I don't think he will reply, he just decided to add nothing to the thread but quoting you giving the image that 500 streams are nothing substantial so to leave a hidden negative comment about a game he won't buy on a console he doesn't own.

In fairness, simply stating the number of people streaming someone doesn't add much to the thread either. It's not a very useful statistic unless it's coupled with the number also watching. Otherwise it's a bit like a film company proclaiming how many cinemas their new film has been showing in, but forgetting to mention how much it actually made. The two are obviously tied, but the value of the former is tied to the latter.

The AI in Gears of War: Ultimate Edition can be profoundly dumb. Your squadmates have a habit of just, like, stopping in the middle of a path and not bothering to catch up, even if you issue any of the game's rudimentary and ultimately meaningless squad commands. I ran into a couple of cases where the enemy AI failed to activate, too, allowing me to just take my time and shoot them in the back. Also, right before theBrumak fight I looked out the door and saw just a skybox. The level took around 30 seconds to draw in. None of that is especially game-breaking, but for a project that specifically exists to kind of clean up an old game, parts of it still feel a little filthy.

Lastly, the campaign runs at around 30 frames per second, but even then it still takes some hits during some of the larger encounters. That it can't even maintain a rock-solid frame rate while also not looking especially great for 2015 seems like pure madness.

t's fun when played with some like-minded and like-skilled individuals, but after all this time the only people who are likely to stick with it are insanely good at it. 

He must have absolutely had no reason to dislike the game.  He just isn't a fan of the game anymore...  

Or maybe, he had a bad experience with the game.  Even technically different people can have different experiences with the game.  Skyrim for example could have 10 people play it and 9 of them have pretty bad experiences with bugs.  While the 10th guy got super lucky and was going on about how bugless the game was.  That's his right as a reviewer to explain his experiences.  

@bold, clearly his love for Gears isn't just predicated on his enjoyment of Horde mode.  Otherwise why did he originally give the game a 9.6/10?  

Sure, horde mode might be his absolute favorite, but clearly he enjoyed the game for other reasons.  

Still contributing an “and?“ as the only post in a thread from gooch is as obvious as it can get. Whether 500 streams is good or not is arguable, of course, but not in that way. What that was about I already wrote.

If they were a big deal to him, that's his opinion.  You're the one who is trying to belittle someone's opinion by suggesting that they shouldn't have reviewed the game.  I'm trying to explain that EVERY REVIEW IS VALID.  Every one has their own opinion, there is no wrong opinion.  If he feels the game was deserving of the 4/10 score, that's his opinion.  Would I agree with it?  Probably not, everyone else seems to be very much enjoying the game.  

You're the one trying to explain away 1 bad review, and instead of understanding that everyone can have their opinion.  

Accept that people can have an opinion that isn't wrong and their opinion isn't driven by being a fanboy.  Everyone might love a game, and everyone might hate the game.  That's their opinion, their experience.  

I'm not using the negative as gospel, I am merely defending the review.  

Why am I doing that?  

Because as the reviewer, it is his opinion.  Don't need to bash someone just because you don't agree with their opinion.  Respect every single review, as it is someone's opinion.