The only thing I learned from Dragons dogma 2 was to not trust reviews and controversies. Don’t let other peoples opinions dictate what you do. I avoided this game for like a month because I heard there were performance issues and micro transactions. Everyone that I asked told me not to get it. But then I eventually caved in and bought it. And that, was the best decision I ever made. Just becuase other people don’t like it, does not mean you won’t.
I can see why it's not for everyone but hard agree that it should have reviewed better than it did! Though I am playing with 3 months of updates in hindsight so I can't comment on the state of it at release!