It is pretty telling that some of the reviews for Dying Light mentioned that they didn't play for very long, talk about "issues" that are part of an upgrade system ("zombies can just grapple you," well, not if you upgrade the path that makes that not happen) and straight up lie about certain parts. I like Sterling's reviews, but he talks about how the runner is impossible to run away from....either he's absolute rubbish at the game, or he didn't bother to try to escape. They're exceedingly easy to evade. Same with volatiles at agility level 2.
Most of them also blame Warner Bros. for withholding code, as if that's Techland's fault. It's clear the entitlement from some reviewers (correct use of entitlement, folks, they're entitled to free game code, though it's beneficial to both sides normally) clouded their vision. Coupled that with their need to pump out a review before they had actually played much of the game and we see how reviewers have made a hash of reviewing this game.
It's also very annoying that now anytime you climb something, it's automatically compared to "Ubisoft game design." You climb 2 towers as part of a mission, and you climb one more as part of another. It's not a baked in element of the design and it doesn't even operate like the Big Bad Ubisoft design. You don't unlock more of the map by climbing, you don't collect random knickknacks - everything you collect has a direct application in the game design, save for the rare valuable items that make sense in game, coffee, cigs, etc.
