I, on the other hand, disagree wholeheartedly with your conclusion. But that's simply because I never found the game boring on any level, thoroughly enjoyed myself from start to finish. That one little thing changes everything. xD

I enjoyed playing the game, and I thought the setting was pretty brill. I never got caught up on the jump scares, but definitely the atmosphere got to me more. They sold Rapture as a scary place pretty well, I thought. The plot was fine until after the big reveal at which point it was kind of "Really? You had such promise."


I will ask you to elaborate on this point though:

I like the idea of the wealthy creating a place where they can use their earnings as they see fit, as well as science having no limitations set upon it allowing for genetic engineering. The problem is that none of these elements are implemented well through gameplay.
I thought that this was handled pretty well. It makes sense for plasmids to exist here, and the player character can use the plasmids because of plot reasons. I am just struggling to see how they don't marry up. xD