This is true for every game, isn't it? I mean, press loved Halo 4, and look at the response that game has gotten from hardcore/longtime fans. I don't take opinion pieces on pre-released games too seriously, but I do pay attention to the details.I wouldn't trust the press anyway. Not in a nefarious 'oh they're accepting goodybags' kind of way, just because they don't know Battlefield half as well as we do, so I'll digest the footage and information and make decisions for myself on whether the series is going in the right direction, and whether Battlefield 4 is indeed necessary so soon after BF3.
The press thought Gears 2 was a good game.
I do agree that they don't know Battlefield like we do.