There's a huge lack of consistency with gaming media outlets and their own specific criteria for what constitutes a positive or a negative for a game.
Personally I think most decent review outlets died in the 6th gen. First Impressions from people with similar tastes to you are generally the best bet now. It's just that meta's are much better willy waving fodder for people who need X to be better than Y because they prefer that.
TLDR: Too much salty water.








