I had preordered the game, and I must say that the critics and negativity in many of the reviews made me worry. Now I have finished the game, took me about 12 hours to do, and my opinion is that this is one of the most immersive story games I have ever played. I played it through in 2 sessions, and it was really difficult to stop once you get going. For me, this is a soulmate to Unchartered's and TLOU, which I also liked very much. The only thing I did not like so much was the cameramoves which probably were ment to crete filmlike atmoshpere, but for me it was too exaggerated effect, but I got used to it in a chapter or two. The graphichs is at times unbelivable, I was most impressed with the textures in clothes. Audio is also very well made, and technically I have no complaints whatsoever.
I can see why people who were expecting an open world game would be disappointed, but I think in general the media has been way too cruel to this game a its developers. At least I want to see game developers to make different types of games for us to play, not everything has to be GTA or Destiny grinding (although I am a big fan of Destiny too).