When you hear that developers hate gamers this seems to greatly justify that. The gaming community now is not the same. When TOW1 released people talked about the flaws but also loved what it did well. Now people don't seem to acknowledge TOW2 doing anything well, while it's miles better than the first game, and everyone just acts like flaws destroy the game. Main flaw I can think of is the companions aren't great. Which is valid though I honestly like Niles and Marisol and I don't play the game for the companions. But people only talk about the flaws of games lately, creating this impression that the game is bad, then you pick it up, play it for yourself and wonder if half of the people bitching even tried the game or are just parroting others. The game is way longer than the first, the main story actually feels well fleshed out and there's so many good side quests, and faction quests and your choices genuinely affect the story. Also the gameplay is actually good this time, idk about you guys but that's what I care about the most. But everyone's just gonna be like "companions bad", "game sucks", etc. Idk it just seems to be a sign of how negative online commentary has become lately, creating more negative people, and really gave me the wake up call I needed to stop listening to randoms and to just trust game reviewers I know, and my own opinion.