The main reason the game didn't see so well was its timing it came out in a christmas rush while never having a solid marketing plan. It would have been a better feb-march release or summer.
when i bought the game at an Eb games 5 months after release it was 20 bux and i remember a good review from game informer and IGN. I thought to myself a 9.0 game for 20bux there must be a price mistake and i jumped on it even though i vaguely remembered what type of game it was. after 1 hour of playing it i feel in love with the game and played it for quite a long time getting all those pearls