What do you mean pleased it doesn't get extra points for having the Zelda name.  Dynasty Warriors 8 on the PS4 has online play and it runs without frame drops.  Hyrule Warriors has frame drops, freezing, and no online play with the same problems a Dynasty Warriors game has: repetitive as hell and dumb AI.  BAM.  6/10.  I'd think the noticeable framedrops and no online play should make the game score less.

Seriously ? 

"I don't agree with a minority of reviewers from Japan and France, so they're idiots when it comes to gaming"

Who's sounding like an idiot here ? smh

Also, 

Japan: 

-Metal Gear Solid

-Final Fantasy

-Kingdom Hearts

-Silent Hill

-Resident Evil

-Fire Emblem

-Mario

-Zelda

-Chrono Trigger

etc...

France: 

-Arx Fatalis

-Dishonored

-Heavy Rain

-Rayman

-Beyond Good & Evil

-Assassin's Creed

-Valiant Hearts

-Ghost Recon

etc...

So yeah, what a bunch of idiots.

No they cant. those genres have extensive online modes where no two matches are the same. that is a mode that this game and genre could really benefit from.

the musou series is funny. Some will defend the repetitive gameplay all day but then go around and bash another game for the same thing. and vice versa. Why does musou get a pass? I get if you like the game and thats fine but you would still have to judge accordingly.

most people play those, because they can play them against other human beings.

Meaning there is no dumb AI (or any AI), no long levels (just maps/tracks that can be customized) and not being repetitive as every human plays differently.

Don't really care about the review (I think everybody already knows what they are getting into if they buy this game. It's not for everyone), but I hope the issues get patched so we don't have to deal with them here.

In Japan, that's probably true.  In the west, especially with Nintendo owners, that probably won't be the case.  I'd imagine that a high percentage of people who buy this game have little or no experience with Musou games and probably won't even know that it's anything but a new Zelda spin-off.

For that reason, I have no problem with publishers treating this as a new game and not selecting the "niche Japanese game reviewer" as the one who reviews it.  When the experience of many of those who buy the game is going to be fresh, you might as well go with a reveiwer who will have the same perspective.  I think that's fair.

Besides, a lot of publications don't even review niche Japanese games and won't have someone familiar with them on staff.

As for frame-rate drops, maybe I'm mixing this up with something else, but does anyone remember a guy from Omega Force once saying that the Wii U would struggle with Musou games because of the weak CPU?  I'm sure they would have solved most of that, obviously, but it still might be an issue in certain situations.

Yeah, but that's a 3D Zelda problem.

Let me take a guess here, you are planning to get the game day one and possibly already have it pre ordered.

Aye, sounds solidly Dynasty Warriors.

Dials back my enthusiasm a bit. Fortunately Nintendo can patch games now, so the freezing problem at least could be resolved (not sure about framerate drops)