You played it?

Gotta love the rhetoric of "you must play x amount of this game before you can say anything negative."  Let's say I have, anyone who disagrees would still disagree.  So what's the difference?  Why do I need to experience a janky, wonky, too close camera with shitty lock on when I can clearly see it in a youtube video?  Do I need to play every Call of Duty to know it's "just another Call of Duty"?  That's what video footage of gameplay and reviews are for.

A few mins of edited gameplay in a youtube vid or review is nothing compared to playing it for a while. There's not really any comparable games to it so your cod example doesn't apply here. That's just like a virgin claiming he or she knows what sex is like by watching clips of porn or reading reviews/sex stories.

Why should it have a positive effect on the sales of games like Bayonetta 3 that won't play like it?

Why do people keep referring to Beat em up as being hack and slash in 2018 ?
Also Bayonnetta still exists.

I get the feeling you haven’t played the new GoW, let alone finished it. I’ve seen you make a couple odd comments now against this game, some obvious, some a bit more stealthy. One of them u said GoW will likely do lifetime sales of 7-8 mil bc of its sales of 3.1 mil in 3 days. And if you know anything about sales at all, you would know that is a ridiculous statement. GoW is more likely to sell 15 mil than it is to sell 7-8 mil.

I’d like to hear your explanation as to how the camera is “janky.”

Haha nvm, you confirmed what everyone could already tell. 99.9% of people who have PLAYED this game have loved it, but you watch some YouTube videos and think you have the game figured out. It’s okay to not like a game, but it’s obvious you have an agenda of some sort based on some of ur posts about GoW. That’s your prerogative, but just know people notice. 

When you've compared your argument about video games to human intimacy, it makes me wonder why I even bother.

See my post above.  TLDR: one doesn't have to play every second of a game to know it's not for them.  

If we're talking about my comments on the sales, I based my statement on past series sales.  What are you basing yours on?  Because games can sell loads in their first and even second week, then fall off a cliff.  Monster Hunter World in the US and Dragon Quest XI in Japan if you need references.

The camera is janky upon hit animations.  First it freezes upon impact, then rocks and jitters to give off a sense of intensity.  Because the camera is so close, it gives off almost a motion sickness effect.

If games can't be decided on based on reviews and video footage of gameplay, then what's the point of them?  They are there to let you know if you will like the game, correct?  Even if what the review says sounds glowing, if I see the actual footage and think it looks pants, I'm no longer deciding based on my own opinion, but what the reviewer is telling me.  Cause "you still gotta play it before you can say a negative thing."

By your logic, all gamers should be bankrupt.  Because they must play every game, whether they like how it looks or not, just because of hype culture.

In the last third of the game (plus end game content) it is basically the exact same as the previous GOW games as far as hack and slash goes. For those that have played the first half and say they know enough to make a judgement, it changes.