Preliminarily it looks like a decent game all things considered. Not without obvious flaws for those with a refined palette - many of those flaws can be seen with a naked eye prior to release but still. When you get Gamespot and IGN to ding you for 7s, making the rest up with "overly enthusiastic" reviews is not really something you should seethe about as a "great injustice" if you think something shady is afoot - which there was obviously as per my thread on the issue.
Looks to be a serviceable game, and if you're one of those hardcore Bethesda RPG formula fan types - it appears you'll be right at home.
Will decide for myself later if it goes into my backlog or not after watching live gameplay a bit.
Folks need to tone down the hate a bit imo. But whatever, console war gonna do its thing and payback is always in the rearview mirror so I understand the cycle. Some actors do deserve the smoke.