Address people individually instead of lumping then. When you direct a vague reply at the entire thread it's kind of difficult to figure out who you're talking to or about. If it's some nebulous group of people that you can't even adequately quantify then it invalidates a lot of what you're saying in my opinion.
That's not always possible, is it?
But if you want me to go back and cite all the people that are saying "if you buy this you're sheeple" or "don't buy this game, kodick is just using you" I can. That just doesn't seem like a good use of my time.
Yes, those responding with "you're sheep if you don't like this game" are equally defensive, but they're being put on the defensive by the people calling them sheep for liking this game.
And I disagree - the vitriol for this game eclipses most other games. It tends to be reserved for the games that come from developers people here feel have abandoned them. Again: personal. This is not everyone, but I would have thought that was a given. Clearly many people here are very open about their "meh," but others are acting like buying this game is the end of civilization as we know it.