Mike_L said:
Angelus said:
There's no problem with people liking the game. If you like something you like it, good for you. A critical, objective look at a game's quality isn't going to change your mind on what you like and don't like, nor is that it's purpose. The purpose is to inform the larger consumer base, looking for input on a potential investment, what exactly they can expect to get for their money. Not everyone scavenges the internet for every bit of pre-release news on a game to know everything it might entail, not every game ships with all its promises delivered upon, not every game runs smoothly on one's choice platform (it's nice NMS is running well for your friends, I saw another user here stating it's crashed his PS4 like 50 times), etc etc. Point being, whether one enjoys a game or not for what it is, there is certain critical information consumers thankfully deserve to have, which can be objectively measured as positive or negative, regardless of ones overall opinion of "well this is really quite good quality wise, but I just don't like it," and/or "well there's a lot wrong here but I just can't get enough anyway."
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You're totally right and it still isn't my intention to say reviewers are wrong as I haven't even played the game 
That's why I didn't roll my eyes at the critics but rather at how some VG users seem to be celebrating negative news on "the other side of the fence" even more than celebrating positive news on "their own". I think that's unfortunate and the reason why I visit this site less and less.
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If I know which users you refer to, I don't think there's much to celebrate right now except 10% profits from a mobile game.
Though I guess that's normal in a period of console transitions (unless you're the PS3 and receives new games till the very end).
