What are thos majors flaws?

I'm playing the game and I can't see any of them.

It makes me wonder why WKC got a 6/10 from them. It was way way more flawed than FFXIII. I mean everything is better in FFXIII (especially the gameplay actually).

Uniformity =/= objectivity.

No reviewer is currently objective... and due to that... the ones who aren't uniform are of MUCH greater value.

For example, take a look at the Wii collection and some games that get downright awful scores... yet look how popular they are... objectivly, a lot of them probably would score higher then Final Fantasy games would.

Look at movie reviews.  Movie reviewers have MUCH more stringent criteria.  They go to school specifically to learn about films so they can know enough about them to be objective in reviews.

Roger Ebert can find a movie he dislikes but give it 5 stars if he thinks it's good.  Gene Shalot can like that same movie and give it 2 stars.

Objectivity is nothing more then shutting out the biases you may have and giving a fair evaluation based on the history of the medium your reviewing.  Often times you are still going to reach different conclusions then other people.

The fact that review scores are all so closely crowded together is actually a sign of the LACK of objectivity.  Because your not really reviewing the game anymore... your reviewing what you think other people will review the game at... which leads itself to bias itself just based on names.

Absurd, poorly paced, and "vaguely comprehensible" story with one-dimensional characters, trial-and-error battles that play themselves for you, an almost complete lack of player choice, almost no side-quests until you're 30 hours in, and a lackluster soundtrack, among others.

Does that not make sense to anyone else?

He complained that the battles require some minimum amount of involvement, such that you can't just watch the game play itself for you. But only barely.

It's in the review. Read it.

I know exactly what he means, but it's also a contridiction, that's all. 

@ boutros: I'm not saying anything about the review itself, just how people often react to reviews and how that in itself can be hypocritical as well.

Don't learn to set your paradigms correctly and when to switch during battles and you're toast.

The battle system gives you the option for auto-battle but it isn't necessary. You can play this game entirely manual if you wish.

FFXII was a game where you can sit back and watch it play for you but it didn't get criticism like this.

I also wonder why everyone says the story is hard to understand. I have no problems following it and I haven't touched the datalog.

I haven't even begun to criticize the review from an opinion standpoint, but everything you just said is dead on.  Changing the paradigms correctly is vital.  And if he didn't like the fact that the battles play themselves for you, then take control of every single input.  I do it a lot when I want to do a specific attack.  The game gives you a choice.

I don't have a problem with the story either, but that's purely opinion.  Though not being able to follow it seems....odd.

I don't really care what he thinks though...I'm playing it and am happy with it.  Talking about it on threads such as these does help pass the time though...

The amount of critisism for the battle system for FFXII was immense...