Wouldnt say it was full of crap, infact i'd say a fair amount of it was quite reasonable, although its obvious he hasnt had the chance to understand some elements, like putting down a hut and then removing all the trees from the area, or repeating how expanding can be pretty lethal to the towns ability to cope with more mouths to feed if you dont do it carefully... and then plonking down a handful of houses
I'd imagine anyone who's followed the game will be cringing a fair bit at that video, but as I said, a few criticisms were fair (savegame writing over his previous game for example), and i dont think he's wrong in pointing out the lack of multiplayer or combat isnt going to appeal to many people. Its not SimCity, appealing to the casual gamer, where everyone gets a medal just for trying (or connecting the first week into launch!). Its aggressive, its got a proper learning curve where you'll need to think carefully about what the best move is and pay attention to the village because otherwise it will punish you.
Its a game built for a specific audience in mind, not abstract or niche but certainly not casual pick up and play, and that audience is going to be reasonably sized. What i think was quite telling is that by his own admission he said it was hard, brutal even, and yet he wanted to come back and play more. If it can hook someone who doesnt find this style of city building to be quite to his taste, preferring anno's combat and expanding style, then i think its going to keep its intended audience very happy. People who want to have to think and pay attention to what they're building, not just plonk stuff and glaze over.
I like TB though, he doesnt seem to pander to the developers, or the fanboy viewpoint, he calls a spade a spade and frankly thats the whole point of reviewers. Its sickening how many review sites hold back because of fear of advertising revenue implications, or simply create content to get viewers/visitors for profiting, not for honest reviewing. I've watched countless hours of 'lets play' this last week (10h+ easy) and cant wait for this game, but there was nothing he said which IMO was wrong. Misunderstood/inaccurate (due to lack of experience with the game) and not entirely to his taste, sure, but most people can filter through that and get what they need to from it. I'd rather that than being told what they think you want to hear, while ticking off key points the developers want to be highlighted etc.
