It's a comparison that was probably used because:
- it does draw a comparison that a lot of people can immediately get in line with
- it's an easy comparison to make because of the camera
That said, the game isn't Gears of War on easy mode and it isn't just a cheap knockoff of Gears. It's like calling Uncharted a Gears of War with platforming I think. And as for the more accessible comments he talked about, they actually do help the game. I wouldn't call the game dumbed down, just made better.
The auto wrangle doesn't automatically catch the ghost for you, it just automatically initiates the wrangle beam once the ghost reaches a certain amount of health instead of you having to press an extra button yourself. It use to be a pretty confusing control mechanic that wasn't easy to pick up but was absolutely essential and now it's an easy control mechanic to pick up and is still absolutely essential. You still have to wear the ghost down to a wrangleable state, you still have to fight with the ghost while it's being wrangled, and you still have to reel it into the trap yourself.
With the traps, trust me, infinite traps is a good thing. I won't go into details but having infinite traps is infinitely less frustrating.
