The reviews Elysium syndrome

[Cuyir]

@Bucic: Welp. You summed it up better than I could sir.

Hat's off to you.

I'll probably repeat this later tonight in some other thread but i've noticed some quite poor opinions on one of the flaws.

"The game is dumbed down, there's no gameplay or interactivity. It's too easy."

Really? A horror adventure game that's centered around atmosphere and a few puzzles thrown in was dumbed down because physics affect less items, no inventory and no sanity meter?

Really now?

Let me reiterate. A first person horror game where the only gameplay, since the days of Black Plague, has been walking, reading, puzzles, hiding and running away...has less gameplay elements and less interactivity because they removed two immersion breaking mechanics (inventory and sanity meter) and because physics affect less items in the game?
Really?

Opinions like these makes me question whether people are getting dumber or if the internet has just given these people a loudspeaker and makes them appear more numerous.