So, a lot of people have been saying that this game is getting too much praise, undeserved praise, etc. I just finished the game. I think it's amazing and might be one of my personal all time favorites (just my opinion, duders). And now, I see all these threads talking about how much it sucks. I've only seen, like, three threads that like the game. The I see it's Metacritic is 89. I don't give two shits about metacritic scores, but the fact it's at 89 means quite a few reviewers thought "eeeehhh, it's alright I guess." So, where's all this insane praise everyone's talking about? Sounds to me, in my opinion, that's it's actually getting a little under appreciated as opposed to the other way around. I'm not trying to start a flame war or say everyone should have my opinion, but where's all the people that love this game? So far, I kinda feel like it's me, Brad, and Ryan against the rest of the world. Who's with me?

89 on metacritic is really really good... This game is getting a lot of praise, it's just that there's a vocal group on forums that don't agree with some of it, which i can totally relate to. Everybody has different opinions, that's all there is to it.

I'm afraid you must pick a side for the upcoming war, the 'Rockstar Defence Force' or the 'I don't like popular things krew' there is no middle ground and no room for discussion…

It definitely seems to be a very divisive game.
 
But don't worry, there's a lot of posters out there (such as myself) who think L.A. Noire deserved the praise its getting.

Yep - I wonder if some people just bought it because of the praise without bothering to consider if it would be the type of game they'd enjoy.  I wanted a game where I could play detective and solve crimes by finding evidence and interrogating suspects.  The game delivered on that simple promise and then brought a lot of extra stuff to the table which was just gravy as far as I'm concerned.  I can certainly understand why some people wouldn't like it, but if they are really going to get so worked up that they feel the need to suggest it doesn't deserve all the praise, they're going to really be unhappy at the end of the year when it starts winning a shit-ton of  awards.

For the record I agree, 89 is a crazy good score. But it certainly isn't the 98 or whatever that GTA IV got. The backlash still kinda feels the same to me. But I suppose people are aloud to have different opinions. Shocking, I know.