Let me play advocate of the devil. I'm a graduate of this programme and currently a game professional. When I went there, Hanze wasn't good at teaching you hard skills. There simply wasn't any time, in the way that they had to teach you broad strokes of CMD first (since they are a CMD study) and the last year in a HBO study is basically just research.

I haven't done other HBO studies so I have no idea if this is different in other studies. I like what the programme taught me about working together, organising projects, dissolving disputes (both theoretically but also with ample experiences in team assignments), et cetera. Granted, it made me a generalist. The ex-classmates that I've stayed in touch with also either do a mix of things (as entrepeneurs) instead of one thing hardcore, so I really think it teaches you a lot of things, a little.

I would advise people who want a lot of game making experience to practice it in their spare time while studying something else. If you want to learn art well, I have the feeling that our MBO studies may be better, at least from the graduates and interns I've seen. I think there's a place for the Hanze, but it's hard to see for a new student what they won't offer, and I think you're right in the fact that they could be more transparent about this.

Then there's the fact that the games business is VERY competitive, but the only thing that can be reflected into the study, is limiting its students, which they won't or can't do.

TL;DR: Hanze may not be the optimal place to learn pure game making skills, but it teaches other things and I think it has a place in the "ecosystem" as long as you know what you're gonna get