Why are recent games screwing up simple things?

[GodOfWar_3ever]

DMC created the genre, God of War perfected it.
God of War II pushed the genre further.
Bayonetta matched it. 2 months later, God of War III becomes the king again.

GameInformer : ".....the team at Sony Santa Monica was elevating the scale and intensity to a level that once again proves Kratos is the undisputed king of the genre."

Destructoid : "Without question, God of War III sets the new gold standard for action games, clearing and then raising the near-impossible bar that was set by its previous installments. For many years to come, this will be the game by which all others in the genre are compared, and I suspect we won't see anything like it for quite some time."

IGN AU : "Kratos has earned an enviable position at the head of his genre's ladder - and we don't think there's going to be another hero quite like him, in a series as consistently outstanding as this, for a very long time."

Everyey.it : "God of War 3 does not represent a revolution in the genre. But it is massive, and brutal, and thrilling, like no other action game in this generation."

GamesRadar : "Add a memorable cast of characters and buckets of gore, and Kratos’s last adventure is also his best yet."