amen, brother.
it drives me nuts when people say that games that aren't overwhelmingly successful in the critical arena are bad (ff8 comes to mind, as well as games like army of two, warhawk, blood on the sand, etc). those games might not be extremely awesome in every category, but they are fun games that are enjoyable to play. if you're going to knock a game, play it first, for christ's sake. don't just spit out what IGN's review said or something. add something interesting to the discussion.