Oh dear, Jim has a Wrong Opinion. He should know you can't express those.

Well, obviously the outliers get more attention than the ones in the pack. But I read his review, and his points are valid, but it is a question of how much you weigh them and if what annoys one is fun for another. This actually differs, whle pros might enjoy a difficult but well timed jumping passage in a platformer the less able might find the same passage annoying. That's quite normal.

Still havent licked a Switch game. I know it tastes bad, so Im good.

Or you could do it my way: make your way through pillars of Ice with cryonis. You can climb waterfalls this way, too. Or you could use stasis on some big item, send it flying towards the island, and hold on to it.

@ the stamina bar problem: I will never understand this problem. In past Zelda games, Link has always had 2 movement speeds: walking and jogging. Skyward Sword added running. BotW now has 4: sneaking, walking, jogging, and running. If you hate the stamina bar, you could just jog at regular speed like old Zelda games. You didn't complain it was too slow then, why now? You can also buff your speed now, extend your stamina bar, instantly recover it, upgrade it, wear different clothes to manage it better, etc. 

But wait, you're telling me I have to watch it refill for 3 seconds (while I still jog, unlike in SS)? Fun ruined.

I think the game needs more average reviews, a score above 95 is not justified at all. The game has way too many flaws, the bad framerate and bad menu design alone should be enough for a lower score.

Then the lack of story and music, limited shrine and dungeon variety horribly bad voice actiong...

Well... he got what he asked for... 15 minutes of fame.

Well, this was giving him shit? Well, it's my general opinion, if you dislike a game, play something else. I do play something else, if I dislike a game. That remark wasn't poisonous, it was just elaborating on different opinions about games - different games you like.

So the review came out on the 12th. That means he probably had about 3 days to complete the game (half day 9th, full 10th, 11th, half day 12th, assuming he's writing while he plays). Apparently the average completion time is around 30-35 hours (https://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=38019). So if he already had 5 hours into it before the 9th (let's say), and put another 25 in over that 3 days, then would he have "rushed through the game" if he beat it in the average amount of time he take to complete the game?

To quote Jim's review:
" Enemy encounters that suck up your resources, cluttered menus that are a hassle to get through, the same old fucking cutscenes every time you open, enter, and complete shrines. Frequent interruptions when monsters respawn during a “blood moon” – the modern equivalent of Castlevania II‘s notorious “curse” text box."

I'm sorry, where does he say that the cut scene is unskippable during a blood moon? Are you sure that he got this wrong, or that you just never read it right?

Hmm. I can definitely see that being a problem for some people. 

Even I was probably too conservative with my weapon usage at the start of BotW. I quickly learned though, that the game gives you good, high damage weapons at a fast enough clip that you never really have to worry about it.

I'm not married to the durability system, but it does produce some fun moments. If you're weapon is about to break, you can throw it at an enemy, kill him, and grab his weapon. Or if that doesn't kill him, you can grab one of the many other weapons that are probably on the ground at the camp/shrine or left behind by a previously defeated enemy. Worst case scenario is that you hit right on the dpad and thumbstick over to another weapon. It all flows pretty well for me. 

If you actually read the review you would see that he does discuss his issues with the game, if that deserves a 7 who knows. 

Don't simply say that he did it for the clicks.