Nothing ever needed to be turned around.  It always looked like a solid, cinimatic, and graphically impressive TPS.

Well then you must have been reading different previews from me. I'll concede I haven't been following this game closely more recently but early impressions from a number of sites were far from good.

I find it interesting, if not telling, that neither the word gameplay, nor refererence to it, feature anywhere in your post.

LOL what a bizarre article. I like how he lists some common gameplay complaints, like boring and generic, but tries to tell us those complaints are invalid because of these massive reaches on what qualifies as innovative, none of which are crucial to gameplay. aka the portion of the game people are worried about.

I mean, the gunplay looks like ass, there seems to be way to many QTE's and it looks extremely linear, all imho, but the music and some development tricks! Surely those make up for it. And the setting, wow. Even though you can't explore off your set cinematic path, it's still totally innovative! Weak gunplay and tired TPS mechanics in a typical espionage setting or the usual sci-fi, well that's boring. Weak gunplay and tired mechanics in a Victorian setting, baby you got a stew going.

And what a stew it is! NOM NOM NOM

Curious that most if not all the complaining about the OP (which is quite good) comes from Nintendo fan who criticizes most if not all that Sony does.

Would anyone say where a Mario game coreplay inovated? But it doesn't matter because the game is very good.

Also disagree with the dictionary to keep bashing the game? The point of the OP was basically dismiss the useless "not inovative" criticism that don't bring anything to discussion. As also "not being fun" since that is enterely taste oriented and subjective.

Another Point on inovation on techonological side RaD done was regarding multiple layering texturing as show in a presentation at the time they unveiled the game.

I will buy it anyway because what else is there in february? I don't care about innovations nor do I give a damn about review Scores. I'll just see if the game is any good myself.

Maybe because you skipped the part he said he isn't discussing if the game is good or bad, or if other criticism are valid nor said the inovation made the game saved. You are actually the one reaching to actually bash the article and the game.

His only point was that critics on lack of inovation is pointless. You said about tired tps. How many tps, fps, platforms and hack n slash have you played? Where they all unique??

And since we are at it please list all inovative games from the last 10 years you remember and why it is inovative in them. Curl skipped it in his answer, will you?

Well, I agree. Some Media in UK and NA are driven by MS, or simply anti-Sony.

How many times a MS or Nintendo exclusive game get a very good review when the game is just over and over again a reiteration of things already played and seen to death. But they talk about lack of innovation when they have a Playstation exclusive in their hands and they lower the score to the 70 range. What is innovation ? Do these people know ? Or, it's often not convenient for their purpose to notice and bring up innovation in a Playstation Exclusive ?

eh eh, maybe he means the monster innovation of games like Super Smash Bros and Halo Collection...

This magic word ''lack of innovation'' is often used without any clue.  I will say again, it's often not convenient for some Media(UK and NA mostly) to notice and bring up innovation in a Playstation Exclusive...

You must be watching different things then or you are confusing this with another game. Gunplay has been praised by all who played it and we've seen one QTE segment. TLOU had more QTEs in its first 10 minutes than the +30 minutes we've seen of The Order.