Games reviews these days arent about fun, but about technical achievements.
I agree with you OP. Though i enjoy both games, reviews are not something to go buy when choosing the games you want to play. There are many examples of this on this gen. Things took a turn for the worse.
The prime victim of this beeing Nier. An incredible experience like no other that was written off as trash by the commercial reviews due to minor flaws and not beeing west developed.
I miss the times up until the playstation when reviewers would try to tell you how much fun a given game is.