Spinorial: Severely bummed over the bad XCOM Bureau reviews. WTH happened?! It looked so good at E3 :(
QC: Simple answer: Reviews are getting harder and harder to take seriously. I honestly thought it should have stayed as an FPS game though, so what do I know?
Consider this; When you ask a person if they like their doctor or dentist, you almost always get a glowing review - after all if they hated them, then they'd find someone else. But that doesn't necessarily mean that doctor or dentist is the best there is to be had in any given market. People don't rate objectively - only subjectively ;-p