Quote Originally Posted by OdinelStarrei View Post
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I'm not even the person you quoted, but, truth be told, I agree with him. People can be negative, criticise in search of improvement, that's important. Express dissatisfaction is important.

The problem is that every criticism, even those that try to sound eloquent, sound incredibly disingenuous. People in this forum argue about "plotholes" made by their head cannons. They make mountains of what is a hill of each problem DT has. They disregard and trash-talk when someone speak of positive aspects of DT. They critique some aspects of DT while praising prior expansions same aspects, even the flaws. They make a scapegoat of an okay character to put all flaws onto it, when it's obvious not their fault of the problem that exist. They claim the story is simple and yet every argument the argue stuff as if they didn't even understood the story.

Hells, even WoW Shadowlands criticism of its own players at least had a better foundation than people making critiques of DT. It was even more polite too. Here? It feels like a tantrum. Why wouldn't people be dismissive towards it?

Reviews on Steam, as divise as they are, still show over 50% positive. Today, I spoke with a person that had just gotten in Living Memory and they were excited, they said SE outdid themselves this expansion and its good. They were happy, but those who have been enjoying it, are just playing the game and not sulking in the internet to yell dissatisfaction/satisfaction. But that doesn't matter. Only the negative echo chamber matters.

In sum, Dawntrail has its flaws, it deserves criticism over its flaws so SE can improve, but A LOT of the criticism is undeserving and those pile up over the genuine problems and now people just don't bother listening to the naysayers anymore. It isn't hard to understand why someone is dismissive, nor why all of the opinions are fractured. Those set in the "expansion trash" do the same towards anything positive and even try to mock someone just enjoying themselves.

But yeah, it is what it is.