Pretty simple -- western journos and devs seem to be having an unusually conspicuous and high-intensity bitch fit about it (unjustifiably low scores across the board from "the usual suspects") and post-GG that naturally makes people pay attention to try to figure out exactly what it is about a mid-to-mid-high-tier game is offending these faggots so much. Given the political alignment of the reviewers spewing nonsense, it's not hard to connect the dots (they're all western authors, and it's a Korean game that completely ignores any and all political horseshit in the US, i.e. those devs ignore them completely, don't bribe or schmooze them for good reviews, etc.).
Kinda one of those "root for the guys pissing off people I hate" things. I'm fine with that. It sounds like a decent AA game from what I've seen. I'd give it a shot myself if not for Denuvo (always a deal-breaker for me; I won't support devs who use it). If Denovo gets cracked/stripped by pirates or they decide to remove it later, I'll give it a shot on sale. No launch day prices for Denuvo-encumbered products though.