Because there hasnt been any bad news really. A lot of the 'missing' features are stuff that was never promised in the first place, so how can it be missing?.
I mean a lot of rpg's only have a default character, some have multiple character options, its always been that way with rpg's. For some reason thats a bad thing with Avowed though, which the devs have already said its because of story reasons..
No romance options, well actually most rpg's dont have romance options, see what i mean?.
Its like unless Avowed is 500 hours long, has 50 races to chose from, you can romance the pet dog, well all it means that this has a 50k budget and is an Indie game and proof MS are leaving the console business blah blah.
I mean we all know this kind of scrutiny is just a normal and usual thing that happens on here with all upcoming games dont we, oh wait.
Its like enough already lol.