You cannot judge properly a videogame by watching a video of it, it kind of misses the most important aspect, playing the damn thing.
'There is no question that the criticism of its linear nature is valid, its cutscene fest valid, its straight line monster attacking valid.'
These are all subjective things, so saying there's 'no question' of them makes no sense.
'In fact pretty much every main criticism is true'
Says you. On watching a video seemingly.
