arcaneguyver on 12 February 2015
The anti-review sentiment in this thread stems from the ridiculous number of "you might want to cancel that preorder" articles for just this one game. I don't know why it's being singled out when stuff like Destiny & Watch_Dogs got by without such harsh pre-release scrutiny by the media. I'd say it's in response to 2014 in general, but the 'linear & derivitive' narrative seemed to start mid-2014.
I think the game looks decent, not deserving the whipping boy status. If it ends up being a turd, whip away, but the media setting a negative tone for this one game makes me twitchy and defiant, same as how the preorder begging made me stop preordering anything.
