In my experience, this is only the case among a particular sector of the enthusiast audience. Almost everyone I interact with outside of GAF has either already beaten and adored the game or is dying to play it.
The same. Only my cousin who is 13h in at chapter 3 finds the game a little too difficult. Everyone is praising the game in my bubble.
NeoGAF can be very cynical sometimes and love to jump on the inherently elitist bandwagon with the ideal of an objective and educated view on games. So when a game is very praised by some NeoGAF gods, everyone and their mother here jumps right in. Then, some weeks after, some other GAF god makes some criticism and boom everyone get very scary.
This is the school of the masses, and it's very predictable.
The game is already finished, ready, playable, even if it has very weak points. You can like, love or hate it, whatever, but jumping on the hate bandwagon to feel validated or being part of the community is exactly what's happening here or on similar places on the internet.
There is valid criticism to do. But saying it's not finished or good without even playing it is another thing.
