They are cherry picking perhaps, but at the same time I can’t blame them either. There have been a few decent games that have been drove into the dirt because reviewers started to treat writing the worse review for said game like a competition.
It’s understandable that they would much prefer people actually get their hands on a copy of the game first and give it a fair shot before it unfairly gets flailed around in the clinches of the GaaS and Agenda stricken narrative that seems to be all the rage in particular echochambers these days.
I mean there are definitely other ways to go about this such as trial periods and demo’s for the game etc, but it’s not like any tactic is going to save them from the pre-determined criticism they’ll be facing anyway. If they feel like this is their only opportunity to get a fair shake at the game then so be it, I don’t blame them for that as the experience for a game like this amongst players is going to vary. Do we really need any little thing someone doesn’t like about it to be treated as if it’s a Dumpster Fire?
