want to kill the enemies than in pretty much any other shooter. Not saying it's perfect, but I've yet to find it less satisfying than most FPS that focus far more on the shooting than Bioshock does.