Okay, but that's not how it works. Not everyone who loves it is delusional and not everyone who dislikes/hates it thinks it's Gollum.
Anyone with an open mind can go into a game, play it, and despise it. Another person with an open mind can go into a game, play it, and love it. You're starting to sound like you're writing the rules for this game, which is what you're trying to oppose in the first place.
wtf are you even on? I’m not writing any rules.
Can someone absolutely hate the game even going in with an open mind? Yes. Those people will likely be far and few between because it is a quality game.
BG3 wasn’t for me, I went in with an open mind, but I totally get why it won a lot of GOTY awards and accolades. It just isn’t my jam.
This game IS the kind of jam I was hoping for and thus it is providing fun.
You and I both know most of the people shitting on this game right now haven’t played it and don’t plan to. That’s not some giant leap or wishful thinking. There’s an ever ready mindset to dunk on the game for everything and blow it out of proportion.
Launch issues are legit problems to complain about for early access. The issue with the flag and woke stuff, fine, go ahead. I’ve seen folks talking about bad shadows and bad hair like it’s a girl with sharp knees 0/10 would not bang kind of fedora hat discord mod posting.
Other fair criticisms are the writing isn’t your cup of tea or you don’t like what the story does with characters.
When it comes to gunplay, movement, visuals, customization, variety, and fun this game has it in spades.
Hope that makes more sense on what I’m trying to articulate. It feels “nitpicky” and people wanting the game to fail because it wasn’t a new Batman game or Superman game from rocksteady. GaaS bad.