This right here is just further proof that this game has been trashed online by  majority of people who have pathetic level of fanboy agenda and has very little to do with the protagonist being gay. 

Seriously and were supposed to believed random blogs, random online dwellers now that all the high scores are paid reviews and that the 0 user scores are from the real "fans" that thinks the game is the worst of the worst not even functional game? "Real fans" who got a a list of all xbox games rated 10.....get real.

Fanboyism at its peak, grown men/women going through all this just to destroy a game that a lot of people put so much passion and time to make because it's not playable on the plastic box they purchased.

Absolutely disgusting. 

I also saw many user reviews bombing the game simply because Ellie is gay and in a gay couple with another girl, hence decrying the whole game as gay, woke, sjw pandering, leftist fantasy, and things like that.

Why did you group them together? Xbox trolls are not the main cause, though I will not deny their contributions. There’s just as many if not more positive reviews from people who liked it. 

You aren’t even open to the possibility that the majority are people who liked LOU1? People are allowed to feel divided on the direction of the story and characters, on top of who you play as. The ending is not universally praised either (where as review copies werent the whole game people based their review on).  

That’s a shame. They will do nothing but take up the headlines and spotlight instead of those who legitimately feel divided. It’s sucks that there can’t be a constructive dialogue if everybody just assumes all the haters are just anti lgbt. 

Wait wait, are you claiming that the review copies just didn't have the back half of the game? My understanding was that they weren't allowed to discuss the back half in their review but they were still allowed to play that part of the game. 

Btw, not that weird of a request. Even as an amateur video game reviewer we got some review copies that came with the stipulation we not discuss story details beyond a certain point. Would have to look through my review list to try and remember which game specifically. 

No that’s what I meant. That their score could only be based on the first half right? That was my understanding. It’s not a weird request, but it’s the second half moments of the game that are largely responsible for the divisive aspects. 

No, their scores are based on the whole game, they just weren't allowed to speak on, or show, details from the second half of the game.

Ah I see, thanks for clarifying. That just creates more questions then answers. This really is like Star Wars Last Jedi with a clear disconnect between media and end users. 

Though that comes with it's own can of worms, as one reviewer noted. As in, if they had had a game-breaking bug or something along those lines somewhere in the second half of the game, they would not have been able to report on it in their reviews due to this total embargo on the latter part of the game.

Yeah, you can do that if you want, or still like it regardless of bad writing

You have your own opinion regardless. I never said you had to express one like mine, but the user reviews are telling in the end.