I would counter that it was the only game of it's type, and pretty much the first game of its type on consoles. I think the flaws get overlooked because of that. Kinda like how the wii controller flaws were overlooked because it was fun.

I do think so Jay. In my observations, I see people being loyal to a brand (in general), switching exclusives from one Sony to Microsoft for instance would just remove one check point from their hating/bashing checklist.

Depends on the forum youre on.

VGChartz, for example, has people that love companies rather than games due to the nature of the site itself. The core pull of the site has been Sony vs Nintendo vs Microsoft.

It comes with being on a sales site.

GAF, for example, has great discussion regarding multiplats. Penny Arcade would be another example.

Without Blue Shells, the system is rigged in favor of player 1, because he or she can usually (Mario Kart DS was the exception here) defend against Red Shells and then has nothing else to worry about except the driving. All positions after that have to worry about the driving *and* the other players.

Blue Shells create statistical anomalies that we all remember more vividly than how the best player usually wins most of his/her races (all of us being "the best player" if we play in single player at some point), so the minority of races or Cups that we each have lost due to an ill-timed Blue Shell make us more bitter about those items.

A legitimate gripe about the Blue Shell that Nintendo has finally rectified was in Double Dash, DS, and Wii, where the shell grew wings and would *only* hurt the 1st-place-racer, and maybe numbers two and three if everyone was jockeying for position at the moment of impact. That made it an item that was useless for the caster outside of the purposes of spite (while still serving its role in making sure player 1 always has some pressure on them). Kart 7 made it low-flying again, so there's a decent chance of it ramming other people out of the way for you.

We talked about the old infamous and killzone a lot?

ANd who the fuck is talking about Ryse? I've seen like 2 threads about it, and the only other times mentioned are when threads about which specific exclusive is someone purchasing.

Also, the division hasn't been shown off a lot, it's easy to miss. Wasn't even shown at any of the conferences.

Oh and by the way, Tomb Raider got a LOT of praise from people.

The others didnt, mainly because theyre FPS.

We have seen more gameplay from the Division than most exclusives.  And Ryse has a lot of threads.  You are more than welcome to look them up yourself.

Now get on topic as you have yet to even try to answer my question.  All you have done is try to argue with me.  

As long as we agree it got a free pass, I'm happy.

I see I didn't answer the whole question... I believe exclusivity does get bashed/praised more. Everyone has a preference no matter how slight, even news outlets. With a preference a lot of people want others to see why they have the preference. Because of this exclusives are put on extremes while multiplats are somewhat ignored. For example, nobody argues over how Destiny makes one next gen console better than the other because Xbox and Playstation have it. However, you see some Sony supporters bashing Xbox 1 exclusives left and right for their flaws while Xbox fans say "You're just a jealous fanboy" and vice versa. So if people say a game is bad, some supporters will just say they're biased against it, but if some say a game is good, people will say they just like it because it's an exclusive.

Tl;dr multiplats don't make your console better than someone else's so the Internet doesn't care as much because the Internet is about being better than someone else (a lot of the time).

And we've had more threads about bioshock infinite than all of those. What's your point? A great game gets praise. A more "niche" title, gets praise from its niche audience. Sometimes that niche audience is very loud. Number of threads proves nothing, and you should know that by now having 3 years on this site. Games that aren't very good don't get talked about a lot, except by people who really resonate with them. Games that are amazing get praised by many people.

Far Cry is pretty much your only real example so far. I'd call that an extreme minority. Tomb Raider got a shitload of praise.

My personal opinion? You want to use some other games as examples, but are refraining for some reason.